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

04-25-2025 20:06 UTC+11

Kuperholz Can't Hang on Against Wang

Dan O'Hair

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Yuanting Wang raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and just behind him, Ryan Kuperholz shoved for his last 200,000 on the button. It was folded back to Wang, who called to put Kuperholz at risk.

Ryan Kuperholz: A♣10♦ All in
Yuanting Wang: K♦Q♠

"I got it in ahead! That's all I can ask for!" Kuperholz said while standing up from his seat.

The 9♣7♦5♦ flop gave Kuperholz a big sweat, as Wang had picked up a flush draw in addition to his live cards.

The 6♠ turn changed nothing, but the K♣ landed on the river — pairing Wang's king to end Kuperholz's run in dramatic fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanting Wang	2,350,000 250,000	250,000
Ryan Kuperholz	Busted

Tags: Ryan Kuperholz Yuanting Wang

04-25-2025 20:02 UTC+11

Chi Gets Unlucky to Bust

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Liwei Chi was all in for his last 200,000 and Yuanting Wang put him at risk.

Liwei Chi: A♥Q♠ All in
Yuanting Wang: K♥Q♦

Chi was in great shape to double up but his plan looked to be derailed as the 3♠5♠K♣ flop gave Wang top pair. A 9♠ on the turn did give Chi some more outs with a flush draw, but the 10♦ bricked off, sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanting Wang	2,100,000 100,000	100,000
Liwei Chi	Busted

Tags: Yuanting Wang Liwei Chi

04-25-2025 19:51 UTC+11

Jaber Takes One Down

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action was picked up with around 150,000 in the middle on a A♣J♠Q♠5♦ board where Paawan Bansal checked from the big blind and Noel Jaber bet 85,000. Bansal called.

An 8♥ dropped on the river and again Bansal checked it over to Jaber, who continued to fire, this time for 125,000. Bansal took a bit longer with his decision but ultimately decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Pham	1,800,000 400,000	400,000
Paawan Bansal	1,800,000 200,000	200,000
Travis Endersby	1,100,000
Noel Jaber	850,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Paawan Bansal Noel Jaber

04-25-2025 19:47 UTC+11

Carlberg Doubles Through Jehu

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Liam Jehu opened to 40,000 from early position and action folded to Ulf Carlberg, who shoved for his last 150,000 on the button. Jehu put in a stack of chips to call and the board was run.

Ulf Carlberg: 9♣9♥ All in
Liam Jehu: 7♠7♣

Carlberg found a great spot with his overpair, and the 5♥K♦Q♣4♥10♠ runout provided him with a sweat-free double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liam Jehu	1,300,000 980,000	980,000
Ulf Carlberg	350,000 104,000	104,000

Tags: Liam Jehu Ulf Carlberg

04-25-2025 19:34 UTC+11

Perry's Main Event Sails Away

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action folded around to John Perry in the small blind, who limped in. Paawan Bansal was in the big blind and bumped it up to 60,000, then Perry shoved for 545,000, sending Bansal into the tank.

"Why didn't I just check," muttered Bansal under his breath. After some more thinking, Bansal called.

John Perry: 4♠4♥ All in
Paawan Bansal: A♠9♠

"HOLD," were the cries from Perry's rail behind him, but it wasn't looking likely after the K♥A♥3♦ flop gave Bansal top pair. No fours arrived on the 6♦7♥ runout, and Perry's Main Event run sailed away into the distance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paawan Bansal	2,000,000 100,000	100,000
Shayne Sim	Busted
John Perry	Busted

Tags: John Perry Paawan Bansal

04-25-2025 19:33 UTC+11

Prill Dusted by Dong

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Timon Prill was all in for approximately 450,000 from the big blind against Nelson Dong, who was on the button, on a flop of A♥4♥7♥.

Timon Prill: 10♥9♠ All in
Nelson Dong: A♠7♣

Prill would need a heart or running cards to make a straight against Dong's two pair, but the Q♦J♠ runout kept Dong in the lead and Prill was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nelson Dong	2,200,000 600,000	600,000
Timon Prill	Busted

Tags: Nelson Dong Timon Prill

04-25-2025 19:23 UTC+11

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

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04-25-2025 19:20 UTC+11

Gone But Not Forgotten

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dale Marsland	Busted
Stylianos Makariou	Busted
Grant Levy	Busted
Geetinder Singh	Busted
Amin Riyazati	Busted
Collin Tran	Busted
Trung Hieu Tran	Busted
Ilavenil Arumugam	Busted
Keying Li	Busted
Wangyang Luo	Busted
Paris Sitzoukis	Busted
Patrick Barba	Busted
Nav Mahajan	Busted
Brijesh Negi	Busted
Daniel Tolomeo	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

04-25-2025 19:14 UTC+11

Wang Finds the Perfect River to Bust Ma

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Kai Cocklin

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

A huge pot just went Yuanting Wang's way and left Shengfeng Ma on the sidelines!

Wang had opened and called a three-bet of 85,000 from Ma to see the 2♥7♥5♠ flop, where Wang check-called a bet of 55,000

The 3♠ turn went check-check and the Q♦ hit the river, drawing another check from Wang. Ma then fired 160,000, leaving himself 500,000 behind. Wang took some time and shoved his stack of over a 1,000,000, then Ma went into deep thought.

Around three minutes passed and there was still no decision from Ma, so the clock was called and a 30-second countdown was initiated. During the countdown, Ma called.

Wang then showed he rivered a set with Q♠Q♣, and Ma couldn't believe his eyes as he rolled over A♣Q♥ for top pair. Brutal river for Ma, brilliant river for Wang!

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanting Wang	2,000,000 950,000	950,000
Shayne Sim	200,000 200,000	200,000
Shengfeng Ma	Busted

Tags: Shengfeng Ma Yuanting Wang