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

Apr 25, 2025

Tran Picks Off McSwiney's Bluff

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Kai Cocklin

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

Henry Tran opened from under the gun to 16,000 and Joshua McSwiney peeled out of the big blind.

The flop came down 5♦2♠4♠ and McSwiney led out for 12,000, which Tran called to see the 2♥ on the turn.

Both tapped the table to see the A♥ drill the river, and McSwiney fired an overbet of 80,000. Tran went into the tank for quite some time before he eventually decided to call.

McSwiney then revealed a bluff with 8♣7♦, and Tran's A♣Q♥ was good with a rivered pair of aces.

Tags: Henry Tran Joshua McSwiney

Apr 25, 2025

Feature Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

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

Apr 25, 2025

Seymour Takes From van Wijk

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Dan O'Hair

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

Marc Seymour opened to 16,000 from early position and found one caller in Armon van Wijk in the big blind for a heads-up pot.

Van Wijk check-called a 20,000 bet from Seymour on the 4♥8♥10♦ flop and then led out for 22,000 himself after the 7♣ fell on the turn. Seymour called.

The Q♠ completed the board and van Wijk checked to Seymour, who began to put out a bet and was met with an immediate fold from van Wijk.

Tags: Armon van Wijk Marc Seymour

Apr 25, 2025

Boucas Wins a Flip to Stack Eswaralingam

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Kai Cocklin

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

Selvan Eswaralingam had opened and Constantinos Boucas three-bet from a few seats down. When it got back to Eswaralingam, he four-bet shoved around 280,000, and Boucas called.

Selvan Eswaralingam: A♣K♥ All in
Constantinos Boucas: Q♦Q♠

Eswaralingam needed to connect with his Big Slick but the board stayed low coming 9♥5♠4♦6♣7♦, keeping the queens of Boucas in the lead.

Tags: Constantinos Boucas Selvan Eswaralingam

Apr 25, 2025

Liu Doubles Through Demlakian

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Kai Cocklin

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

With around 100,000 in the middle on a 10♣2♠2♣7♠ board, Ling Liu checked and Ken Demlakian fired out 65,000. Liu then shoved for 130,000, and Demlakian called.

Ling Liu: Q♥10♥ All in
Ken Demlakian: 8♥8♠

Liu was miles in front with her pair of tens and only needed to fade an eight on the river in order to double up. No Snowmen were seen when the 6♣ filled out the board, meaning Liu raked in a pot to bring her stack to around 375,000.

Tags: Ken Demlakian Ling Liu

Apr 25, 2025

Xu Doubles Through Wang

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Kai Cocklin

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

On a flop of 3♠J♦9♦, Anthony Xu had his stack of around 125,000 in the middle and at risk with Yuanting Wang looking to score a knockout.

Anthony Xu: Q♣Q♠ All in
Yuanting Wang: A♠J♣

Wang had flopped top pair with the best kicker, but was behind to the overpair of Xu who held queens. A 4♥ on the turn put Xu one step closer to a double-up, and the 10♥ on the river meant the pot was his, sending his stack to around 325,000.

On the other hand, Wang's stack takes a hit but he still has 1,000,000 to play.

Tags: Anthony Xu Yuanting Wang

Apr 25, 2025

Wang Finishes Stanic Off

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Dan O'Hair

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

Yuanting Wang opened from under the gun and action folded to Mario Stanic in the hjijack, who shoved for an approximately 50,000. It was then folded back around to Wang, who called to put Stanic at risk.

Mario Stanic: A♥8♠ All in
Yuanting Wang: A♠Q♦

The Q♥6♥9♠ flop left Stanic drawing nearly dead, but he did get a bit of a sweat after the 5♦ turn improved him to a gutshot draw on the turn.

It wasn't meant to be, however, as the 9♥ river bricked out to eliminate Stanic early in Day 2.

Tags: Mario Stanic Yuanting Wang

Level: 14

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Apr 25, 2025