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

04-24-2025 17:44 UTC+11

Gan Doubles Through Uka

Dan O'Hair

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

Uno Uka opened to 3,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 8,000 by Daniel Gan on the button. Action folded back to Uka, who made it 28,000 to go. Gan responded with a shove for 41,500 total and Uka quickly called to put Gan at risk.

Daniel Gan: A♥Q♣ All in
Uno Uka: J♥J♦

The 2♣2♦10♠ flop looked bleak for Gan, but the A♠ turn vaulted him into the lead with aces-up.

Gan improved to aces-full on the A♦ river and he was awarded the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Gan	85,000 85,000	85,000
Uno Uka	80,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Daniel Gan Uno Uka

04-24-2025 17:55 UTC+11

Life Outside Poker: How Chess Streamer Alexandra Botez Won Half a Million Playing Poker

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Dan O'Hair

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

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 26th episode, Connor speaks with chess streamer and GGPoker ambassador Alexandra Botez about learning chess and poker from her dad, getting into streaming at Stanford, dealing with online trolls, creating content with her sister Andrea Botez and the similarities between chess and poker.

Botez also talked about winning $456,900 in a legendary 2022 Hustler Casino Live stream that included Phil Hellmuth, Mr. Beast and Ninja, as well as signing on as a GGPoker ambassador and securing two career-high cashes at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise (she finished 60th in the $10,000 GGMillion$ Championship for $22,190 before finishing 187th in the $25,000 Super Main Event for $67,300).

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Alexandra Botez by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Be sure to follow Alexandra Botez and Connor Richards on X.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

04-24-2025 18:06 UTC+11

O'Grady Lightens the Field

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Dan O'Hair

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

A player in early position shoved for their last 13,000 and action folded to Michael O'Grady, who said, "I'm pretty sure I'm gonna call," and then did just that after verifying the amount.

Early position player: A♦J♦ All in
Michael O'Grady: K♦J♠

O'Grady was dominated and remained that way on the 9♦J♣4♥ flop; however, the K♣ turn paired O'Grady's king to give him the lead.

The 2♠ river changed nothing and O'Grady, who took down the A$350 Diamond Cup a few days ago, collected the rest of his opponent's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael O'Grady	190,000 60,000	60,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

04-24-2025 18:11 UTC+11

Feature Table Live

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Dan O'Hair

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

Be sure to tune into the stream to follow the action live on the official Australian Poker Open Facebook page.

04-24-2025 18:26 UTC+11

A Round of Counts

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Dan O'Hair

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

Player	Chips	Progress
James Rubimski	270,000 105,000	105,000
Hai Kee	185,000 5,000	5,000
Craig Tetley	170,000 95,000	95,000
Ehsan Amiri	165,000 5,000	5,000
Pawaan Bansal	155,000 85,000	85,000
Johan Lees	150,000 75,000	75,000
Kieran Dyson	150,000 50,000	50,000
Keegan Paterson	145,000 145,000	145,000
Gavin Ogilvy	140,000 45,000	45,000
Craig Blight	120,000 92,000	92,000
Geetinder Singh	115,000 25,000	25,000
Reece Bedot	115,000 75,000	75,000
Kahle Burns	105,000 105,000	105,000

Masahide Ito	75,000 20,000	20,000
Uno Uka	60,000 20,000	20,000
Sam Ioannov	50,000 28,000	28,000
Najeem Ajez	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dale Marsland	47,000 47,000	47,000
Andrew White	38,000
Wei Zhu	35,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Diab	32,000 3,000	3,000
Tom Mcguire	21,000

04-24-2025 18:43 UTC+11

Paterson's Cowboys Send Shapkaris Out

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Dan O'Hair

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

Kahle Burns opened to 5,000 from middle position and it was folded to Cooper Shapkaris, who shoved for a bit over 50,000 on the button. Keegan Paterson called cold from the big blind to put Shapkaris at risk and Burns quickly announced a fold.

Cooper Shapkaris: A♣10♥ All in
Keegan Paterson: K♥K♦

Shapkaris would need some help, but the 5♠7♥8♣2♠3♠ runout came clean for Paterson's kings and he collected the rest of Shapkaris' chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keegan Paterson	175,000 30,000	30,000
Kahle Burns	140,000 35,000	35,000

Cooper Shapkaris	Busted

Tags: Cooper Shapkaris Kahle Burns Keegan Paterson

04-24-2025 18:46 UTC+11

Turbo Flight Announced

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Dan O'Hair

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

It was just announced that an additional Main Event flight will be held at 7 p.m. with accelerated 20-minute blind levels — giving players one final opportunity to secure a Day-2 bag.

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

04-24-2025 19:05 UTC+11

Lin Bombs the River

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Dan O'Hair

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

Gary Lin opened to 5,000 from middle position and was called by James Rubimski in the cutoff and Xin Qi in the big blind.

It was checked to Rubimski on the 9x8x4x flop and he put 9,000 into the middle. Xi folded and Lin called.

The Q♦ fell on the turn and Lin led out for 8,000, which Rubimski called.

Lin paused after the 7♥ completed the board before overbetting the pot for approximately 60,000. Rubimski shook his head and tanked a while before letting his hand go to award Lin the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Rubimski	275,000 5,000	5,000
Gary Lin	120,000 120,000	120,000
Xin Qi (AU)	73,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Gary Lin James Rubimski Xin Qi