2025 Australian Poker Open
Najeem Ajez was all in for his last 250,000 from early position and Kahle Burns called on the button.
Najeem Ajez: Q♦8♦
Kahle Burns: A♠10♠
Ajez was unlucky to lose a big portion of his stack just moments ago, but couldn't reverse his luck on the 9♠K♣3♠3♥A♦ runout meant he was the first player to be eliminated.
Najeem Ajez raised the button to 50,000 and Benjamin LeBlond shoved around 500,000 from the small blind. Ajez snap-called.
Benjamin LeBlond: A♦9♣
Najeem Ajez: Q♠Q♦
LeBlond had just spiked an ace on the river to survive and though he didn't find it on the river this time, he did turn an ace on the 5♠5♦6♣A♥7♠ runout to double up again for the second time in two hands!
Kahle Burns made it 50,000 to go from middle position and Benjamin LeBlond peeled from the big blind.
The flop came 6♠4♣5♦ and LeBlond shoved for 210,000. Burns quickly called.
Benjamin LeBlond: A♥3♥
Kahle Burns: K♣K♥
Burns was ahead with his pocket kings but had to fade a lot of outs as LeBlond had an over card plus an open-ended straight draw. The 6♦ on the turn was a brick, but the A♠ on the river was good enough to see LeBlond double up.
Joseph Antar raised to 50,000 from the hijack with K♥7♥ and Noel Jaber three-bet to 125,000 on the button. Joshua McSwiney then four-bet shoved for 640,000 from the small blind, and Antar quickly folded. Jaber got a count and after some time, Jaber decided to fold and showed 10♠10♥.
McSwiney responded by showing the same hand—10♦10♣ —and raked in the pot without seeing any community cards.
Kahle Burns made it 50,000 to go from under the gun and Weiran Pu called on the button.
The action was checked to the river on the 4♠10♦9♦7♥8♠ runout where Burns bet 40,000 and Pu raised to 140,000. Burns thought about it for some time and seemed in agony while he tried to figure out how to proceed. Eventually, he decided to call.
Pu then showed A♥J♣ for a straight, and Burns' 7♦7♠ went into the muck.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Joshua McSwiney opened to 40,000 on the hijack with A♥7♣ and Najeem Ajez three-bet the button to 100,000 with Q♣10♥. Unfortunately for them both, Weiran Pu was in the big blind and four-bet to 275,000, which got the job done as everybody folded.
The final table of the Trojan is now underway! Here's a reminder of what's at stake.
| Place | Prize (A$) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 |
| 2 | $177,700 |
| 3 | $117,800 |
| 4 | $69,800 |
| 5 | $55,900 |
| 6 | $41,900 |
| 7 | $33,960 |
| 8 | $27,970 |
| 9 | $23,970 |
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