2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final

APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
594,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,376,000 AUD
Entries
396
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Steicke Gets There

David Steicke and Will Mitchel were all in preflop. Steicke held {A-Spades} {J-Spades} against Mitchel's {J-Clubs} {J-Hearts}.

Luckily for Steicke though, the flop contained one bullet when the {A-Hearts} hit the board followed by the {K-Clubs} and {4-Spades}. The turn and river were the {9-Clubs} and {6-Spades} to give Steicke the pot and move him up to 125,000 chips. Mitchel was eliminated on the hand.

Tags: David SteickeWill Mitchel

Guzzardi and Nelson Chop

A little while after getting bluffed off a pot by Jimmy Tran, Michael "TheBigSiCkO" Guzzardi was involved again. This time with Tran and Lee "Final Table" Nelson.

Guzzardi opened from early position with a raise to 2,500. Nelson flat-called from the hijack seat and Tran called out of the big blind. The flop came down {K-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {5-Spades} and Tran led for 2,500. Guzzardi flatted the bet before Nelson raised to 7,500. Tran called and then Guzzardi stuck the remainder of his chips in for an all-in bet of 24,300.

Action fell on Nelson and he tanked for some time before making the call. When he stuck in the chips to make the call, he left himself with just over 6,000 behind. Tran drew attention to this and then folded his hand.

Guzzardi tabled {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs} and Nelson held {K-Spades} {9-Spades}.

The turn was the {K-Diamonds} and the river the {5-Clubs}, causing a chopped pot between Guzzardi and Nelson.

GUzzardi's now on about 33,500 with Nelson on about 38,200.

Tags: "Final Table""TheBigSiCkO"Jimmy TranLee NelsonMichael Guzzardi

Tran Bluffs TheBigSiCkO

Jimmy Tran limped under the gun before Michael "TheBigSiCkO" Guzzardi raised from middle position to 4,000. Tran was the only caller. The flop came down {6-Spades} {5-Clubs} {3-Spades} and Tran checked. Guzzardi checked behind.

The turn brought the {Q-Clubs} and Tran led with a bet of 4,500. Guzzardi took some time before raising to 11,200. Tran made the call. Guzzardi had 26,900 behind.

The river was the {5-Diamonds} and Tran fired 11,200. Guzzardi mucked his hand and Tran showed the table a bluff with {9-Clubs} {8-Hearts}.

Tags: "TheBigSiCkO"Jimmy TranMichael Guzzardi

Chan SCOOPs Another

On the very next hand after busting Philip Kober, Terrence Chan was back in action. He called a raise to 2,800 from Robert Bechara and the two players took a flop of {J-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {4-Hearts}.

Both checked and the turn brought the {10-Clubs}. Chan fired 4,500 after Bechara checked and won the pot, moving up to 100,000 chips.

If you're unfamiliar with Terrence "Unassigned" Chan, he took down not one, but two Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) events on PokerStars this past spring. He took down the medium-level $530 Limit Hold'em 6-max and the high-level $5,200 Limit Hold'em 6-max events for over $186,000 combined.

Tags: "Unassigned"Terrence Chan

Justin Layden Doubles to 65K

On a {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop and about 35,000 already in the pot, Justin Layden and his opponent got all the money in the middle. Layden was holding the {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, and his opponent the {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}.

The turn was the {k-Hearts}, and the river was the {2-Hearts} and Justin Layden doubled up to about 65,000 busting his opponent.

Tags: Justin Layden