$3,300 APO Main Event Day 2 | 2025 Australian Poker Open

04-25-2025 16:38 UTC+11

Demlakian Trips Liu Out

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ling Liu had already shoved for her last 81,000 from the small blind and was called by Ken Demlakian, who was in middle position.

Ling Liu: A♦K♦ All in
Ken Demlakian: K♥10♠

Liu was in good shape to double up with Big Slick, but the 10♦3♣10♥ flop improved Demlakian to trips to leave Liu drawing nearly dead.

The 8♥ turn sealed the deal, and an irrelevant 5♣ made Liu's elimination official.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Demlakian	1,050,000 150,000	150,000
Ling Liu	Busted

Tags: Ken Demlakian Ling Liu

04-25-2025 16:36 UTC+11

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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04-25-2025 16:25 UTC+11

Lees Doubles His Short Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action folded around to the blinds, where Johan Lees shoved for his last 76,000. Timon Prill took a peek at his hole cards in the big blind and looked a big pained, but stuck in a call to put Lees at risk.

Johan Lees: A♦8♥ All in
Travis Endersby: Q♠7♣

The board ran out 8♣5♦7♦2♦10♠ — improving both players to a pair but leaving Lees best with eights to award him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Endersby	1,100,000 625,000	625,000
Timon Prill	720,000 90,000	90,000
Johan Lees	170,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Johan Lees Timon Prill

04-25-2025 16:23 UTC+11

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Armon van Wijk	1,350,000 510,000	510,000
Noel Jaber	1,000,000 323,000	323,000
Daniel Gan	950,000 22,000	22,000
Ken Demlakian	900,000 325,000	325,000
John Perry	650,000 250,000	250,000

Joshua McSwiney	500,000 378,000	378,000
Weiran Pu	450,000 197,000	197,000

Dale Marsland	300,000 250,000	250,000
Shan Huang	210,000 163,000	163,000
Romain Morvan	160,000 49,000	49,000
Ling Liu	100,000 275,000	275,000

04-25-2025 16:15 UTC+11

Burns Turns a Set

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There were around 100,000 in the middle on a flop of 2♣3♦8♣ where Kahle Burns checked from the small blind and Shayne Le Roy fired 55,000 from under the gun. Burns called.

A 6♥ on the turn went check-check and the 5♠ landed on the river. Burns reached for the orange chips, worth 25,000 each, and threw five of them into the pot for a bet of 125,000. Within a second, Le Roy called.

Burns then flipped a set with 6♦6♠, and Le Roy quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kahle Burns	1,250,000 50,000	50,000

Shayne Le Roy	450,000 208,000	208,000
Liam Murray	250,000 166,000	166,000

Tags: Kahle Burns Shayne Le Roy

04-25-2025 16:02 UTC+11

Crilly Doubles Through Tran

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Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Trung Hieu Tran opened on the button and Lachlan Crilly shoved for his last 87,000 from the small blind. Tran quickly called to put Crilly at risk and a showdown was held.

Lachlan Crilly: A♥4♠ All in
Trung Hieu Tran: K♦Q♠

Crilly held a slight lead with his ace, and the 9♣8♠9♥10♠7♥ runout kept him best for the double up.

At another table, David Pham won a massive pot after getting all in with kings against aces and making a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	1,300,000 537,000	537,000
Trung Hieu Tran	415,000 226,000	226,000
Lachlan Crilly	185,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Lachlan Crilly Trung Hieu Tran

04-25-2025 15:59 UTC+11

Dong Sends Xu Packing

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There were around 75,000 chips in the middle on a 4♣8♠2♠ flop when Anthony Xu checked from the big blind and Nelson Dong bet 35,000. Xu thought for some time before he cut out a raise to 80,000, and Dong moved all in! Xu had around 200,000 behind and toyed with the idea of folding, but eventually called to put himself at risk.

Anthony Xu: 10♥8♥ All in
Nelson Dong: Q♠Q♦

Xu almost laid his hand down but perhaps felt he was committed after his flop raise. There were some outs that could prevent Xu's elimination, but neither the 6♥ turn nor A♠ river were the cards he needed, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nelson Dong	1,150,000 324,000	324,000
Anthony Xu	Busted

Tags: Anthony Xu Nelson Dong

Level: 15

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

04-25-2025 15:30 UTC+11

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

04-25-2025 15:26 UTC+11

Prill Loses the Minimum?

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Dan O'Hair

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Yuanting Wang opened to 18,000 from middle position and was called by Shengfeng Ma in the hijack and Timon Prill in the big blind.

Prill checked to Wang, who continued for 35,000 on the 10♦8♥3♥ flop. Ma folded and Prill called.

Both player proceeded to check down on the Q♥ turn and J♠ river and Prill tabled 8♠3♠ for a flopped two pair. Wang turned over Q♣J♦ for a superior two pair and collected the pot.

"You lost the minimum!" a fellow tablemate told Prill.

"I win the pot if I raise flop though," Prill replied.