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

04-25-2025 17:44 UTC+11

Feature Table Counts

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 17:39 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 17:39 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 17:26 UTC+11

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 17:21 UTC+11

Recent Counts

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Dan O'Hair

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

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

04-25-2025 17:12 UTC+11

Boucas Double Barrels

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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 16:57 UTC+11

Prill Shows a Bluff

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Dan O'Hair

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

Timon Prill and Yuanting Wang were heads up on a board of 7♠4♦J♦Q♠ with around 300,000 already in the middle.

Prill bet 75,000 from the big blind and Wang called.

The 9♥ completed the board and Prill announced he was all in for a bit over 500,000, sending Wang deep into the tank.

Wang struggled over his decision for a couple of minutes, but eventually flung his hand into the muck. Prill immediately turned over 6♣5♠ for a busted straight draw and Wang could only shake his head in disbelief.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timon Prill	1,050,000 330,000	330,000
Yuanting Wang	600,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Timon Prill Yuanting Wang

04-25-2025 16:53 UTC+11

Flashback: Hasan "Huss" Onay Wins 2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event

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Kai Cocklin

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

Last year in Sydney, Hasan "Huss" Onay won the 2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event after a heads-up deal with Brazil's Higor Seibel.

Onay entered heads-up with a dominating chip lead, with Seibel managing to double once, before the players agreed to a deal.

The 549-player tournament took place at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi, with Onay taking home A$284,480 and the inaugural APO Main Event title.

2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (AUD)
1	Hasan Onay	Australia	$284,480*
2	Higor Seibel	Brazil	$255,520*
3	Lauchlan Swann	Australia	$120,000
4	Georgina Vuksanovic	Australia	$90,000
5	Daniel Tolomeo	Australia	$66,000
6	Toby Giles	Australia	$51,000
7	Michael Sleiman	Australia	$43,000
8	Adi Dahari	Australia	$34,500
9	Marc Seymour	Australia	$27,900

_{*Denotes heads-up deal}

Read the Full Recap Here

Level: 16

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

04-25-2025 16:39 UTC+11

Feature Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Spano	829,000 209,000	209,000
Kiavash Arbabi	618,000 68,000	68,000
Toby Joyce	593,000 193,000	193,000
Ryan Kuperholz	356,000 78,000	78,000
Peter Stott	250,000 3,000	3,000
Alex Yang	212,000 85,000	85,000
Ulf Carlberg	205,000 9,000	9,000
Liwei Chi	110,000 210,000	210,000