Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
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Sasha Skalrud opened to 1,100 on the button and Meng Guangrui defended his big blind to the 4♣J♠8♦ flop.
Guangrui checked and called once Skalrud continued for 1,600. The dealer revealed the K♦ turn and Guangrui checked once again.
Skalrud announced a bet of 4,100 and Guangrui took some time before check-raising to 14,000. Skalrud studied his opponent before making the fold, as Guangrui took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Meng Guangrui
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Sasha Skalrud |
34,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
There have already been three early eliminations, including Sasha Skalrud who returned from the registration desk with a fresh stack of 50,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Emmanuel Derecho
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Antoine Samson
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Tolly Sakellariou |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Rob Madson
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Ulf Carlberg
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Majid Saab |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Pawaan Bansal
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Peter Scott
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Anthony Kim |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Sasha Skalrud |
50,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
Sal Ali
|
Busted | |
Alex Li
|
Busted |
Day 1b has already seen 50 entries midway through Level 2.
The overall tournament prize pool continues to build toward the AUD $500,000 guarantee, with more than five hours of late registration today along with three more opening flights.
Wei Chin Huang and Peter Saxton were heads up to the turn of a board showing A♠9♦J♣5♣.
Saxton fired 7,000 from early position but was quickly faced with a decision for all of his chips after Huang announced all in from the cutoff.
Saxton took some time before making the fold, with Huang showing the A♣ as he raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Wei Chin Huang |
77,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Peter Saxton
|
13,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Grant Wheeler checked the turn of a board showing 10♥9♣A♥8♦ and called when Navjeevan Mahajan fired 4,500 on the button.
The dealer turned over the A♦ river and both players elected to check.
Wheeler showed K♥5♥ for king-high, while Mahajan revealed a better king-high with K♠Q♦ to take the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Navjeevan Mahajan
|
84,000 | |
Grant Wheeler | 67,000 |
Jarod Cunningham opened to 1,400 from under the gun and found calls from Nathan May in the cutoff and Michael Doumani in the big blind.
The 8♥7♥K♦ flop saw Doumani check to Cunningham, who continued for 1,300. May mucked his hand, as did Doumani, allowing Cunningham to recover some lost chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Doumani |
66,500
17,300
|
17,300 |
Nathan May
|
38,000
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
Jarod Cunningham |
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Day 1f of the Australian Poker Open Main Event continues, with 116 players registered thus far.
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