2009 PokerStars.net APPT Sydney Grand Final
APPT Sydney Grand Final Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
One of the quarterfinal matches going on is David Saab versus Team PokerStars Pro and former WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem. Hachem has a slight lead at last look. Tino Lechich is also in a quarterfinal match.
The top four spots will be paid and they plan to finish it all tonight. We'll try and keep you posted once in a while.
Ernst Hermans - 2,900,000
Andrew Hiscox - 2,600,000
Tom Grigg - 2,550,000
Wayne Carlson - 1,300,000
Aaron Benton - 1,100,000
Leo Boxell - 1,050,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Ernst Hermans opened the pot with a raise to 95,000 from under-the-gun and then action folded around the table to Andrew Hiscox who three-bet to 200,000 from the hijack. Leo Boxell folded from the cutoff and when the action reached Forrester on the button, he moved all in for a total of 875,000. Hermans laid down his hand, but Hiscox made the call, tabling . Forrester found himself in bad shape with the .
The board changed nothing and Hiscox took down the pot with two pair, aces and eights, with a king kicker.
Forrester will take home $83,160 in prize money for his 7th place finish. Meanwhile, Hiscox stacked up 2.15 million in chips with the win.
The turn brought the and Grigg fired 125,000. Hermans called again.
The last card off the deck was the and Grigg fired a major league bet of 275,000 which was again called by Hermans.
At the showdown, Grigg tabled {Jd] for a Broadway straight and Hermans mucked.
Grigg piled up 2.55 million in chips after the hand while Hermans dropped back down to 2.9 million.
Motioning his hands as if he was pushing chips into an imaginary pot, Benton said: "I'm just going to start shoving and getting in there now, baby!" A few minutes later, another beer arrived for him.
The turn card was the . Carlson checked and Benton fired all in for 547,000. Carlson went into the tank. He looked very uncomfortable about the decision at hand and spent several minutes mulling over it. Eventually, he mucked his hand and Benton tabled to show off his hand. He and Carlson are now up to 1.35 million each.
Carlson mentioned he held the same hand.