$1,500 Heads Up Championship Day 1 | 2025 Australian Poker Open

04-22-2025 19:21 UTC+10

Boucas Doubles Through Endersby; Mcguire Advances

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Dan O'Hair

Blind: 1,000/2,000/2,000

Constantinos Boucas found himself short against Travis Endersby with all his bullets in play.

Boucas raised on the button and Endersby shoved. Boucas called to put himself at risk and a showdown was held.

Constantinos Boucas: A♠7♠ All in
Travis Endersby: A♣4♣

Boucas had Endersby dominated with his ace, and the 10♥2♥3♣7♦6♥ runout left Boucas best with a pair of sevens to keep his tournament life alive.

At another table Tom Mcguire defeated Nikhil Autar.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Mcguire	300,000 150,000	150,000
Travis Endersby	193,000 43,000	43,000
Constantinos Boucas	107,000 43,000	43,000
Nikhil Autar	Busted

Tags: Constantinos Boucas Nikhil Autar Tom Mcguire Travis Endersby

04-22-2025 19:07 UTC+10

Bono Busts Elias; Antar Also Advances

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Dan O'Hair

Blinds: 1,000/2,000/2,000

A short-stacked George Elias limped on the button and Ricardo Bono made it 6,000 to go. Elias called.

Elias committed the rest of his stack on the A♣7♣6♥ flop and Bono called to put him at risk.

George Elias: Q♦7♦ All in
Ricardo Bono: Q♥Q♣

Elias had flopped a seven, but was in rough shape against Elias' ladies.

The 2♦ turn nor 8♥ river were of any help to Elias and Bono advanced to the next round.

At another table, Joseph Antar defeated Jayden Zalac to advance to round two.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ricardo Bono	300,000 150,000	150,000
Joseph Antar	300,000 150,000	150,000
George Elias	Busted
Jayden Zalac	Busted

Tags: George Elias Ricardo Bono

04-22-2025 18:45 UTC+10

White Cruises Past Vuksanovik

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Dan O'Hair

Blinds: 500/1,000/1,000

Andrew White has claimed the first victory in the bracket after defeating Georgina Vuksanovik on the first level.

According to White both players put their full 150,000 into player before starting the match. Several hands in, White picked up aces against Vuksanovik's pocket eights. The pot was three-bet pre and the board ran out low. Bets went in on every street with both players getting all in on the river.

Vuksanovik was left with just a few thousand chips afterwards and shoved the next hand.

Georgina Vuksanovik: 6♦5♣ All in
Andrew White: Q♠9♦

The board ran out of A♥Q♦10♦A♣3♠ — leaving White best with queens up and eliminating Vuksanovik early on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew White	300,000 150,000	150,000
Georgina Vuksanovik	Busted

Tags: Andrew White Georgina Vuksanovik

04-22-2025 18:30 UTC+10

Full Bracket

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Dan O'Hair

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Spano	150,000 150,000	150,000
Yongjia Lin	150,000 150,000	150,000
Craig Blight	150,000 150,000	150,000
Tom Mcguire	150,000 150,000	150,000
Lachlan Crilly	150,000 150,000	150,000
Ilavenil Arumugam	150,000 150,000	150,000
Robert Kwan	150,000 150,000	150,000
Keegan Paterson	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jack Morris	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jon-Peter Rounce Sue	150,000 150,000	150,000
Todd O'Kelly	150,000 150,000	150,000
Travis Endersby	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jayden Zalac	150,000 150,000	150,000
Andrew White	150,000 150,000	150,000
George Elias	150,000 150,000	150,000
Liam Jehu	150,000 150,000	150,000
Aaron Li	150,000 150,000	150,000
Ricardo Bono	150,000 150,000	150,000
Georgina Vuksanovik	150,000 150,000	150,000
Joseph Antar	150,000 150,000	150,000
Constantinos Boucas	150,000 150,000	150,000
Didier Guerin	150,000 150,000	150,000

Pankaj Gogia	150,000 150,000	150,000
Dale Marsland	150,000 150,000	150,000
Farnaz Bahrehbar	150,000 150,000	150,000

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04-22-2025 18:17 UTC+10

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04-22-2025 18:15 UTC+10

Action Underway

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Dan O'Hair

Registration is now closed and the $1,500 Heads-Up Championship will be played as a 32-person bracket.

Stay tuned for a full list of participants and the tournament bracket.

04-22-2025 17:57 UTC+10

Slight Delay

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Dan O'Hair

The tournament will begin approximately 15 minutes late as more players come in to register for the event.

04-22-2025 16:53 UTC+10

$1,500 Heads-up Championship Gets Underway at 6 p.m.

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The action is heating up at Club Marconi at Doltone House Western Sydney, with several players already having claimed a piece of the guaranteed A$4,000,000 in prize money at this years Australian Poker Open. Today marks start of the inaugural A$1,500 Heads-up Championship — offering action junkies and enthusiasts alike a chance to display their skills in one of the purest forms of poker.

A few short days ago, Banipal Babana took down the High Roller Heads-Up title for a cool $24,400 after winning three straight heads-up matches, including one against Titan champion Daewoong Song before besting Anthony Chan in the championship match.

Play is set to get underway at 6 p.m. and will be played in a single-elimination bracket over the course of two days. Each player will begin three bullets worth 50,000 in chips each. A player may use any of their bullets to add an additional 50,000 to their stack at any time before the start of the tournament and between hands. A player will not be considered eliminated until they've lost all their chips with no bullets left.

Level 1 will begin with blinds at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante. Levels will last 15-minute each and no late entries are permitted. Each consecutive match will be played with a "fresh" set of three bullets with blinds reverting back to Level 1. Day one is scheduled to play three matches, with the final three matches wrapping up tomorrow at 6 p.m. (subject to change depending on the number of entrants).

Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we capture all the check-raises, call-downs, and crushing beats leading to the next APO Heads-up Champion!

Tags: Anthony Chan Daewoong Song

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