Congratulations to Martin Rowe, Champion of APPT Sydney Grand Final (AU$1,000,000)
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"On behalf of the APPT, PokerStars.net and Star City Casino, I'd like to congratulate you on winning the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Grand Final here in Sydney, this beautiful trophy, and one million dollars," said APPT President Jeffrey Haas as he handed over the trophy. All of Rowe's friends and supporters cheered and applauded.
Rowe steamrolled his way to the victory, knocking almost all of the players off of the final table. The heads-up portion of the match would have been a mere five minutes long if Jason Gray had not managed to outdraw Rowe early on. Gray put up a spirited battle, narrowing an eight-to-one chip deficit to five-to-four, but he could never quite get over the hump. Rowe seemed to sense that the strategy he employed in the early portions of heads-up play was not working and changed gears to great effect.
For outlasting a field of 477 tough competitors, Rowe walks away with a cool AU$1,000,000. He also has earned himself a spot in tomorrow's Tournament of Champions. PokerNews will be providing live coverage of that tournament before we bid our fond farewells to a Land Down Under. Play begins at 1:30pm local time.
Good night!