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

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

03-28-2024 17:55 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Sayed Jabbour	433,000 243,000	243,000

Bernie Stang	315,000 30,000	30,000
Mark Yazbeck	305,000 265,000	265,000
Lauchlan Swann	300,000 -65,000	-65,000
Elliot Esca	272,000 182,000	182,000
Zelig Otter	259,000 39,000	39,000
Michael Clair	258,000 123,000	123,000
David Bowen	241,000 191,000	191,000
Eddy Ge	232,000 195,000	195,000
Graham Cowan	214,000 -86,000	-86,000
Michael Oscuro	208,000 123,000	123,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	205,000 -55,000	-55,000
Chao Duan	194,000 -66,000	-66,000
Karl Symonds	186,000 51,000	51,000
Yang Lei	179,000 142,000	142,000
Higor Seibel	166,000 21,000	21,000
Elisa Onay	155,000 50,000	50,000
Justin Tsui	151,000 61,000	61,000
Thomas Lee (AU)	150,000 50,000	50,000
Ethan Erdeljac	148,000 148,000	148,000
Hasan Onay	144,000 39,000	39,000
Marcuss Liow	143,000 68,000	68,000
Ryan Hong	138,000 13,000	13,000
Jeison Berdugo	133,000 63,000	63,000
Dejan Boskovic	131,000 -29,000	-29,000

Dinner Break

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Players are now on a 30-minute break with the tournament clock showing 54/139 players remaining.

Once the field returns, late registration will close and the tournament will play down until there is 12.5% of the field remaining. The exact figure will be confirmed upon their return.

03-28-2024 17:13 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauchlan Swann	365,000 5,000	5,000
Bernie Stang	285,000 -5,000	-5,000
Zelig Otter	220,000 60,000	60,000
Higor Seibel	145,000 40,000	40,000
Aaron li	140,000 85,000	85,000
Hasan Onay	105,000 45,000	45,000
Hassib Younan	75,000 20,000	20,000
Oliver Bithell	70,000 70,000	70,000
Mark Staples	60,000 60,000	60,000
Martin Finger	55,000 5,000	5,000

Banipal Babana	50,000 -5,000	-5,000
Rehman Kassam	40,000 -80,000	-80,000
Sean Ragozzini	35,000 -30,000	-30,000

A Rare Four-Way Pot

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Thomas Lee opened to 5,500 and got calls from Graham Cowan on the button, along with Elisa Onay and Jose Amundarain in the blinds.

The flop came J♥7♠4♠. It checked to Lee who continued for 8,000. Cowan was the only caller with both blinds folding. The turn was the J♦ and Lee checked. Cowan quickly bet 12,000 and Lee eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Graham Cowan	300,000 195,000	195,000
Elisa Onay	105,000 -5,000	-5,000
Thomas Lee (AU)	100,000 50,000	50,000
Daniel Klinger	95,000
Jose Amundarain	60,000 -40,000	-40,000
Dylan Foster	40,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Elisa Onay Graham Cowan Thomas Lee Jose Amundarain

03-28-2024 16:57 UTC+10

Duan Emerges as Chip Lead Contender

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chao Duan	260,000 260,000	260,000
Andres Vasquez	175,000 80,000	80,000
Michael Clair	135,000 35,000	35,000
Karl Symonds	135,000 -20,000	-20,000
Pratik Mehta	130,000 -45,000	-45,000
Nicholas Wright	115,000 90,000	90,000
Patrick Yazbeck	115,000 90,000	90,000
Josh Goldsmith	110,000 76,000	76,000
Elliot Esca	90,000 40,000	40,000
Marcuss Liow	75,000 -120,000	-120,000
Jeison Berdugo	70,000 -24,000	-24,000
Noman Mirza	50,000 50,000	50,000
Mark Staples	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-28-2024 16:51 UTC+10

Eliminated Players

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Mansell	Busted
Daniel Embleton	Busted
Josh Foster	Busted
Michael Fraser	Busted
Khac-Trung Tran	Busted
Collin Tran	Busted
Travis O'Grady	Busted
Jennifer Cassell	Busted
Alex Li	Busted
Alecos Pericleous	Busted

03-28-2024 16:47 UTC+10

Stang and Swann Trade Eliminations and the Chip Lead

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Bernie Stang had called putting Kenta Ito at risk, with Stang's Q♥9♥ coming out best against the A♠10♠ of Ito on 8♥5♣2♦9♠6♣.

Moments later, tablemate Lauchlan Swann had opened to 7,000 and then shoved after Alex Lee three-bet to 22,000. Lee called for his last 105,000 and the cards were turned over.

Alex Lee: AxQx All in
Lauchlan Swann: 7♥7♦

The A♣K♥6♣ flop saw Lee move into the lead. The turn was the 2♣ but the river 8♠ saw Swann river a set to take down the pot and move into the overall chip lead as the first player over 300,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauchlan Swann	360,000 280,000	280,000
Bernie Stang	290,000 100,000	100,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	260,000 30,000	30,000
Dejan Boskovic	160,000 109,000	109,000
Michael Oscuro	85,000 35,000	35,000
Guangyu Wang	80,000 58,000	58,000
Kiavash Arbabi	70,000 -35,000	-35,000
Hasan Onay	60,000 5,000	5,000
Wei Zhu	55,000 12,000	12,000
Didier Guerin	55,000 5,000	5,000
Kenta Ito	Busted
Alex Lee	Busted

03-28-2024 16:36 UTC+10

Some Ins and Outs

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Didier Guerin	50,000 50,000	50,000
Oliver Bithell	Busted
Ehsan Amiri	Busted
Dean Boskovic	Busted
Jarrod Thatcher	Busted
Jim Middleton	Busted
Bert Perry	Busted
Van Mai	Busted