Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2010 APPT Sydney
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 APPT Sydney
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Entries
289
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Day 2 Down, Only 32 Remain
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Day 2 here at the 2010 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final has come to a close. When it was all said and done, only 32 remained and they're all in the money. Everyone left is guaranteed A$12,145, but they're all looking to capture that A$459,510 first-place prize.
We've got some big contenders still in the field. Young superstars Brendon Rubie (690,500) and Jonathan Karamalikis (733,500) will be joined on Day 3 by Team PokerStars.net Pro Daniel Negreanu (293,500) and Roland de Wolfe (715,500). There's also a few champions left in the field as well with 2010 Aussie Millions champion Tyron Krost (94,500), 2007 APPT Sydney Grand Final champion Grant Levy (81,500) and 2008 APPT Macau champion Eddy Sabat (60,000).
Topping them all though is Reza Vakili with 775,000. He'll be the man to catch tomorrow for the day when the players will play down to a final table.
Play resumes tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. local time here in Sydney, Australia and we'll see you right here on PokerNews for all the live coverage from the floor!
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts
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Here are the official chip counts from the end of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
775,000 | 70,000 |
|
733,000 | 23,000 |
|
715,500 | 195,500 |
|
690,500 | 315,500 |
|
515,500 | -39,500 |
|
441,000 | 96,000 |
|
|
431,500 | -3,500 |
|
407,000 | 107,000 |
|
|
368,500 | 13,500 |
|
|
350,500 | 80,500 |
|
308,000 | -12,000 |
|
302,000 | -13,000 |
|
293,500 | -6,500 |
|
254,500 | 44,500 |
|
|
242,000 | 32,000 |
|
|
215,500 | 15,500 |
|
178,500 | -71,500 |
|
177,500 | -3,500 |
|
148,000 | -52,000 |
|
131,500 | -28,500 |
|
|
121,500 | 55,500 |
|
|
119,000 | 14,000 |
|
94,500 | 4,500 |
|
92,000 | -28,000 |
|
90,000 | -110,000 |
Ali Khalil Bubbles!
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Brendon Rubie opened to 20,000 from under the gun only to have Ali Khalil move all in from the cutoff for roughly 140,000. Rubie instantly made the call to put one of his good friends at risk.
Khalil: 
Rubie: 
Not surprisingly it would be a cooler that would potentially result in the bubble, and when the 
flop fell, Khalil seemed resounded to his fate of exiting just one place shy of the money.
The 
on the turn changed little, and after the 
landed on the river, Khalil was forced to exit the tournament in 33rd place - that precious spot that hurts so much!
Photos From The Bubble
Hand For Hand
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Tournament Director Jason Wicks has just announced that play will be hand-for-hand until we reach the money!
Toni Bubbles the Bubble
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Action folded to Ben Toni in the small blind and he shipped it against Brendor Rubie's big blind. Rubie made the call with 
and was up against 
for the at-risk Toni.
The board ran out 
and Toni hit the rail in 34th place. The remaining 33 players are now officially on the bubble.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Negreanu Loses a Couple Battles While in the Blinds
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Peco Stojanovski raised to 17,000 after action folded around to him in the small blind. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Both checked again and the 
fell on the river. Both checked again and it was Stojanovski's 
beating Negreanu's .
On the next hand, Negreanu limped in from the small blind and Jarred Graham checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down 
and Negreanu bet 6,000. Graham made the call.
The turn was the 
and Negreanu fired 18,000. Graham made the call once again before the dealer put the 
out on the river. Negreanu checked and Graham fired 28,000. Negreanu folded and gave up this one as well.
After losing those two blind battles, Negreanu dropped to 300,000.
Not Just Any Flush for Streifeneder
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Stefan Streifeneder limped in from the small blind only to have Jonathan Karamalikis bump it to 12,000.
Streifeneder made the call before check-calling 16,000 on the 
flop as the 
landed on the turn.
Streifeneder then took the lead by firing out 13,000 with Karamalikis making the call as the river landed the 
. Streifeneder fired again; this time for 50,000, and Karamalikis folded.
"Do you want to see?" asked Streifeneder before tabling his for a flopped straight flush.