It was a day of coolers, suck outs and the cream rising to the top as Day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final has come and gone. 163 players hit the floor of the Star City Casino in the hopes of reaching the money but one by one they dropped away until a little after 11pm when our final 32 were found. The day started with the elimination of Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson who couldn't double up his short stack. He was soon followed by 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem who missed with his straight and flush
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APPT Sydney Day 2: Levels 14 & 15 (blinds 2500-5000, ante 500)
11:10pm: That's a bubble hand While everyone was watching Con Angelakis move his short stack all in over on table 24, a brutal cooler was going down as the cry of "ALL IN! CALL!" grabbed our attention. We rushed to the table to see the ultimate bubble horror story....more
APPT Sydney Day 2: Levels 12 & 13 (blinds 1500-3000, ante 300)
9:20pm: Level up, blinds 2000-4000 (ante 400) 9:15pm: Sabat's stack shrinks 2008 APPT Macau champion Eddy Sabat has been crippled by Enh Phengsavanh down to 63,000 only moments before the new level. Sabat raised to 6200 from early position and the action folded around to Phengsavanh who reraised all-in...more
APPT Sydney Day 2: Levels 10 & 11 (blinds 1000-2000, ante 200)
5:55pm: Level up, blinds 1200-2400 (ante 200) 5:50pm: Negreanu chips up again Canadian Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu is back in the hunt, eliminating another opponent and is now back up to 170,000. The spectators were once again crushed in as close as possible around table 25 and we just...more
APPT Sydney Day 2: Levels 8 & 9 (blinds 600-1200, ante 100)
3:10pm: Watt running low Simon Watt is on the short stack after losing a big flip with pocket jacks against ace-queen. The board ran out 2♦K♥9♠Q♦9♦ to pair up the queen and leave Watt with just 2,500 in chips. They were in moments later with Q♠J♥ and once again...more
APPT Sydney Day 2: Every cloud has a silver lining
If there's one thing that we love about this wide brown land, it's summertime. The glorious sunshine on the golden sands of our beaches, the crystal blue waters of the ocean. Could you imagine being down at Bondi or Manly, surfing the waves, or lying there on the beach...more
APPT Sydney Day 2: Seat Draw
Table 6 Seat 1: Giuseppe Scaravilli (Australia) 35500 Seat 2: Lee Nelson (New Zealand) Team PokerStars Australia 15100 Seat 3: Bassam Habib (Australia) 32900 Seat 4: Jarrad Graham (Australia) 93000 Seat 5: Joseph Moussa (Australia) 16600 Seat 6: Rabii Maatouk (Australia) 58000 Seat 7: Antoine Amourette (France) PokerStars Qualifier...more
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