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

03-29-2024 17:48 UTC+11

Lees Eliminates Murray

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was on a flop of 10♣7♥6♠ with Liam Murray having checked to Johan Lees. Lees bet 7,500 with chip leader Ashton Campbell calling.

Murray then check-raised all in for 36,000. Lees re-raised all in, forcing out Campbell.

"You got eight-nine?" asked Murray.

Liam Murray: Q♥10♠ All in
Johan Lees: J♠J♥

Lees had not flopped a straight, but was still ahead of his opponent. The turn 8♦ and river 5♠ changed nothing.

"GG," said Lees as he got up from the table. Meanwhile Campbell was sat shaking his head.

"You had a nine?" Lees asked him, to no reply.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashton Campbell	330,000
Roland Paul	130,000 5,000	5,000
Johan Lees	115,000
Michael Oscuro	45,000 5,000	5,000
Sherif Derias	25,000 25,000	25,000
Sean Ragozzini	25,000 25,000	25,000
Liam Murray	Busted

Tags: Ashton Campbell Johan Lees Liam Murray

03-29-2024 17:41 UTC+11

Former Chip Leader Bithell Out

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Demlakian	Busted
Javad Etaat	Busted
Oliver Bithell	Busted

03-29-2024 17:38 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashton Campbell	330,000 150,000	150,000

A Message to All APO Players: Thank You!

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A brief announcement was made in the tournament room, with the guarantees being surpassed in all three marquee events: The APO Main Event, the Platinum Players Championship and the Diamond Cup.

Operations manager Lauren Mooney thanked all the players who have worked to support the entire APO event.

"On behalf of the entire management team, the dealers, Doltone House and Club Marconi, we just wanted to say thank you to every player who has supported us over the last months," she said to a packed tournament room.

"Thank you for the support in all our satellites, and thank you to all players who have talked about us at every event for the last six months. We're so thankful.

"We hope everybody enjoys this event and the next three days as much as we have done.

"Best of luck and thank you so much!"

03-29-2024 17:21 UTC+11

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

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03-29-2024 17:20 UTC+11

First Look at the Australian Poker Open Trophy 🏆

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Will Shillibier

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Here is the first look at the Australian Poker Open Main Event trophy!

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-29-2024 17:15 UTC+11

Klinger Sends Wang to the Rail

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Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After an open to 5,000, Yuanting Wang three-bet all in from the button for 35,000. Daniel Klinger was in the small blind and four-bet all in for over 150,000. The big blind and original raiser both folded and the cards were turned over.

Yuanting Wang: J♥9♠ All in
Daniel Klinger: A♣Q♥

The Q♣3♦2♦ didn't exactly help Wang who was already getting to his feet. The turn 9♥ offered him the chance of salvation, but the river 3♥ sent him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Klinger	195,000 115,000	115,000
Yuanting Wang	Busted

Tags: Yuanting Wang Daniel Klinger

03-29-2024 17:10 UTC+11

Otter Running Up a Stack Again

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Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Zelig Otter had a decent stack yesterday but was eliminated by eventual end-of-day chip leader Sayed Jabbour. He's sitting with close to 200,000 chips today and opened to 4,000 with calls from Meng Guangrui, Nicholas Cooper and Bert Perry.

The flop came A♣K♠3♣. It checked to Otter who continued for 7,000. Guangrui was the only caller.

The pair checked down the 4♠Q♣ runout.

"Queen," announced Otter, with Guangrui showing A♠9♦ and taking down the pot with top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zelig Otter	205,000 140,000	140,000
Daniyal Ahmed	130,000 72,000	72,000
Noman Mirza	105,000 25,000	25,000
Dejan Boskovic	85,000 25,000	25,000
Meng Guangrui	75,000 20,000	20,000
Nicholas Cooper	60,000 15,000	15,000
Peter Lin	60,000 75,000	75,000
Bert Perry	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Bert Perry Meng Guangrui Nicholas Cooper Sayed Jabbour

03-29-2024 17:04 UTC+11

So Long, Gu-dbye

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Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Elliot Esca opened to 5,000 and called a shove from Brian Gu. Gu was all in for 42,000.

Brian Gu: A♠Q♥ All in
Elliot Esca: A♦J♣

"Can I suck out one time this weekend," said Esca aloud as the flop came K♣10♥8♥. The turn Q♦ completed Esca's straight with the river 10♠ bricking.

"That's the first time this weekend," Esca said to the table.

"I'm going to check," said Laurence Hall to Esca's left. "Check to see, as you've already used your one time!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Zac Vigar	185,000
Adiyta Rao	135,000 135,000	135,000
Elliot Esca	110,000 75,000	75,000
Laurence Hall	105,000 35,000	35,000

Andrew Tang	70,000 39,000	39,000
Alex Lee	50,000 50,000	50,000
Neng Zhao	45,000 75,000	75,000
Brian Gu	Busted