After five opening flights of the $1,500 Platinum Player Championships, the time has finally come to play down to a winner. A total of 937 entrants over the last five days created a prize pool of AUD $1,218,100 more than doubling the original guarantee.
At stake today will be a sizeable first-place prize, to be announced along with full payouts as play begins at 12 p.m. local time, plus the coveted Australian Poker Open trophy.
It is sure to be another exciting day at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi, where Minkyu Jun leads the remaining 118 survivors as the only player above 1,500,000 chips. In all, five players will return to the felt with seven-figure stacks. Everyone has been paid out a minimum prize of $2,300, returning to action in the money and looking to earn a spot at the final table.
Among the top stacks heading into Day 2 is Hasan Onay, fresh off his victory in the Australian Poker Open Main Event on Sunday for AUS $284,480. Onay defeated 549 entrants to claim the trophy, and now has a chance at another deep run with 143 big blinds.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Minkyu Jun
Australia
1,521,000
152
2
Hasan Onay
Australia
1,433,000
143
3
Chris Moussa
Australia
1,243,000
124
4
Greg Davison
Australia
1,078,000
108
5
Justin Woo
Australia
1,000,000
100
6
Ken Demlakian
Australia
1,000,000
100
7
Tty Ly
Australia
969,000
97
8
Campbell Ashton
Australia
928,000
93
9
Shane Pearce
Australia
916,000
92
10
Jason Pritchard
Australia
835,000
84
Australian Poker Open Trophy
Day 1a was the quickest flight to finish, playing into the money on Level 15. That is where play will resume, with 25:00 left on the level at blinds of 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante. Levels will now be 60 minutes long, with breaks scheduled after every two hours of play.
Don’t miss a minute of the action, as play will be streamed on the Australian Poker Open Twitch channel starting on a 30-minute delay at 12:30 p.m. local time. The PokerNews live reporting team will also have full coverage, as we get set to crown the latest champion here in Sydney.
