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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
Timothy English - 1,620,000
Frank Saffioti - 1,440,000
Martin Rowe - 1,405,000
Tony Basile - 1,040,000
Jason Gray - 790,000
, Saffioti announced that he was all in for approximately 1.2 million, a severe overbet. Gray and Basile were both quite deep; each had approximately one million chips. Each player tanked and folded in turn."Did you have a ten?" Gray asked after the hand.
Saffioti smirked. "I had trips."
flop. When the turn fell 
, Fazzolari took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000. English folded. As Fazzolari dragged the pot, he flashed the 
.
"It's only Aussie money," joked Tony Basile. "It's not worth much!"
The flop was
. Saffioti, as first to act, led out for 55,000. Both opponents called to the 
turn. This time action passed to Kowalski, who made a small bet of 60,000, leaving himself just 320,000 behind. Saffioti instantly moved all in. Fazzolari tanked for about a minute before reluctantly releasing his hand. Kowalski needed far less time to call.Kowalski:
Saffioti:
It was bad luck for Kowalski; his pair of aces was out-kicked by Saffioti's queen. The river fell
to eliminated Kowalski in seventh place. His reward is AU$72,800.
from 30,000 to 90,000. English called, but then folded to a bet of 150,000 when the river fell 
.The very next hand, Basile reraised Martin Rowe's open-raise to 210,000. Nobody wanted to play for that price.
. He was called. The two men checked down the action the rest of the way, with the board running out 
. Saffioti showed for two pair, queens and nines. He had outflopped Fazzolari's 
and took down the pot.