Blinds: 2,000/4,000/4,000
Jon-Peter Rounce Sue shoved on the button and a short-stacked Robert Kwan deliberated a bit before committing his last 40,000 into the middle.
Robert Kwan: 10♦9♥
Jon-Peter Rounce Sue: A♦7♠
Kwan would need some help to double up and survive, but the K♦3♣7♣6♠K♣ runout paired neither player — leaving Sue best with his ace to finish Kwan off.
Just one match remains in round two between Tom Mcguire and Joseph Antar, where Antar is trailing Mcguire by 2:1.
Blinds: 1,500/3,000/3,000
Ricardo Bono limped on the button and Yongjia Lin checked his option in the big blind.
Lin proceeded to check-call Bono down on every street — first for 3,000 on the 9♦3♠3♦ flop, then for 10,500 on the J♠ turn, and finally for about 30,000 all in on the 4♣ river.
Bono tabled K♣3♥ for flopped trips, which was best against the 9♠2♥ of Lin for two pair to win the match.
Meanwhile, both Dale Marsland and Andrew White advanced over Keegan Paterson and Craig Blight, respectively.
Blinds: 2,000/4,000/4,000
Lachlan Crilly was already all in preflop and at risk for approximately 90,000 against Travis Endersby, who had Crilly covered.
Lachlan Crilly: A♥7♥
Travis Endersby: A♣9♥
The K♠Q♥3♠K♦8♣ runout meant Endersby's nine-kicker played and he was sent the rest of Crilly's chips.
Last year in Sydney, Hasan "Huss" Onay won the 2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event after a heads-up deal with Brazil's Higor Seibel.
Onay entered heads-up with a dominating chip lead, with Seibel managing to double once, before the players agreed to a deal.
The 549-player tournament took place at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi, with Onay taking home A$284,480 and the inaugural APO Main Event title.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hasan Onay | Australia | $284,480* |
| 2 | Higor Seibel | Brazil | $255,520* |
| 3 | Lauchlan Swann | Australia | $120,000 |
| 4 | Georgina Vuksanovic | Australia | $90,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Tolomeo | Australia | $66,000 |
| 6 | Toby Giles | Australia | $51,000 |
| 7 | Michael Sleiman | Australia | $43,000 |
| 8 | Adi Dahari | Australia | $34,500 |
| 9 | Marc Seymour | Australia | $27,900 |
*Denotes heads-up deal
Blinds: 1,000/2,000/2,000
It's been a largely one-sided match between Yongjia Lin and Ricardo Bono so far, with Bono getting the best of it.
In a recent hand, Yongjia Lin raised to 4,000 on the button and Ricardo Bono shoved. Lin called all in for approximately 40,000 with one bullet behind and Bono called to put Lin at risk.
Yongjia Lin: 6♣6♦
Ricardo Bono: Q♠J♣
Lin preemptively grabbed his final bullet placard before the dealer brought a board of K♥K♣10♣A♥9♣ — improving Bono to Broadway and confirming Lin's need to use his final bullet.
Blinds 1,000/1,500/1,500
Jon-Peter Rounce Sue was in for his last 33,000 from the big blind on a completed board of A♠J♥6♥10♣2♦ with a large pot already in the middle.
Robert Kwan went deep into the tank, but eventually stuck in a call and Sue tabled A♥J♣ for two pair. Kwan had to show his Q♠10♠ for a pair of tens and Sue was awarded the double up.
At another table, Robert Spano was eliminated by Aaron Li.
Blinds: 1,000/1,500/1,500
Geetinder Singh opened on the button and Didier Guerin called.
Guerin checked on the 9♦5♠2♣ flop and Singh continued for a bet. Guerin then check-raised and Singh four-bet shoved all in. Guerin called all in for a bit under 50,000 and hands were revealed.
Didier Guerin: A♦3♣
Geetinder Singh: 9♣6♣
Guerin would need to hit his wheel draw or ace to take the lead, but the 10♠7♣ runout kept Singh best with a pair of nines and he advanced to the round of eight.
Blinds: 600/1,200/1,200
Geetinder Singh opened to 3,000 on the button and Didier Guerin defended his big blind.
Guerin check-called a 3,000 bet from Singh on the 9♠6♠5♥ flop and a 6,000 bet from Singh on the 10♥ turn.
both players checked on the 6♦ river and Guerin motioned he had nothing.
Geetinder turned over 10♠8♣ for tens-up and Geurin mucked — conceding the pot to Geetiner.
Blinds: 500/1,000/1,000
Ricardo Bono and Yongjia Lin got into a preflop raising war that ended with Lin all in.
Yongjia Lin: 9♣9♠
Ricardo Bono: 10♦10♣
Both players had been dealt big pairs, but Bono had Lin pipped with his tens.
The A♦10♠8♦2♠Q♠ runout kept Bono best with a set of tens and Lin was forced to use one of his bullets to reload.
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