2010 APPT Sydney

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2010 APPT Sydney
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
459,510 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Entries
289
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Chip Counts Heading to Break

Here are the chip counts heading into break.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jai Kemp
Jai Kemp
95,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of David Saab au
David Saab
70,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Brent Bibby
Brent Bibby
65,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
65,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Reza Vakili
Reza Vakili
60,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
48,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Rennie 'steel88' Carnevale
Rennie 'steel88' Carnevale
45,000
10,500
10,500
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Profile photo of Kristina Jeney
Kristina Jeney
40,000
29,000
29,000
Profile photo of Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
39,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Chris Levick
Chris Levick
37,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Greg Cook
Greg Cook
36,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Aaron Benton au
Aaron Benton
36,000
1,000
1,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds
34,500
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Ali Ghezelbash au
Ali Ghezelbash
34,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
33,000
14,550
14,550
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jonas Kronwitter at
Jonas Kronwitter
32,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Raemin Alexander
Raemin Alexander
32,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Bradley 'BaZa88' Bower
Bradley 'BaZa88' Bower
25,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Joel Cohen au
Joel Cohen
25,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen
Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen
22,000
11,200
11,200
pokerstars
Profile photo of Tom 'tollgate' Grigg
Tom 'tollgate' Grigg
18,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Damon Lum
Damon Lum
17,000
21,000
21,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Con Angelakis au
Con Angelakis
15,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Phillip Willcocks au
Phillip Willcocks
15,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of William Skountzos
William Skountzos
10,000
2,000
2,000

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Turker Busts One

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

A player moved all in from under the gun for 2,125 and action folded around to Koray Turker in the big blind. He made the call and tabled the {A-Spades}{9-Spades}. The all-in player held the {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}.

The flop was a pretty exciting one, coming down {J-Spades}{10-Spades}{8-Hearts}. The all-in player held top pair and a gutshot while Turker flopped a big combo draw.

The turn brought the {5-Clubs} and kept the all-in player in front, but the {3-Spades} on the river gave Turker a spade flush and won him the pot. He eliminated the short-stacked, all-in player and moved up to 65,000 in chips.

Tags: Koray Turker

Kemp Soaring to 100k

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Jai Kemp has just soared up the leaderboard to sit a few chips below 100,000.

Holding {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} against an opponent's {A-}{Q-}, the final board of {10-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} would ensure the pot pushed to Kemp as he collected the pot to move to 95,000 in chips.

Tags: Jai Kemp

Top Pair Slowroll for Wing

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Tom Wing
Tom Wing

On a flop of {3-Spades}{J-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, Tom Wing fired out a bet into two opponents, but only one made the call as the {K-Diamonds} landed on the turn.

This time Wing's opponent took the lead by firing out a bet of 3,500 with Wing smooth-calling as the {9-Clubs} landed on the river.

After a few minutes deliberating, Wing's opponent eventually tapped the table indicating a check, as Wing followed suit.

"I can beat absolutely nothing!" announced Wing before his opponent tabled his {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}.

Wing then happily tabled his {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} as he began raking in the pot to send him over the 65,000-chip mark.

"Oooooooo! What a slowroll!" screamed tablemate David Saab.

Following a few laughs from some of the players, the losing opponent asked, "so you're not calling 11,000 on the river?"

"I snap call!" exclaimed Wing.

Tags: Tom WingDavid Saab

Lunardi Legged

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Kristian Lunardi
Kristian Lunardi

Jonathan Karamalikis opened to 600 preflop and Kristian Lunardi three-bet to 1,500. With the action back on Karamalikis, he bumped it to 4,500.

Lunardi deliberated for a few moments before moving all in for roughly 21,000 more and Karamalikis instantly called.

Karamalikis: {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Lunardi: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}

Unfortunately for Lunardi, the {7-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{A-Spades} flop would see Karamalikis spike his three-outer to take the lead, and when the {9-Clubs} and {5-Spades} landed on the turn and river, Lunardi was forced to hit the rail.

Tags: Jonathan KaramalikisKristian Lunardi

Five-Bet with Eight High

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Bradley "BaZa88" Bower raised from the cutoff seat to 775. The big blind reraised to 2,100. Bower came back over the top with a four-bet to 4,500. His opponent five-bet to 10,000 and Bower folded. The big blind showed the powerful {8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} that he five-bet with.

Tags: Bradley Bower

Seven-Deuce No Good for Koray

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Obviously seeing the success that Joel Dodds had with the same hand just a few minutes earlier, Koray Turker had his opponent all in on a {10-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} board with {7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}.

Unfortunately for Turker, his opponent held {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} for an overpair, and when the river blanked out with the {3-Hearts}, Turker slipped to 35,000 in chips.

Tags: Koray Turker

Flush for Dodds

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

With the board reading {3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, Joel Dodds fired out a sizable bet of 12,550.

His lone opponent in the hand made the call, but was forced to muck at the sight of Dodds' {7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for a flush as he climbs to 35,000 in chips.

Tags: Joel Dodds