$1,500 Platinum Player Championships Day 2 | 2024 Australian Poker Open

04-01-2024 13:05 UTC+10

Demlakian Takes Out Webster

Josh Noy

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Mitch Webster was all in and at risk against Ken Demlakian on his left.

Mitch Webster: K♣9♠ All in
Ken Demlakian: 9♣9♦

Webster was looking for a king but could not improve on the 8♣5♥6♥A♥A♠ runout, with Demlakian raking in another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Demlakian	1,425,000 265,000	265,000

Mitch Webster	Busted

Tags: Ken Demlakian Mitch Webster

04-01-2024 13:16 UTC+10

Lee Loses on the River

Josh Noy

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Hassib Younan opened in the cutoff before Jason Lee moved all in from the big blind. Younan made the quick call and the hands were turned up.

Jason Lee: A♥9♥ All in
Hassib Younan: A♠K♥

Lee was trailing but found two pair on the A♦J♥9♠ flop. The 6♣ turn left Lee on the verge of doubling up, but the K♣ river put Younan back in front to earn the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassib Younan	570,000 404,000	404,000
Jason Lee	Busted

Tags: Hassib Younan Jason Lee

04-01-2024 13:22 UTC+10

Zhao Can't Connect

Josh Noy

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Justin Woo opened to 30,000 from middle position before Neng Zhao moved all in from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Woo, who made the call.

Neng Zhao: K♠Q♥ All in
Justin Woo: A♥2♥

Zhao was trailing and could not hit the 6♣8♥9♠10♠6♥ board, ending his run as Woo raked in the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Woo	1,620,000 620,000	620,000

Neng Zhao	Busted

Tags: Justin Woo Neng Zhao

04-01-2024 13:34 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Minkyu Jun	1,770,000 249,000	249,000

Justin Woo	1,650,000 30,000	30,000

Greg Davison	1,520,000 100,000	100,000
Slade Fisher	1,430,000 1,260,000	1,260,000
Hasan Onay	1,330,000 225,000	225,000

Yang Zhang	1,210,000 698,000	698,000

Joseph Pat	1,100,000 340,000	340,000
Elisa Onay	755,000 189,000	189,000
Eric Xu	375,000 354,000	354,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliot Esca	Busted
Nikhil Autar	Busted
Mitch Webster	Busted
Zheng Zhang	Busted
Sam Ioannou	Busted
Erden Ibrahim	Busted
Chris Zenonos	Busted
Dean Boskovic	Busted

Short Break

Josh Noy

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The tournament is down to the final eight tables, and play has been paused for a short unscheduled break.

The Australian Poker Open livestream will begin at the start of Level 18.

Level: 18

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

04-01-2024 14:01 UTC+10

Xu Spinning Up a Stack

Josh Noy

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

Eric Xu survived Day 1d with just 21,000 chips, representing just a single big blind that night. With blinds rolled back to start Day 2, that stack became two big blinds on Level 15. At the start of Level 18, he was still alive and improbably sitting with 285,000 chips.

PokerNews caught up with Xu to get insight into his plan to start the day. "Fingers crossed, survive my flips," Xu explained. "Hopefully I'm getting it in good and then just winning, happy with what the min-cash was and smiling from there on."

Xu plays with a distinctive card protector, which has been getting a workout to this point. "A friend gave it to me," said Xu."Looks good on my cards, I'll take it. Brings good luck!"

04-01-2024 14:08 UTC+10

Places 68-74 ($3,550)

Josh Noy

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Troy McLean	Busted
Jhye Kelley	Busted
Jason Lee	Busted
Ethan Erdeljac	Busted
David Bowen	Busted
Mitchell Frost	Busted
Marcial Dias	Busted

04-01-2024 14:18 UTC+10

Tan Busts to Big Slick

Josh Noy

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

Minkyu Jun limped from under the gun before Winston Tan moved all in for 335,000. Campbell Ashton then shoved his stack of 1,400,000 and action was on Chad Awerbuch on the button.

Awerbuch took a few minutes, agonizing over his decision before opting to fold. Jun got out of the way and the hands were turned up.

Winston Tan: A♥J♦ All in
Campbell Ashton: A♦K♣

Upon seeing the hands, Awerbuch told the table that he folded A♠K♠. Tan was unable to find any help on the 6♦5♥8♣2♦10♥ runout, hitting the rail while Ashton added to his stack.