Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,376,000 AUD
Entries
396
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Marcus Slips a Little
Horan Loses One
, but mucked after his opponent showed the 
. Horan's down to 25,000 chips.
Emad Tahtouh Flushed Out
Team PokerStars Pro Emad Tahtouh got his short stack all in against Sim Somyung. Tahtouh revealed the 
and was ahead of Somyung's
.The
on the turn gave Somyung's a straight, and Tahtouh would need the board to pair on the river to survive. The
on the river was of no help to Tahtouh and he was eliminated.
Topakas with Life
.Topakas tabled two kings --
-- and moved up to 4,500.
Rayan Nathan's Aces Hold Against Kings
, only to run into the 
of Rayan Nathan. The board rolled out
and Nathan's aces were good and is sitting on what looks like about 45,000.
The Poker Gods Answer Scott's Call
against 
from his opponent. Scott was put behind on the flop of .The turn was the
and pushed him one step closer to the door. He began chantint for a ten on the river as the dealer burned one last time. Then, as if the poker gods heard the chants, the 
smashed on the felt completing the board and giving Scott the double up to 21,000.
Graham's Kings Hold
. The board ran through 
to send the player holding big slick to the rail and bump Graham to 50,000.
Jeffrey Lisandro Eliminated
, two of the cards being spades. Lisandro led out at the flop for 7,000 and Jabbour moved all-in. Lisandro made the call with
and Jabbour tabled pocket kings. The turn card, and the river failed to produced Lisandro's flush, knocking him out of the APPT Grand Final. Sayed Jabbour currently sits as the chip leader for the day with 105,000.
Show's Over for Topakas
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According to Grant Levy, Topakas got it all in holding
against Tanya Wang's pocket fives on a 
flop. The turn and river blanked out 
, and Wang's set of fives held up to win the hand.Topakas' hope for a cash at this year's APPT Grand Final now lies in the hands of PokerNews' own Lynn Gilmartin, who Topakas has a small piece of in tonight's ladies event.