button in Safari
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
2025 Australian Poker Open
$1,500 Platinum Players Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 Australian Poker Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Prize Pool
1,300,000 AUD
Total Entries
1,000
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
126
Players Left
9
Players Left 1 / 1,000
Filter
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.”
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Have you heard about MyStack by PokerNews? It is a free-to-use tool built into the PokerNews website that puts you in control of your chip counts on our live reporting pages. MyStack directly connects you to PokerNews' live reporting pages, making you an even bigger part of the action in the events you play.
MyStack is a free poker tool and PokerNews activates MyStack for every event it is live reporting from, regardless of that tournament's buy-in. Once you have created a free PokerNews account, you can use MyStack to update your chip counts in real time; hopefully, your stack will continue increasing throughout the event!
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♦ 
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.
Level 20
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
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.
Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
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.
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
