$1,500 Platinum Player Championships Day 1b | 2024 Australian Poker Open

03-28-2024 17:12 UTC+10

Trips For McNamara

Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Anthony McNamara opened to 2,100 from the hijack and found calls from Thanh Long Nguyen in the cutoff and David McAllister in the small blind.

McAllister checked the 2♥7♥Q♠ flop and McNamara continued for 2,000. Nguyen and McAllister both called to the K♦ turn, where all three players checked.

The Q♣ river saw action check to McNamara, who slid out a single 1,000 chip. Nguyen made the call before McAllister mucked.

McNamara showed Q♦9♦ for trip queens, raking in the chips as Nguyen slid his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony McNamara	98,000 98,000	98,000
David McAllister	54,000 54,000	54,000
Thanh Long Nguyen	47,000

Tags: Anthony McNamara David McAllister Thanh Long Nguyen

Level: 5

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

03-28-2024 16:51 UTC+10

Mayer Pressure Woodhams

Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Sheldon Mayer opened from the hijack and called after Nick Woodhams three-bet to 7,000 on the button.

Mayer checked the monotone 10♠9♠2♠ flop and Woodhams fired 3,000. Mayer then announced a check-raise to 15,000.

Woodhams made the call and the dealer revealed the A♣ turn. Mayer led out this time, betting enough to put his opponent all in.

After taking a few minutes, Woodhams opted to pass his cards to the dealer and Mayer added new chips to his growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sheldon Mayer	127,000 29,500	29,500
Nick Woodhams	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Nick Woodhams Sheldon Mayer

03-28-2024 16:43 UTC+10

Williams Stays Aggresive

Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jason Wassef opened to 1,800 in middle position and was met by a three-bet to 5,000 from Mark Williams in the cutoff.

Wassef called to the 6♥9♦J♣ flop. Another check from Wassef led to Williams continuing for 4,500.

That was enough to claim the pot, as Wassef mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wassef	58,000
Mark Williams	56,000

Tags: Jason Wassef Mark Williams

03-28-2024 16:35 UTC+10

Sem Leads The River

Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Soumen Sem and Tom Amir were heads-up to the 4♦10♦A♣ flop, and Sem checked in middle position.

Amir fired 3,000 and was called to the 8♣ turn. Sem checked again and called after Amir bet 7,500.

The 5♥ river saw Sem lead out for 22,700 and Amir went into the tank. After studying his opponent, Amir opted to lay his hand down and Sem raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soumen Sem	61,000 -13,000	-13,000
Tom Amir	52,000 -21,000	-21,000

Tags: Soumen Sem Tom Amir

03-28-2024 16:27 UTC+10

Notable Chip Counts

Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Redman	117,000 68,500	68,500
Grant Wheeler	112,000 45,000	45,000
Rob Madson	98,000 48,000	48,000
Sheldon Mayer	97,500 97,500	97,500
Michael Doumani	89,000 22,500	22,500
Trent McFadzean	86,000 36,000	36,000
Andrew Dent	85,000 85,000	85,000
Louis Luo	84,500 34,500	34,500
Tty Ly	84,000 31,000	31,000
Tom Amir	73,000 73,000	73,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

03-28-2024 16:02 UTC+10

Break Time

Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players have reached the first 20-minute of the day.

Action will resume with blinds of 400/800 and a big blind ante of 800.

03-28-2024 15:58 UTC+10

Sakellariou Building Back Up

Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In the last hand before break, Tolly Sakellariou was all in and risk for his last 13,500 against Antoine Sanson.

Tolly Sakellariou: Q♠Q♦ All in
Antoine Sanson: A♣J♣

Sakellariou survived the 3♠2♥2♠4♦4♥ runout to double his stack. After being down to 6,000 a short time earlier, Sakellariou built back up to 28,000 chips.