$1,500 Platinum Players Championship Day 2 | 2025 Australian Poker Open

04-21-2025 14:46 UTC+11

Bedot Keeps Building

Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Reece Bedot opened from under the gun and got a call from Liam Murray in middle position. Kieran Dyson also came along from the button.

These three have tangled before and saw a flop of 7♥J♥8♦ where Bedot checked and Murray bet 75,000. Dyson called, then Bedot check-raised to 265,000. Murray rechecked his cards and decided to fold, and Dyson's cards also quickly hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Reece Bedot	1,600,000 150,000	150,000
Kieran Dyson	1,300,000 50,000	50,000
Liam Murray	450,000 130,000	130,000

04-21-2025 14:57 UTC+11

Chip and a Chair For Ma, Demlakian Doubles

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In a pot with over 200,000 in it on a 5♣2♠9♦ flop, Vasken Demlakian committed his stack of exactly 300,000 and was eventually called by Shengfeng Ma, who had 305,000 in his stack.

Ken Demlakian: K♠K♥ All in
Shengfeng Ma: 9♠8♠

Demlakian was way ahead with his Cowboys and found a beautiful turn card as the 2♥ removed some of Ma's outs. No nine appeared on the 4♥ river, and Demlakian was shipped the pot that left with Ma with a single chip worth 5,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Demlakian	850,000 850,000	850,000
Shengfeng Ma	5,000 335,000	335,000

Tags: Ken Demlakian Shengfeng Ma

04-21-2025 15:12 UTC+11

Alati's Big Slick Holds

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jesse Alati made it 45,000 from middle position and Van Mai called from the cutoff. The button then shoved for 345,000, Alati reshoved for 445,000, and after some consideration, Mai mucked.

Button: K♣Q♠ All in
Jesse Alati: A♠K♦

Alati had the best of it preflop and kept the lead throughout the K♥6♣J♦7♠5♠ runout to scoop the pot and eliminate a player. Yesterday, Alati won the Teams event here at the APO so already has a trophy to his name and is chasing another in the PPC.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Alati	875,000
Van Mai	550,000

Tags: Jesse Alati Van Mai

04-21-2025 15:20 UTC+11

Stream is Live

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The stream is live for Day 2 of the PPC and you can tune in to it via the official Australian Poker Open Facebook page.

04-21-2025 15:31 UTC+11

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarrod Thatcher	2,600,000
Reece Bedot	2,200,000 600,000	600,000
Daniel Neilson	1,500,000 100,000	100,000
Zhen Chen	1,400,000 875,000	875,000
Ali Ghezelbash	1,400,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Jennifer Cassell	1,000,000 50,000	50,000
Pranav Bhatt	350,000 350,000	350,000
Liam Murray	300,000 150,000	150,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

04-21-2025 15:49 UTC+11

Wang Walks, Bedot Banks

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

A massive clash between Yuanting Wang and Reece Bedot just sent shockwaves through the tournament floor, with Bedot vaulting his stack to around 3,600,000.

After the action folded to Wang in the small blind, he opened the pot, only for Bedot to respond with a three-bet to 200,000 out of the big blind. Wang wasn't done—he came back with a four-bet to 475,000, which Bedot called.

The flop came 8♠7♦8♣, and Wang instantly ripped in his remaining 750,000. Bedot barely blinked before tossing in a chip to call.

Yuanting Wang: 9♠9♥
Reece Bedot: J♠J♥

Bedot had Wang crushed and never let go. The 3♣ turn put Wang a step closer to the rail, and even though both players filled up on the 8♥ river, Bedot’s jacks full of eights left no doubt. Wang’s run ends here, while Bedot skyrockets up the leaderboard with a monster stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Reece Bedot	3,600,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Yuanting Wang	Busted

Tags: Reece Bedot Yuanting Wang

04-21-2025 16:03 UTC+11

Chen Gives One Up, Still Sitting With a Healthy Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Zhen Chen is going along smoothly on Day 2 of the PPC and currently has around 1,200,000 after losing a pot to Farhad Mohajerami.

The action was picked up on the river with the board reading K♠7♣K♦2♠8♥ and after Chen checked from the hijack, Mohajerami fired 345,000 on the button. Chen thought for some time but eventually settled on a fold, and Mohajerami took the pot.

Chen may have given up that pot, but he’s still cruising with a healthy stack as Day 2 rolls on. With over $1.2 million in live earnings—and more than $700,000 of that coming just this year—Chen is no stranger to deep runs. He’s already made 2025 his playground, and if his current form holds, there could be another big score on the horizon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhen Chen	1,200,000 200,000	200,000
Farhad Mohajerami	1,000,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Farhad Mohajerami Zhen Chen

04-21-2025 16:14 UTC+11

Murray Takes One Down

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Liam Murray just took down a much-needed pot to add a few more chips to his stack.

Murray opened from under the gun to 50,000 and Daniel Klinger called from the small blind. Ken Demlakian also came along from the big blind.

The flop came down 8♦A♦3♥ and all three checked to the K♥ turn, where the action checked over to Murray, He fired out a bet of 115,000 and nobody wanted to play, earning him the pot.