$1,500 Platinum Player Championships
Day 1b Started
$1,500 Platinum Player Championships
Day 1b Started
The eventful Australian Poker Open continues shortly, as players return for Day 1b of the $1,500 Platinum Player Championships. An impressive field of 148 entries took their seats yesterday, all looking to collect chips and make it into the money of this AUD $500,000 guaranteed event.
Play gets underway at 3 p.m. local time at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi, where the main ballroom is all dressed up and ready for action.
A total of 19 players survived Day 1am, with Minkyu Jun leading the way after bagging 1,521,000 chips. That sets a big benchmark for players in this unlimited reentry event, as players have four more opening flights to chase down the chip leader.
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Minkyu Jun | Australia | 1,521,000 |
2 | Greg Davison | Australia | 1,078,000 |
3 | Adrian Salter | Australia | 627,000 |
4 | Gavin Ogilvy | Australia | 541,000 |
5 | David Bowen | Australia | 518,000 |
6 | Michael Sleiman | Australia | 499,000 |
7 | Jesse Alati | Australia | 433,000 |
8 | Stylianos Makariou | Australia | 331,000 |
9 | Rehman Kassam | United Kingdom | 321,000 |
10 | Khanh Le | Australia | 288,000 |
Day 1b gets underway at 3 p.m. local time, following the same format as action in yesterday’s flight. Players will begin with 50,000 chips and late registration closes at the end of Level 9.
Levels continue at 40 minutes in length on Day 1, and blinds begin at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Players will be sent on scheduled breaks after every three levels of play.
Date | Time | Day | Blinds | Late Reg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thu, Mar 28 | 3 p.m. | Day 1b | 40 min | 9:45 p.m. |
Fri, Mar 29 | 2 p.m. | Day 1c | 40 min | 9:00 p.m. |
Sat, Mar 30 | 11 a.m. | Day 1d | 40 min | 6:00 p.m. |
Sun, Mar 31 | 2 p.m. | Day 1e | 40 min | 9:00 p.m. |
Mon, Apr 1 | 12 p.m. | Day 2 | 60 min | Closed |
The PokerNews reporting team will once again be live to capture all of the exciting action, so don’t miss a minute of our coverage from Day 1b in Sydney.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The tournament director has given the green light and action is underway on Day 1b.
There are currently 14 players registered to begin the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sal Ali
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Michael Doumani |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Louis Luo |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Trent McFadzean
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
George Moussa |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Scott Redman
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Amin Riyazati |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Natalia Rosova
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Peter Saxton
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Dimitrios Theodorikakos
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Wei Chin Huang |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Josh Baraba
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Alex Li
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Soumen Sem
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Tty Ly opened to 500 in the hijack before Scott Redman slid out a three-bet to 1,500 in the cutoff.
Action folded back around to Ly, who announced a four-bet to 4,000. Redman took a moment but made the fold, as Ly raked in an early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tty Ly | 53,000 | |
Scott Redman
|
48,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
Henry Tran opened to 400 in middle position with Michael Doumani making the call on the button.
Steffan Thomas, who bagged 180,000 in yesterday's opening flight, announced a three-bet to 1,600 in the small blind. Both opponents called to see the 7♥10♣8♣ flop.
Thomas check-called a bet of 2,500 from Tran, while Doumani folded before the J♠ turn. Thomas checked again, calling after Tran fired 5,500.
The 4♥ river saw both players check. Thomas showed A♦K♠ for ace-high, while Tran took the pot with 8♦7♦ for a pair of eights.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Henry Tran | 58,500 | |
Michael Doumani |
49,200
-800
|
-800 |
Steffan Thomas |
43,000
-137,000
|
-137,000 |
Sasha Skalrud and Soumen Sem were heads up on the completed board showing J♣K♠10♣7♣A♣ and a sizeable pot already built.
Skalrud fired 11,000 from the small blind before Sem raised it to 31,000. After a couple of minutes, Skalrud slid his cards into the muck, awarding the pot to Sem.
Sem showed K♣9♣ for the nut flush as he raked in the chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Soumen Sem
|
74,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Sasha Skalrud |
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Action folded around to Nathan May in the small blind, who raised to 500. Henry Tran defended his big blind to the 4♣10♠5♠ flop.
May continued by leading out for 600, with Tran calling to the 6♥ turn.
Another lead from May saw a bet of 1,500 slide forward. Tran did not take long to fold, with May taking down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Henry Tran |
55,800
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
Nathan May
|
54,500
54,500
|
54,500 |