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

$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event

Day 1b Completed

12-14-2007 00:12 UTC+10

End of Day 1b Results

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Here's how the 42 surviving players from the Day 1b flight stack up:

Henrik Gwinner - 390,400
Scotty Nguyen - 250,400
Gary Diamond - 239,000
Julious Colman - 196,600
Larry Wright - 180,600
Matthieu Logel - 150,200
Sol Bergren - 142,600
Leo Boxell - 142,100
Jai Kemp - 109,000
Sid Kim - 107,300
Paren Arzoomanian - 105,300
Lee Nelson - 93,500
Robert Korun - 93,400
Francisicus Dekkers - 92,800
Daniel Elkington - 90,500
Jim Kilarjian - 86,100
Tiffany Williamson - 84,200
Adriano Cendron - 77,800
Michael Christanthopoulos - 77,700
Andrew Capelin - 76,200
Danny Joukhadar - 75,500
Mark Walsh - 69,800
Van Marcus - 67,800
Helen Davis - 65,500
Steve Wise - 58,800
Frank Fuller - 58,700
Henrik Lundstrom - 58,200
Andrew Overby - 56,600
David Wells - 53,300
Jay Sipelstein - 52,000
Kenny Ng - 44,700
Justin Gendle - 41,300
Lance Bubalo 34,900
Dennis Waterman - 32,500
Michael Haddad - 28,300
George Marks - 24,000
David Murray - 24,000
Jason Elliott - 20,400
Craig Gray - 19,900
Ross Myers - 19,000
Steve Morris - 15,500
Simon Lange - 10,800

**Note: The end of Day 1b results listed on our chip count page also include survivors from yesterday's Day 1a flight.

12-13-2007 23:29 UTC+10

Day 1b is Complete

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And with that, our coverage of Day 1b is complete. Of the 194 players who started the day, only 42 remain. 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen will be one of the players returning on Saturday for Day 2 play as one of the tournament’s biggest stacks. The "Prince of Poker” put on a show for the many fans that came out to support him throughout the day, and ended up with an impressive 250,400 in chips, good for second place overall among Day 1b survivors. Also returning on Saturday will be Lee "Final Table" Nelson, Tiffany Williamson and overall tournament chip leader Henrik Gwinner, who's stacked up an incredible 390,400 in chips.

We hope you’ll tune in tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. local time for our continued coverage of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final as the third and final group of Day 1 hopefuls take to the felt. Until then, good night and good luck!

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

12-13-2007 23:21 UTC+10

Terris Preston Eliminated, Nguyen On Fire

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The gallery behind Scotty Nguyen is still buzzing after the "Prince" lit up the table with a tremendous call in the final moments of the evening against Terris Preston. With Preston still reeling from the bad beat he'd just suffered, Scotty was confident that his pocket nines were good on the board of {10-Hearts}

. With all the money in the middle Preston's pocket eights were in deep trouble and the {3-Hearts}

on the river sent Preston crashing to the rail as Scotty Nguyen leaps towards the top of the chip count leaderboard in spectacular fashion!

Tags: Scotty Nguyen Terris Preston

12-13-2007 23:12 UTC+10

Terris Preston Takes Huge Hit

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On the flop of {A-Spades}

, Terris Preston bet out 9,000 holding two pair with {A-Diamonds}

and Larry Wright made the call. The turn of {7-Hearts}

seemed innocent enough for Preston and he fired another 22,000 into the pot. Wright then moved all in for 70,000 and Preston made the quick call thinking he was in front. However, Wright flipped {A-Clubs}

for a larger two pair and Preston was not too pleased. The {8-Spades}

on the river dented Preston's chip stack while Wright had doubled up to around 150,000 in chips.

Tags: Larry Wright Terris Preston

12-13-2007 23:06 UTC+10

Gwinner's Courageous Call Extends Chip Lead

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With the board showing {A-Spades}

, Paren Arzoomanian bet 55,000 into a pot that was already over 100,000 in chips. Tournament chip leader Henrik Gwinner went into the tank for a decision that could potentially give him a monstrous chip lead over the entire field.

Time was eventually called on Gwinner and he made a courageous call with {7-Hearts}

for two pair. Arzoomanian revealed {6-Hearts}

and Gwinner pulled down a pot worth in excess of 200,000 in chips!

Tags: Henrik Gwinner Paren Arzoomanian

12-13-2007 22:57 UTC+10

Sol Bergren Flushed with Chips

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Sol Bergren calls the all-in of his opponent with {A-Diamonds}

but isn't looking in great shape when his opponent reveals a dominating {A-Spades}

.

But when the board comes {10-Hearts}

, Bergren had made a jack-high flush to eliminate his opponent and move up to over 150,000 in chips.

Tags: Sol Bergren

12-13-2007 22:49 UTC+10

Jozef Berec Eliminated

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A short-stacked Jozef Berec has just pushed all of his chips into the middle holding pocket jacks, and was called by an opponent holding {A-Diamonds}

.

The board of {8-Spades}

sends Berec to the rail and he is unable to repeat his recent second-place finish in the APPT Seoul Main Event.

Tags: Jozef Berec

12-13-2007 22:37 UTC+10

Overby Doubles The Hard Way

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When the action was folded around to Andrew Overby in the small blind he pushed the remainder of his 20,000 chips into the middle holding {J-Hearts}

. However Frank Fuller in the big blind had an easy call when he saw how pretty his {A-Clubs}

looked.

The flop came {A-Hearts}

and Overby was on the verge of elimination. However the turn and river of {9-Hearts}

delivered Overby a miraculous running straight to double him up to around 45,000 in chips.

Tags: Andrew Overby Frank Fuller

12-13-2007 22:27 UTC+10

Chip Leader Loses Race

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Tournament chip leader Henrik Gwinner has just claimed to have lost one of his first races of the day, which is very believable when you look at the mountain of chips in front of him. Holding pocket eights against the {J-Hearts}

of his opponent, the board came {A-Clubs}

and Gwinner appeared to be in disbelief at losing the pot as he wondered out loud, "Man, what happened there?"

Tags: Henrik Gwinner