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

$3,300 APO Main Event

Day 1f Completed

03-28-2024 22:15 UTC+10

Jabbour Beats Wayne to APO Main Event Day 1f Chip Lead

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

After fourteen-and-a-half levels on Day 1f of the Australian Poker Open Main Event, just 18 players survived through to Day 2 at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi.

And the gap at the top is less than a single buy-in. Sayed Jabbour (1,042,000) held off the late surge from Dylan Wayne (1,009,000) to bag the chip lead and top the field of 147 — the biggest starting flight of the APO so far.

It had looked like Jabbour had been pipped to the chip lead by Wayne, with Jabbour having held the chip lead for long periods after the elimination of Zelig Otter, after they shoved into Jabbour's nut straight holding just ace-high.

Joining Jabbour and Wayne in Day 2 are father and son duo Mark and Patrick Yazbeck. However, it'll be bragging rights for the younger of the two, with Patrick bagging 331,000 to his father's 213,000.

Australian Poker Open Day 1F Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Sayed Jabbour	Australia	1,042,000
2	Dylan Wayne	Australia	1,009,000
3	Graham Cowan	Australia	771,000
4	Tomas Szwarcberg	Mexico	693,000
5	Toby Giles	Australia	540,000
6	Wei Zhu	China	488,000
7	Lauchlan Swann	Australia	408,000
8	Guangyu Wang	Australia	395,000
9	Michael Clair	Australia	344,000
10	Patrick Yazbeck	Australia	331,000

A big name through to Day 2 is Martin Finger (pictured) who also bagged 213,000. A WPT bracelet winner and EPT champion, Finger had to battle his way through to Day 2, but with 16 cashes in the country since the start of 2022, the German has more than enough experience to continue his push to the APO title.

Everyone through to Day 2 has guaranteed themselves a min-cash worth $5,000, but will be eyeing up more once Day 2 resumes on Saturday, March 30 at 12 p.m. local time so stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the action.

Tags: Bert Perry Dylan Wayne Graham Cowan Guangyu Wang Jarrod Thatcher Lauchlan Swann Martin Finger Michael Clair Patrick Yazbeck Rehman Kassam Sayed Jabbour Toby Giles Tomas Szwarcberg Wei Zhu

03-28-2024 22:08 UTC+10

End of Day 1f Chip Counts (full)

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sayed Jabbour	1,042,000 202,000	202,000

Dylan Wayne	1,009,000 84,000	84,000
Graham Cowan	771,000 221,000	221,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	693,000 83,000	83,000
Toby Giles	540,000 -20,000	-20,000
Wei Zhu	488,000 8,000	8,000
Lauchlan Swann	408,000 133,000	133,000
Guangyu Wang	395,000 160,000	160,000
Michael Clair	344,000 44,000	44,000
Patrick Yazbeck	331,000 66,000	66,000
Thomas Lee (AU)	290,000 -260,000	-260,000
Yang Lei	223,000 23,000	23,000
Mark Yazbeck	213,000 -2,000	-2,000
Martin Finger	213,000 -27,000	-27,000

Slade Fisher	145,000 -245,000	-245,000
Nelson Dong	94,000 -16,000	-16,000
Karl Symonds	93,000 -37,000	-37,000
Marcuss Liow	57,000 -103,000	-103,000

03-28-2024 22:00 UTC+10

Nicholas Wright Bubbles APO Main Event Day 1f

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mark Yazbeck limped from early position, as did Graham Cowan in the small blind. Nicholas Wright then moved all in for 125,000 from the big blind. Yazbeck folded and Cowan called.

Nicholas Wright: A♦K♥ All in
Graham Cowan: A♠4♣

Wright had woken up with a premium hand, but the Q♠9♣4♥ flop handed Cowan the lead. The turn 2♥ and river 8♠ bricked and Wright was eliminated.

The remaining 18 players are all bagging up ahead of Day 2 which starts at 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 30.

Player	Chips	Progress
Graham Cowan	550,000 90,000	90,000
Nicholas Wright	Busted

Tags: Graham Cowan Mark Yazbeck Nicholas Wright

03-28-2024 21:42 UTC+10

Eddy Ge Eliminated; Play on Money Bubble

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Eddy Ge was down to his last five big blinds and has just been eliminated, meaning with 19 players remaining we are on the money bubble. This is also the end of day bubble with the final 18 players bagging up for Day 2 on Saturday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddy Ge	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

03-28-2024 21:41 UTC+10

Yazbeck Doubles Through Swann

Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Two players checked to Mark Yazbeck on a K♣8♥10♦ flop and he shoved for 75,000. Lauchlan Swann raised to 180,000 and the other two players folded.

Mark Yazbeck: 10♣8♣ All in
Lauchlan Swann: K♥Q♠

The turn 8♠ improved Yazbeck to a full house and the river 6♠ was irrelevant as he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauchlan Swann	275,000 -105,000	-105,000
Mark Yazbeck	215,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Mark Yazbeck Lauchlan Swann

03-28-2024 21:40 UTC+10

Table 3 Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Wayne	925,000 155,000	155,000
Toby Giles	560,000 -250,000	-250,000
Patrick Yazbeck	265,000 135,000	135,000
Yang Lei	200,000
Karl Symonds	130,000 -70,000	-70,000
Nelson Dong	110,000 -35,000	-35,000
Eddy Ge	55,000 -20,000	-20,000