At the Australian Poker Open (APO), two events remain untouched, like fresh bread resting in the oven, and Stephen Chidwick knows he needs to finish in the money in at least one of them if he is to turn his championship lead into a title.

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 Written by Renee. The inaugural Australian Poker Open has finally come to an end, and after more than two weeks of top-notch poker action, British poker pro Stephen Chidwick has emerged on top, capturing the $50,000 championship prize after battling it out with some of the best players in the high stakes arena. The tournament series featured a total of seven. Australian poker tour – rules. Terms and conditions 2019; responsible gaming; gallery. Brisbane jan/feb 2020 gallery; brisbane september 2019 gallery; gold coast november 2019 gallery; menu; gold coast march 2021 for full schedule click here. Brisbane january 2021 for full schedule click here. The Australian Poker Open (APO) reached the business end of proceedings after Luc Greenwood took down the penultimate event: the 35-entrant Event #6: AUD 50,000 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE), for $427,928. With only the AUD 100,000 NLHE Main Event remaining, five players are in with a shot of winning the Championship and AUD 50,000 first prize.

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The former U.S. Poker Open winner, is on course to become the first player to win two Opens in different countries, after pummelling and persecuting people in the 47-entrant Event #5: AUD 25,000 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE).

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Chidwick is a powerhouse in these types of events. All told he had made the final table of just under half of the 33 Open events to date, including winning six of them, and his win also catapulted him above David Peters into the sixth position in the all-time live tournament money leaderboard with $33,888,888.

Let’s see how Chidwick ended up smelling like a bed of roses.

The Nutshell Action

The first player at the final table to exit stage left was the man who won the previous event. Farid Jattin got it in with ace-ten versus the pocket sixes of Michael Addamo, and the better won.

Jorryt van Hoof arrived in Queensland on the back of an AUD 25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha victory at the Aussie Millions, and once again underlined his capability of cross-pollinating the final tables of the two most popular forms of poker, finishing fifth in this one. The Dutchman suffered a cooler, running pocket jacks into the pocket queens of Seth Davies.

Davies then took a significant chip advantage into four-handed play when he ousted the recently crowned AUD 50,000 NLHE winner at the Aussie Millions, Michael Addamo. The Australian held king-eight, but Davies had the superior ace-king.

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That left Davies, Chidwick and Erik Seidel to battle for the trophy, and it was Chidwick who took the fight to Davies, doubling once before eliminating him after king-nine beat ace-five. Davies flopped an ace, but Chidwick rivered a flush.

No need for vilification during the heads-up bout with Seidel facing an 8:1 chip deficit – a miracle was not in the offing. After a few short and sweet hands, Seidel found pocket queens and was unlucky when Chidwick flopped a second king, holding king-six, with all the money in the middle.

ITM Results

Australian Poker Open Buy In

1. Stephen Chidwick – $269,852
2. Erik Seidel – $174,610
3. Seth Davies – $119,052
4. Michael Addamo – $79,368
5. Jorryt van Hoof – $63,495
6. Farid Jattin – $47,621
7. Matthias Eibinger – $39,684

APO Leaderboard

1. Stephen Chidwick – 510 points
2. Andras Nemeth – 480
3. Mike Watson – 450
4. Farid Jattin – 360
5. Joni Jouhkimainen – 330

Australian Poker Open Remaining Events

Event #6: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Event #7: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em