Trophy Time on Day 3 of $1,500 Platinum Player Championships
It will take an extra day to decide a champion at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marconi, where the final 10 players in the $1,500 Platinum Player Championships will return at 4 p.m. local time to battle for the Australian Poker Open trophy.
The field of 937 entries is down to 10, with each of them guaranteed A$14,000 to this point. All of them will have their eye on the title and first-place prize of A$248,000, which will finally be handed out on this unscheduled Day 3.
Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Woo | Australia | 8,150,000 | 54 |
| 2 | Alex Lee | Singapore | 8,125,000 | 54 |
| 3 | David Hirst | Australia | 5,325,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Khanh Le | Australia | 4,950,000 | 33 |
| 5 | Paris Sitzoukis | Australia | 4,900,000 | 33 |
| 6 | Ken Demlakian | Australia | 4,875,000 | 33 |
| 7 | Campbell Ashton | Australia | 4,100,000 | 27 |
| 8 | Sergio Colosimo | Australia | 3,950,000 | 26 |
| 9 | Chris Moussa | Australia | 1,600,000 | 11 |
| 10 | Michael Sleiman | Australia | 875,000 | 6 |
The top two on the leaderboard are separated by just a single 25,000 chip, as Justin Woo and Alex Lee tower over the rest of the field with 54 big blinds apiece. Their stacks combine to represent a third of the chips in play, and they return to action with sizeable leads at their tables.
Day 3 will begin at 4 p.m. local time, where action will resume hand-for-hand on the final table bubble. The last nine players will then redraw for the final table, playing down to a winner from there.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $248,000 |
| 2 | $176,000 |
| 3 | $114,000 |
| 4 | $70,600 |
| 5 | $43,500 |
| 6 | $31,000 |
| 7 | $26,700 |
| 8 | $22,500 |
| 9 | $18,200 |
| 10 | $14,000 |
Play will recommence with 60-minute levels, beginning with blinds of 100,000/150,000 and a 150,000 big blind. Players will see scheduled breaks after every two hours of play.
The Australian Poker Open Twitch channel team will be sticking around for an extra day, bringing you all of the action on stream beginning at the final table.
The PokerNews live reporting team will also be on the ground for every moment in the final stretch to crowning a new champion in Sydney, so keep it locked here for full coverage.