This concludes our coverage from the APPT Sydney Grand Final here at Star City Casino. Joe's dominating win today is his first major win on home soil and continues the impressive run of Australian players in this series.
We next head to Melbourne's Crown Casino in January where the cream of Australian and international players will be once again on display at the 2008 Aussie Millions!
On behalf of everyone here at PokerNews, we hope you all have a safe and Merry Christmas we look forward to you joining us in the New Year for our live coverage from the 2008 Aussie Millions!
The winner of this event receives a $50,000 donation to the charity of their choice. As we mentioned earlier, Joe Hachem is an ambassador for The Shane Warne Foundation.
The Shane Warne Foundation assists seriously ill and underprivileged children, and the $50,000 will go a long way to bring happiness to the lives of these kids.
Grant Levy raises under the gun to 15,000 and Joe Hachem calls out of the big blind.
The flop is and Joe checks, allowing Grant to bet 21,000. Joe pops it up to 50,000 and Grant announces that he is all in. Joe insta-calls, crying "SHIP IT!" as he slams on the table for top set. Levy shows and will need another miracle to survive.
The turn and river come and Grant Levy busts out in 4th place after another day of world class poker.
Grant Levy raises it up pre-flop to 20,000 and Scotty Nguyen flat calls.
On a flop of Grant makes a move at the pot for all of his remaining chips with . Scotty yells out "You got it baby! I call!" and flips over two black queens.
Grant is needing help, but the turn of doesn't deliver.
He needs a king on the river to stay alive, and wouldn't you know it, the arrives giving Grant a pair of kings and the bad beats continue this evening as Grant doubles up!