With the board reading
Hachem leads out on the river with a 5,000 chip bet and pleads for his opponent to call. After some thought, the player decides to let it go and Hachem collects another pot.
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
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
3,366,000 AUD
Entries
561
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 561
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With the board reading
Hachem leads out on the river with a 5,000 chip bet and pleads for his opponent to call. After some thought, the player decides to let it go and Hachem collects another pot.
, he was pot committed to call the push from a short-stacked player who held pocket sixes.The board of
brought no love for Hachem and he is now down to around 24,000 in chips.
. His opponent held 
for the nut flush draw but the only diamond he didn't want to see on the turn came with the 
landing to give Thomas quads nines and the 40,000 chip pot!
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 25
and the action was checked around to the player on the button who opened with a 2,000 bet. The action then fell on Hachem, who, acting from the big blind, shoved all in for approximately 10,000 chips. His bet was called by a player in seat ten, who had originally checked the flop. All of the other players, including the button player who bet the flop, folded.At the showdown, Hachem revealed
and had his opponent, who tabled 
, quite dominated.The turn brought the
giving Hachem's opponent additional outs for a straight, but the 
on the river filled Joe up, effectively doubling him up to 23,000 in chips.
, PokerStars qualifier Dan Owston looked down at his 
and couldn't believe his luck!"I have to call mate, sorry." said Owston, but eventhough his quads were well in front, his opponent incredibly still had some outs with a
royal flush draw. It's rare to be nervous holding quads, but Owston was relieved to see the turn of 
and river 
, to eliminate his opponent.
pushed the last of his chips into the middle when the flop brought 
. However when Carlo Gosselin made the call with 
, Vazquez stood up and seemingly threw his cards into the muck to concede defeat. Amongst the confusion, the dealer deemed his cards live and the turn and river were dealt. Amazingly the 
on the turn and on the river, gave both players a straight and the pot was split!
Lae raised from late position, and Nathan defended his big blind with a re-raise. Lae flat called and both players saw the flop of
.Nathan lead out for 5,000 and Lae re-raised all in. Lae had Nathan covered, and he went into the tank. After several minutes of deep consideration, Nathan eventually made the call for his tournament life with
but was going to need some serious help against the of Lae.The turn and river both bricked eliminiating Rayan Nathan while Quentin Lae is now our tournament chip leader with around 75,000 chips.
. However his hand grows when the flop presents .His opponent makes a continuation bet on the flop and Furay simply flat calls to disguise his strength. The turn of
gives Furay a full house and when his opponent fires another barrel, the chips go into the middle with his opponent drawing dead holding .A meaningless
hits on the river and Furay now has around 45,000 in chips.
