Level: 7
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2024 Australian Poker Open
$1,500 Platinum Player Championships
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2024 Australian Poker Open
Buy-in
1,500 AUD
Prize Pool
1,218,100 AUD
Entries
937
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
164
Players Left
20
PokerNews Podcast: Nik Airball 20-Minute Tank, Pet Peeves & Corey Eyring's Quest for $1,000,000
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
In the 822nd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by WPT Global, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz & Kyna England come to you from Level 9 Studios in Las Vegas to discuss the latest poker news, stories, and gossip.
That includes Nik Airball's 20-minute tank in a big hand on The Lodge Poker Live Stream, which prompted Doug Polk to take action. That led to a discussion on pet peeves at the table, and in Mike's case, the pet part is quite literal.
The crew also plays the first edition of PokerNews Plinko, discusses Chad's poker thrift store "Tweet of the Week," and talks about the current state of poker given Bitcoin is at an all-time high. From there, they dive into the wild journey of poker vlogger Corey Eyring, who is risking his entire net worth in an attempt to win $500,000 by the end of the year. Whatever amount he ends up with, the plan is to place it all on a single roulette bet of either red or black. Chad chatted with Eyring about his crazy quest and highlighted various clips throughout the episode.
Finally, the crew once again touches on Kevin Martin's 24/7 stream while attempting to win $5,000 playing online, which came to an unceremonius end.
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30-Minute Break
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Players have been sent on a 30-minute break.
Action will resume at approximately 6:55 p.m. local time, with blinds of 1,000/1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante.
Recent Eliminations
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
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Huang Takes Out Zalac
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
An open in middle position was met with a three-bet from Wei Chin Huang, who called after Jayden Zalac four-bet jammed and the initial raiser folded.
Jayden Zalac: 9♣9♥ 
Wei Chin Huang: 10♥10♦
Zalac was trailing and could not catch up on the 6♥J♠K♣A♥4♣ runout, hitting the rail as Huang chipped up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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112,000
112,000
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112,000 |
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Busted |
Riyazati Raises the Turn
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Steffan Thomas and Amin Riyazati were heads up to the K♥9♥J♣ flop, with a bet and call of 3,000 exchanged before the J♦ turn.
Thomas led out for 6,000 before Riyazati slid out a raise to 15,000. Thomas took some time before opting to lay his hand down, as Riyazati raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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141,000
141,000
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141,000 |
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39,000
39,000
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39,000 |
A Message to All APO Players: Thank You!
Level 6
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
A brief announcement was made in the tournament room, with the guarantees being surpassed in all three marquee events: The APO Main Event, the Platinum Players Championships and the Diamond Cup.
Operations manager Lauren Mooney thanked all the players who have worked to support the entire APO event.
"On behalf of the entire management team, the dealers, Doltone House and Club Marconi, we just wanted to say thank you to every player who has supported us over the last months," she said to a packed tournament room."
"Thank you for the support in all our satellites, and thank you to all players who have talked about us at every event for the last six months. We're so thankful."
"We hope everybody enjoys this event and the next three days as much as we have done. Best of luck and thank you so much!"
Level: 6
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
One For Wayne
Level 5
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Dylan Wayne opened to 2,000 in the hijack, seeing calls from David Hirst in the cutoff and Sammy Lucisano in the big blind.
The 4♠Q♦K♣ saw checks from all three players before the dealer flipped over the K♦ turn.
Lucisano checked and Wayne fired 4,500. Hirst mucked, as did Lucisano while Wayne raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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93,000
43,000
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43,000 |
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39,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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24,500
24,500
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24,500 |
Ferizis Check-Raises Low
Level 5
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Nick Low opened to 2,200 on the button and Nicholas Ferizis defended his big blind to the A♥6♣10♠ flop.
Ferizis checked to Low, who continued for 1,600. Ferizis then check-raised to 3,600 and the call was made.
Both players checked the J♥ turn before the dealer revealed the 10♦ river. Ferizis checked again, as did Low.
Ferizis tabled A♦7♥ for top pair, good enough to take the pot as Low mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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51,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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28,000
-19,000
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-19,000 |