Jabbour Beats Wayne to APO Main Event Day 1f Chip Lead
After fourteen-and-a-half levels on Day 1f of the Australian Poker Open Main Event, just 18 players survived through to Day 2 at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi.
And the gap at the top is less than a single buy-in. Sayed Jabbour (1,042,000) held off the late surge from Dylan Wayne (1,009,000) to bag the chip lead and top the field of 147 — the biggest starting flight of the APO so far.
It had looked like Jabbour had been pipped to the chip lead by Wayne, with Jabbour having held the chip lead for long periods after the elimination of Zelig Otter, after they shoved into Jabbour's nut straight holding just ace-high.
Joining Jabbour and Wayne in Day 2 are father and son duo Mark and Patrick Yazbeck. However, it'll be bragging rights for the younger of the two, with Patrick bagging 331,000 to his father's 213,000.
Australian Poker Open Day 1F Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sayed Jabbour | Australia | 1,042,000 |
| 2 | Dylan Wayne | Australia | 1,009,000 |
| 3 | Graham Cowan | Australia | 771,000 |
| 4 | Tomas Szwarcberg | Mexico | 693,000 |
| 5 | Toby Giles | Australia | 540,000 |
| 6 | Wei Zhu | China | 488,000 |
| 7 | Lauchlan Swann | Australia | 408,000 |
| 8 | Guangyu Wang | Australia | 395,000 |
| 9 | Michael Clair | Australia | 344,000 |
| 10 | Patrick Yazbeck | Australia | 331,000 |
A big name through to Day 2 is Martin Finger (pictured) who also bagged 213,000. A WPT bracelet winner and EPT champion, Finger had to battle his way through to Day 2, but with 16 cashes in the country since the start of 2022, the German has more than enough experience to continue his push to the APO title.
Everyone through to Day 2 has guaranteed themselves a min-cash worth $5,000, but will be eyeing up more once Day 2 resumes on Saturday, March 30 at 12 p.m. local time so stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the action.