$3,300 APO Main Event Day 1f | 2024 Australian Poker Open

03-28-2024 22:00 UTC+10

Nicholas Wright Bubbles APO Main Event Day 1f

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mark Yazbeck limped from early position, as did Graham Cowan in the small blind. Nicholas Wright then moved all in for 125,000 from the big blind. Yazbeck folded and Cowan called.

Nicholas Wright: A♦K♥ All in
Graham Cowan: A♠4♣

Wright had woken up with a premium hand, but the Q♠9♣4♥ flop handed Cowan the lead. The turn 2♥ and river 8♠ bricked and Wright was eliminated.

The remaining 18 players are all bagging up ahead of Day 2 which starts at 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 30.

Player	Chips	Progress
Graham Cowan	550,000 90,000	90,000
Nicholas Wright	Busted

Tags: Graham Cowan Mark Yazbeck Nicholas Wright

03-28-2024 21:22 UTC+10

Bowen Eliminated; 20 Players Remain

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

David Bowen shoved from middle position for 83,000. Wei Zhu was on the button and re-shoved, forcing out the blinds.

David Bowen: A♣6♦ All in
Wei Zhu: 10♣10♦

The board came Q♥6♣3♦5♥7♦ sending Bowen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Zhu	200,000 120,000	120,000
David Bowen	Busted

Tags: David Bowen Wei Zhu

03-28-2024 20:48 UTC+10

"Ace-King" Giveth, Ace-King Taketh Away

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

"I haven't seen you bluff yet," said Jacques Ramsden facing a 30,000 bet from Sayed Jabbour on a K♥10♣9♦8♣2♠ board. "And I've got ace-king...this is horrible."

Eventually, Ramsden called.

"Queen-high," said Jabbour and Ramsden won the pot with the very un-ace-king looking K♦7♠

However, Ramsden did pick up A♣K♥ and got it in against the same opponent. However this time Jabbour held substantially better than queen-high, with K♦K♠ holding on the 10♦9♣2♠4♥10♣ runout to send Ramsden to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sayed Jabbour	855,000 205,000	205,000

Tomas Szwarcberg	570,000 -10,000	-10,000
Marcuss Liow	135,000 20,000	20,000
Wei Zhu	110,000
Rehman Kassam	100,000 10,000	10,000
David Bowen	100,000 -65,000	-65,000
Jacque Ramsden	Busted

Tags: Jacques Ramsden Sayed Jabbour

03-28-2024 20:41 UTC+10

Wayne's World, Wayne's World

Will Shillibier

Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

"It's easy," Dylan Wayne told PokerNews. "They get a good hand and you get a slightly better hand."

He was referring to the Chao Duan-shaped hole to his immediate right, with Duan having hit the rail after holding AxKx against Wayne's KxKx

Wayne now sits with comfortably over 750,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Wayne	750,000 320,000	320,000
Chao Duan	Busted

03-28-2024 19:18 UTC+10

Stang Hits the Road

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of Q♣6♠3♣ and it was the first player, Bernie Stang, who shoved for 76,500 into a pot of around 25,000. Mark Yazbeck called and Martin Finger folded.

Bernie Stang: A♣8♣ All in
Mark Yazbeck: Q♥8♥

Yazbeck had flopped top pair but would have to dodge clubs or an ace to send Stang to the rail. The turn was the 9♠ and the river the 4♥ and Stang was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Yazbeck	570,000 165,000	165,000
Martin Finger	115,000 38,000	38,000

Bernie Stang	Busted

Tags: Bernie Stang Mark Yazbeck Martin Finger

03-28-2024 19:09 UTC+10

Field Down to 38 Players

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nurlan Boobekov	Busted
Aaron li	Busted
Josh Goldsmith	Busted
Tony Tse	Busted
Ryan Hong	Busted

03-28-2024 19:01 UTC+10

Boskovic Runs into Aces

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Lauchlan Swann opened form middle position and Dejan Boskovic three-bet all in for 56,500 from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded and Swann made the quick call.

Dejan Boskovic: A♠7♣ All in
Lauchlan Swann: A♥A♣

It wasn't a good spot for Boskovic, who was already on his feet before the flop had come K♥10♣5♠. He was heading to the door on the J♦ turn and the 6♣ river sealed his fate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauchlan Swann	380,000 80,000	80,000
Dejan Boskovic	Busted

Tags: Lauchlan Swann Dejan Boskovic

03-28-2024 18:43 UTC+10

Latest Eliminations; Down to 46 Players

Will Shillibier

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Lee	Busted
Hassib Younan	Busted
Zac Vigar	Busted
Mark Staples	Busted
Michael Oscuro	Busted

03-28-2024 18:38 UTC+10

Zelig's Otter Here; Aces for Szwarcberg

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Sayed Jabbour was sitting pretty with a stack in excess of 600,000 and his tablemates relayed the information to PokerNews.

Zelig Otter and Jabbour went heads-up to a Jx9x3x flop in a three-bet pot. Jabbour continued for 13,000 and Otter called.

The turn was a Kx putting two spades on the board. Jabbour checked and Otter bet 55,000. Jabbour check-raised to 120,000 before Otter shoved for around 280,000.

Jabbour called with Qx10x for the nuts with Otter turning over AxQx for just ace-high. The river bricked sending Otter to the rail.

On the very next hand, Tomas Szwarcberg bet the 9♦8♣5♠10♠6♦ river for 12,000 into a pot of 80,000. His opponent Ethan Erdeljac raised to 50,000 and Szwarcberg called. Erdeljac showed A♥9♥ for a pair of nines, but that was no good against the A♦A♠ of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sayed Jabbour	635,000 202,000	202,000

Tomas Szwarcberg	335,000 130,000	130,000
David Bowen	310,000 -10,000	-10,000
Robert Spano	95,000 11,000	11,000
Ethan Erdeljac	95,000 -53,000	-53,000
Jacque Ramsden	70,000 32,000	32,000
Nurlan Boobekov	50,000
Zelig Otter	Busted

03-28-2024 18:29 UTC+10

Other Eliminations; Day Ends at 18 Players

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Three more players have been eliminated from Day 1f of the Australian Poker Open Main Event. Meanwhile, tournament officials have confirmed that the day will conclude once the field is down to 18 players (12.5%).

A reminder that Day 1f attracted a total of 147 entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noman Mirza	Busted
Bert Perry	Busted
Zelig Otter	Busted
Sean Ragozzini	Busted