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The surviving players from round one are being seated to battle it out in round two.
Each round will be played fresh without carrying over stacks and blinds will be reset back to Level 1.
Levels will remain 15 minutes each.
2025 Australian Poker Open
$1,500 Heads Up Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 Australian Poker Open
Final Results
Event Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Prize Pool
43,200 AUD
Total Entries
32
Entries
32
Players Left
4
Players Left 1 / 32
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Blinds: 3,000/6,000/6,000
A frustrated Mario Stanie found himself short and was lamenting about how good Robert Spano has been running.
Stanie shoved for his last 30,000 on the button and Spano called to put him at risk.
Mario Stanie: 9♣5♣
Robert Spano: Q♠7♠
The 6♥4♥2♠8♦A♥ runout improved neither player and Spano claimed victory with his queen.
Across the table, Liam Ju was also eliminated by Aaron Li to wrap up round one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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300,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Blinds: 3,000/6,000/6,000
Aaron Li chipped down a bit before finding himself all in preflop against Liam Jehu again, with Jehu covering Li slightly.
Aaron Li: K♦K♥
Liam Jehu: A♦3♦
The K♠7♦2♦ flop gave Li a set of kings, but also gave Jehu a sweat with a flush draw.
It wasn't meant to be, however, as the 2♠2♥ runout improved Li to a full house to award him the double and leave Jehu critically short-stacked.
At another table, Craig Blight defeated Grant Levy to advance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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270,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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30,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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Busted |
Blinds: 3,000/6,000/6,000
Aaron Li found himself short against Liam Jehu and open shoved on the button for approximately 80,000. Jehu asked for a count and stuck in a call after a bit of a tank.
Aaron Li: A♥J♣
Liam Jehu: K♦8♣
Li was ahead, but both of Jehu's cards were live.
The board ran out Q♥10♥7♥10♣A♦ — needlessly improving Li to aces-up to get back even with Jehu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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140,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Blinds: 2,500/5,000/5,000
Constantinos Boucas raised to 15,000 on the button and Travis Endersby shoved. Boucas quickly called all in for a bit over 60,000 and the board was run.
Constantinos Boucas: A♠10♥
Travis Endersby: A♣7♦
Boucas was in good shape to double with his dominating ace, but the J♥7♠4♦ flop vaulted Endersby into the lead with pair of sevens.
The 6♥4♥ runout changed nothing and Endersby was sent the rest of Boucas' chips to advance to round two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
107,000
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107,000 |
|
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Busted |
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The remaining heads-up players are now on a 15-minute break.
Here's a look at the bracket progress:
Blinds: 2,000/4,000/4,000
Anthony Chan shoved for his last 70,000 on the button and Robert Kwan called to put him at risk.
Anthony Chan: A♠2♦
Robert Kwan: 4♦4♠
Chan went with his ace, but was unlucky to run into the pair of Kwan.
The board ran out 7♥6♣5♦2♥5♣ — keeping Kwan's small pair best for the knockout to advance to round two.
At other tables, Keegan Paterson advanced over Farnaz Bahrehbar, and Jon-Peter Rounce Sue advanced over Pankaj Gogia.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
150,000
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150,000 |
|
300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
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300,000
150,000
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150,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Blinds: 2,000/4,000/4,000
Dale Marsland limped on the button and Jack Morris shoved for approximately 75,000 from the big blind. Marsland quickly called to put Morris at risk and hands were revealed.
Jack Morris: Q♠7♣
Dale Marsland: A♥K♠
Marsland had laid a trap, and it worked out perfectly as the K♥2♠9♠9♣Q♣ runout left Marsland with kings-up to eliminate Morris and advance to round two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
150,000
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150,000 |
|
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Busted |
Blinds: 1,500/3,000/3,000
Lachlan Crilly had Daniel Klinger all in preflop and at risk.
Daniel Klinger: 3♠3♦
Lachlan Crilly: K♣6♠
It was a virtual coin flip, but the 10♣6♥K♥J♠J♦ runout left Crilly best with a superior two pair.
"I had to cooler him to win!" a relieved Crilly said after shaking Klinger's ha.d
At other tables, Geetinder Singh advanced over Ilavenil Arumugam, Yongjia Lin advanced over Jared Thatcher, and Didier Guerin advanced over Todd O'Kelly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
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300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
300,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
