Sasha Skalrud and Soumen Sem were heads up on the completed board showing J?K?10?7?A? and a sizeable pot already built.
Skalrud fired 11,000 from the small blind before Sem raised it to 31,000. After a couple of minutes, Skalrud slid his cards into the muck, awarding the pot to Sem.
Sem showed K?9? for the nut flush as he raked in the chips.
The eventful Australian Poker Open continues shortly, as players return for Day 1b of the $1,500 Platinum Player Championships. An impressive field of 148 entries took their seats yesterday, all looking to collect chips and make it into the money of this AUD $500,000 guaranteed event.
Play gets underway at 3 p.m. local time at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi, where the main ballroom is all dressed up and ready for action.
A total of 19 players survived Day 1am, with Minkyu Jun leading the way after bagging 1,521,000 chips. That sets a big benchmark for players in this unlimited reentry event, as players have four more opening flights to chase down the chip leader.
Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Minkyu Jun
Australia
1,521,000
2
Greg Davison
Australia
1,078,000
3
Adrian Salter
Australia
627,000
4
Gavin Ogilvy
Australia
541,000
5
David Bowen
Australia
518,000
6
Michael Sleiman
Australia
499,000
7
Jesse Alati
Australia
433,000
8
Stylianos Makariou
Australia
331,000
9
Rehman Kassam
United Kingdom
321,000
10
Khanh Le
Australia
288,000
Jun Clark
Day 1b gets underway at 3 p.m. local time, following the same format as action in yesterday’s flight. Players will begin with 50,000 chips and late registration closes at the end of Level 9.
Levels continue at 40 minutes in length on Day 1, and blinds begin at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Players will be sent on scheduled breaks after every three levels of play.
$1,500 Platinum Player Championships Remaining Schedule
Date
Time
Day
Blinds
Late Reg
Thu, Mar 28
3 p.m.
Day 1b
40 min
9:45 p.m.
Fri, Mar 29
2 p.m.
Day 1c
40 min
9:00 p.m.
Sat, Mar 30
11 a.m.
Day 1d
40 min
6:00 p.m.
Sun, Mar 31
2 p.m.
Day 1e
40 min
9:00 p.m.
Mon, Apr 1
12 p.m.
Day 2
60 min
Closed
The PokerNews reporting team will once again be live to capture all of the exciting action, so don’t miss a minute of our coverage from Day 1b in Sydney.
