$1,500 Platinum Player Championships
Day 1e Completed
2024 Australian Poker Open
$1,500 Platinum Player Championships
Day: 1e
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1e
2024 Australian Poker Open
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Prize Pool
1,218,100 AUD
Entries
937
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
300
Players Left
38
Chris Moussa Paces Sunday Rush on Day 1e $1,500 Platinum Player Championships
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
It only took five levels of play for Day 1e of the $1,500 Platinum Player Championships to become the largest flight of the week. In all, 300 entries were recorded on the day as players rushed to beat the final registration deadline of the tournament at the Australian Poker Open.
That saw the final prize pool grow to AUD $1,218,100, smashing the guarantee and setting the stage for a massive first-place prize on Monday, April 1 at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi. The registration desk was busy all day long, as players rushed to build a stack and bag for what is sure to be a dramatic Day 2 in Sydney.
By the time the final card had been dealt, it was Chris Moussa leading the was as the only player on the day to hit the magical million-chip mark. He’ll now join the other five players returning with seven-figure stacks, all whom with have more than 100 big blinds to work with.
Day 1e Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Moussa | Australia | 1243000 | 124 |
| 2 | Campbell Ashton | Australia | 928000 | 93 |
| 3 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 754000 | 75 |
| 4 | Alex Lee | Singapore | 642000 | 64 |
| 5 | David Hirst | Australia | 635000 | 64 |
| 6 | Neng Zhao | Australia | 580000 | 58 |
| 7 | Elisa Onay | Australia | 566000 | 57 |
| 8 | Tolly Sakellariou | Australia | 560000 | 56 |
| 9 | Michael Oscuro | Australia | 529000 | 53 |
| 10 | Paris Sitzoukis | Australia | 515000 | 52 |
One of the notable storylines of Day 1e was the resurgence of Ehsan Amiri, who was collecting chips right from the start. He showed timely aggression and won a big pot against Australian Poker Open Ambassador Bert Perry with pocket aces. Amiri finished inside the top five, unlike Day 1b when he was knocked on the direct money bubble. He’ll return with 75 big blinds and a chance to do even more damage on Monday.
Moussa was already one of the bigger stacks in the room by the time hand-for-hand play began, and that stack was padded one last time by taking out Alan Wilson on the bubble. Moussa turned a set against Wilson’s pocket queens, leaving the final 38 players in the money with $2,300 locked up.
Action concluded tonight late in Level 16, and surviving players will now see their stack grow a bit as blinds will be rolled back for the start of Day 2. The opening flight of the week finished with 25:00 remaining on Level 15,action will resume there on Monday at 12 p.m. local time.
Play will be streamed on the Australian Poker Open Twitch channel beginning at 12:30 p.m. local time. PokerNews will provide full coverage as the final 118 return to determine the newest winner at Doltone House.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ming Liu Luo | 174,000 | 17 |
| 1 | 2 | Uno Uka | 148,000 | 15 |
| 1 | 3 | Rehman Kassam | 321,000 | 32 |
| 1 | 4 | Erden Ibrahim | 757,000 | 76 |
| 1 | 5 | Andreas Vasiliou | 509,000 | 51 |
| 1 | 6 | Paris Sitzoukis | 515,000 | 52 |
| 1 | 7 | Mitchell Frost | 314,000 | 31 |
| 1 | 8 | Thijs Hilbert | 303,000 | 30 |
| 2 | 1 | Samuel Dessaix-Porter | 117,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | Adi Dahari | 330,000 | 33 |
| 2 | 3 | Tty Ly | 969,000 | 97 |
| 2 | 4 | Yang Zhang | 512,000 | 51 |
| 2 | 5 | Alex Lee | 642,000 | 64 |
| 2 | 6 | Thomas Lee | 711,000 | 71 |
| 2 | 7 | Ken Demlakian | 1,000,000 | 100 |
| 2 | 8 | Jackson Young | 512,000 | 51 |
| 5 | 1 | Khanh Le | 288,000 | 29 |
| 5 | 2 | Minkyu Jun | 1,521,000 | 152 |
| 5 | 3 | Patrick So | 38,000 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Zheng Zhang | 189,000 | 19 |
| 5 | 5 | Shane Pearce | 916,000 | 92 |
| 5 | 6 | Campbell Ashton | 928,000 | 93 |
| 5 | 7 | Ron Bean | 250,000 | 25 |
| 5 | 8 | Sean Ragozzini | 209,000 | 21 |
| 6 | 1 | Neng Zhao | 580,000 | 58 |
| 6 | 2 | Mark Williams | 73,000 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | Jason Pritchard | 835,000 | 84 |
| 6 | 4 | Dustin Tran | 134,000 | 13 |
| 6 | 5 | Charles Tran | 336,000 | 34 |
| 6 | 6 | Sheldon Mayer | 317,000 | 32 |
| 6 | 7 | Tim Smith | 159,000 | 16 |
| 6 | 8 | Michel Bouskila | 292,000 | 29 |
| 9 | 1 | Steffan Thomas | 180,000 | 18 |
| 9 | 2 | Suzy Khoueis | 65,000 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | Mikael Larsson | 466,000 | 47 |
| 9 | 4 | Will Jones | 254,000 | 25 |
| 9 | 5 | Huang Wei Chin | 339,000 | 34 |
| 9 | 6 | David Mcallister | 561,000 | 56 |
| 9 | 7 | Liet Ung | 58,000 | 6 |
| 10 | 1 | Greg Davison | 1,078,000 | 108 |
| 10 | 2 | Hasan Onay | 1,433,000 | 143 |
| 10 | 3 | Ehsan Amiri | 754,000 | 75 |
| 10 | 4 | Wai Au | 155,000 | 16 |
| 10 | 5 | Amador Bermejo | 130,000 | 13 |
| 10 | 6 | Marcial Dias | 179,000 | 18 |
| 10 | 7 | Nathan Glase | 282,000 | 28 |
| 10 | 8 | Stylianos Makariou | 331,000 | 33 |
| 13 | 1 | Jarrod Coughtrie | 231,000 | 23 |
| 13 | 2 | Martin Stewart | 146,000 | 15 |
| 13 | 3 | Nicholas Wright | 715,000 | 72 |
| 13 | 4 | Peter Herrmann | 296,000 | 30 |
| 13 | 5 | Bernardo Del Toro | 394,000 | 39 |
| 13 | 6 | Ethan Erdeljac | 690,000 | 69 |
| 13 | 7 | Natalia Rozova | 452,000 | 45 |
| 13 | 8 | Jim Pizanias | 76,000 | 8 |
| 14 | 1 | Michael Fraser | 200,000 | 20 |
| 14 | 2 | George Kanan | 460,000 | 46 |
| 14 | 3 | Travis Endersby | 113,000 | 11 |
| 14 | 5 | Sergio Colosimo | 135,000 | 14 |
| 14 | 6 | Dean Boskovic | 650,000 | 65 |
| 14 | 7 | Kiavash Arbabi | 268,000 | 27 |
| 14 | 8 | Michael Oscuro | 529,000 | 53 |
| 17 | 1 | Justin Tsui | 822,000 | 82 |
| 17 | 2 | Louis Luo | 366,000 | 37 |
| 17 | 3 | Joseph Pat | 760,000 | 76 |
| 17 | 4 | Michael Sleiman | 499,000 | 50 |
| 17 | 5 | Elisa Onay | 566,000 | 57 |
| 17 | 6 | Kurt Frazer | 276,000 | 28 |
| 17 | 7 | Paul Hoang | 186,000 | 19 |
| 17 | 8 | Matt Rolfe | 773,000 | 77 |
| 18 | 1 | Frank Costello | 246,000 | 25 |
| 18 | 2 | Chad Awerbuch | 753,000 | 75 |
| 18 | 3 | Zac Vigar | 169,000 | 17 |
| 18 | 4 | Wei Dai | 132,000 | 13 |
| 18 | 5 | Adrian Salter | 627,000 | 63 |
| 18 | 6 | Alex Lynskey | 697,000 | 70 |
| 18 | 7 | Peter Le | 227,000 | 23 |
| 18 | 8 | Jerry Xia | 569,000 | 57 |
| 21 | 1 | Marc Seymour | 353,000 | 35 |
| 21 | 2 | Joshua McSwiney | 67,000 | 7 |
| 21 | 3 | Harry Basle | 129,000 | 13 |
| 21 | 4 | Yang Lei | 192,000 | 19 |
| 21 | 5 | Lauren Gabriel | 75,000 | 8 |
| 21 | 6 | Slade Fisher | 170,000 | 17 |
| 21 | 7 | Chris Zenonos | 455,000 | 46 |
| 21 | 8 | Steven Marrone | 63,000 | 6 |
| 22 | 1 | Didier Guerin | 251,000 | 25 |
| 22 | 2 | Mitch Webster | 208,000 | 21 |
| 22 | 3 | Troy Mclean | 497,000 | 50 |
| 22 | 4 | Cameron Chen | 166,000 | 17 |
| 22 | 5 | Grant Wheeler | 286,000 | 29 |
| 22 | 6 | Jhye Kelley | 462,000 | 46 |
| 22 | 7 | Nurlan Boobekov | 116,000 | 12 |
| 22 | 8 | Collin Tran | 61,000 | 6 |
| 25 | 1 | Yongjin Lin | 481,000 | 48 |
| 25 | 2 | Jason Wassef | 66,000 | 7 |
| 25 | 3 | Elliot Esca | 204,000 | 20 |
| 25 | 4 | Liam Murray | 377,000 | 38 |
| 25 | 5 | Hassib Younan | 166,000 | 17 |
| 25 | 6 | Tolly Sakellariou | 560,000 | 56 |
| 25 | 7 | Jason Lee | 151,000 | 15 |
| 25 | 8 | Chris Moussa | 1,243,000 | 124 |
| 26 | 1 | Sammy Lucisano | 288,000 | 29 |
| 26 | 2 | David Bowen | 518,000 | 52 |
| 26 | 3 | Justin Woo | 1,000,000 | 100 |
| 26 | 4 | Jesse Alati | 433,000 | 43 |
| 26 | 5 | Thanh Long Nguyen | 110,000 | 11 |
| 26 | 6 | Eric Xu | 21,000 | 2 |
| 26 | 7 | Winston Tan | 389,000 | 39 |
| 26 | 8 | Damien Stanley | 41,000 | 4 |
| 29 | 1 | George Mitri | 551,000 | 55 |
| 29 | 2 | Sam Ioannou | 599,000 | 60 |
| 29 | 3 | Johan Lees | 78,000 | 8 |
| 29 | 4 | David Hirst | 635,000 | 64 |
| 29 | 5 | Kenta Ito | 236,000 | 24 |
| 29 | 6 | Amin Riyazati | 525,000 | 53 |
| 29 | 7 | Gavin Ogilvy | 541,000 | 54 |
| 29 | 8 | Nikhil Autar | 105,000 | 11 |
End of Day 1e Chip Counts (full)
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,243,000 | |
|
928,000 | 20,000 |
|
754,000 | -116,000 |
|
642,000 | 52,000 |
|
635,000 | 635,000 |
|
580,000 | -70,000 |
|
566,000 | 411,000 |
|
560,000 | 510,000 |
|
529,000 | 14,000 |
|
515,000 | 175,000 |
|
512,000 | 130,000 |
|
497,000 | |
|
481,000 | 216,000 |
|
466,000 | -6,000 |
|
462,000 | -8,000 |
|
460,000 | -165,000 |
|
394,000 | -101,000 |
|
389,000 | -31,000 |
|
353,000 | 175,000 |
|
|
336,000 | 71,000 |
|
|
314,000 | 264,000 |
|
303,000 | -142,000 |
|
|
296,000 | -34,000 |
|
|
288,000 | -27,000 |
|
268,000 | -50,000 |
End of Day 1e
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The final 38 players have bagged for Day 2 after earning $2,300.
Stay tuned for full chip counts and recap of the day.
Wilson's Queens Cracked on the Bubble
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Chris Moussa opened to 25,000 before Troy McLean three-bet to 80,000 on his left. Action folded to Alan Wilson, who moved all in for 98,000.
Moussa and McLean called, leaving Wilson at risk against two opponents. The A♦10♣3♠ flop saw both Moussa and McLean check to the 8♣ turn. Moussa led out for 100,000 and McLean quickly folded. The hands were turned up and Wilson saw the bad news.
Alan Wilson: Q♠Q♣ 
Chris Moussa: 8♠8♦
Moussa turned a set of eights, with the 9♥ river cementing Wilson's exit on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,243,000 | 458,000 |
|
|
497,000 | 72,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Tran Doubles Through Larsson
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Mikael Larsson raised the big blind, sliding out enough to put Charles Tran all in. Tran took some before deciding to make the call.
Charles Tran: A♠K♦
Mikael Larsson: K♥3♠
Tran was able to fade Larsson's outs on the 2♥J♥5♣A♠3♥ board, staying alive on the bubble as play continued.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
472,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
265,000 | 227,500 |
Lin Shoves on Kelley
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jhye Kelley and Yongjin Lin were heads-up to the river of a board showing 10♦2♥4♠J♥5♥. Kelley had a bet of 110,000 in front of him, while Lin moved all for his last 178,000.
Kelley agonized over his decision while play completed on the other tables. After a couple of minutes, Kelley folded and Lin raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000 | -240,000 |
|
|
265,000 | 207,000 |
Hand-For-Hand Play Begins
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
With 39 players remaining, the tournament is now hand-for-hand.
There are 38 spots in the money, when players will bag for Day 2.
Top Five Stacks
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
908,000 | 283,000 |
|
|
870,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
785,000 | |
|
|
625,000 | 61,000 |
|
|
590,000 | 65,000 |