$3,300 APO Main Event Day 2 | 2024 Australian Poker Open

03-30-2024 12:30 UTC+10

Quads for Lee

Will Shillibier

Andy Lee was getting a full double up counted out against Laurence Hall.

Lee was all in pre-flop for 222,000 holding A♣K♦ against the 10x10x of his opponent.

The flop came 9♣2♦K♣ giving Lee top pair and the K♥ turn improved him to trips. The K♠ gave Hall a full house, but improved his opponent to quads and earning the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacque Ramsden	575,000 99,000	99,000
Noman Mirza	470,000 129,000	129,000
Andy Lee	455,000 235,000	235,000
Tom Amir	430,000 65,000	65,000
Michael Tran	410,000 -71,000	-71,000
Daniel O'Shea	400,000 -105,500	-105,500
Wei Zhu	390,000 -98,000	-98,000
Daniel Veljkovic	340,000 22,000	22,000
Laurence Hall	205,000 -320,000	-320,000

Tags: Laurence Hall Andy Lee

03-30-2024 12:25 UTC+10

Curley Doubles on Feature; Seibel Leads

Will Shillibier

Earlier on feature, Mitchell Curley was all in for 268,000 against Jason Pritchard.

Mitchell Curley: K♥K♣ All in
Jason Pritchard: A♣K♠

The board came 2♠J♦5♠J♣ with the river bricking and seeing Curley double up. Meanwhile on the feature table, Higor Seibel has moved into the chip lead with over 1.3 million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Higor Seibel	1,395,000 367,000	367,000
Mitchell Curley	548,000 308,000	308,000
David Sebesfi	470,000 -310,000	-310,000
Geetinder Singh	415,000 -45,000	-45,000
Cooper Feltham	362,000 66,000	66,000
Jason Pritchard	301,000 -254,000	-254,000
Karl Symonds	93,000
Nelson Dong	92,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Higor Seibel Jason Pritchard Mitchell Curley

03-30-2024 12:14 UTC+10

APO Ambassador Perry Hits the Rail

Will Shillibier

Player	Chips	Progress
Bert Perry	Busted
Patrick Yazbeck	Busted
Mark Yazbeck	Busted

03-30-2024 12:12 UTC+10

Boobekov Eliminates Lee

Will Shillibier

Thomas Lee opened to 12,000 and Nurlan Boobekov three-bet to 40,000.

Lee called and the flop was 6♥5♣3♦. Lee checked and Boobekov continued for 33,000.

Lee check-raised all in for 100,000 and Boobekov called.

Thomas Lee: 8♣7♣ All in
Nurlan Boobekov: J♣J♦

Lee picked up extra outs on the 7♥ turn but the river 2♥ was no help at all and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgina Vuksanovic	1,100,000 -20,000	-20,000

Dylan Wayne	840,000 -169,000	-169,000
Nurlan Boobekov	600,000 217,000	217,000
Laurence Hall	525,000 72,000	72,000
Martin Finger	300,000 87,000	87,000

Andy Lee	220,000 220,000	220,000
Yang Lei	175,000 -48,000	-48,000
Thomas Lee (AU)	Busted

Tags: Nurlan Boobekov Thomas Lee

03-30-2024 12:06 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Player	Chips	Progress
Didier Guerin	730,000 387,000	387,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	600,000 -93,000	-93,000
Adi Dahari	550,000 -26,000	-26,000
Marc Seymour	540,000 -53,000	-53,000

Daniel Tolomeo	525,000 -269,000	-269,000

Andrew Tang	510,000 189,000	189,000
Peter An	485,000 168,000	168,000
Michael Clair	390,000 46,000	46,000
Guangyu Wang	360,000 -35,000	-35,000
Jarod Cunningham	300,000 -122,000	-122,000
Josh Duce	236,000
Slav Rypinski	235,000 56,000	56,000
Michael Brahim	130,000 -55,000	-55,000
Khac-Trung Tran	125,000 -43,000	-43,000
Antonio Tavella	110,000 12,000	12,000

03-30-2024 11:53 UTC+10

Autar Doubles Through Traynor

Will Shillibier

Nikhil Autar was getting a full double counted out having bested Malcolm Traynor. Autar's A♠A♣ had beaten the K♠K♥ of Traynor on a J♠8♠5♣6♣Q♦, with Autar all-in for 216,000.

That, added with the pot, saw Autar move up to around 700,000 in chips. Also at the table is start-of-day chip leader Sayed Jabbour who has added chips since play began.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sayed Jabbour	1,225,000 183,000	183,000

Nikhil Autar	725,000 446,000	446,000
Graham Cowan	570,000 -60,000	-60,000
Malcolm Trayner	470,000 -410,000	-410,000
Toby Giles	330,000 -210,000	-210,000
Zelig Otter	180,000 11,000	11,000
Jun Wang	95,000 -58,000	-58,000
Marcuss Liow	57,000

Tags: Malcolm Traynor Nikhil Autar Sayed Jabbour

03-30-2024 11:48 UTC+10

Tough Start According to Yazbeck

Will Shillibier

On a A♥9♠2♠ flop, one player checked and Patrick Yazbeck bet 22,000. Victor Dai called and the third player folded.

The turn was the 6♦ and Yazbeck checked. Dai bet 22,000 and Yazbeck flipped his cards over.

"This is how my day is going," said Yazbeck, open-mucking K♦K♠.

"Show the bluff!" said Tolly Sakellariou to Dai.

"Never bluff," came the reply from Dai.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Dai	955,000 -32,000	-32,000
Elisa Onay	500,000 251,000	251,000
John Yacoub	450,000 -47,000	-47,000

Lauchlan Swann	350,000 -58,000	-58,000
Tolly Sakellariou	320,000 -29,000	-29,000
Patrick Yazbeck	120,000 -211,000	-211,000
Marcial Dias	100,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Patrick Yazbeck Tolly Sakellariou Victor Dai

03-30-2024 11:44 UTC+10

More Early Casualties

Will Shillibier

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Klinger	Busted
Rehman Kassam	Busted
Robert Hill (AU)	Busted
Zac Vigar	Busted

03-30-2024 11:42 UTC+10

Duffy Eliminates Day 1a Chip Leader Sportelli

Will Shillibier

It's been a rough day for Adrian Sportelli, who bagged the Day 1a chip lead and has now become the third elimination on Day 2.

Having lost out to David Sebesfi, he got 370,000 chips in against Jai Duffy.

Adrian Sportelli: K♥K♣ All in
David Sebesfi: A♣K♠

There was an ace on the flop of A♠Q♣3♥ and Sportelli was on his feet and heading to the exit after the 9♦5♠ runout, with Duffy now sat with a stack of over one million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jai Duffy	1,100,000 480,000	480,000
Adrian Sportelli	Busted

Tags: Adrian Sportelli Jai Duffy

03-30-2024 11:40 UTC+10

Blinds Up (3,000/6,000/6,000)

Will Shillibier

Blinds are now up.