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

Mar 28, 2024

Trips For McNamara

Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Anthony McNamara opened to 2,100 from the hijack and found calls from Thanh Long Nguyen in the cutoff and David McAllister in the small blind.

McAllister checked the 2♥7♥Q♠ flop and McNamara continued for 2,000. Nguyen and McAllister both called to the K♦ turn, where all three players checked.

The Q♣ river saw action check to McNamara, who slid out a single 1,000 chip. Nguyen made the call before McAllister mucked.

McNamara showed Q♦9♦ for trip queens, raking in the chips as Nguyen slid his cards to the dealer.

Tags: Anthony McNamara David McAllister Thanh Long Nguyen

Level: 5

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Mar 28, 2024

Mayer Pressure Woodhams

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Sheldon Mayer opened from the hijack and called after Nick Woodhams three-bet to 7,000 on the button.

Mayer checked the monotone 10♠9♠2♠ flop and Woodhams fired 3,000. Mayer then announced a check-raise to 15,000.

Woodhams made the call and the dealer revealed the A♣ turn. Mayer led out this time, betting enough to put his opponent all in.

After taking a few minutes, Woodhams opted to pass his cards to the dealer and Mayer added new chips to his growing stack.

Tags: Nick Woodhams Sheldon Mayer

Mar 28, 2024

Williams Stays Aggresive

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jason Wassef opened to 1,800 in middle position and was met by a three-bet to 5,000 from Mark Williams in the cutoff.

Wassef called to the 6♥9♦J♣ flop. Another check from Wassef led to Williams continuing for 4,500.

That was enough to claim the pot, as Wassef mucked his hand.

Tags: Jason Wassef Mark Williams

Mar 28, 2024

Sem Leads The River

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Soumen Sem and Tom Amir were heads-up to the 4♦10♦A♣ flop, and Sem checked in middle position.

Amir fired 3,000 and was called to the 8♣ turn. Sem checked again and called after Amir bet 7,500.

The 5♥ river saw Sem lead out for 22,700 and Amir went into the tank. After studying his opponent, Amir opted to lay his hand down and Sem raked in the pot.

Tags: Soumen Sem Tom Amir

Mar 28, 2024

Notable Chip Counts

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Level: 4

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Mar 28, 2024

Break Time

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players have reached the first 20-minute of the day.

Action will resume with blinds of 400/800 and a big blind ante of 800.

Mar 28, 2024

Sakellariou Building Back Up

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In the last hand before break, Tolly Sakellariou was all in and risk for his last 13,500 against Antoine Sanson.

Tolly Sakellariou: Q♠Q♦ All in
Antoine Sanson: A♣J♣

Sakellariou survived the 3♠2♥2♠4♦4♥ runout to double his stack. After being down to 6,000 a short time earlier, Sakellariou built back up to 28,000 chips.