APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final

12-01-2009 17:59 UTC+11

Comer Busted by Ciric

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Donna Ciric raised to 1,200 preflop and Martin Comer moved all in for 3,600. Ciric made the call with {10-?}

and the at-risk Comer held {A-?}

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The board ran out {K-?}

-X to give Ciric the winning hand with her king-high straight. She busted Comer and moved to 56,000 chips.

Tags: Donna Ciric Martin Comer

12-01-2009 17:56 UTC+11

LuckyTonyD with the Double

donpeters

On a flop of {K-Spades}

, Tony "Bond18" Dunst and Jason Gray got all in. Dunst held {A-Spades}

and Gray held {Q-Clubs}

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The turn was the {10-Diamonds}

and the river the {4-Hearts}

, giving Dunst the double up to 56,000. Gray on the other hand, dropped to 8,000.

Tags: "Bond18"Jason Gray Tony Dunst

12-01-2009 17:49 UTC+11

Hulian Cohen raised to 1,100 and Ivar Rivenaes called from the small blind. Initially, Rivenaes called only the 400 for the blind without seeing the raise, and then called the total of 1,100 after being informed there was a raise.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}

and Rivenaes led for 5,000. With only 10,000 left in his stack, Cohen moved all in. Rivenaes quickly called holding {J-Spades}

. Cohen held top pair, top kicker with {A-Spades}

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The turn brought a repeat six with the {6-Hearts}

, giving Rivenaes the better hand. The river was the {8-Spades}

completing the board.

Cohen dropped to 7,000 chips after absorbing the beat.

Tags: Julian Cohen

12-01-2009 17:46 UTC+11

High Roller Update

[user38449]

Who else's picture would we use to denote the high roller's event?

The $15,300 buy-in APPT Sydney high roller's event is running concurrently with Day 1a of the main event. So far, 27 runners have signed up to play, creating a prize pool of just over AUD $400,000 (which, due to the current exchange rate is just about the same amount in USD).

Here's a list of the 27 runners:

Simon Taberham
David Steicke (pictured)
Antonis Kambouroglou
Benjamin De'laney
Warwick Mirzikinian
Julius Colman
Johnny Huynh
Aleksander Brkovic
Jarred Graham
Van Tran
Jeff Lisandro
In Wook Choi
George Moussa
Daniel Neilson
Sean Keeton
Bill Jordanou
Billy Seri
Jonathan Karamalikis
Jay Kinkade
Danny Huynh
Jason Pritchard
Tolly Sakellariou
Mark Ericksen
Michel Bouskila
Michel Carle
Terrence Chan
Andrew Scott

Tags: David Steicke

12-01-2009 17:42 UTC+11

Owens Smashes Ciric

donpeters

On the flop of {A-Spades}

, PokerStars online qualifier Nicholas Owens bet 3,100 and Donna Ciric called. Owens was acting out of the small blind and Ciric from the hijack seat.

The turn brought the {8-Hearts}

and Owens fired 12,000. Ciric made the call again, bringing the two players to the river, which was the {A-Hearts}

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Owens checked and Ciric bet 13,000. Owens check-raised all in for 14,100 total, only 1,100 more for Ciric to make the call. She did so, holding the {Q-Diamonds}

. Owens had a full house, tabling {A-Clubs}

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Ciric slipped to 43,000 after paying off Owens, who moved up top 75,000.

Tags: Donna Ciric Nicholas Owens

12-01-2009 17:37 UTC+11

New Chip Leader: Daniel Hameiri

donpeters

A player from early position raised to 1,200 and four people called. Amongst those callers were Daniel Hameiri and Dustin Dorrance-Bowman.

The flop came down {6-Hearts}

. Hameiri led for 6,000. Action folded to Dorrance-Bowman and he raised to 14,500. Hameiri then reraised to 23,000. Dorrance-Bowman moved all in for 35,925 and Hameiri called.

Dorrance-Bowman held {A-Clubs}

for two overs and a flush draw. Hameiri held {6-Spades}

and flopped top two pair.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

and the river the {Q-Diamonds}

. Dorrance-Bowman failed to improve, moving Hameiri up to 85,000. He is now the new chip leader.

12-01-2009 17:27 UTC+11

Aristidou'ed

[user38449]

Peter Aristidou has chipped up to 36,400 after eliminating another player at his table.

The two got it all in preflop; Aristidou with {A-Hearts} {K-Spades} and his opponent with {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs} . The {2-Spades} {10-Spades} {6-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {8-Spades} board gave Aristidou top pair to claim the pot and move further up the leaderboard.

While on break, Lynn Gilmartin caught up with Peter about his up and down start to the day:

Tags: Peter Aristidou

12-01-2009 17:25 UTC+11

Today's Lesson: How to Crack Aces with Jason Gray

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Jason Gray raised to 1,025 before the big blind reraised to 3,500. Gray made the call. The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}

and the big blind fired 7,000. Gray moved all in and the big blind called, tabling {A-Spades}

. Gray held {5-Spades}

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The turn was the {9-Spades}

and the river the {10-Hearts}

, allowing Gray to crack his opponent's aces with some baby suited cards and double up to 37,000.

Tags: Jason Gray

12-01-2009 17:13 UTC+11

Back in Action

donpeters

The players have returned from the lengthened break and are back in action. While we were gone, Lynn Gilmartin caught up with The Poker Star's Donna Ciric:

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50