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

03-28-2024 16:29 UTC+10

Updated Big Stacks

Will Shillibier

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Szwarcberg	230,000 40,000	40,000
Marcuss Liow	195,000 70,000	70,000
Sayed Jabbour	190,000 -50,000	-50,000

Bernie Stang	190,000 80,000	80,000
Pratik Mehta	175,000 -40,000	-40,000
Zelig Otter	160,000 35,000	35,000
Karl Symonds	155,000 -85,000	-85,000
Johnny Huynh	140,000 -65,000	-65,000
Higor Seibel	105,000 -60,000	-60,000
Kiavash Arbabi	105,000 -60,000	-60,000

03-28-2024 16:25 UTC+10

Hong Sends Jaber Home in Three-Way All-In

Will Shillibier

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

On a 9♥8♥3♦ flop Van Mai bet 15,000 and Noel Jaber moved all in for 13,500. Mark Yazbeck called before Ryan Hong shoved for 36,000.

Mai then re-raised all in for well over 100,000 and Yazbeck folded.

Noel Jaber: Q♣10♦ All in
Ryan Hong: 10♥10♠ All in
Van Mai: Q♥J♥

Jaber was fearing the worst before the cards were even turned over, knowing that someone would have the flush draw. That person was Mai, which left Jaber calling for an offsuit jack.

However, the A♦8♣ board sent him to the rail and saw Hong more than double as his pocket pair held up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hong	125,000 85,000	85,000
Van Mai	70,000 45,000	45,000
Noel Jaber	Busted

03-28-2024 16:18 UTC+10

McSwiney the Latest to Hit the Rail

Will Shillibier

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

Joshua McSwiney shoved from middle position for 20,500. He was called by Michael Clair in the small blind and the big blind folded.

Joshua McSwiney: A♦J♠ All in
Michael Clair: A♥K♣

The 10♣5♠3♦9♣3♠ board wasn't what McSwiney needed and he became the latest elimination from the APO Main Event at the start of Level 8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Clair	100,000 20,000	20,000
Joshua McSwiney	Busted

03-28-2024 16:14 UTC+10

PokerNews Podcast: Nik Airball 20-Minute Tank, Pet Peeves & Corey Eyring's Quest for $1,000,000

Will Shillibier

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

In the 822nd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by WPT Global, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz & Kyna England come to you from Level 9 Studios in Las Vegas to discuss the latest poker news, stories, and gossip.

That includes Nik Airball's 20-minute tank in a big hand on The Lodge Poker Live Stream, which prompted Doug Polk to take action. That led to a discussion on pet peeves at the table, and in Mike's case, the pet part is quite literal.

The crew also plays the first edition of PokerNews Plinko, discusses Chad's poker thrift store "Tweet of the Week," and talks about the current state of poker given Bitcoin is at an all-time high. From there, they dive into the wild journey of poker vlogger Corey Eyring, who is risking his entire net worth in an attempt to win $500,000 by the end of the year. Whatever amount he ends up with, the plan is to place it all on a single roulette bet of either red or black. Chad chatted with Eyring about his crazy quest and highlighted various clips throughout the episode.

Finally, the crew once again touches on Kevin Martin's 24/7 stream while attempting to win $5,000 playing online, which came to an unceremonius end.

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Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

03-28-2024 16:11 UTC+10

Foster Doubles; Seibel Surging

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Dylan Foster was all in for 21,000 with A♠K♣ against the A♥4♣ of Jose Amundarain.

The 6♠6♥Q♥A♣8♥ board ran out with Foster doubling up.

Meanwhile on a neighbouring table Zelig Otter check-called 5,500 from Higor Seibel on a A♠4♣3♣ flop. The turn was the J♣ and Otter check-called another 15,000.

The river was the 5♣ and this time Otter opted to bet 6,000. Seibel called and Otter showed A♥9♥ for top pair. Seibel revealed 4♥3♥ for two pair and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Higor Seibel	165,000 95,000	95,000
Zelig Otter	125,000 55,000	55,000
Rehman Kassam	120,000 70,000	70,000
Elisa Onay	110,000 60,000	60,000
Graham Cowan	105,000 55,000	55,000
Jose Amundarain	100,000 -30,000	-30,000
Daniel Klinger	95,000 30,000	30,000
Aaron li	55,000 55,000	55,000
Hassib Younan	55,000 -10,000	-10,000
Nurlan Boobekov	50,000
Dylan Foster	45,000
David Sebesfi	40,000 -11,000	-11,000
Pierce Hynes	30,000 -20,000	-20,000
Slade Fisher	Busted

03-28-2024 15:57 UTC+10

New Entries

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Slade Fisher	50,000
Mikael Larsson	50,000
Martin Finger	50,000

Thomas Lee (AU)	50,000
Pravishil Singh	50,000

03-28-2024 15:56 UTC+10

Faces From the Field

Will Shillibier

03-28-2024 15:44 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sayed Jabbour	240,000

Johnny Huynh	205,000 170,000	170,000
Robert Spano	110,000 60,000	60,000
Travis Endersby	100,000 30,000	30,000
Nelson Dong	85,000 40,000	40,000
Michael Clair	80,000 -5,000	-5,000
Sean Ragozzini	65,000
Banipal Babana	55,000
Liam Murray	50,000
Wei Zhu	43,000 -7,000	-7,000
Mark Staples	31,000 -6,000	-6,000
Nicholas Wright	25,000 5,000	5,000
Joshua McSwiney	23,000 -24,000	-24,000
David McAllister	20,000 -45,000	-45,000
Aaron li	Busted

03-28-2024 15:42 UTC+10

Tsui vs. Pericleous

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

On a 4♠2♥10♣ flop, Alecos Pericleous bet 2,500 and Justin Tsui called.

The turn was the 8♦ and Pericleous wasted no time in betting 4,500. Tsui called again. The river was the 4♥ and Pericleous fired a third street for 12,500 and Tsui quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bert Perry	95,000 42,000	42,000
Justin Tsui	90,000 -16,000	-16,000
Alecos Pericleous	77,000 -33,000	-33,000
Zac Vigar	50,000 -6,000	-6,000
Toby Giles	37,000 -13,000	-13,000
Eddy Ge	37,000 -29,000	-29,000
Yang Lei	37,000 2,000	2,000
George Kanan	15,500 -2,500	-2,500

Tags: Alecos Pericleous Justin Tsui