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

Kroesen KO'd

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante
Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen
Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen

Unfortunately for PokerStars.net Online Qualifier Ricky 'rickwaa' Kroesen, his tournament recently came to an end.

However, there won't be too many complaints from the Queenslander as he has had a very successful year on both the live and virtual felt.

Kroesen has made eight live final tables this year with his biggest result coming in the PokerStars.net ANZPT Queensland AU$2,500 Main Event where he took second place for a AU$116,235 ($105,841) payday.

2011 is now only a few online grinding days for rickwaa!

Tags: Ricky KroesenPokerStars

Some Strong Play from Strong Play

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds

Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds opened to 1,500 from the hijack and Con Angelakis smooth-called from the cutoff as the dealer dropped a {Q-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Clubs} flop.

Dodds fired out a continuation bet of 2,200 only to have Angelakis bump it to 5,200.

Dodds peered over at what remained of Angelakis' stack - roughly 16,500 - and proceeded to three-bet to 27,200 to put Angelakis all in.

"Kings?" asked Angelakis after a few moments of deliberation.

"S**t! I need a second!" added Angelakis after a further few minutes.

"Can I phone a friend? David!" asked Angelakis.

"I know what you should do, but I can't tell you!" responded David Saab from across the other side of the table.

Now standing, Angelakis looked at Dodds and tried to get something from the stone-cold poker player, "Really? Kings or aces? I just don't know what to do!"

A further two minutes went by before Angelakis eventually kicked his cards to the muck to slip to 16,500 as Dodds climbs to 59,000 in chips.

Tags: Con AngelakisDavid SaabJoel Dodds

Bower Eliminated

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante

Bradley "BaZa88" Bower raied all in from the cutoff seat for 8,625. The big blind called and off to the races they went with Bower holding the {K-Hearts}{9-Clubs} against the two black sevens for his opponent.

The board ran out {K-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and although Bower made trip kings, his opponent held the winning full house. Bower was eliminated.

Tags: Bradley Bower

Vakili Soaring

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante

Reza Vakili has just soared to the chip lead with 120,000 and change.

Holding {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}, Vakili found himself in a cooler spot against an opponent's {8-Clubs}{8-Spades} on a final board of {J-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{9-Hearts}.

Tags: Reza Vakili

Grigg Busts One

Level 6 : 300/600, 50 ante

From the cutoff seat, Tom Grigg raised to 1,500. The player in the small blind called the the flop came down {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}. Grigg's opponent fired all in for 4,375 and Grigg made the call.

Grigg: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}

The turn brought the {5-Clubs} and the river the {J-Spades}. Grigg's nines held and he sent the player to the rail to move to 45,000 in chips.

Tags: Tom Grigg

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Updated Chip Counts

Here are the updated chip counts as we return from break.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Hansimikali au
Manuel Hansimikali
130,000
15,000
15,000
Reza Vakili
Reza Vakili
115,000
-5,000
-5,000
Brent Bibby
Brent Bibby
95,000
7,000
7,000
Jai Kemp
Jai Kemp
90,000
9,000
9,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
90,000
20,000
20,000
Jackson Zheng
Jackson Zheng
85,000
-5,000
-5,000
Aaron Benton au
Aaron Benton
65,000
15,000
15,000
David Saab au
David Saab
60,000
-13,000
-13,000
Tom Rafferty au
Tom Rafferty
51,000
-1,000
-1,000
Tom Wing
Tom Wing
50,000
-35,000
-35,000
Koray Turker au
Koray Turker
50,000
-5,000
-5,000
Kristina Jeney
Kristina Jeney
50,000
-1,000
-1,000
Tom 'tollgate' Grigg
Tom 'tollgate' Grigg
49,000
4,000
4,000
Billy 'The Croc' Argyros au
Billy 'The Croc' Argyros
48,000
1,000
1,000
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds
Joel 'Strong Play' Dodds
44,000
-5,000
-5,000
Raemin Alexander
Raemin Alexander
40,000
12,000
12,000
Rennie 'steel88' Carnevale
Rennie 'steel88' Carnevale
33,000
-5,000
-5,000
Chris Levick
Chris Levick
30,000
-5,000
-5,000
Phillip Willcocks au
Phillip Willcocks
30,000
-14,000
-14,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
25,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 1X Winner
William Skountzos
William Skountzos
15,000
12,500
12,500
Con Angelakis au
Con Angelakis
13,000
-3,500
-3,500