$1,500 Platinum Players Championship | 2025 Australian Poker Open

04-22-2025 18:05 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	17,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Jennifer Cassell	9,900,000 1,525,000	1,525,000
Anthony Xu	6,900,000 400,000	400,000
Reece Bedot	6,300,000
Johan Lees	5,900,000 3,375,000	3,375,000
Dustin Tran	3,700,000 500,000	500,000

04-22-2025 17:59 UTC+11

Bedot Spikes the River to Stay Alive

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Daniel Neilson min-raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Reece Bedot shoved the button for 2,900,000. When it got back to Neilson. he called.

Reece Bedot: A♣Q♥ All in
Daniel Neilson: Q♦Q♣

Neilson had a chance to extend his chip lead and ladder up the payouts, and took a huge leap toward doing so on the 3♠6♦8♣ flop. A 10♥ on the turn left Bedot with one foot out of the door, but he drilled the A♠ on the river to reignite his hopes.

Big, big river for Bedot!

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	14,000,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Reece Bedot	6,300,000 3,400,000	3,400,000

Tags: Daniel Neilson Reece Bedot

04-22-2025 17:54 UTC+11

Jason Brown Eliminated in 7th Place (A$28,300)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Dustin Tran made it 400,000 from under the gun and Jason Brown (AUS) shoved 985,000 from the cutoff. Anthony Xu was in the small blind and shoved around 3,000,000, and the action was back on Tran. After thinking for some time, Tran elected to call to put both shorter stacks at risk.

Jason Brown: Q♠J♣ All in
Anthony Xu: A♦K♠
Dustin Tran: K♥Q♥

Xu had a fantastic opportunity to more than double up and make a pay jump. On the other hand, Brown needed to beat two players to triple up and stay alive.

The Q♣K♣A♣ flop connected with everybody but gave Brown a Royal Flush draw! However, the anti-climatic 3♥7♠ runout didn't change anything, leaving Brown out in 7th and giving Xu a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Xu	7,300,000 4,300,000	4,300,000
Dustin Tran	4,200,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Jason Brown	Busted

Tags: Anthony Xu Dustin Tran Jason Brown

04-22-2025 17:42 UTC+11

Hai Kee Eliminated in 8th Place (A$19,300)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Hai Kee called off his stack from the small blind of 145,000 and Dustin Tran had no decision from the big blind.

Hai Kee: 5♥3♥ All in
Dustin Tran: 8♠5♠

A crazy flop of 7♥6♣4♠ gave both players a straight and left Kee drawing to a chop. He couldn't find it as the 5♣Q♠ runout finally put an end to his PPC run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Tran	7,200,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Hai Kee	Busted

Tags: Dustin Tran Hai Kee

04-22-2025 17:35 UTC+11

Xu Pieces Together the Puzzle

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Hai Kee limped in from early position off a short stack and Anthony Xu checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came A♦5♥3♣ and after Xu checked, Kee shoved 1,700,000 into the pot of around 700,000. Xu had 1,100,000 in his stack and thought long and hard before he called off his stack.

Anthony Xu: 10♥5♦ All in
Hai Kee: K♦J♠

A great call by Xu to figure that one out, and his play was rewarded after the 4♠8♥ runout kept his flopped pair of fives in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Xu	3,000,000 1,475,000	1,475,000
Hai Kee	545,000 1,425,000	1,425,000

Tags: Anthony Xu Hai Kee

04-22-2025 17:25 UTC+11

Tran Picks off Bedot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Reece Bedot made it 400,000 from the button and Dustin Tran called in the big blind.

The flop came A♠K♦10♦ and both checked to the 2♠ turn. Tran checked again and Bedot fired 250,000. Tran called.

A 4♣ completed the runout and Tran checked for a third time, then Bedot fired 300,000. Tran pondered for some time and counted out his stack, then dropped in calling chips.

Bedot showed a bluff with 9♣8♣, and Tran showed he made the right call with 10♥9♥ for a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Tran	5,200,000 1,065,000	1,065,000
Reece Bedot	2,900,000 950,000	950,000

Tags: Dustin Tran Reece Bedot

04-22-2025 17:22 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	15,750,000 250,000	250,000
Jennifer Cassell	11,425,000 200,000	200,000
Johan Lees	9,275,000 175,000	175,000
Dustin Tran	4,135,000 550,000	550,000
Reece Bedot	3,850,000 550,000	550,000
Jason Brown	1,985,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Hai Kee	1,970,000 30,000	30,000
Anthony Xu	1,525,000 800,000	800,000

Level: 28

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

04-22-2025 17:10 UTC+11

Zac Vigar Eliminated in 9th Place (A$16,600)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Daniel Neilson made it 300,000 from early position and Reece Bedot called on the button. Zac Vigar shoved 1,600,000 from the big blind, and only Neilson made the call.

Zac Vigar: A♦5♦ All in
Daniel Neilson: K♠Q♠

Vigar was at risk of being the first player eliminated and despite flopping a pair, would have felt very sweaty after the 7♦4♠5♠ flop gave Neilson a flush draw. A Q♣ on the turn was a dagger in the heart of Vigar as Neilson made top pair, and the 2♣ river was a brick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	16,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Reece Bedot	4,400,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Zac Vigar	Busted

Tags: Daniel Neilson Reece Bedot Zac Vigar

04-22-2025 17:03 UTC+11

Kee In Survival Mode

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Hai Kee may as well be called Bear Grylls—his survival instincts are fully activated!

First, he jammed for 460,000 from early position and got a call from Johan Lees in the big blind.

Hai Kee: Q♦10♥ All in
Johan Lees: K♠9♥

Lees had one shot to send Kee packing, but the board ran out 5♣4♣J♣3♣ and both players ended up chopping with busted draws and a flushy mess.

Next hand? Kee wasn’t done.

He ripped it in again—this time for 585,000—and Zac Vigar quickly reshoved over the top with a bigger stack of 2,600,000.

Hai Kee: 6♠6♥ All in
Zac Vigar: A♠Q♦

Cue the fireworks. The flop came 5♦6♣K♥, and Kee let out a primal roar as he nailed a set of sixes! Vigar bricked the A♥9♣ turn and river, and suddenly Kee’s stack was back from the dead—climbing to a fiery 1,600,000.

In the very next hand, Kee shoved from under the gun with 10♠10♣ and picked up the blinds!