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

$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event
Day: 1c
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: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Emad Tahtouh Eliminated

Team PokerStars Player Emad Tahtouh
Team PokerStars Player Emad Tahtouh
Emad Tahtouh and Bruno Portaro saw a flop of {J-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{4-Spades} and all the money went into the middle:

Tahtouh: {A-Spades}{J-Spades}
Portaro: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}

Portaro's pocket aces held the lead but Tahtouh was praying for a repeat jack or a spade to stay alive.

The turn of {2-Hearts} and river of {9-Clubs}, meant Bruno Portaro's aces took down the pot to eliminate popular Australian poker professional Emad Tahtouh from the tournament.

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Mitch Jones Doubles Up

Mitch Jones must've been delighted to see an opponent open shove from under-the-gun while he was short-stacked and sitting with pocket queens. Jones was the lone caller and at the showdown, his opponent tabled pocket nines.

The board filled out {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Jones' queens held up to win the pot and 34,000 in chips.

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Broadway For Mosel As He Storms To Chip Lead

Guy Mosel
Guy Mosel
The flop of {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{10-Clubs} lit up the evening for Guy Mosel as he snuck another peek at his hole cards of {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}, giving him the nuts with the broadway straight. When the turn brought a repeat king, Mosel got the action he was looking for as John Kim had made trips with his {K-Spades}{3-Spades}. The river blanked and Mosel raked in a pot worth 80,000 in chips to storm to the tournament chip lead with in excess of 160,000 chips!

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Gill Feels Ill Folding Identical Hand

Holding {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}, Carter Gill makes a standard opening raise to 4,000. His opponent re-raises to 12,000 and Gill pops it up once again, this time to 24,000 chips. When his opponent moves all-in Gill is disgusted as he flings his cards into the muck. However he is distraught when his opponent shows the same hand with {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}!

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Bruno Portaro Gets Action With His Set

With the board of {8-Spades}{5-Hearts}{10-Spades}, Bruno Portaro is loving the action in front of him from two opponents holding {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. One opponent finds himself all in with {K-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} while the other player manages to get away from his {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. The turn and river are blanks and Bruno Portaro is now up with the leaders at around 170,000 in chips.

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