AUSSIES RULE: APPT SYDNEY A AUSTRALIAN AFFAIR

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Looks like the mission was pretty clear - get rid of all the outsiders and make the Final Four a all-Aussie affair at APPT Syndey's Grand Final.

When the smoke cleared, Jonathan Karamalikis won it all! Beating countryman Ben McLean heads up.

Chip leader Roland de Wolfe crashed and burned fairly early, exiting in 8th place - Canadian Daniel Negreanu earned an impressive sixth PTPR Score of the season with his 9th place finish.

Karamalikis, de Wolfe and Frenchman Antoine Amourette each scored for the second time ths year.

This was the final APPT event of the 2010 calendar.


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Sydney
APPT Grand Final
December 7-12, 2010

Star City Casino
Sydney, AUS

Buy-in: $6,050
Prizepool: $1,788.291
Entries: 289


POINTS AT STAKE
KARAMALIKIS JONATHAN 102
MCLEAN BEN 62
RAFFERTY TOM 37
STOJANOVSKI PECO 27
AMOURETTE ANTOINE 20
SABAT EDDY 12
HANSIMIKALI MANUEL 10
de WOLFE ROLAND 7
NEGREANU DANIEL 7


Here are the payouts (in AUD) for the APPT Sydney Main Event...

1st Jonathan Karamalikis (Australia) - AU$459,510
2nd Ben McLean (Australia) - AU$294,780
3rd Tom Rafferty (Australia) - AU$164,730
4th Peco Stojanovski (Australia) - AU$121,380
5th Antoine Amourette (France) - AU$97,970
6th Eddy Sabat (United States) - AU$79,765
7th Manuel Hansimikali (Australia) - AU$65,025
8th Roland de Wolfe (United Kingdom) - AU$50,285
9th Daniel Negreanu (Canada) - AU$36,415
10th Reza Vakili (Australia) - AU$24,280
11th George Moussa (Australia) - AU$24,280
12th Heinz Kamutzki (Austria) - AU$24,280
13th In Wook Choi (South Korea) - AU$19,050
14th Craig Bourke (Australia) - AU$19,050
15th Brendon Rubie (Australia) - AU$19,050
16th Dongying Ling (Singapore) - AU$19,050
17th Konstantin Bücherl (United Kingdom) - AU$15,610
18th Grant Levy (Australia) - AU$15,610
19th Andrew Stergiotis (Australia) - AU$15,610
20th Stefan Streifeneder (Australia) - AU$15,610
21st Mitch Carle (Australia) - AU$13,875
22nd Jason Brown (New Zealand) - AU$13,875
23rd Miray Badaoui (Australia) - AU$13,875
24th Jarred Graham (Australia) - AU$13,875
25th Vijayan Nagarajan (Malaysia) - AU$12,145
26th Giuseppe Scaravilli (Australia) - AU$12,145
27th Joachim Chia (Singapore) - AU$12,145
28th Silkin Mong (Australia) - AU$12,145
29th Tyron Krost (Australia) - AU$12,145
30th Alan Bustany (Australia) - AU$12,145
31st Omer Silatozija (Australia) - AU$12,145
32nd Con Angelakis (Australia) - AU$12,145