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

12-12-2007 11:10 UTC+10

Moneymaker Arrives

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Chris Moneymaker has finally taken his place on table nine and goes straight to work taking down a quick pot with the comment, "That's the first pot I've won in two hours!" much to the amusement of the table.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

12-12-2007 11:16 UTC+10

Ewan Morgan Eliminated in Monster Pot

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On a board of {6-Diamonds}

, Jau Feng check-raised the river putting Ewan Morgan to a decision for all of his chips. After some deep thought, Ewan made the call with {7-Diamonds}

for the straight, however Jau Feng showed {K-Diamonds}

for a higher straight to eliminate Morgan from the tournament.

Tags: Ewan Morgan

12-12-2007 11:21 UTC+10

Nicolaou Getting Busy, Vos No Show

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Local Sydney player Nick Nicolaou has been busy on table one accumulating chips and now has around 29,000, on a table that features Terrence Chan, actor Daniel MacPherson and an empty chair that is assigned to Mark Vos.

Tags: Daniel MacPherson Mark Vos Nick Nicolaou Terrence Chan

12-12-2007 11:24 UTC+10

Ziv Bachar Takes Down a Big Pot

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With a pot containing 6k, Lance Mitchell bet 4k under the gun on a board reading {3-Clubs}

. He was instantly raised by Ziv Bachar who went all in for 16k. After going into the tank for minutes, Mitchell eventually folded and Bachar took down the pot.

Tags: Ziv Bachar

12-12-2007 11:33 UTC+10

Greg "Fossilman" Raymer Eliminated

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With four-handed action pre-flop the board read {Q-Clubs}

. All players checked the flop and the turn was the {4-Spades}

. Raymer and two other players checked the turn before Lei He made a bet of 600. Raymer raised to 1,600 and it was left to Lei He who made the call. The river was a blank {5-Clubs}

and Raymer pushed all in for 6,000. Lei He made the call with {Q-Diamonds}

and Raymer turned over {K-Spades}

, revealing a missed gut-shot straight draw and with that, Raymer was headed to the rail very early at the Sydney APPT Grand Final.

Tags: Greg Raymer

12-12-2007 11:41 UTC+10

Raymond Rahme Doubles Up

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Raymond Rahme has won a massive pot with {A-Hearts}

. The action was huge with three players involved pre-flop. The first raiser folded after two re-raises and as Rahme turned his cards over the player exclaimed "Wow, glad I folded kings." The remaining player exposed his {K-Clubs}

and let out a loud sigh. After the flop he was drawing dead and Rahme was up to 50,000 in chips.

Tags: Raymond Rahme

12-12-2007 11:46 UTC+10

Nicolaou Takes Down Huge Pot

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In one of the biggest pots of the event so far, Nick Nicolaou has doubled up through Dean Edwards. With action on every street, and a board of {A-Diamonds}

, Nicolaou put the last of his chips into the pot on the river and Edwards went into the tank. After several minutes Edwards finally made the call and showed {K-Clubs}