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

04-21-2025 17:41 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Reece Bedot	4,500,000 900,000	900,000
Jennifer Cassell	3,900,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Daniel Neilson	2,700,000 700,000	700,000
Zhen Chen	1,600,000 400,000	400,000
Dustin Tran	1,400,000 750,000	750,000
Liam Murray	1,200,000 550,000	550,000
Van Mai	850,000 15,000	15,000
Toby Joyce	750,000 45,000	45,000
Noel Jaber	450,000 450,000	450,000

Murray Makes the Right Fold, Bedot's Stack Keeps Rising

Kai Cocklin

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

Reece Bedot opened from early position, and Liam Murray responded with a three-bet from the button. Bedot came back with a four-bet to 460,000, which Murray called to see a flop.

The dealer spread 4♥10♥2♣, and Bedot continued the aggression with a bet of 325,000. Murray called again, and the A♠ peeled off on the turn.

Without hesitation, Bedot shoved, putting Murray to the test for his remaining 325,000.

"Sorry guys, I usually play fast, but I’m gonna need some time with this one," said Murray as he leaned back and mulled over the spot.

Minutes passed before Murray broke the silence: "You normally show... this time, I'm asking you to show."

"I’ll show," Bedot replied.

That was enough. Murray eventually let it go, tabling Q♥Q♠ as he folded. Bedot, true to his word, rolled over K♥K♣.

“You got lucky on the turn,” Bedot muttered as he scooped the pot with a grin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Reece Bedot	5,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Liam Murray	325,000 875,000	875,000

Tags: Liam Murray Reece Bedot

Level: 21

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

04-21-2025 18:00 UTC+11

Amiri Sends Two to the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The preflop action was missed but Joshua McSwiney had his stack of around 900,000 in the middle from the button and a player in the small blind had committed his stack of around 200,000. Ehsan Amiri was under the gun and had both players at risk.

Small Blind: 9♠8♠ All in
Joshua McSwiney: A♥K♥ All in
Ehsan Amiri: A♣J♣

McSwiney had a great chance to bring his stack north of 2,000,000 but had a bump in the road when the 5♣J♠7♠ flop paired Amiri's jack. Neither the 5♥ turn nor 4♣ river changed the outcome of the hand, and Amiri scored a double knockout

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	3,000,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Joshua McSwiney	Busted

Tags: Ehsan Amiri Joshua McSwiney

04-21-2025 18:11 UTC+11

Vigar Puts Aces to Good Use

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Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Zac Vigar had his stack of just over 400,000 in the middle and was put at risk by Wai Au,

Zac Vigar: A♣A♠ All in
Wai Au: 5♠5♥

Vigar had picked up the bullets at just the right time and made them count as the J♦3♠8♣4♥9♣ runout saw him double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Au	975,000 975,000	975,000
Zac Vigar	900,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Zac Vigar Wai Au

04-21-2025 18:16 UTC+11

Feature Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shayne Sim	3,300,000 2,650,000	2,650,000
Daniel Klinger	1,900,000 400,000	400,000
Louis Luo	1,345,000 1,345,000	1,345,000
Hai Kee	650,000 800,000	800,000
Gavin Ogilvy	365,000 365,000	365,000
Craig Blight	100,000 100,000	100,000

04-21-2025 18:21 UTC+11

The Great Wall of Bedot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Reece Bedot is sitting behind a mountain of chips—so many, in fact, he’s started building a wall.

We asked for a count and got a grin: “About eight mil, I think.” Hard to say for sure when the stack looks like it could block the flop from view.

At this rate, someone might need a passport just to get across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Reece Bedot	8,000,000 2,400,000	2,400,000

Tags: Reece Bedot

04-21-2025 18:31 UTC+11

Ehsan Amiri

3,020,000 20,000

04-21-2025 18:31 UTC+11

Chen Caught in the Crossfire of Bedot’s Run

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Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The Reece Bedot chip balance continues to rise and the latest contributor was Zhen Chen.

Bedot opened the button to 80,000 and Chen defended the big blind to see the J♦7♠9♠ flop, where Chen check-called a bet of 60,000.

An A♠ on the turn saw Chen check-call again for 140,000 and the river brought a 9♦. Chen tapped the table for the third time and Bedot put out a bet of 365,000. Chen snap-called.

Bedot showed a flush was Q♠4♠, and Chen showed a smaller flush with 3♠2♠, losing the minimum.