2010 APPT Sydney

Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Another Loss for de Wolfe

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Roland de Wolfe raised from middle position to 300. Bruno Portaro called from late position, Dean McIver called from the button and Todor Kondevski called from the small blind. All of them saw the flop come down {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and action checked around.

The turn card was the {7-Clubs} to pair the board. Action checked to de Wolfe and he fired 500. Portaro folded, McIver called and Kondevski folded.

The river completed the board with the {A-Diamonds} and de Wolfe checked to McIver. He checked behind and tabled the {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. De Wolfe held the {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and lost.

Tags: Roland de WolfeTodor KondevskiDean McIverBruno Portaro

Leaoasavaii Bested by Hachem

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Danny Leaoasavaii doesn't have a lot of results to his name, but the two that he does have are wins in major events. First, Leaoasavaii won the NZ$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event at APPT Auckland and then he won the A$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event at ANZPT II Darwin. Here's one of the many players here in the field today.

On the flop of {9-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}, another player who has a few big wins to his name, Joe Hachem, checked. Leaoasavaii fired 1,200 and after the next player folded, Hachem made the call.

The turn brought the {6-Clubs} and the river the {10-Hearts} with both Hachem and Leaoasavaii checking the action. Hachem tabled the {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} to beat the {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} for Leaoasavaii and win the pot.

Tags: Joe HachemDanny Leaoasavaii

De Wolfe Check-Raised on River

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Todor Kondevski, who won the 2009 Melbourne Texas Hold'em Championship Main Event, checked the flop of {K-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Spades} and another player checked before Roland de Wolfe fired 200. Kondevski made the call and the other player folded.

The turn card was the {10-Diamonds} and Kondevski checked. De Wolfe fired 700 this time and Kondevski called again.

The {K-Hearts} paired the board on the river and Kondevski passed action to de Wolfe once more. De Wolfe fired 1,000, but was met with a check-raise to 3,500 from Kondevski. De Wolfe mucked and Kondevski won the pot.

Tags: Todor KondevskiRoland de Wolfe

Nguyen Three-Bets

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Roland de Wolfe is here in the building and opened this pot with a raise to 300. The cutoff seat made the call and then Binh Nguyen reraised from the small blind to 1,550. Nguyen won APPT Manilla for $260,700 and also won this pot as all of his opponents folded.

Tags: Binh NguyenRoland de Wolfe

Kashyap Bluffs

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Catching the action with the board reading {5-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, we found ANZPT Queensland Champion Nauv Kashyap firing out a bet of 8,100.

His opponent deliberated for a few moments before making the call holding {Q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} for a straight to best Kashyap's bluff with {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

Kashyap is down to 16,000 in chips.

Tags: Nauv Kashyap

Khalil Already All In

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We got to the table and saw that Ali Khalil had all of his chips in the middle on the river with the board reading {10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. He had 12,750 laid out in front of him and his opponent was in the tank. Eventually, the player folded and flashed two kings. "The old seven high does it," said Khalil as he raked the pot and moved his stack to 45,000 right off the bat.

Tags: Ali Khalil

Some Interesting Tables

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Over on table eight we find APPT Manila Champion Binh Nguyen joined by Michel Bouskila, Vesko Zmukic, Bruno Portaro and Dean McIver.

Recent Victorian Poker Championships winner Michael 'ITSOVER9000' Egan is seated with fellow online players Luke 'eddy' Edwards, Josh 'jbrhythm' Barrett and Nick Putt, while over on table eleven we find Australians Barry Forrester, Roy Vandersluis, Matthew Pilat and David Gorr.

Table eighteen features high stakes players Stephen Lindeblad, John Caridad, Jovo Skekic and Esan Tabrizi while on table nineteen, Aussie Millions Champion Tyron Krost is seated with Ali Khalil and Yann Pauchon.

Who's Here?

Here are some of the notables that have been spotted so far.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Boxell au
Leo Boxell
30,000
30,000
30,000
Michael Tran au
Michael Tran
30,000
Antonis Kambouroglou au
Antonis Kambouroglou
30,000
George Moussa au
George Moussa
30,000
Esan Tabrizi
Esan Tabrizi
30,000
30,000
John Maklouf
John Maklouf
30,000
PokerStars
Stephen Lindeblad
Stephen Lindeblad
30,000
Scott Kerr
Scott Kerr
30,000
PokerStars
Nick Putt
Nick Putt
30,000
Kent Hunter
Kent Hunter
30,000
Yann Pauchon
Yann Pauchon
30,000
Michael Egan au
Michael Egan
30,000
PokerStars
Ben Delaney
Ben Delaney
30,000
Luke Edwards au
Luke Edwards
30,000
PokerStars
30,000
Barry Forrester au
Barry Forrester
30,000
Roy Vandersluis
Roy Vandersluis
30,000
Matthew Pilat
Matthew Pilat
30,000
PokerStars
John Caridad
John Caridad
30,000
David Gorr au
David Gorr
30,000
Binh Nguyen us
Binh Nguyen
30,000
Todor Kondevski au
Todor Kondevski
30,000

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Play Underway

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The cards are now in the air!

Each player begins with a 30,000-chip starting bank and will have to navigate through a seven-level sixty-minute day before bagging their chips.

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0