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APPT: Sydney Grand Final Begins Today

The APPT Grand Final Will Also Feature a High-Rollers Challenge

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The second Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final will cap off the second season for this growing poker tour beginning tomorrow. The tournament will be held at the Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Many professional poker players will be in attendance, including Australia’s only world champion, Joe Hachem. The tournament will feature two day-one flights and the champion will be crowned at a televised final table on Sunday, Dec. 7. The buy-in for this event is $6,000 AUD. The final stop on the season two schedule for the APPT will also host a $15,000 AUD high-rollers challenge.

Joe HachemHere is the schedule of events:

$6,000 Grand Final


Tuesday, Dec. 2: Day 1A (All preliminary days begin at 12:30 p.m. AEDT)
Wednesday, Dec. 3: Day 1B
Thursday, Dec. 4: Day 2
Friday, Dec. 5: Day 3
Saturday, Dec. 6: Day 4
Sunday, Dec. 7: Final table (Begins at 1:30 p.m. AEDT)

$15,000 High Rollers Challenge

Saturday, Dec. 6: Day 1 (One-day event begins at 6:30 p.m. AEDT)

2007 APPT Grand Final

NOTE: All values are in Australian dollars.

Number of entrants: 561
Buy-in: $6,000
Total prize pool: $3,366,000
First-place prize: $1,000,000
Places paid: 55

Final-table results:

1: Grant Levy -- $1,000,000
2: Jeremiah Vinsant -- $621,540
3: Lei He -- $322,280
4: Sol Bergren -- $230,200
5: Jai Kemp -- $158,830
6: Barry Kohlhoff -- $115,100
7: John Matwey -- $92,080
8: Vijayan Nigarajan -- $69,060
9: Larry Wright -- $46,040

Notable cashes: Lee Nelson (18th), Scotty Nguyen (19th), Carter Gill (28th), Terrence Chan (29th), and Henrik Gwinner (30th).

Check back for a report about the final table of this event after its conclusion on CardPlayer.com.