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

12-13-2007 21:01 UTC+10

Scotty Nguyen Too Good for the Ladies

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The button raises to 4,000 and Scotty defends his blinds and makes the call.

The flop brings {7-Diamonds}

and the button bets out 5,200. Scotty raises to 10,400 and the button moves all in. Scotty instantly shoves his mountain of chips in to the middle and flips {7-Spades}

to the delight of the crowd - well in front of his opponent's pocket queens. The turn and river blank and Scotty now has over 125,000 in chips.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

12-13-2007 20:49 UTC+10

Female Intuition

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Sensing weakness from three pre-flop limpers, Sarah Bilney makes a move and pushes all in over the top for all of her chips. The limpers fold and Bilney adds about 8,000 much needed chips to her stack.

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12-13-2007 20:41 UTC+10

Steve Makes a Wise Call

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With a raise and a re-raise from a short stack in front of him Steve Wise looked down at {A-Hearts}

and was put to a decision. He made the right one and called and his opponent flipped over {A-Diamonds}

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The board of {A-Clubs}

elevates Steve Wise to 85,000 chips.

Tags: Steve Wise

12-13-2007 20:34 UTC+10

Leo Boxell Progressing Well

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Leo Boxell has been steadily moving through the field and has accumulated a large stack of chips with some aggressive play. Boxell now sits at over 110,000 in chips.

Tags: Leo Boxell

12-13-2007 20:20 UTC+10

The Field Narrows

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We are now well into the tenth level of play and there are currently 68 players remaining in today's flight.

With a full field expected tomorrow we believe the total player count will be in excess of 560 players!

12-13-2007 20:18 UTC+10

Potter Eliminated in the Biggest Pot of the Day

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Australian James Potter was just eliminated from the main event by Henrik Gwinner in what turned out to be the biggest pot of the day thus far.

Gwinner opened the pot with a 3,500 raise from the button and Potter was the lone caller in the small blind. The flop came down {A-Spades}

and Potter passed the first action to Gwinner who led out with a 7,000 bet. Potter, holding the {A-Diamonds}

- good for top two pair - opted to put in a raise, making it 17,000 to go; Gwinner made the call.

The turn brought the {Q-Spades}

and again, Potter gave the first action to Gwinner who fired a 25,000 bullet. The move prompted Potter to shove all in over the top of Gwinner's bet for a total of 57,700. Gwinner then went into the tank for quite some time, eventually having the clock called on him, but in the end he made the call and turned over the {J-Hearts}

for a straight. Unable to fill up on the river ( {4-Diamonds}

), Potter was eliminated from the main event.

Gwinner, now the tournament chip leader, stacked up over 250,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: James Potter

12-13-2007 20:16 UTC+10

Peter Aristidou Eliminated

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A short-stacked Peter Aristidou pushed the last of his 8,000 of chips into the middle pre-flop holding pocket threes and was quickly called by an opponent with {A-Hearts}

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The board of {10-Diamonds}

kept Aristidou in the lead but the river of the {8-Diamonds}

counterfeited Aristidou's pair and the ace kicker of his opponent played.

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12-13-2007 20:11 UTC+10

Dekkers Dodges Over Half the Deck!

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Francisicus Dekkers found himself all in pre-flop with {6-Hearts}

against his opponent's {A-Spades}

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The flop of {J-Hearts}

gave his opponent some hope but an amazing {J-Spades}

on the turn provided him with maximum out possibilities. With straight and flush draws, plus counterfeit and overcards, Dekkers was actually now the underdog in the hand! After consultation with poker pro Mark Vos we believe Dekkers' opponent had an amazing 25 outs heading into the river!

Somehow Dekkers dodged them all to survive and now has around 100,000 in chips.

Tags: Francisicus Dekkers