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

04-21-2025 18:42 UTC+11

Mai Shows Kings

Kai Cocklin

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

Van Mai just added a chunk of chips to his stack at the expenses of Ehsan Amiri.

There were already around 1,000,000 chips in the pot on 6♥Q♦Q♥ flop when Amiri checked from the small blind and Mai shipped from under the gun for around a pot-sized bet. Amiri didn't need long to throw his cards away, and Mai was kind enough to show K♣K♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	2,200,000 820,000	820,000
Van Mai	2,000,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tags: Ehsan Amiri Van Mai

04-21-2025 18:44 UTC+11

Ehsan Amiri

1,850,000 350,000

04-21-2025 18:46 UTC+11

Luo Forces Sim Out

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Kai Cocklin

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

Shayne Sim opened the hijack to 100,000 and Louis Luo called from the cutoff. Daniel Klinger was in the small blind and also called.

All three saw the Q♠A♣5♥ flop where it got to Sim, who fired out 75,000. Luo called and Klinger folded.

A 4♠ dropped on the turn and Sim slowed down with a check, then Luo bet 200,000. Sim let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shayne Sim	2,100,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Daniel Klinger	1,400,000 500,000	500,000
Louis Luo	1,300,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Daniel Klinger Louis Luo Shayne Sim

04-21-2025 18:52 UTC+11

Dinner Break

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Kai Cocklin

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

The remaining 27 players have been sent on a 30-minute dinner break.

Play will resume just after 6:20 p.m.

04-21-2025 18:58 UTC+11

Flashback: Hasan "Huss" Onay Wins 2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event

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Kai Cocklin

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

Last year in Sydney, Hasan "Huss" Onay won the 2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event after a heads-up deal with Brazil's Higor Seibel.

Onay entered heads-up with a dominating chip lead, with Seibel managing to double once, before the players agreed to a deal.

The 549-player tournament took place at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi, with Onay taking home A$284,480 and the inaugural APO Main Event title.

2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (AUD)
1	Hasan Onay	Australia	$284,480*
2	Higor Seibel	Brazil	$255,520*
3	Lauchlan Swann	Australia	$120,000
4	Georgina Vuksanovic	Australia	$90,000
5	Daniel Tolomeo	Australia	$66,000
6	Toby Giles	Australia	$51,000
7	Michael Sleiman	Australia	$43,000
8	Adi Dahari	Australia	$34,500
9	Marc Seymour	Australia	$27,900

_{*Denotes heads-up deal}

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Level: 22

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

04-21-2025 19:26 UTC+11

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Reece Bedot	7,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Jennifer Cassell	5,200,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Johan Lees	3,400,000 3,400,000	3,400,000
Daniel Neilson	3,300,000 600,000	600,000
Jason Brown	2,700,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Wai Au	1,800,000 825,000	825,000
Kieran Dyson	1,800,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Zac Vigar	1,200,000 100,000	100,000
Zhen Chen	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Matthew Rolfe	1,100,000 700,000	700,000
Van Mai	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Hai Kee	1,000,000 350,000	350,000
Dustin Tran	750,000 650,000	650,000
Toby Joyce	350,000 400,000	400,000

04-21-2025 19:41 UTC+11

Gumz Takes An Aggressive Line

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

JP Rounce-Sue opened from the hijack and Fabian Gumz defended from the big blind to see the 7♣4♥A♣ flop, where Gumz checked and Rounce-Sue fired 55,000. Gumz then check-raised to 140,000, and Rounce-Sue called.

A 4♣ hot the turn and again Gumz kept up the aggression with a bet of 165,000, which Rounce-Sue called to watch the 10♠ complete the board. Gumz took some time before he fired 510,000, leaving himself just 5,000 behind. Rounce-Sue didn't need to think for too long before he folded, and Gumz took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Gumz	1,400,000
JP Rounce-Sue	850,000

Tags: JP Rounce-Sue Fabian Gumz

04-21-2025 19:49 UTC+11

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

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04-21-2025 19:50 UTC+11

Cassell Collects the Last of Joyce's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Toby Joyce had his short stack in the middle and was put at risk by Jennifer Cassell.

Toby Joyce: A♣J♦ All in
Jennifer Cassell: A♦Q♦

Joyce was dominated and his situation went from bad to worse on the Q♠8♣3♥ flop as Cassell made top pair. A K♠ on the turn did give him a Broadway draw, but the 6♦ river bricked off, ending Joyce's run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Cassell	5,800,000 600,000	600,000
Toby Joyce	Busted

Tags: Jennifer Cassell Toby Joyce