$1,500 Platinum Player Championships Day 1b | 2024 Australian Poker Open

03-28-2024 15:45 UTC+10

Cunningham Gets the Folds

Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jarod Cunningham opened to 1,400 from under the gun and found calls from Nathan May in the cutoff and Michael Doumani in the big blind.

The 8♥7♥K♦ flop saw Doumani check to Cunningham, who continued for 1,300. May mucked his hand, as did Doumani, allowing Cunningham to recover some lost chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Doumani	66,500 17,300	17,300
Nathan May	38,000 -16,500	-16,500
Jarod Cunningham	33,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Jarod Cunningham Michael Doumani Nathan May

03-28-2024 15:38 UTC+10

Mahajan Wins With King-High

Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Grant Wheeler checked the turn of a board showing 10♥9♣A♥8♦ and called when Navjeevan Mahajan fired 4,500 on the button.

The dealer turned over the A♦ river and both players elected to check.

Wheeler showed K♥5♥ for king-high, while Mahajan revealed a better king-high with K♠Q♦ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Navjeevan Mahajan	84,000
Grant Wheeler	67,000

Tags: Grant Wheeler Navjeevan Mahajan

Level: 3

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

03-28-2024 15:17 UTC+10

Huang Asks For It All

Josh Noy

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Wei Chin Huang and Peter Saxton were heads up to the turn of a board showing A♠9♦J♣5♣.

Saxton fired 7,000 from early position but was quickly faced with a decision for all of his chips after Huang announced all in from the cutoff.

Saxton took some time before making the fold, with Huang showing the A♣ as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Chin Huang	77,000 27,000	27,000
Peter Saxton	13,000 -37,000	-37,000

Tags: Peter Saxton Wei Chin Huang

03-28-2024 15:10 UTC+10

Field Hits 50 Runners Early

Josh Noy

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Day 1b has already seen 50 entries midway through Level 2.

The overall tournament prize pool continues to build toward the AUD $500,000 guarantee, with more than five hours of late registration today along with three more opening flights.

03-28-2024 15:03 UTC+10

New Faces and Early Busts

Josh Noy

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There have already been three early eliminations, including Sasha Skalrud who returned from the registration desk with a fresh stack of 50,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emmanuel Derecho	50,000 50,000	50,000
Antoine Samson	50,000 50,000	50,000
Tolly Sakellariou	50,000 50,000	50,000
Rob Madson	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ulf Carlberg	50,000 50,000	50,000
Majid Saab	50,000 50,000	50,000
Pawaan Bansal	50,000 50,000	50,000
Peter Scott	50,000 50,000	50,000
Anthony Kim	50,000 50,000	50,000
Sasha Skalrud	50,000 15,500	15,500
Sal Ali	Busted
Alex Li	Busted

03-28-2024 14:56 UTC+10

Check-Raise From Guangrui

Josh Noy

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Sasha Skalrud opened to 1,100 on the button and Meng Guangrui defended his big blind to the 4♣J♠8♦ flop.

Guangrui checked and called once Skalrud continued for 1,600. The dealer revealed the K♦ turn and Guangrui checked once again.

Skalrud announced a bet of 4,100 and Guangrui took some time before check-raising to 14,000. Skalrud studied his opponent before making the fold, as Guangrui took down the pot.