Matthew
An opponent in middle position raised it up to 3,100, and got one caller before the action got to Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson who bumped it up to 11,500. Action folded around to the initial raiser who tossed out a handful of yellow chips amounting to 30,000 more, essentially putting Nelson all in for his tournament life. The first caller folded, and Nelson after a careful count of his stack, decided to make the call.
Nelson was behind with the against his opponents . The in the door was magic for Nelson, with the rest of the flop coming out .
The on the turn kept Nelson in the lead, but the river would not be so kind, as it fell the eliminating him from the APPT Grand Final.
donpeters
Seven players took a monotone flop of . Action checked over to Eric Assadourian and he fired 9,600. Bill Busine raised out of the big blind position to 20,000 when action got back to him and then David Steicke made the call from middle position. Everyone else had folded except for Assadourian and action fell back on him. He moved all in for 107,500 total. Busine mucked before Steicke got the count verified. Eventually, he made the call.
Steicke held against Assadourian's .
The turn was the and the river the . Assadourian's flush was good enough to knock Steicke all the way back down to 40,000 chips. Assadourian is soaring with 245,000 chips now.
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Dennis Waterman
American jet setter Dennis Waterman has just been eliminated from the tournament by big stack Wayne Carlson.
The two got it all in on an flop; Waterman with and Carlson with .
Despite being dominated when the money found the middle, Carlson managed to steal the lead back from Waterman after spiking a queen on the turn and he'd never look back.
A dejected Waterman exited the tournament room hat in hands while Carlson stacked up an impressive 186,000 in newfound chips.
donpeters
Preflop, the cutoff seat raised to 3,000 before Tom Grigg reraised to 8,000. The cutoff then made it 20,000, but Grigg didn't back down, putting in another raise to 50,000. Just when everyone thought the action couldn't get much bigger, the cutoff seat moved all in for 140,000 and Grigg's called.
Grigg's tabled against the cutoff's unlikely holding of .
The board ran out to give Grigg's the massive pot worth 335,000 chips. He's the new chip leader now.
donpeters
Wooka Kim tried her luck again against David Campbell, but this time it failed to work out. Kim was all in preflop with two black ladies -- -- against Campbell's .
After a flop of , the turn was the and the river the to send Kim to the rail. Campbell's back up to 160,000 chips now.
Matthew
On a flop Mladen Ivin got his entire stack into the middle with , and found himself in great shape against two opponents. One holding , and the other .
Neither player would boat up and Mladen Ivin stacked up about 180,000 after the hand.
donpeters
In Wook Choi checked the flop of to Sam Youssef. Youssef bet 6,500 and Choi called.
The turn brought the and Choi checked again. Youssef immediately moved all in for 42,700, a bit of an over-bet to the pot. Choi mucked and Youssef moved to 67,000 chips.
against his opponents 
. The 
in the door was magic for Nelson, with the rest of the flop coming out 
.
on the turn kept Nelson in the lead, but the river would not be so kind, as it fell the 
eliminating him from the APPT Grand Final.
. Action checked over to Eric Assadourian and he fired 9,600. Bill Busine raised out of the big blind position to 20,000 when action got back to him and then David Steicke made the call from middle position. Everyone else had folded except for Assadourian and action fell back on him. He moved all in for 107,500 total. Busine mucked before Steicke got the count verified. Eventually, he made the call.
against Assadourian's 
.
and the river the 
. Assadourian's flush was good enough to knock Steicke all the way back down to 40,000 chips. Assadourian is soaring with 245,000 chips now.
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flop; Waterman with 
and Carlson with 
.
against the cutoff's unlikely holding of 
, the turn was the 
and the river the 
to send Kim to the rail. Campbell's back up to 160,000 chips now.
against David Campbell's pocket fours. The money went in preflop and the board ran out 
.
, and found himself in great shape against two opponents. One holding 
, and the other 
. 
to Sam Youssef. Youssef bet 6,500 and Choi called.
