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Antonio Fazzolari - 1,850,000
Jason Gray - 1,400,000
Tony Basile - 1,200,000
Timothy English - 650,000
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
Antonio Fazzolari - 1,850,000
Jason Gray - 1,400,000
Tony Basile - 1,200,000
Timothy English - 650,000
was an action flop, with Rowe checking to Gray. He bet 180,000; Saffioti moved all in for 540,000. Rowe then called Saffioti's bet, causing Gray to immediately muck his cards.Saffioti:
Rowe:
It was a huge flop for Saffioti, hitting top pair with a good kicker and the nut flush draw, but he ran into Rowe's set of sevens. The
on the turn gave Saffioti even more outs. He needed any ace, any queen, or any spade on the river, but it bricked out the 
. Saffioti exits in sixth place, pocketing AU$100,800 for his finish.Rowe is now on 4.4 million in chips. He covers the second-place player, Antonio Fazzolari, by more than 2.5 million chips.
flop. Both players checked all the way down from there, with the turn falling 
and the river falling 
. English showed down 
; it was no good against Fazzolari's 
.
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
. Action checked to Saffioti. He made a half-pot bet of 40,000 that Gray check-raised to 120,000. Saffioti called after English folded.Gray led out for 150,000 on the
turn and 200,000 on the 
river. Saffioti called the turn bet, then disappointedly folded to the river bet, showing pocket nines as he did. He's down to 575,000 in chips.
Fazzolari check-called the whole way on a board of
, contributing 100,000, then 250,000, then 300,000 chips on successive streets. At showdown, Rowe showed 
for a flopped set of fives. Fazzolari disgustedly slammed down 
, showing that he had flopped top pair and rivered his second pair.Rowe is now up to 3.3 million. Fazzolari is back with the rest of the pack, sitting behind 1.65 million.
. Rowe showed two pair, 
, but was drawing against Saffioti's 
. Rowe didn't get there; the turn and river bricked out 
.As a result, Saffioti is back up to 900,000 in chips. Rowe has slipped back to about 2.7 million.
. Fazzolari was first to act and bet 75,000. Both players called. On the 
turn, Fazzolari bet 150,000. This time, only Rowe called.Fazzolari fired a third bullet on the
river, making it 150,000 to proceed to the showdown. Rowe called a third time. His 
made two pair, kings and threes, to beat Fazzolari's 
two pair, sevens and threes.With that pot, Rowe took over the chip lead from Fazzolari. Rowe now has 2.9 million in chips; Fazzolari has 2.3 million.
, then called a bet of 150,000 from Gray.The turn was the
. Saffioti checked again. This time Gray bet 200,000, leaving himself only 270,000 behind. Saffioti fumbled with his chips as he cut out the 200,000, then announced he was all in. Gray quickly called.Saffioti:
Gray:
Saffioti's ace-king had not improved on the flop or turn, making his all-in raise the equivalent of a stone bluff. He was drawing dead against Gray's aces. The pot was shipped to Gray after the dealer peeled the
as the river.Gray is up to 1.4 million. Saffioti is the new short stack with just 500,000.