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

04-25-2025 19:33 UTC+11

Prill Dusted by Dong

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 19:34 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 19:47 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 19:51 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 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 20:06 UTC+11

Kuperholz Can't Hang on Against Wang

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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 20:16 UTC+11

Demlakian Back to a Milly

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Kai Cocklin

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

Kiavash Arbabi made it 40,000 to go from middle position and Ken Demlakian three-bet to 85,000 from the cutoff. It got back to Arbabi and he called.

The flop came K♥Q♦5♣ and Arbabi check-called a bet of 45,000 from Demlakian to the 10♥ turn, where both checked.

A 3♦ hit the river and after Arbabi checked, Demlakian fired out 135,000. Arbabi went into the tank for a while but eventually decided to fold, allowing Demlakian's stack to climb back to around a million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Demlakian	1,000,000 650,000	650,000
Kiavash Arbabi	700,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Ken Demlakian Kiavash Arbabi

04-25-2025 20:17 UTC+11

Dinner Break

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Kai Cocklin

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

Players are being sent on a 60-minute dinner break.

Play will resume at around 8:15 p.m.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanting Wang	2,600,000 250,000	250,000
Nelson Dong	2,450,000 250,000	250,000
Steven Zhou	1,900,000 1,165,000	1,165,000
Paawan Bansal	1,800,000
David Pham	1,750,000 50,000	50,000
Liam Jehu	1,405,000 175,000	175,000
Pranav Bhatt	1,400,000 40,000	40,000
Chad Awerbuch	1,400,000 1,020,000	1,020,000
Noel Jaber	1,300,000 450,000	450,000
Daniel Gan	1,300,000 350,000	350,000
Liam Murray	1,250,000 900,000	900,000
Ken Demlakian	1,200,000 200,000	200,000
Armon van Wijk	1,150,000 100,000	100,000
Joe Sandaev	1,100,000 150,000	150,000

Travis Endersby	1,030,000 70,000	70,000
Louis Luo	900,000 200,000	200,000
Michael Tran	900,000 20,000	20,000
Ying Zhang	800,000 220,000	220,000
Luke Edwards	800,000 200,000	200,000
Ricardo Bono	750,000 67,000	67,000
Chao Duan	650,000 199,000	199,000
Kiavash Arbabi	640,000 60,000	60,000
Peter Stott	605,000 452,000	452,000
Weiran Pu	600,000 150,000	150,000

Marcial Dias	600,000 284,500	284,500