2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 3
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David Formosa - 1,800,000
Jarred Graham - 1,670,000
Aaron Benton - 1,240,000
Wayne Carlson - 1,150,000
Tom Grigg - 900,000
. More tanking ensued for Meyer before he checked. Hermans checked behind.The turn was the
and again, Meyer checked, but not after taking a minute. Hermans fired 51,000 and scooped the pot after Meyer folded.
The flop came down
. Meyer fired 100,000 and Forrester nearly beat him into the pot, splashing in a tall stack of 20 T5,000 chips Phil Hellmuth style.The turn card was the
and Meyer checked. Forrester quickly slid his remaining chips around his cards and over the betting line, moving in for 206,000. Meyer folded right away and before pulling his chips back or raking the pot, Forrester made sure to flip up his
. He's up over 600,000. Meyer dropped to 394,000 losing back-to-back hands.
You know you're running good when you flop the nuts in a five-way limped pot, which is what Aaron Benton did moments ago.
Holding 
, Benton saw the flop come 

and the action was checked around.
When the
fell on the turn, Benton fired a 20,000 bet and was raised to 40,000 by Wayne Carlson. Benton was the lone caller and he and Carlson went heads up to the river —
.
Benton then fired a 75,000 value bet which was called by Carlson, who mucked after Benton showed him the goods.
After the hand, Benton was up to 1,500,000 in chips while Carlson dropped back down to 840,000.
Lynn caught up with Benton while on dinner break:
and Saghabi checked. Boxwell fired 100,000 and Saghabi moved all in. Boxell called holding
. He flopped top two pair against Saghabi's
.The turn was the
and the river the
to give Boxell the hand and double him up to 1.25 million. Saghabi was left with only a few thousand chips.
The flop came down
and Carlson fired 35,000. Every folded and Carlson was left heads up with Saghabi and in charge of doing the deed to eliminate him.Saghabi held
against Carlson's
.The turn and river were the
and
to send Saghabi out the door in 15th place.
against Grigg's
.The board ran out
to send Meyer home in 14th place. Grigg is up over a million and sitting on 1.2 million.
Benton limped into the hand from the cutoff and Boxell checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down


and Boxell led out with a 30,000 bet which was flat-called by Benton.The turn brought the
and Boxell fired once more, this time making it 100,000 to go. Benton called again.The last card off the deck was the
and here Boxell stepped on the brakes, allowing Benton to fire a 200,000 value bet on the river. Boxell mucked straight away and Benton flashed 
for a set.Boxell dropped back down to 1.15 million in chips in the loss.