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

03-28-2024 14:45 UTC+11

Derecho Gets There To Double Through Wang

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a 10♠6♥5♥2♠ board Yuanting Wang had bet 7,000 into a pot of around 13,000 and was facing a shove from Emmanuel Derecho for 41,300.

Wang eventually called.

Emmanuel Derecho: J♥8♥ All in
Yuanting Wang: J♠J♣

Wang would need to dodge hearts, but the 3♥ river completed Derecho's flush and saw one of the early chip leaders take a knock to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emmanuel Derecho	95,000 52,000	52,000
Yuanting Wang	90,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Emmanuel Derecho Yuanting Wang

03-28-2024 14:47 UTC+11

Ins and Outs in Level 4

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Will Shillibier

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernie Stang	50,000 50,000	50,000
George Kanan	50,000
Chao Duan	50,000
Robert Spano	50,000
Daniel Embleton	50,000
Josh Foster	50,000
Dejan Boskovic	50,000
Zelig Otter	50,000
Gino Portolesi	Busted
Soumen Sem	Busted

03-28-2024 14:59 UTC+11

Mirza Doubles; More for Symonds

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Will Shillibier

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Karl Symonds appears to have extended his chip lead at Table 6 to well over 200,000 chips.

Meanwhile, Noman Mirza opened and Graham Cowan three-bet in the next position to 6,600. Mirza shoved for around 12,000 and Cowan called.

Noman Mirza: A♦K♥ All in
Graham Cowan: 10♥10♣

The flop Q♠J♥10♠ gave Cowan bottom set, but Mirza had flushed the nut straight. The turn 5♠ and river 8♣ bricked as Cowan called for the board to pair, but to no avail.

"Far out," said Cowan. "Shit. I can't win!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Karl Symonds	220,000 67,000	67,000
Patrick Yazbeck	100,000 40,000	40,000
Marcuss Liow	45,000 14,000	14,000
Josh Goldsmith	37,000 7,000	7,000
Jarrod Thatcher	37,000 17,000	17,000
Noman Mirza	35,000 9,000	9,000
Graham Cowan	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Graham Cowan Noman Mirza

Level: 5

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

03-28-2024 15:00 UTC+11

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Will Shillibier

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

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03-28-2024 15:06 UTC+11

Aces No Good for Bouskila

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Will Shillibier

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

On a J♣9♠4♦ flop Michel Bouskila checked and Pratik Mehta bet 6,500. Bouskila check-raised to 16,500 and Mehta called.

The turn was the 3♦ and Bouskila shoved for 21,000. Mehta quickly called.

Michel Bouskila: A♦A♥ All in
Pratik Mehta: 9♦9♥

Mehta had flopped a set to move ahead of the pocket aces. The river 6♦ bricked and Bouskila was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pratik Mehta	120,000 56,000	56,000
Andres Vasquez	95,000 5,000	5,000
Jeison Berdugo	94,000 9,000	9,000
Jim Middleton	53,000 17,000	17,000
Bert Perry	50,000
Chao Duan	40,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Fraser	31,000 4,000	4,000
Michel Bouskila	Busted

Tags: Michel Bouskila Pratik Mehta

03-28-2024 15:16 UTC+11

"When I See Queens, It's Traumatic!

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Will Shillibier

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

Karl Symonds opened to 2,000 from under the gun and Graham Cowan three-bet all in for 16,600.

Patrick Yazbeck made it 30,000 from the small blind before Marcuss Liow moved all in for just over 50,000 in the big blind.

"How much?" asked Symonds, who had earlier won a monster pot against Liow to move into the chip lead.

"This is my chance to get back to my former glory!" replied Liow. Symonds eventually folded and Yazbeck called.

Graham Cowan: A♥10♠ All in
Marcuss Liow: Q♠Q♣ All in
Patrick Yazbeck: A♠Q♥

The board came 10♣9♥2♦5♣3♣ with Liow holding to eliminate Cowan and double through Yazback.

"When I see queens, it's traumatic" said Liow, referring to his earlier encounter with Symonds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karl Symonds	240,000 20,000	20,000
Marcuss Liow	125,000 80,000	80,000
Khac-Trung Tran	54,000
Josh Goldsmith	34,000 3,000	3,000
Jarrod Thatcher	28,000 9,000	9,000
Noman Mirza	26,000 9,000	9,000
Patrick Yazbeck	25,000 75,000	75,000
Graham Cowan	Busted

Tags: Graham Cowan Karl Symonds Marcuss Liow Patrick Yazbeck

03-28-2024 15:17 UTC+11

Cards in the Air for the Platinum Player Championships

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Will Shillibier

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

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03-28-2024 15:23 UTC+11

River Saves Seibel After Cooler Flop

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Will Shillibier

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

Higor Seibel and Sam Ioannou got it in on a A♠5♠4♠ flop with Seibel at risk for his last 31,800.

Higor Seibel: 4♥4♦ All in
Sam Ioannou: Q♠3♠

The flop had given Seibel bottom set, but Ioannou had flopped a flush. The turn was the Q♥ but the river 5♦ paired the board giving Seibel a full house and doubling him up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zelig Otter	70,000 20,000	20,000
Higor Seibel	70,000 20,000	20,000
Hassib Younan	65,000 8,000	8,000
David Sebesfi	51,000 26,000	26,000
Joshua McSwiney	47,000
Johnny Huynh	35,000
Sam Ioannou	29,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Sam Ioannou Higor Seibel

03-28-2024 15:30 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Szwarcberg	190,000 142,000	142,000
Kiavash Arbabi	165,000 25,000	25,000
Toby Giles	135,000 96,000	96,000
Bernie Stang	135,000 85,000	85,000
Jennifer Cassell	115,000
Jarrod Thatcher	105,000 77,000	77,000
Lauchlan Swann	105,000 51,000	51,000
Dean Boskovic	65,000 65,000	65,000
Ehsan Amiri	60,000 60,000	60,000
Alex Li	55,000
Collin Tran	55,000 55,000	55,000
Dejan Boskovic	51,000 1,000	1,000
Jacque Ramsden	50,000 1,000	1,000
Alan Wilson	50,000 35,000	35,000
Mark Yazbeck	40,000 18,000	18,000
Ryan Hong	40,000 40,000	40,000
Michael Clair	36,000 14,000	14,000
Van Mai	25,000 7,000	7,000
Guangyu Wang	22,000 22,000	22,000
Nicholas Wright	20,000 34,000	34,000