Jeffrey Lipman opened the pot with a raise to 3,000 from middle position and then Philip Kober was next to act. He moved all in for 12,800 before action folded around to Terrence Chan on the button. Chan reraised to 22,800, sending the small blind Mark Iskander into the tank for a few minutes.
"This is the hand that got me in trouble yesterday. I would have come into today with 90k if it wasn't for this hand." commented Iskander. Eventually, he would fold.
The big blind folded and then Lipman folded as well, leaving the at-risk Kober and Chan heads up. Kober tabled against Chan's two kings -- . Iskander mentioned that he mucked two queens.
"Yeah, you had to have queens." mentioned Chan.
The board ran out to give Chan the pot and send Kober to the rail. Iskander smacked the table knowing he would have hit a set of queens to win the hand as Chan moved up to just under 100,000 chips.
"Queens are an easy fold." mentioned Sam Youssef from one end of the table.
"Toothpick" Tony was all in for his last 11,000 with pocket deuces against an opponents .
The flop was great for Tony, as it fell . The on the turn prompted a celebration by his opponent who had not realized the ace gave "Toothpick" a straight. The fell on the river and Tony doubled up to 23,000.
Mark Vos called a preflop raise from his opponent and the two saw a flop.
The turn card is where things is where things got interesting, as the prompted a shove from Vos's opponent. Vos quickly called and his was well ahead his opponent's .
The river was the and Vos moves up to about 148,000.
Welcome back for Day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final. All three starting days are combining forces at 12:30 p.m. local time to continue the grind.
Here's a look at the top 10 stacks coming into the day:
Anton Blagov - 166,800
Hai Bo Chu - 151,300
Leo Boxell - 147,700
Tom Grigg - 141,500
Joel Cohen - 137,700
David Campbell - 129,700
Carlos Chang - 126,700
Stewart Davidson - 121,700
Jarred Graham - 117,100
Sal Fazzino - 116,500
Team PokerStars Pros Eric Assadourian, Grant Levy, and Lee "Final Table" Nelson are all still in the thick of things, looking to surge forward in just a few moments.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the live updates coming up shortly!