Donnie Peters
Mladen Ivin
Mladen Ivin shoved in for 110,000 after David Saghabi raised to 50,000. Ernst Hermans then moved all in for 330,000. Saghabi folded, leaving Hermans and his to do battle with Ivin and his .
The board ran out to send Ivin to the rail. Hermans was able to double up through Ivin a few hands ago by coming from behind in a coinflip and now did it again to send Ivin to the rail. He's up to 500,000.
Joseph Allis
Joseph Allis got all in with pocket queens against the pocket aces of Jarred Graham after a small preflop raising war. The board came down and Allis becomes the latest casualty here at the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final.
Former chip leader Tom Grigg just handed over about half his stack to Jacob Meyer after losing a major race.
Grigg opened the pot with a raise to 30,000 from the hijack and when the action reached Meyer, he moved all in from the small blind for 313,000. Grigg made the call holding pocket tens and found himself up against Meyer's .
A king on the flop gave Meyer the lead and the turn and river blanked, securing the pot for Meyer who now has 650,000 in chips. Grigg dropped to 320,000 in the loss.
Stephen Bannister before the elimination.
Kitson Kho started the action by raising to 35,000. Stephen Bannister three-bet the pot to 100,000, Kho moved all-in and Bannister called with pocket kings. Kho would need help with the , which would come right in the door as the board rolled out .
Donnie Peters
Anders Pettersson (Day 2) - 16th Place
After David Formosa raised and Thomas Slifka called, Anders Pettersson squeezed all in for 292,000 more from the big blind. Formosa spent some time in the tank before announcing that he was reraising all in. He pushed Slifka out of the pot and got heads up with Pettersson.
Pettersson held , but Formosa held .
The board ran out and Pettersson was sent to the rail. Claiming that elmination put Formosa at 1.9 million.
Tom Grigg is back in business after a recent double up through Kitson Kho.
In a raised pot, with the board showing , Kho fired a 40,000 bet that was raised to 100,000 by Grigg. Kho called.
The turn brought the and Kho took another stab at the pot, leading out for 100,000. Grigg then moved all in over the top for an additional 140,000 and Kho made the call, prompting a 4th Street showdown:
Grigg:
Kho:
The fell on the river and Grigg's eights held up to take down the pot, kicking him back up to 740,000 in chips. Kho, meanwhile, dropped back down to 500,000.
Grigg has made a nice recovery.
Tom Grigg opened to 35,000 in middle position and Domenico Lauricella called in the big blind. The flop was and Lauricella check-called a 42,000 bet from Grigg.
The turn was the and Lauricella took the lead firing 100,000 into the pot. Tom Grigg decided to move all in, and Lauricella decided to pass.
Domenico Lauricella was left with 203,000 after the hand, while Grigg is back towards the top with 950,000.