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

04-21-2025 21:15 UTC+11

Blight's Snowmen Hold On

Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On a flop of 3♣2♦4♠ with around 500,000 chips in the middle, Craig Blight had his stack of 675,000 over the line and Wai Au had flicked in the call.

Craig Blight: 8♦8♥ All in
Wai Au: 5♣5♦

Blight was ahead with his Snowmen but wouldn't have felt too comfortable seeing the hand of Au, who had an open-ended straight draw. Nonetheless, his hand held up as the 9♥Q♦ runout offered no help to Au, which doubled up Blight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Au	3,000,000 400,000	400,000
Craig Blight	1,800,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Craig Blight Wai Au

04-21-2025 21:23 UTC+11

Feature Table Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Xu	4,000,000 1,640,000	1,640,000
Shayne Sim	2,800,000 55,000	55,000
Alan Wilson	2,700,000 1,815,000	1,815,000
Jason Brown	2,000,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Zac Vigar	1,700,000
Louis Luo	1,500,000 700,000	700,000
Kieran Dyson	300,000 2,395,000	2,395,000

04-21-2025 21:25 UTC+11

Fui Lie Tjhai Eliminated in 21st Place (A$7,800)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Fui Lie Tjhai had his short stack of 250,000 in the middle and was put at risk by Dustin Tran.

Fui Lie Tjhai: A♣Q♥ All in
Dustin Tran: A♥5♠

Tjhai was a big favorite and remained in the lead through the 7♠8♦10♣ flop. A 4♦ on the turn gave Tran a few more outs with a gutshot, and he connected with that draw when the 6♠ hit the river, sending Tjhai to the rail in 21st.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Tran	1,200,000 300,000	300,000
Fui Lie Tjhai	Busted

Tags: Dustin Tran Fui Lie Tjhai

04-21-2025 21:35 UTC+11

Van Mai Eliminated in 20th Place (A$9,100)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On a A♦7♥K♣10♦7♦ board, there were already a ton of chips in the pot when Van Mai and Reece Bedot both got their stacks in by the river.

Mai showed Ax9x for top pair, but he was crushed by the full house of Bedot, who tabled K♥K♦, eliminating Mai.

Player	Chips	Progress
Reece Bedot	7,800,000 400,000	400,000
Van Mai	Busted

Tags: Reece Bedot Van Mai

04-21-2025 21:45 UTC+11

Tran Snaps Klinger's Four-Bet Jam

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Daniel Klinger raised the button to 120,000 and Dustin Tran three-bet the small blind to 400,000 off a stack of around 1,250,000. Klinger then four-bet ripped it, and Tran snap-called.

Dustin Tran: 9♥9♦ All in
Daniel Klinger: A♠8♥

Tran just had to fade three outs and managed to do so as the K♦K♥3♣J♦2♣ runout meant he doubled up to around 2,600,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Tran	2,600,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Daniel Klinger	750,000 690,000	690,000

Tags: Daniel Klinger Dustin Tran

04-21-2025 21:51 UTC+11

Kieran Dyson Eliminated in 19th Place (A$9,100)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Kieran Dyson had been short-stacked for some time and was forced all in from the big blind for 105,000.

Zac Vigar and Alan Wilson were playing out a pot on a Q♥3♣9♥7♦ board which resulted in Vigar check-folding the once Wilson bet 325,000.

Kieran Dyson: 6♠2♣ All in
Alan Wilson, 9♠7♠

Dyson was drawing dead and watched the Q♠ hit the river, which confirmed his elimination in 19th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Wilson	3,100,000 400,000	400,000
Zac Vigar	1,300,000 400,000	400,000
Kieran Dyson	Busted

Tags: Alan Wilson Kieran Dyson Zac Vigar

04-21-2025 22:01 UTC+11

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

04-21-2025 22:10 UTC+11

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Reece Bedot	6,600,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
JP Rounce-Sue	5,500,000 2,600,000	2,600,000
Jennifer Cassell	5,100,000 500,000	500,000
Johan Lees	4,100,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Dustin Tran	2,500,000 100,000	100,000
Daniel Neilson	2,100,000 200,000	200,000
Hai Kee	2,100,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ehsan Amiri	2,000,000 300,000	300,000
Craig Blight	1,600,000 200,000	200,000
Mitch Webster	1,600,000 600,000	600,000
Wai Au	1,300,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Daniel Klinger	600,000 150,000	150,000

Level: 24

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

04-21-2025 22:22 UTC+11

Tran Goes Into the Tank

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Dustin Tran made it 160,000 to go from the hijack and JP Rounce-Sue called on the button. Jennifer Cassell also called from the big blind.

Despite three players taking it to the streets, all three checked it to the river on the 2♣8♣6♣3♥8♥ board and when it got to Rounce-Sue, he bet 900,000. Cassell quickly folded and Tran went deep, deep into the tank.

After thinking for well over a minute, Tran folded, and Rounce-Sue took the pot.