$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event Day 1a | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Sydney

$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event

Day 1a Completed

12-12-2007 23:31 UTC+10

That's a Wrap

[user38449]

After fourteen grueling hours, Day 1a of the 2007 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final has officially come to an end. Today’s action saw 179 runners take to the felt, though only 30 of them will return on Saturday for Day 2 play.

Among the day’s casualties were WSOP Main Event Winners Greg “Fossilman” Raymer (2004) and Chris Moneymaker (2003). 2007 APPT Macau High Roller’s Event champion Eric Assadourian also found himself a victim of Day 1. Davoud Khajeh tops the list of the select few who survived the day, as he will return on Saturday with a whopping 297,600 in chips. Fellow Australian players Michael Zowie, Trudie Sultana and Grant Levy will also return on Saturday, all with formidable chip stacks.

Our coverage of the APPT Sydney Grand Final continues tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. local time, at which time players registered for the Day 1b flight will begin their quest to become the biggest winner in the history of the APPT.

Until then, good night and good luck!

12-12-2007 23:10 UTC+10

Play Slows Down

[user22113]

The last ten minutes have been quiet as the players look towards their second day action. With only five minutes left in the day nobody wants to put their tournament life on the line.

12-12-2007 22:54 UTC+10

A Monster Pot Claims Two Victims

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Benjamin Anastasi pushed his last 18,500 chips in preflop, and found himself two customers in Lei He and Johnny Su.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}

. Lei He checked and Su bet 20,000. Lei He then check-raised all-in for around 100,000. Su made the call and the cards were revealed.

Anastasi: {A-Diamonds}

He:

Su:

The turn was the {4-Clubs}

and the river {4-Diamonds}

and Lei He had eliminated two players and raked in a pot worth over 200,000 in chips.

Tags: Benjamin Anastasi Johnny Su Lei He

12-12-2007 22:51 UTC+10

Zowie Doubles Through Apreda

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Michael Zowie extracted maximum value with pocket aces against the aggressive Luigi Apreda. When the board read {6-Spades}

, Apreda committed himself to the pot and pushing all-in with {9-Hearts}

. Zowie made the call and when a {10-Diamonds}

hit the river, Zowie had doubled up to 220,000, leaving Apreda on 115,000.

Tags: Luigi Apreda Michael Zowie

12-12-2007 22:49 UTC+10

Mel Judah Eliminated

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Mel Judah floated under the radar for much of the day, maintaining a chip stack just above the 20,000 he started with. Moments ago, his main event came to an abrupt end after he ran K-Q into the pocket aces of Uzziah Thomas.

The board filled out {8-Clubs}

giving both players strong hands, but Thomas' full house owned the best of it and Judah was eliminated from the tournament with about a half an hour left in the day's play.

Tags: Mel Judah

12-12-2007 22:44 UTC+10

Nathaneal Seet Eliminated

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The rocky road for Nathanael Seet has come to an end when he was caught stealing with {J-Spades}

and was called by the pocket fives of Terrence Chan. The board of {A-Hearts}

was not what Seet was hoping for and he was sent to the rail.

Tags: Nathanael Seet Terence Chan

12-12-2007 22:31 UTC+10

"Trudie Gets Trauds"

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Trudie Sultana, one of the two remaining women still alive in today's Day 1a field, has just doubled up through Tony Dunst after flopping quads, following a pre-flop all in confrontation.

Trudie made it 5,000 to go before the flop and was met by a re-raise from Tony D who kicked it up to 20,000. Sultana then moved all in for a total of 46,000 and Dunst made the call.

At the showdown, Trudie tabled pocket tens and was well ahead of Dunst's pocket fives. The hand was settled on the flop, which came {A-Spades}

giving Trudie quad tens. An irrelevant {5-Clubs}

fell off on the turn, giving Dunst a full house, but the improvement only added salt to the wound.

Trudie stacked up just over 100,000 chips after the hand.

Tags: Trudie Sultana

12-12-2007 22:26 UTC+10

An Amazing Call With King High

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In a battle of the blinds Luigi Apreda raised from the small blind to 6,000 and John Donahue in the big blind made the call.

The flop of {8-Spades}

was checked by both players.

The turn brought the {4-Spades}

and Apreda leads out for 15,000. Donahue raises to 30,000 and Apreda makes the call.

The river is the {3-Spades}

and Apreda leads out once again, this time for 25,000. Donahue goes into the tank and after several minutes makes the call.

Apreda sheepishly turns over {9-Hearts}

for nine-high, while Donahue flips {K-Diamonds}

to take down the 120,000 pot with an excellent call with only king-high.

Tags: John Donahue Luigi Apreda

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300