$10,000 The Trojan Dia 1 | 2024 Australian Poker Open

2024-04-02 00:36 UTC+10

21 Players Advance to $10,000 Trojan Day 2; Registration Still Open

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Nível 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

At the end of 12 levels, there is still everything to play for in The Trojan as 21 players punched their tickets to Day 2 here at the Australian Poker Open at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi.

Leading the way is Daniel Veljkovic (396,500) narrowly ahead of Cooper Feltham (384,000) and Malcolm Trayner (372,500), but there is only six big blinds separating the trio.

Day 2 resumes at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, with late registration still open for the first 60-minute level. Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage!

The Trojan Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Daniel Veljkovic	396,500	99
2	Cooper Feltham	384,000	96
3	Malcolm Trayner	372,500	93
4	Benjamin Bottles	311,000	78
5	Jai Duffy	262,000	66
6	Noman Mirza	231,000	58
7	Slade Fisher	197,500	49
8	Robert Spano	184,000	46
9	Martin Finger	184,000	46
10	Victor Dai	169,000	42

Day 1 Recap

The largest buy-in event of the festival so far started slowly, but players trickled in throughout the day as the field swelled to 38 in total.

The first levels were cagey, with Daniel Veljkovic holding a modest chip lead before being overtaken by Didier Guerin.

APO Main Event champion Hasan Onay made a brief appearance, eventually shoving into the queens of Malcolm Trayner to bust midway through the day.

Trayner looked to kick on, but a stunning double elimination from Benjamin Bottles looked like he would sew up the chip lead. However, he was overtaken by Trayner and Cooper Feltham before Veljkovic regained a narrow chip lead late in the day.

The survivors will undoubtedly be joined by more players ahead of Day 2. Rehman Kassam was the last person to register on Day 1, sitting down and bagging an immaculate 100,000 stack. He, like others, will be hoping to run up a stack on Day 2.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as we crown another Australian Poker Open champion!

Tags: Benjamin Bottles Cooper Feltham Daniel Veljkovic Didier Guerin Hasan Onay Jai Duffy Malcolm Trayner Martin Finger Noman Mirza Rehman Kassam Robert Spano Victor Dai

2024-04-02 00:13 UTC+10

Feltham Folds River to Trayner

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Nível 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Malcolm Trayner opened and Cooper Feltham three-bet to 30,000. Trayner four-bet to 70,000 and Feltham called.

The flop came 10♠10♣2♣ and Trayner continued for 22,000. Feltham called.

The turn 8♥ was checked through and the river was the 5♥. Trayner bet 173,500 leaving himself 5,000 behind. Feltham considered a call but ultimately folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Cooper Feltham	365,000 10,000	10,000
Malcolm Trayner	360,000 120,000	120,000
Marcial Dias	186,000 26,000	26,000
Robert Spano	184,000 94,000	94,000
Sean Ragozzini	139,000 -76,000	-76,000
Blake Lockwood	85,000 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Cooper Feltham Malcolm Trayner

2024-04-01 21:47 UTC+10

Bottles Secures Double Elimination

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Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Benjamin Bottles was stacking chips as the new chip leader with around 400,000 in chips.

As relayed to PokerNews, on a A♥A♠7♦10♠J♦ board, Travis Endersby had moved all in, Amin Riyazati had shoved over the top and Bottles called putting both players at risk.

Travis Endersby: 10♣10♦ All in
Amin Riyazati: A♦10♥ All in
Benjamin Bottles: A♣J♠

Bottles held the best hand and sent both players to the rail in a single hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Benjamin Bottles	400,000 327,000	327,000
Oliver Bithell	235,000 70,000	70,000
Amir Farazmand	75,000
Jai Duffy	60,000 -92,000	-92,000
George Elias	32,000 -13,000	-13,000
Travis Endersby	Eliminado
Amin Riyazati	Eliminado

Tags: Amin Riyazati Benjamin Bottles Travis Endersby

2024-04-01 21:34 UTC+10

Finger Eliminates Antar

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Nível 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After an open to 4,000, Joseph Antar raised to 28,000 leaving himself a single chip behind. Martin Finger called and the original raiser folded.

Antar's last chip went in on the A♦J♥6♥ flop.

Joseph Antar: 10x10x All in
Martin Finger: A♣Q♥

Finger had flopped top pair and held on the 6♠ turn and 2♦ river to eliminate his opponent.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Noman Mirza	170,000 -50,000	-50,000
Martin Finger	140,000 105,000	105,000

Yita Choong	105,000 20,000	20,000
Bert Perry	80,000 2,000	2,000
Josh McCully	80,000 -20,000	-20,000
Slade Fisher	57,000 6,000	6,000
Joseph Antar	Eliminado

Tags: Joseph Antar Martin Finger

2024-04-01 20:32 UTC+10

Onay Bluffs Off to Feltham; Then Eliminated

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Nível 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a 9♣4♣3♠5♦Q♠ board, Hasan Onay had checked to Cooper Feltham who had bet 8,200 into 10,000.

Onay check-raised to 40,000 and Feltham called. Onay showed 6♠4♠ for a bluff, with Feltham showing A♣Q♦ and taking down the pot.

Onay then shoved blind on blind for his last 40,000 with Malcolm Trayner calling in the big blind.

Hasan Onay: J♦10♥ All in
Malcolm Trayner: Q♥Q♠

There was no help for Onay as the board came K♣3♦2♦4♠2♠ and he was eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Malcolm Trayner	200,000 64,000	64,000
Cooper Feltham	190,000 57,000	57,000
Hasan Onay	Eliminado

2024-04-01 19:36 UTC+10

APO Main Event Champion Onay in the Field

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Nível 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Yesterday, Hasan Onay took down the APO Main Event after a heads-up deal with Higor Seibel. Today, after busting out of the Platinum Player Championships, he's jumped into the $10,000 Trojan just before the second break of the day.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Hasan Onay	100,000 100,000	100,000

2024-04-01 13:57 UTC+10

$500,000 GTD The Trojan Kicks Off at 4 p.m. Local Time

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Welcome back to PokerNews for coverage of the latest event from the Australian Poker Open: with a buy-in of $10,000, it's The Trojan and gets underway later today.

With healthy Main Event and $5,000 fields, there's sure to be plenty of interest among players ahead of this event which gets underway at 4 p.m.

Players will receive 100,000 chips and play twelve 40-minute levels on Day 1. Late registration is open until the end of Level 13, one hour into Day 2 as levels increase to 60 minutes.

$10,000 The Trojan Schedule

Date	Time	Day	Blinds	Late Reg
Monday, April 1	4 p.m.	Day 1	40 mins	13 Levels (Day 2)
Tuesday, April 2	4 p.m. Day 2	60 mins	5 p.m.

Meanwhile the Platinum Player Championships is playing down to a winner today here at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi, so make sure to check out live updates from that event right here on PokerNews.