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

04-25-2025 17:12 UTC+11

Boucas Double Barrels

Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Louis Luo is maintaining his start-of-day stack of around 1,100,000 but just a lost a small pot to Constantinos Boucas.

There were around 70,000 in the middle on a 4♥7♣K♣ flop when Boucas bet 20,000 from the big blind and Luo called on the button.

A 5♦ fell on the turn and Boucas continued to bet, this time for 45,000. Luo took a few seconds and folded, allowing Boucas to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Luo	1,100,000 50,000	50,000
Constantinos Boucas	250,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Constantinos Boucas Louis Luo

04-25-2025 17:21 UTC+11

Player	Chips	Progress
Nelson Dong	1,400,000 250,000	250,000
Pranav Bhatt	1,360,000 833,000	833,000
Armon van Wijk	1,250,000 100,000	100,000
Kahle Burns	1,200,000 50,000	50,000

Joe Sandaev	700,000 66,000	66,000

Chad Awerbuch	690,000 270,000	270,000
Shengfeng Ma	600,000 230,000	230,000
John Perry	470,000 180,000	180,000

Romain Morvan	420,000 260,000	260,000
Constantinos Boucas	350,000 100,000	100,000
Liam Murray	350,000 100,000	100,000
Liam Jehu	320,000 52,000	52,000
Dale Marsland	260,000 40,000	40,000
Ilavenil Arumugam	250,000 200,000	200,000
Jarrod Thatcher	220,000 111,000	111,000
Kenta Ito	165,000 547,000	547,000
Mark Staples	Busted
Jackson Young	Busted
Higor Seibel	Busted
Timo Hettinger	Busted
Ehsan Amiri	Busted

Marsland Binks a Queen to Stack McSwiney

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Joshua McSwiney's run in the Main Event has come to an end in an unlucky hand. McSwiney opened and Noel Jaber called on the button. Dale Marsland was in the blinds and shoved his stack of over 500,000, and McSwiney call for around 350,000. Jaber folded.

Joshua McSwiney: A♠K♥ All in
Dale Marsland: A♥Q♥

McSwiney had his chips in good but fell behind on the 7♠J♦Q♠ flop as Marsland paired his queen. There were four extra outs for McSwiney as any ten would give him broadway, but the 2♦A♦ runout was of no help, and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Jaber	1,400,000 400,000	400,000
Dale Marsland	900,000 640,000	640,000
Joshua McSwiney	Busted

Tags: Dale Marsland Joshua McSwiney Noel Jaber

04-25-2025 17:39 UTC+11

Bansal Gets a Min-Bet Paid

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

It's been a tough level for Ken Demlakian, who has lost his seven-figure stack and has around 200,000 after the latest hand he just played.

Demlakian had raised from under the gun and Paawan Bansal defended his big blind to the 5♣K♦2♣ flop, where Bansal check-called a bet of 22,000.

Both checked the Q♥ turn to the Q♦ river, where Bansal put out a min-bet of 12,000. After some consideration, Demlakian called.

Bansal then showed 10♦5♦ for a pair of fives, and Demlakian mucked his hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paawan Bansal	1,100,000 238,000	238,000
Ken Demlakian	200,000 850,000	850,000

Tags: Ken Demlakian Paawan Bansal

04-25-2025 17:39 UTC+11

Endersby Ends Thatcher's Run After Cracking Kings

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Luke Edwards opened to 25,000 from early position and was three-bet to 87,000 by Travis Endersby from directly behind. It was then folded to Jarrod Thatcher, who shoved for a bit over 200,000 from the small blind.

Edwards got out of the way, but Endersby quickly called to put Thatcher at risk.

Jarrod Thatcher: K♠K♦ All in
Travis Endersby: A♥K♥

The Q♦J♥8♦ flop gave Endersby a Broadway draw in addition to his ace, and the 3♥ improved him further to a flush draw on turn.

It wasn't Thatcher's day, as the 9♥ river completed Endersby's flush to send Thatcher to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Endersby	950,000 150,000	150,000
Luke Edwards	600,000 95,000	95,000
Jarrod Thatcher	Busted
Shayne Le Roy	Busted

Tags: Jarrod Thatcher Luke Edwards Travis Endersby

04-25-2025 17:44 UTC+11

Feature Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kiavash Arbabi	782,000 164,000	164,000
Robert Spano	675,000 154,000	154,000
Ryan Kuperholz	437,000 81,000	81,000
Toby Joyce	409,000 184,000	184,000
Alex Yang	344,000 132,000	132,000
Ulf Carlberg	246,000 41,000	41,000
Peter Stott	153,000 97,000	97,000
Liwei Chi	131,000 21,000	21,000

04-25-2025 17:45 UTC+11

Break Time

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 44 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

04-25-2025 18:08 UTC+11

Slight Delay

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The tournament has been delayed briefly. Level 17 should begin momentarily.

Level: 17

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

04-25-2025 18:24 UTC+11

Demlakian Doubles; Bansal Has 2,000,000

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Paawan Bansal is sitting with a monster stack of around 2,000,000 and seems to be the chip leader right now. Though, he did just lose some of his fortune.

The action folded to Bansal in the small blind and with a short-stacked Ken Demlakian in the big blind, Bansal shoved. Demlakian quickly called for his stack of 180,000.

Ken Demlakian: 10♥10♠ All in
Paawan Bansal: 7♦3♦

Demlakian was well ahead with his tens and never had to sweat as the runout of K♣2♠4♦9♣A♣ kept him in the lead.