Charity Sit and Go | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Sydney

Charity Sit and Go

Day 1 Completed

12-17-2007 21:41 UTC+10

Merry Christmas

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This concludes our coverage from the APPT Sydney Grand Final here at Star City Casino. Joe's dominating win today is his first major win on home soil and continues the impressive run of Australian players in this series.

We next head to Melbourne's Crown Casino in January where the cream of Australian and international players will be once again on display at the 2008 Aussie Millions!

On behalf of everyone here at PokerNews, we hope you all have a safe and Merry Christmas we look forward to you joining us in the New Year for our live coverage from the 2008 Aussie Millions!

12-17-2007 21:37 UTC+10

The Shane Warne Foundation

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The winner of this event receives a $50,000 donation to the charity of their choice. As we mentioned earlier, Joe Hachem is an ambassador for The Shane Warne Foundation.

The Shane Warne Foundation assists seriously ill and underprivileged children, and the $50,000 will go a long way to bring happiness to the lives of these kids.

12-17-2007 21:27 UTC+10

Joe Hachem Wins APPT Tournament of Champions Charity Event

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Greg Raymer folds each hand until he finally decides to make a stand in the 5th hand of heads up play, but is trailing:

Greg: {Q-Spades}

Joe:

The board comes {8-Hearts}

and Joe Hachem makes a full house to eliminate Greg Raymer in 2nd place, and capture the APPT Tournament of Champions trophy!

Tags: Greg Raymer Joe Hachem

12-17-2007 21:12 UTC+10

Heads Up Chip Count

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Hachem has 832,000 in chips and Raymer has a long road ahead of him holding only 68,000 chips.

12-17-2007 21:11 UTC+10

Scotty Nguyen Eliminated in 3rd Place

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Very next hand and Scotty Nguyen pushes all in for 55,000. Joe immediately calls and amazingly shows pocket rockets!

Scotty: {A-Spades}

Joe:

The board lands {10-Spades}

and Scotty is eliminated in 3rd place and after a whirlwind couple of minutes we find ourselves heads up!

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

12-17-2007 21:07 UTC+10

Chip Counts

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With three World Series of Champions remaining, Joe Hachem has a commanding chip lead:

Hachem: 771,000
Raymer: 74,000
Nguyen: 55,000

The short stacks will need to double up or this one could be all over very soon!

12-17-2007 21:05 UTC+10

Grant Levy Eliminated in 4th Place

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Grant Levy raises under the gun to 15,000 and Joe Hachem calls out of the big blind.

The flop is {3-Clubs}

and Joe checks, allowing Grant to bet 21,000. Joe pops it up to 50,000 and Grant announces that he is all in. Joe insta-calls, crying "SHIP IT!" as he slams {9-Spades}