2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Sydney

$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Sydney

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q6
Prize
1,000,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
3,366,000 AUD
Entries
561
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Peter Aristidou Doubles Up Through Chip Leader

Francisicus Dekkers limps pre-flop and takes a flop with Peter Aristidou in the big blind.

The flop brings {5-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Dekkers bets 1,000 and Aristidou raises to 2,500. Dekkers makes the call.

The turn is the {7-Clubs} and Dekkers leads out for 4,000. Aristidou thinks for a moment before making the call.

The river is the {2-Diamonds} and Dekkers puts Aristidou to a decision for all of his chips. However the decision is a simple one for Aristidou, as he makes the call with {Q-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for the straight. Dekkers reveals {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for the flopped two pair, and slips from the chip lead down to 65,000 in chips.

Tags: Francisicus DekkersPeter Aristidou

Big Finish: PTI's "Stat Boy" Eliminated

Masaaki Kagawa
Masaaki Kagawa
Dan Ginnane of ESPN Australia's Pardon the Interruption was eliminated from the tournament moments ago by Team PokerStars pro Masaaki Kagawa.

Kagawa opened the pot for a 1,500 raise from the button and Ginnane made the call from the big blind. The flop came down {K-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{5-Spades} and both players checked, opting to see a free turn, which was the {J-Hearts}. Ginnane then open-shoved all in for a total of 8,000 chips and Kagawa made the call, revealing pocket two for bottom set. Ginnane tabled the {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} for top pair and a flush draw, but the river blanked out, giving Kagawa the pot.

Tags: Dan Ginnane

Tim De Pater in a World of Aces

A recent multi-way pot saw Australian player Tim De Pater take on two shorter-stacked opponents holding {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. One opponent flips {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs} while the short-stack reveals {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}.

The flop brings {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and De Pater is devastated to see case ace on the board - "Man, where did you pull that ace from?" came the cry from De Pater.

The turn of {5-Spades} was no help, but the river brought the {10-Spades} to give De Pater a set of tens. Although he lost the main pot against the set of aces, he took down a large side pot with his two-outer on the river to collect around 30,000 chips.

Tags: Tim De Pater

Billy Sukkar Eliminated

Billy Sukkar
Billy Sukkar
Moments ago, Australian Billy Sukkar, a cousin of Joe and Tony Hachem, had his aces cracked by the {7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and was eliminated from the tournament.

One opponent limped into the pot pre-flop and another completed the bet from the small blind. Action then fell to Sukkar, who made it 900 to go from the big blind; both of his opponents called.

The flop came {Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and both the small blind and Sukkar checked to the limper, who led out with a 3,000 bet. The small blind got out of the way and Sukkar made the call.

The turn brought the {A-Spades}, giving Sukkar the top set, and he checked to his opponent who moved all in, putting Sukkar to a decision for all of his chips. Having approximately 12,000 left in front of him, Sukkar made the call, at which time his opponent revealed his made flush. To stay alive, Sukkar needed either the board to pair or a diamond to fall off on the river, but neither draw came through as the last card off the deck was the {2-Spades}.

Tags: Billy Sukkar

George Marks Doubles Up

In a clash of the short stacks, George Marks and his opponent get it all in on a flop of {Q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} with the pocket kings of Marks ahead of his opponent's {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}. The turn and river are blanks and George Marks has doubled up to around 45,000 chips.

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Jason Gray Eliminated

Australian Jason Gray has just been eliminated from the tournament after running into an opponent's pocket kings. Gray got all of his money in on a 10-9-7 board holding 10-6, good for top pair and a gutshot straight draw, but the turn and river blanked out and his opponent's kings held up to take down the pot.

Tags: Jason Gray

Adriano Cendron Stumbles

Adriano Cendron has taken a hit to his stack when his monster draw failed to deliver.

On a flop of {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}, the money went into the pot with Cendron holding {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}, but trailing the {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} of Anthony Suhan. The turn brings the {5-Spades} and the river {6-Clubs} and Cendron misses all of his outs. He has now slipped back into the field with around 70,000.

Tags: Adriano CendronAnthony Suhan