APPT Grand Final
Day 4 Completed
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
APPT Grand Final
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
Buy-in
6,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,862,000 AUD
Entries
477
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
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"On behalf of the APPT, PokerStars.net and Star City Casino, I'd like to congratulate you on winning the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final here in Sydney, this beautiful trophy, and one million dollars," said APPT President Jeffrey Haas as he handed over the trophy. All of Rowe's friends and supporters cheered and applauded.
Rowe steamrolled his way to the victory, knocking almost all of the players off of the final table. The heads-up portion of the match would have been a mere five minutes long if Jason Gray had not managed to outdraw Rowe early on. Gray put up a spirited battle, narrowing an eight-to-one chip deficit to five-to-four, but he could never quite get over the hump. Rowe seemed to sense that the strategy he employed in the early portions of heads-up play was not working and changed gears to great effect.
For outlasting a field of 477 tough competitors, Rowe walks away with a cool AU$1,000,000. He also has earned himself a spot in tomorrow's Tournament of Champions. PokerNews will be providing live coverage of that tournament before we bid our fond farewells to a Land Down Under. Play begins at 1:30pm local time.
Good night!
Gray:
Rowe:
Rowe caught Gray making a move, but the outcome was far from certain. Gray had two very live cards against Rowe. Rowe's supporters let out a roar on a flop of
. Rowe made top two pair against Gray's bottom pair. Gray picked up a few outs with the 
turn; he needed a nine or a five on the river to stay alive. That didn't happen; with everyone on their feet and holding their breath, the dealer peeled off the 
. Rowe raised his arms over his head and cried out in triumph.Gray's consolation prize was for second place was AU$476,000.
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
With that pot, Rowe has increased his chip count to 7,750,000. Gray has 1,650,000, which is almost exactly where we were when heads-up play started two and a half hours ago.
The AU$1,000,000 first prize and the winner's trophy are tantalizingly close for Martin Rowe
Jason Gray - 2,100,000
, Rowe checked to Gray, then raised to 800,000 after Gray bet 300,000. Gray flashed the and folded.Rowe has now regained all of the chips he had lost since Gray's initial double-up.
and bet 200,000. Gray called. Both players checked the 
turn. On the river 
, Rowe bet 250,000 and was quickly called by Gray. Rowe showed 
for top pair, top kicker. It was good.Rowe has climbed back up to 6.7 million in chips.
. And of course, he showed his hand after Rowe folded the river, as is required for proper Hammer play.
. Rowe didn't hesitate in firing out 250,000 on the flop or in firing out another 250,000 on the 
turn. Gray called each bet, although he hesitated before calling on the turn. The river was the 
and brought the third bullet from Rowe for a half a million chips. That was the bet that finally folded Gray.Rowe has raised the last five hands after there hadn't been a preflop raise in half an hour. As a result, he's rebuilt his chip stack to 6.3 million.