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and was all in preflop against his opponent's 
.The board ran out
, sending Dodds to the rail.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,376,000 AUD
Total Entries
396
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 396
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and was all in preflop against his opponent's .The board ran out
, sending Dodds to the rail.
prompting a series of checks. The turn card was the
, and Galea once again checked. Velcic checked as well, and Lam tossed out four red chips, betting 4,000. Galea made the call, and Velcic folded. The river brough the
and Galea chose to check, leading Lam to bet 8,000, a bet slightly smaller than the size of the pot. After thinking it through, Galea decided to make the call and flipped over 
for second pair. Lam, on the other hand could only produce ace-high with his 
and the 30,000 pot was pushed to Galea, who now sits on about 50,000.
. The board ran out 
and Ivan now has 23,000 chips.
Here are a few notable chip counts:
Andrew Scott - 15,525
Danny Huynh - 34,200
Jonathan Karamalikis - 44,200
Terrence Chan - 29,100
Antonis 'Toothpick' Kambouroglou - 49,600
Warwick Mirzikinian - 45,100
Ben De'laney - 7,125
David Steicke - Busto
Jarred Graham - 20,300
Some of the notables that began their quest today included Julian Powell, Jason Gray and Joel "StrongPlay" Dodds. All three of those failed to survive the day. On the other hand, Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt, Dennis Waterman, Casey Kastle and Jamie Pickering will be coming back for Day 2.
Team PokerStars PRO members Eric Assadourian and Lee "Final Table" Nelson were also in action today. Both of them made it to the bag-and-tag portion of the night.
The big story of the day came not from the actual play of poker. A fight broke out between Mark Ericksen, who was playing in the high roller event, and an unknown man not participating in anything. There was an unscheduled, lengthy pause while things got settled and the tournament staff resolved the issues. Shortly thereafter, play resumed back to normal.
Tony "Bond18" Dunst was able to come out on the positive end of a few big confrontations, allowing him to boast the biggest chip stack in the room at the end of the day. He finished up with 104,325 chips, well over three times the starting stack.
The second flight is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. local time. We'll see you right back here at PokerNews.com for all the live updates as the next round of players hits the felt.
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day 1a Completed
