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

04-23-2025 19:23 UTC+11

Perry KOs Finger and Kharman

Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a button on small blind on big blind clash - John Perry, Adam Kharman, and Martin Finger had their stacks in the middle.

Adam Kharman: J♣J♥ All in
Martin Finger: Q♠Q♣
John Perry: A♠6♥

Perry had both players covered but the worst of it, with Finger being the big favorite to scoop the big pot. The flop came 8♠K♠K♦, keeping the queens of Finger well in the lead. Perry did pick up a few extra outs on the 6♦ turn, but it was still Finger's to lose.

When the 6♠ hit the river, Perry made trips to crack the two big pairs and score a double knockout!

Player	Chips	Progress
John Perry	600,000 20,000	20,000
Adam Kharman	Busted
Martin Finger	Busted

Tags: Adam Kharman John Perry Martin Finger

04-23-2025 19:14 UTC+11

Outer Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Jaber	1,100,000

Anthony Xu	950,000 100,000	100,000
Daewoong Song	700,000 100,000	100,000
John Perry	620,000 420,000	420,000
Benjamin LeBlond	550,000 370,000	370,000
Higor Seibel	500,000 210,000	210,000
Kahle Burns	400,000 10,000	10,000

Weiran Pu	350,000 300,000	300,000

Anthony Khalil	300,000 40,000	40,000
Liam Jehu	170,000 70,000	70,000
Shan Huang	125,000 25,000	25,000
Fabian Gumz	125,000 9,000	9,000
Joseph Antar	110,000
Haozhe Gan	100,000 200,000	200,000

04-23-2025 19:08 UTC+11

Jaber Wasn't Down For Long

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Noel Jaber was seen raking in a massive pot and he recalled the hand to PokerNews.

Jaber raised from under the gun and called a three-bet from Daniel Neilson from the small blind. The flop came eight-high and Jaber open-shoved around 500,000, which Neilson called for slightly less.

Daniel Neilson: JxJx All in
Noel Jaber: 10x10x

Jaber was in terrible shape but a 10x on the turn saw him improve to a set, ending Neilson's run!

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Jaber	1,100,000 600,000	600,000

Daniel Neilson	Busted

Tags: Daniel Neilson Noel Jaber

04-23-2025 18:58 UTC+11

Feature Table is Live

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

There is a feature table that is being streamed for Day 2 of the Trojan. You can follow along the action live via the official Australian Poker Open Facebook page.

Below are the current counts from the feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cooper Feltham	1,000,000 900,000	900,000

Najeem Ajez	220,000 127,000	127,000
Rehman Kassam	215,000 105,000	105,000
Banipal Babana	210,000 110,000	110,000
Paris Sitzoukis	120,000 120,000	120,000
Alex Trevallion	65,000 65,000	65,000
Joseph Sandaev	55,000 55,000	55,000

04-23-2025 18:51 UTC+11

Jaber's Stack Drops, Xu Storms to Top of the Pack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

It didn't take long for Anthony Xu to get his hands on the chip lead!

The action was missed but on a full board of 4♣10♣3♦5♦8♥, there were around 200,000 chips in the middle when Xu fired 160,000. Noel Jaber snap-called.

Xu then revealed the Cowboys with K♠K♥, and Jaber mucked.

There's a new sheriff in town!

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Xu	1,050,000 275,000	275,000
Noel Jaber	500,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Anthony Xu

04-23-2025 18:41 UTC+11

Xu Reeling in Jaber

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Noel Jaber once had around 1,000,000 in his stack but has lost some and now sits with 800,000.

In the latest hand Jaber played, Anthony Xu raised from the hijack and Jaber called in the cutoff. Kahle Burns also called from the small blind.

On the 10♣J♦K♠ flop, Burns checked and Xu fired 29,000. Jaber called and Burns folded. The 4♣ landed on the turn and Xu didn't slow down as he fired 118,000. Jaber thought for some time but ultimately decided on a fold,

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Jaber	800,000 200,000	200,000

Anthony Xu	775,000 225,000	225,000
Kahle Burns	410,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Anthony Xu Kahle Burns Noel Jaber

04-23-2025 18:29 UTC+11

Prize Pool and Payouts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With 85 entries being recorded in the A$10,000 Trojan, a prize pool of A$799,000 was generated. The eventual champion will take away a cool A$250,000, while ninth will secure a cash of A$23,970.

Place	Prize (A$)
1	$250,000
2	$177,700
3	$117,800
4	$69,800
5	$55,900
6	$41,900
7	$33,960
8	$27,970
9	$23,970

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

04-23-2025 18:20 UTC+11

Pu Forces McSwiney Out

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Weiran Pu had opened the cutoff and Joshua McSwiney defended his big blind to see a flop of 9♥7♠Q♠, where McSwiney checked. Pu then fired out 20,000 and McSwiney raised to around 60,000. Pu called.

Both tapped the table when the 8♠ brought in the front door flush draw and when the 10♥ hit the river, McSwiney checked again. Pu then thought about it for a while before he bet 125,000. McSwiney quickly folded.

Pu up to around 650,000 after that hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weiran Pu	650,000 150,000	150,000

Joshua McSwiney	200,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Joshua McSwiney Weiran Pu

04-23-2025 18:06 UTC+11

Updated Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daewoong Song	600,000 175,000	175,000
Anthony Xu	550,000
Weiran Pu	500,000 75,000	75,000

Daniel Neilson	425,000 25,000	25,000
Haozhe Gan	300,000 300,000	300,000
Higor Seibel	290,000 40,000	40,000
Malcolm Trayner	270,000 60,000	60,000

Kahle Burns	250,000 130,000	130,000

Joshua McSwiney	250,000 60,000	60,000
Adam Kharman	160,000 60,000	60,000
Shan Huang	150,000 100,000	100,000
Hai Kee	150,000 70,000	70,000
Martin Finger	100,000 120,000	120,000

Zhen Chen	85,000 5,000	5,000