Donnie Peters
Joe Hachem
Liem Tran opened from middle position with a raise to 1,700 and the cutoff seat called. Joe Hachem was on the button and reraised all in for 9,500. Tran made the call and then the cutoff seat folded.
Hachem was racing for his tournament when he revealed to Tran's .
The flop gave Hachem a pair of aces, but it wasn't the best of flops: . Tran picked up a flush draw despite falling behind in the hand.
The turn was the and now both players had straight draws. The river card was the , hitting the flush for Tran and sending Hachem to the rail.
"Good luck guys." said Hachem as he quickly stood from his chair and jetted out of the room.
Donnie Peters
A player under the gun raised to 2,000 and Carlos Chang called in the cutoff seat. Bill Jordanou reraised from the big blind to 5,100 and both players called.
The flop came down . Chang stood from his chair and Jordanou asked that because he stood up, was his hand dead. Chang said that if he wants him to muck he will out of respect for the game. Jordanou chuckled and let it slide before betting 12,500. Both his opponents folded, moving Jordanou up to 40,000.
Sayed Jabbour Unhappy
Sayed Jabbour didn't waste much time giving up some of his newfound wealth, getting involved in a confrontation with Jevon Harvey.
The cards were on there backs on a flop of , with Harvey holding pocket sevens and Jabbour behind with pocket kings. The turn, and the would not help Jabbour and he sent about 60,000 over to his opponent.
Jabbour is still sitting strong with about 100,000, while Harvey climbs up to about 60,000.
Donnie Peters
In Wook Choi just found himself scoop a 75,000-chip pot to double up when he took his aces up against the of his opponent. The money went all in preflop and the board ran out .
The tournament staff has just released the official prizepool and payout information. 396 entrants from 23 different countries entered this year's APPT Sydney Grand Final, generating a total prizepool of AUD $2,376,000 (approximately $2,205,000 USD).
The top 48 spots will pay, with 48th place set to receive AUD $9,504. Our eventual winner will take home just under AUD $600,000 for first.
Billy 'The Croc' Argyros
Billy 'The Croc' Argyros has moved to 56,000 in chips with the recent elimination of Germany's Thorsten Schaefer.
Action folded around the table to Schaefer in the cutoff who opened with a raise to 1,700. Argyros then kicked it up to 5,000 from the small blind and Schaefer moved all in over the top for a total of 8,775. Argyros made the call and tabled , only to find himself well behind Schaefer's pocket queens.
A board ensued, giving Argyros a rivered pair of kings to send Schaefer packing.
Even After Busting Lin was All Smiles
The action got underway with an early position limp from Tony Hachem. Ben Delaney raised it up to 2,200, an unknown in the 8 seat called, and Team PokerStars Pro Asia Celina Lin moved all in for 14,500 total. Hachem tanked before finally folding, as did Delaney. The 8 seat, however mustered up the call tossing the 12,000 more needed into the pot.
Tony Hachem said he folded pocket eights, seat 8 showed , and Celina Lin flipped over the .
The flop was bittersweet for Lin, as seat 8 hit a set on the flop, and Lin picked up a pair and the nut flush draw. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Lin off to play in tonight's Ladies Events which begins in about thirty minutes.
On a flop, George Kambouroglou, son of "Toothpick Tony" got the rest of his chips in with . His opponent had an open-ended straight draw, holding the .
The turn was the and the river was the , and Kambouroglou survived, doubling up to 30,000.
David Saab
Aussie pro David Saab has just been eliminated from the main event by Hungtu Wang.
Wang limped into the pot from under-the-gun plus one and when the action made its way around to Saab, he moved all in over the top for a total of 11,000. Wang made the call, prompting the following preflop showdown:
Wang:
Saab:
The board then ran out jack-high and Saab hit the rail just before the end of the sixth level of play.
to Tran's 
.
. Tran picked up a flush draw despite falling behind in the hand.
and now both players had straight draws. The river card was the 
, hitting the flush for Tran and sending Hachem to the rail.
and was called by Mansangcay who looked him up with 
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and Mansangcay's ace-jack high held up to win him the pot and improve to 46,000 on the day.
. Chang stood from his chair and Jordanou asked that because he stood up, was his hand dead. Chang said that if he wants him to muck he will out of respect for the game. Jordanou chuckled and let it slide before betting 12,500. Both his opponents folded, moving Jordanou up to 40,000.
, with Harvey holding pocket sevens and Jabbour behind with pocket kings. The 
turn, and the 
would not help Jabbour and he sent about 60,000 over to his opponent. 
of his opponent. The money went all in preflop and the board ran out 
. 
flop, George Kambouroglou, son of "Toothpick Tony" got the rest of his chips in with 
, and Kambouroglou survived, doubling up to 30,000.
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