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

04-21-2025 22:34 UTC+11

Easy Game For Neilson

Kai Cocklin

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

JP Rounce-Sue made it 100,000 from under the gun and Daniel Neilson three-bet to 400,000 from the next seat. When it got back to Rounce-Sue, he made it 1,000,0000. Neilson got up on his chair and then ripped his stack of for around 2,200,000, and Rounce-Sue quickly called.

Daniel Neilson: J♦J♣ All in
JP Rounce-Sue: Q♦Q♣

Neilson was in trouble and Rounce-Sue was on the brink of a very healthy stack. The flop of 8♣A♥K♥ offered no help to Neilson, and the 8♠ turn left him with just two outs to survive. When everybody expected the field to get thinned down by one, the J♠ rolled off on the river, giving Neilson a full house!

"It's an easy game," joked Neilson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	4,600,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
JP Rounce-Sue	3,500,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Tags: Daniel Neilson JP Rounce-Sue

04-21-2025 22:37 UTC+11

Warning For Klinger

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Daniel Klinger has been given a warning because of his excessive tanking. With every decision, Klinger has been taking as long as possible and times himself out when the clock is called.

The pay jumps are getting big...

Tags: Daniel Klinger

04-21-2025 22:37 UTC+11

Craig Blight Eliminated in 18th Place (A$9,100)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Craig Blight picked up the bullets and was with his stack of around 1,500,000 in the middle, he was in prime position to double through Johan Lees.

Craig Blight: A♠A♥ All in
Johan Lees: 8♦8♠

Blight's aces were miles ahead but an extremely unfortunate runout of J♦7♦7♥6♦10♦ meant Lees rivered a flush, sending Blight to the rail in 18th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Lees	6,500,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Craig Blight	Busted

Tags: Craig Blight Johan Lees

04-21-2025 22:46 UTC+11

Alan Wilson Eliminated in 17th Place (A$10,400)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Alan Wilson moved his stack of just over 600,000 into the middle from under the gun and Louis Luo called form the hijack.

Alan Wilson: 10♦9♦ All in
Louis Luo: 10♥10♠

Wilson wouldn't have liked seeing Luo's and and rightfully so as the 7♣Q♥3♣ flop left him drawing very thin. A 10♣ on the turn sealed the deal for Wilson, and the Q♣ filled up Luo on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Luo	2,700,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Alan Wilson	Busted

Tags: Alan Wilson Louis Luo

04-21-2025 22:47 UTC+11

Short Break

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

There will be a short pause in play while the final two tables redraw.

04-21-2025 23:00 UTC+11

Two Table Redraw

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
52	1	Mitch Webster	1,300,000	16
52	2	JP Rounce-Sue	3,200,000	40
52	3	Jason Brown (AUS)	3,800,000	48
52	4	Zac Vigar	1,600,000	20
52	5	Jennifer Cassell	3,200,000	40
52	6	Anthony Xu	1,700,000	21
52	7	Dustin Tran	2,500,000	31
52	8	Louis Luo	2,500,000	31

Feature	1	Daniel Klinger	880,000	11
Feature	2	Reece Bedot	6,260,000	78
Feature	3	Ehsan Amiri	1,420,000	18
Feature	4	Johan Lees	6,555,000	82
Feature	5	Daniel Neilson	7,055,000	9
Feature	6	Shayne Sim	2,900,000	36
Feature	7	Wai Au	1,930,000	24
Feature	8	Hai Kee	2,375,000	30

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	7,055,000 2,455,000	2,455,000
Johan Lees	6,555,000 55,000	55,000
Reece Bedot	6,260,000 340,000	340,000
Jason Brown	3,800,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
JP Rounce-Sue	3,200,000 300,000	300,000
Jennifer Cassell	3,200,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Shayne Sim	2,900,000 100,000	100,000
Dustin Tran	2,500,000 200,000	200,000
Louis Luo	2,500,000 200,000	200,000
Hai Kee	2,375,000 275,000	275,000
Wai Au	1,930,000 630,000	630,000
Anthony Xu	1,700,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Zac Vigar	1,600,000 300,000	300,000
Ehsan Amiri	1,420,000 580,000	580,000
Mitch Webster	1,300,000 300,000	300,000
Daniel Klinger	880,000 280,000	280,000

04-21-2025 23:12 UTC+11

Xu Shoves on Cassell

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The action folded around to Jennifer Cassell in the small blind, who bumped it up to 280,000. Anthony Xu was in the big blind and elected to call.

They saw a flop of 4♠10♠7♦ and Cassell continued with a bet of 220,000. Xu thought for some time before he shoved around 1,250,000, and Cassell quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Cassell	2,600,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Anthony Xu	2,100,000 1,900,000	1,900,000

Tags: Anthony Xu Jennifer Cassell

04-21-2025 23:20 UTC+11

Kings Hold For Klinger

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Johan Lees opened from middle position and Shayne Sim called in the cutoff before Daniel Klinger three-bet to 795,000 from the big blind, leaving just 5,000 behind. Lees folded, then SIm shoved, Klinger called off his last chip.

Daniel Klinger: K♣K♥ All in
Shayne Sim: 9♥9♣

There was no sweat for Klinger as the board ran out 10♣A♦J♣4♥8♠, keeping his Cowboys in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Lees	5,800,000 755,000	755,000
Daniel Klinger	1,900,000 1,020,000	1,020,000
Shayne Sim	1,700,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Daniel Klinger Johan Lees Shayne Sim

04-21-2025 23:30 UTC+11

Xu Makes the Most of Aces

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Kai Cocklin

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Anthony Xu just played aces to perfection and took down a chunky pot against JP Rounce-Sue.

Xu opened from the hijack to 160,000 and Rounce-Sue defended his big blind to see a flop of 7♦2♣7♣. Rounce-Sue checked and Xu continued for 100,000, then Rounce-Sue check-raised to 275,000. Xu called.

A 3♥ dropped on the turn and Rounce-Sue bet again, this time for 325,000, and again Xu called.

When the 7♥ put a third seven on board, Rounce-Sue checked it over to Xu, who fired out 1,100,000, leaving himself around 100,000 behind. Rounce-Sue went into the tank for some time and tinkered with the decision before he finally decided to call.

Xu then revealed the rockets with A♠A♣ and Rounce-Sue mucked.