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4.30pm: Van Marcus wins APPT Tournament of Champions Van Marcus is the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Tournament of Champions winner, earning $10,000 for his charity of choice, the Child Fund. Marcus defeated The Poker Star winner Amanda De Cesare heads-up after Marcus eliminated Joe Hachem in third. Van Marcus becomes...more

We suspect that he might not have had much sleep, but Aaron Benton will be back in the Sports Theatre at Star City Casino to complete his first duties as 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final winner. Benton will join the field for the traditional finale of the season -...more

Live updates from the final table, level 29 (blinds 60,000-120,000, ante 10,000) of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can...more

Live updates from the final table, level 28 (blinds 50,000-100,000, ante 10,000) of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can...more

Live updates from the final table, level 14 (blinds 40,000-80,000, ante 5000) of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can...more

Seat 1: David Formosa, Sydney, Australia (856,000 in chips): This 41-year-old father of two sports centre manager satellited his way into this tournament via Star City Casino and has been playing the game for six years. "I played a couple of the $1500 events in the WSOP, but this...more

Live updates from day 3, level 22 (blinds 12,000-24,000, ante 3000) of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be...more

Live updates from day 3, level 21 (blinds 10,000-20,000, ante 2000) of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be...more

PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final day 3 seat draw Table 80 Seat 1: Paul Albino (USA) PokerStars Qualifier 83000 Seat 2: Roel Pijpers (Netherlands) PokerStars Qualifier 192700 Seat 3: Alan Brown (United Kingdom) PokerStars Qualifier 192900 Seat 4: Barry Forrester (Australia) 36300 Seat 5: Joseph Allis (New Zealand) 398000 Seat...more

From the moment that 2008 APPT Grand Final winner Martin Rowe was eliminated in the opening hand of the day, the steady stream of departures showed little signs of slowing as the field of 226 was slashed to just 66 in an enthralling day of poker in the PokerStars.net...more

Live updates from day 2, level 13 (blinds 1500-3000, ante 300) of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final brought to you by Sean Callander and Landon Blackhall from Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be...more

After two run-of-the-mill day one flights, the gloves were well and truly off day 1C of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final at Sydney's Star City Casino. Perhaps inspired by Danny Green's stunning first-round victory over Roy Jones jnr in the previous evening's IBO Cruiserweight title fight at nearby Acer...more

Joe Hachem tasted success here in Sydney two years ago when he won the first APPT Tournament of Champions, earning his charity of choice the Shane Warne Foundation a $50,000 donation. But it's otherwise been leaning pickings on home soil for the 2005 WSOP champion and PokerStars.net Team Australia...more

By Landon Blackhall The 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final field has been confirmed at 396, with a total prize pool of AUD $2,376,000. The winner will take home AUD $594,000 with 48 players ensured a slice of the pie over the next two days. One player's who's put his...more

The stars will be out in force tomorrow for the final day one flight in the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final, and they'll be aiming to join the 68 players who survived day 1B of the 109 starters. The total field is at 190, with 119 players through to Friday's...more

By Landon Blackhall and Sean Callander It's hard enough to win one poker tournament at this level, but Jarred Graham has achieved one of the most remarkable feats in Australian poker history with successful defence of the APPT Sydney High Roller title he won in 2008. He won AUD...more

The dealers' cries of "all-in, call" have been increasing through the day in the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final, and through all the carnage Australian David Hibbott has quietly amassed a mountain of chips ... well, actually a kaleidoscope of chips that are spread liberally in front of him. It...more

A dramatic opening day of the PokerStars.net APPT Grand Final has been consigned to history after seven one-hour levels in the brand new poker room here at Star City Casino. A total of 81 players took their seats at the start of play, with 51 set to return for...more

After an unscheduled break, players in the APPT Grand Final and APPT High Roller events have returned to their seats. Let's just say there was an altercation between person "A" and person "B", which required the room to be cleared for a few minutes. We're into level six of...more

By Landon Blackhall Star City Casino isn't the only iconic Sydney property receiving a facelift at the moment. More than AUD $1 billion is being invested in the refurbishment of the Sydney Opera House, one of the most instantly recognisable landmarks of a city anywhere on the face of...more