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

04-23-2025 15:49 UTC+11

Kee's Ace-High Good at Showdown

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

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

04-23-2025 16:03 UTC+11

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

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

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 16:25 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 16:36 UTC+11

Song Finds the River to Stack Lee

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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 16:44 UTC+11

Selected Chip Counts and Bustouts

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ross Fazzalaro	450,000 16,000	16,000
Weiran Pu	425,000 45,000	45,000

Kahle Burns	350,000 70,000	70,000

Anthony Khalil	220,000 30,000	30,000
Martin Finger	220,000

Hai Kee	220,000 120,000	120,000
Malcolm Trayner	210,000 185,000	185,000

Nicholas Wright	90,000 133,000	133,000
Ruizi Lin	80,000
Travis Endersby	Busted
Trung Hieu Tran	Busted
Joseph Sandaev	Busted

04-23-2025 16:53 UTC+11

Huang Doubles Through Chen

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Kai Cocklin

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

Zhen Chen just took a big hit to his stack as Shan Huang got a full double-up.

The chips were already in the middle on a board of 9♦10♦8♥A♣4♥ and Huang had flopped a straight from the big blind with 7♠6♠, cracking the Q♦Q♣ of Chen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shan Huang	250,000 175,000	175,000
Zhen Chen	90,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Shan Huang Zhen Chen

04-23-2025 16:55 UTC+11

Jaber With a Monster Stack

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Kai Cocklin

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

Noel Jaber came into the day with the chip lead and hasn't lost it, instead he has extended it! Jaber currently has around 1,000,000 in front of him after eliminating Anthony Khalil not so long ago. Khalil did buy back in shortly after.

There have been 67 entries in the tournament, which means Jaber holds around 15% of the chips in play with 25 remaining!