$3,300 APO Main Event Day 1d | 2025 Australian Poker Open

04-19-2025 22:43 UTC+11

Hall Flops Quads to Send One Out

Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ryan Hall was involved in a preflop raising war that ended with one player all in from the cutoff for a bit under 50,000. Hall called from the small blind to put his opponent at risk.

Cutoff: K♣Q♦ All in
Ryan Hall: 10♦10♥

It was a fair fight, and the K♥ appeared in the window, however, the two cards behind it were the 10♣ and 10♠ — leaving Hall's opponent drawing nearly dead.

The 9♦ turn sealed the deal and an irrelevant 7♥ completed the board — awarding Hall the large pot with his quad tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hall (AU)	125,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Ryan Hall

04-19-2025 22:29 UTC+11

Seymour Doubles Through Lui

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Marc Seymour raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 16,000 by Erping Lui from the small blind. Action folded back to Seymour, who committed his last 56,500 into the middle.

"Call," Lui said, having Seymour covered.

Marc Seymour: A♣Q♥ All in
Erping Lui: Q♦J♦

Lui found his queen-jack dominated, and the 5♥2♠8♦4♥7♠ runout changed nothing to award Seymour the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Seymour	117,000 32,000	32,000
Erping Lui	25,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Erping Lui Marc Seymour

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

04-19-2025 22:18 UTC+11

Big Slick Does the Trick For Zhu

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Zheming Zhu was already all in and at risk preflop for his last 38,000 from under the gun against Craig Blight, who had Zhu slightly covered from the cutoff.

Zheming Zhu: A♥K♥ All in
Craig Blight: A♣Q♠

Zhu was well ahead with his dominating ace, and the A♠5♦3♦10♥4♠ runout kept his kicker best to award him the double up. Blight was left with just 5,000 following the clash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zheming Zhu	78,000 5,000	5,000
Craig Blight	5,000

Tags: Zheming Zhu Craig Blight

04-19-2025 22:03 UTC+11

Counts From the Field

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Sabados	260,000 212,000	212,000
Dylan Rands	150,000 81,000	81,000
Troy Mclean	115,000 43,000	43,000
Ryan Hall (AU)	107,000 107,000	107,000
Song Yu	100,000 57,000	57,000
Daniel Klinger	95,000 33,000	33,000
Weiran Pu	92,000 33,000	33,000

Louis Luo	88,000 52,000	52,000
Zheming Zhu	83,000 8,000	8,000
Robert Liu	80,000 13,000	13,000
Erping Lui	78,000 8,000	8,000
Zhen Chen	65,000 14,000	14,000
Jason Pritchard	58,000 12,000	12,000
Nelson Dong	45,000 26,000	26,000
Wei Zhu	42,000 30,000	30,000
Cameron Fitzsimmons	Busted
Moussa Issa	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

04-19-2025 21:44 UTC+11

More For Seymour

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Robert Spano opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and was called by Marc Seymour in the small blind and Paris Sitzoukis in the big blind.

All three players checked on the 4♠5♣7♣ flop and then Seymour led out for 3,000 on the 2♦ turn. Both Sitzoukis and Spano called.

The 2♠ river paired the board and Seymour kept his foot on the gas for an 11,000 bet. His opponents both quickly folded in turn and Seymour added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Seymour	85,000 37,000	37,000
Robert Spano	66,000 40,000	40,000
Paris Sitzoukis	46,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Marc Seymour Paris Sitzoukis Robert Spano

04-19-2025 21:31 UTC+11

Murray's Boat Ships Ogilvy Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Wei Zhu opened to 3,000 from early position and was called by Lewis Murray on the button and Gavin Ogilvy in the big blind for a three-way pot.

Ogilvy checked to Zhu, who continued for 3,500 on the 5♦9♥2♣ flop. Murray and Ogilvy both called.

Action checked through on the 2♥ turn; however, Ogilvy fired 22,000 into the middle after the 6♦ completed the board. Zhu quickly folded, but Murray counted out his stack before raising enough to put Ogilvy all in for approximately his last 30,000.

Ogilvy committed the rest of his stack into the middle and Murray turned over 9♣9♠ for a full house. Ogilvy nodded his head in acknowledgment as he showed he held 8♠7♠ for a rivered straight before exiting the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lewis Murray	180,000 106,000	106,000
Wei Zhu	12,000 12,000	12,000
Gavin Ogilvy	Busted

Tags: Gavin Ogilvy Lewis Murray Wei Zhu

04-19-2025 21:15 UTC+11

Thatcher Catches Dong's Bluff

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action folded around to the blinds, where Jarrod Thatcher called from the small blind and Nelson Dong raised to 5,500 from the big blind. Thatcher called.

Both players checked on the A♠Q♣9♠ flop and 3♣ turn; however, Thatcher put a min-bet of 1,500 out after the Q♥ filled the river.

Dong thought it over before opting to raise to 6,000. Thatcher didn't take long to call and Dong could only turn over 6♥2♣ for a stone bluff.

Thatcher revealed K♠9♥ and took down the pot with his king.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarrod Thatcher	83,000 5,000	5,000
Nelson Dong	19,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Jarrod Thatcher Nelson Dong

04-19-2025 21:00 UTC+11

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Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

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