$10,000 The Trojan Day 2 | 2025 Australian Poker Open

04-23-2025 16:36 UTC+11

Song Finds the River to Stack Lee

Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Daewoong Song just spiked a lucky river to send Andy Lee to the rail.

Song had raised from under the gun and Lee defended his big blind to see the 10♠10♥10♦ flop, where Lee check-called a bet of 7,000.

A 4♠ hit the turn and again Lee went into check-call mode when Song fired 13,000, and they both watched the 7♥ drop on the river.

After Lee checked a third time, Song bet enough to put Lee all-in, who had around 55,000 behind. After mulling it over for around a minute, Lee called.

Song then showed that he rivered a boat with 8♠7♠, and Lee's A♠8♦ went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daewoong Song	425,000 25,000	25,000
Andy Lee	Busted

Tags: Daewoong Song Andy Lee

04-23-2025 16:25 UTC+11

Song Moving Up the Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Daewoong Song started the day with 136,000 chips but now has over 400,000 to his name after just taking down a pot against his table neighbor.

The action was picked up on a board of 8♠9♦9♣Q♣ with around 75,000 in the middle. Song checked and Amin Riyazati fired out 20,000, which Song called.

A Q♦ on the river double-paired the board and Song elected to lead for 70,000. Riyazati thought about it for a while but eventually settled on a fold, allowing Song to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amin Riyazati	560,000 40,000	40,000
Daewoong Song	400,000 240,000	240,000

Tags: Amin Riyazati Daewoong Song

04-23-2025 16:17 UTC+11

Neilson Pushes McSwiney Out

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joshua McSwiney made it 15,000 to go from the cutoff and Daniel Neilson called from the small blind.

They went to a flop of 2♣Q♥4♥ where Neilson check-called a bet of 15,000 from McSwiney to the 5♥ turn, which went check-check.

A Q♠ on the river saw Neilson lead out for a sizing of 55,000, and McSwiney instantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	450,000 180,000	180,000
Joshua McSwiney	190,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Daniel Neilson Joshua McSwiney

04-23-2025 16:09 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Jaber	550,000

Zhen Chen	400,000 46,000	46,000
Daniel Neilson	270,000 153,000	153,000
Higor Seibel	250,000 250,000	250,000
John Perry	220,000 79,000	79,000
Joshua McSwiney	220,000 120,000	120,000
Rehman Kassam	110,000 110,000	110,000
Travis Endersby	100,000 100,000	100,000
Banipal Babana	100,000
Andy Lee	50,000 50,000	50,000

Gan Dusts Off Another Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Haozhe Gan had his stack of just under 100,000 in the middle and at risk against Weiran Pu in the big blind.

Haozhe Gan: A♠7♠ All in
Weiran Pu: 2♦2♥

Gan was trying to run up a stack while registration was still open but lost the flip as the J♦4♦10♦K♠5♦ runout gave Pu a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weiran Pu	380,000 70,000	70,000

Haozhe Gan	Busted

Tags: Weiran Pu Haozhe Gan

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

04-23-2025 15:49 UTC+11

Kee's Ace-High Good at Showdown

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Amin Riyazati opened the action with a raise from the hijack and got called by Hai Kee on the button & Kahle Burns in the big blind.

The flop of Q♣5♥8♠ was checked through to the 4♦ turn, where Burns checked and Riyazati bet 15,000. Kee called and Burns folded.

An 8♣ on the river paired the board and both players knuckled the table, where Riyazati flashed an ace but Kee's A♠K♠ was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amin Riyazati	520,000 1,000	1,000
Hai Kee	340,000 13,000	13,000
Kahle Burns	280,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Amin Riyazati Hai Kee Kahle Burns

04-23-2025 15:40 UTC+11

Khalil's Kings Hold

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Joseph Sandaev raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Anthony Khalil three-bet the hijack to 25,000. Haozhe Gan was in the cutoff and shoved 97,000, and only Khalil called.

Haozhe Gan: A♥Q♠ All in
Anthony Khalil: K♥K♣

Gan was behind and needed to find an ace to stay alive. There wasn't much for him to work with on the 6♦2♠J♦ flop and the J♣ turn left him with just three outs. No ace appeared on the 2♦ river, and Gan headed off to the rebuy desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Khalil	250,000 250,000	250,000
Haozhe Gan	100,000

Tags: Anthony Khalil Joseph Sandaev

04-23-2025 15:33 UTC+11

Good Start for LeBlond

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Benjamin LeBlond hasn't been in his seat for too long but had already more than doubled up his stack after a string of hands.

Most recently, Adam Kharman opened from under the gun to 8,000 and LeBlond called from the cutoff. Shan Huang also called in the big blind.

The flop came down 8♦J♥7♥ where the action checked to LeBlond, who fired out 16,000. Huang folded and Kharman called.

Both checked the 3♣ turn to the 2♠ river, where Kharman checked and LeBlond fired 85,000. Kharman thought for around a minute and eventually settled on a fold, earning LeBlond the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin LeBlond	250,000 250,000	250,000
Adam Kharman	210,000 30,000	30,000
Shan Huang	75,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Adam Kharman Benjamin LeBlond Shan Huang

04-23-2025 15:21 UTC+11

Song Doubles Through Trayner

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Malcolm Trayner raised to 8,000 and a three-bet came in from Daewoong Song in the next seat. When it got back to Trayner, he shoved, and Song called off his stack of 126,000.

Daewoong Song: A♣Q♠ All in
Malcolm Trayner: A♥4♥

Song was in the lead and his hand held up after the K♠7♦5♣6♠A♦ runout, earning him a double-up and leaving Trayner very short.