Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
APPT Tournament of Champions
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final - Sydney
Prize Pool
50,000 AUD
Entries
10
Level
9
Blinds
1,500 / 3,000
Ante
0
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On a flop of
Hachem led for 1,100 and found one caller in Rousso. The turn fell the 
and Hachem led 1,400 following Rousso's check. Rousso contemplated for a while before raising to a total of 3,500, which was followed by a call from Hachem.The river landed the
and Rousso led for 2,500 which was met with a call from Hachem. Rousso tabled 
for the nut flush as Hachem tabled 
.With that pot Rousso moved up to over 17,000 in chips as Hachem is now down to below 3,000.
On a flop
he made a bet of 800 and only found action from Grant Levy on the button. The turn of the 
fell and Rowe again led strongly for 1,500 which was followed by an immediate call from Levy.When the
landed on the river Rowe checked the action over to Levy where he layed out a bet of 2,600 into Rowe. As Rowe sat there pondering for over a minute he eventually made the call. Levy tabled 
for a busted flush and straight-draw while Rowe tabled 
for top-pair and the 10,800 pot.
fell down.With action on Assadourian, he fired out 1,200, which was followed by folds from the remaining players in the hand.
As Assadourian tabled
he stated, "I just had to make sure I was chip leader" as he raked in the pot to jump out to the early lead.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Seat 2: Grant Levy -- 2007 APPT Sydney Champion
Seat 3: Van Marcus -- 2008 APPT Manila Champion
Seat 4: Joe Hachem -- 2005 WSOP Main Event Champion
Seat 5: Chad Brown -- Team PokerStars Pro
Seat 6: Eddy Sabat -- 2008 APPT Macau Champion
Seat 7: Martin Rowe -- 2008 APPT Sydney Champion
Seat 8: Lee Nelson -- Team PokerStars Pro
Seat 9: Vanessa Rousso -- Team PokerStars Pro
Seat 10: Daniel Craker -- 2008 APPT Auckland Champion
We are expecting to see APPT Macau winner Eddy Sabat (fresh off his victory last night in the Heads Up side event), APPT Auckland winner Daniel Craker, APPT Manila champ Van Marcus and newly crowned APPT Sydney champion Martin Rowe. We believe that APPT Seoul champ Yoshihiro Tasaka has had to head back to Japan after crushing the cash games here in Sydney.
Our champions are likely to be joined by PokerStars sponsored players Joe Hachem, Eric Assadourian and Grant Levy, with possibly some international flavour thrown in with a mix of Chris Moneymaker, Chad Brown, Gavin Griffin or Vanessa Rousso likely to make up our table of ten. We'll have the list of players and seat draw for you shortly.
The action kicks off at 1:30pm which is in about one hour's time so stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the live updates!