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

04-21-2025 19:29 UTC+11

Two Barrels Take it For Liao

Dan O'Hair

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

Xinxin Liao raised to 6,000 from early position and found one caller in Kahle Burns on the button for a heads-up pot.

Burns called a 4,000 bet from Liao on the 10♠4♦3♦ flop, but folded facing a 6,000 bet from Liao on the 6♦ turn.

Burns, who is a regular on the high-roller scene with over $14 million in live-tournament earnings, hasn't managed to gain any momentum so far and is currently nursing a short stack of a bit over 30,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xinxin Liao	205,000 15,000	15,000
Kahle Burns	34,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Kahle Burns XinXin Liao

04-21-2025 19:32 UTC+11

Extended Break

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Dan O'Hair

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

The remaining players have been sent on a 25-minute break.

Late registration will close at the start of Level 10.

04-21-2025 19:42 UTC+11

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Dan O'Hair

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

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Level: 10

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

04-21-2025 20:11 UTC+11

Seymour Douses Burns

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Marc Seymour opened to 6,000 from early position and it was folded to Kahle Burns, who shoved for approximately 30,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Seymour stuck in a call to put Burns at risk.

Kahle Burns: A♦K♥ All in
Marc Seymour: 10♣9♥

Seymour was in a gambling mood and Burns had a real sweat against Seymour's two live cards.

The 7♠4♥5♦ flop kept Burns ahead, but a 9♣ turn paired Seymour's nine to give him a commanding lead.

The 10♦ completed the board — improving Seymour to two pair and ending Burns' run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Seymour	380,000 5,000	5,000
Kahle Burns	Busted

Tags: Kahle Burns Marc Seymour

04-21-2025 20:20 UTC+11

Bolton Doesn't Back Down

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Dale Marsland opened to 6,000 on the button and was three-bet to 15,000 by Ken Bolton in the small blind. It was folded back to Marsland, who made it 38,000 to go.

Bolton tanked for some time while counting out his stack, but eventually announced he was all in, which was enough to put Marsland all in for his last 90,000.

Marsland thought a bit before folding and Bolton collected the pot without showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Bolton	265,000 265,000	265,000
Dale Marsland	90,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Dale Marsland Ken Bolton

04-21-2025 20:30 UTC+11

A Round of Counts

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Liam Jehu	405,000 315,000	315,000
Mark Staples	390,000 130,000	130,000
Alan Casas	360,000 80,000	80,000
Liwei Chi	355,000 50,000	50,000
Armon van Wijk	260,000 10,000	10,000
Romain Morvan	200,000 200,000	200,000
Nelson Dong	148,000 52,000	52,000
Xinxin Liao	140,000 65,000	65,000
Henry Tran	120,000 15,000	15,000
Shayne Leroy	115,000 5,000	5,000
Timo Hettinger	100,000 20,000	20,000
Najeem Ajez	75,000 45,000	45,000
Robert Damelian	55,000 7,000	7,000
Higor Seibel	33,000 25,000	25,000
Majid Shahikarijani	Busted
Wei Zhu	Busted
Robert Spano	Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

04-21-2025 20:45 UTC+11

Wong Goes Runner-Runner For a Double Elimination

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Justin Wong was involved in a three-way all in from middle position against Najeem Ajez, who was in the small blind and one other player in the hijack.

Hijack: K♥9♥ All in
Najeem Ajez: A♥10♠
Justin Wong: A♦K♣

Wong had both of his opponents dominated, but the 9♠4♦9♦ flop improved the player in the hijack to trip nines.

The 5♦ turn gave Wong outs to a flush, which came in on the Q♦ turn — sending the table into an uproar as Wong collected the massive pot and scored a double knockout.