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

04-21-2025 16:24 UTC+11

No Encore for Moussa and Woo

Kai Cocklin

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

Last year’s finalists, Chris Moussa and Justin Woo, were both hoping for another deep run in this year’s PPC—and they were off to a good start, making it into the money and surviving into Day 2. But the reunion run came to an end for both, as the pair were eliminated over the course of the day.

Moussa, who came in short-stacked, was one of the early casualties. Woo lasted a little longer and even made an appearance on the stream table, but his comeback bid ended in a clash with Michael Brahim.

Justin Woo: 9♠9♣
Michael Brahim: A♣9♦

Woo was in prime position to double up, but the 5♦7♦A♦K♠8♥ board delivered a brutal ace on the flop, spelling the end of his PPC journey. No back-to-back final table magic this time, but both Moussa and Woo once again made their mark on the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Brahim	700,000 700,000	700,000
Chris Moussa	Busted
Justin Woo	Busted

Tags: Chris Moussa Justin Woo Michael Brahim

04-21-2025 16:28 UTC+11

Feature Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua McSwiney	1,500,000 100,000	100,000
Peter Wei	1,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Zac Vigar	1,100,000 760,000	760,000
Van Mai	865,000 315,000	315,000
Jim Pizanias	855,000 55,000	55,000
Ehsan Amiri	825,000 475,000	475,000
Toby Joyce	705,000 145,000	145,000

04-21-2025 16:37 UTC+11

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

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

Players are on a 15-minute break.

04-21-2025 16:49 UTC+11

Kee Survives the Sweat

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Kai Cocklin

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

While the rest of the room scattered for break, Hai Kee and Shayne Sim stuck around for a break from the norm—getting their stacks in the middle with Kee’s tournament life hanging in the balance.

Hai Kee: Q♣Q♦
Shayne Sim: A♣J♣

Kee went deep into the tank before calling off his 700,000, and it looked like a slam-dunk decision when the 10♣4♦J♦ flop kept his queens ahead. But with Sim picking up extra outs, the 8♣ on the turn turned up the sweat—giving him a flush draw to go with top pair.

With a small rail watching on, everybody watched the 10♥ brick off on the river, and Kee let out a roar that echoed across the room:

“No gamble, no futureeeeeee!”

The queens held, Kee doubled, and the energy? Absolutely electric.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hai Kee	1,450,000
Shayne Sim	650,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Hai Kee Shayne Sim

Level: 20

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

04-21-2025 17:02 UTC+11

Terrey Talks Himself Into a Fold

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a board of 4♠7♦J♦8♠ with around 300,000 in the pot, Russell Terrey checked it from the big blind and Daniel Neilson bet 185,000. Terrey called.

A K♠ hit the river and Terrey checked again, then Neilson shoved, sending Terrey into the tank.

"In 60 seconds, I'm going to call the clock on myself," said Terrey, who had around 525,000 back.

"I think I'm good, I wouldn't be thinking for this long if I wasn't going to call," he added. "This is why you're the best, Daniel,".

Terrey continued his speech but eventually did settle on a fold and relinquished the pot to Neilson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	2,000,000 500,000	500,000
Russell Terrey	525,000

Tags: Daniel Neilson Russell Terrey

04-21-2025 17:10 UTC+11

Bustouts Throughout the Day

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shengfeng Ma	Busted
Uno Uka	Busted
Armon Van Wijk	Busted
Weiran Pu	Busted

04-21-2025 17:17 UTC+11

Ghezelbash Picks Up Aces

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Ali Ghezelbash has been nursing a short stack for most of the day but just picked up aces to double up through Matthew Rolfe.

They both saw a flop of Q♠10♠7♣ with the remaining 250,000 of Ghezelbash finding its way into the middle. Rolfe put in the call.

Ali Ghezelbash: A♠A♦ All in
Matthew Rolfe: K♠Q♥

Rolfe had flopped top pair but needed to improve some more if he wanted to win the pot. He did find some more outs when the J♥ hit the turn with an open-ender, but the J♣ paired the board on the river, allowing Ghezelbash to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Ghezelbash	700,000 700,000	700,000
Matthew Rolfe	400,000

Tags: Ali Ghezelbash Matthew Rolfe

04-21-2025 17:26 UTC+11

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

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04-21-2025 17:34 UTC+11

Chop It Like It’s Hot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Joshua McSwiney limped in from early position before Ehsan Amiri bumped it up to 80,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Jim Pizanias in the big blind, who three-bet to 225,000. McSwiney responded with a shove for 1,130,000, which quickly forced Amiri out of the way.

Pizanias went deep into the tank, muttering, “Do I want to flip?” as he wrestled with the decision. After a moment of internal debate—and some external commentary—he grabbed a stack and slammed it into the pot.

Joshua McSwiney: A♣K♦
Jim Pizanias: A♦K♠

Both players cracked a smile seeing the mirror match, but it wasn’t quite a guaranteed chop—Pizanias picked up a freeroll on the 6♣J♦9♦ flop with a backdoor flush draw. However, the 5♠5♦ runout brought no drama, and the pot was split down the middle.

“We won some of his money anyway,” Pizanias joked, nodding at Amiri.

Amiri, half-laughing, flipped him the bird and quipped, “You only get a blind and a half each.”