$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event Day 2 | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Sydney

12-15-2007 13:52 UTC+10

Karib Karib Flying

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Karib Karib is flying up the chip leaderboard. His pocket sevens were too good for his opponent's {A-Spades}

on a board of {3-Spades}

and at last report he is in excess of 350,000 in chips!

Tags: Karib Karib

12-15-2007 14:05 UTC+10

Van Marcus Survives Thanks To Leader's Laydown

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Colin Evans raises to 12,500 from under the gun and Van Marcus comes over the top for 36,000 holding {A-Hearts}

. Evens makes the call and shows an identical hand with {A-Clubs}

!

The board presents {5-Hearts}

and both players chop up the pot. Following the hand, tournament chip leader Henrik Gwinner claimed that he folded {A-Spades}

!

Tags: Colin Evans Henrik Gwinner Van Marcus

12-15-2007 14:13 UTC+10

Nelson Going Strong

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In a battle of the blinds, Lee Nelson raises it up to 13,000 from the small blind and his opponent in the big blind makes the call.

The flop brings {Q-Hearts}

and Nelson leads out for 18,000. The big blind thinks for a moment before folding his hand, and Nelson rakes in another pot. He is currently in control of his table and has more than 200,000 in chips.

Tags: Lee Nelson

12-15-2007 14:17 UTC+10

Kim and Chan Collide

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Sid Kim and Terrence Chan have just collided in a huge pre-flop confrontation. Chan held {Q-Spades}

but it wasn't enough to overcome the {A-Hearts}

held by Kim. Kim now has around 200,000 chips while Chan is down to under 90,000.

Tags: Sid Kim Terrence Chan

12-15-2007 14:20 UTC+10

Sorry Baby

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In a huge pot with the board reading {K-Clubs}

, Kenny Ng fires out 96,000 on the river into Scotty Nguyen. Scotty thinks for a few moments before making the call. Ng says "Sorry baby" and flips over {A-Diamonds}

for the straight which is enough to rake in the 250,000 chip pot as Scotty mucks his hand.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

12-15-2007 14:23 UTC+10

Levy Busily Rebuilding

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After taking a few early blows today, Grant Levy has now started getting active on his table and has rebuilt his stack to over 200,000 chips.

Tags: Grant Levy

12-15-2007 14:25 UTC+10

Van Marcus Eliminated

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A short-stacked Van Marcus moved all in before the flop holding A-7 and was called by Craig Gray who tabled pocket queens. Tournament chip leader Henrik Gwinner also considered making the call with his pocket fives, but decided to lay them down before the flop. Lucky for him, it was the right move, as both he and Craig hit sets on the Q-8-5 flop - Craig's being the larger of the two. Marcus picked up an open-ended straight draw when a six fell on the turn, but the ace that fell on the river sealed his fate.

Tags: Van Marcus

12-15-2007 14:34 UTC+10

Bergren's Big Blind Bliss

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In a battle of the blinds Sol Bergren sees a flop holding a weak looking {J-Hearts}

. But on the flop of {J-Clubs}

, his hand suddenly became a monster. When his opponent raised the flop, Bergren was happy to commit his chips. His opponent called and had Bergren covered, but was in terrible shape with {9-Hearts}

for nothing but a weaker flush draw. When the {J-Spades}

landed on the turn, Bergren's opponent was drawing dead, boosting Bergren to over 400,000 in chips.

Tags: Sol Bergren

12-15-2007 14:44 UTC+10

Colin Evans Doubles Up

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Colin Evans has just doubled up. Holding pocket queens, Evans spiked a third lady on the flop to leave his opponeng reeling. Evans now has over 150,000 in chips.

Tags: Colin Evans

12-15-2007 14:46 UTC+10

Play Slows Down

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The action has been fast and furious this afternoon, but with 64 players now remaining the play has slowed down considerably in the last few orbits. Players are now aware that there are only eight more eliminations before they reach the money and play has tightened up accordingly.