Hasan “Huss” Onay from Australia has won the 2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event after a heads-up deal with Brazil’s Higor Seibel. Onay outlasted a competitive field of 549 entries in this tournament hosted at Doltone House Western Sydney at Club Marcon. He took home A$284,480 along with the APO Main Event title. Seibel walked away with A$255,520 as the runner-up of the tournament.
2024 Australian Poker Open Main Event Final Table Action
Onay entered the final day of the tournament with the third largest stack behind Lauchlan Swann and the female player Georgina Vuksanovic, who ultimately fell in fourth place.
Dahari scored the first final table knockout by busting Marc Seymour in ninth place. By the first break, Vuksanovic was on a mission on the final table. She held the overwhelming chip lead before an hour of madness that saw the field whittle from eight to just four. Eliminations were quick. Swann finished off Dahari and Sleiman in quick succession, before Onay busted Giles and Daniel Tolomeo from the final table. And while Vuksanovic still held the chip lead, things changed for her very shortly after her stack came down.
Vuksanovic finally three-bet with Ah Qd. Swann shoved with pocket sixes and she called, risking her tournament life. The board brought no help for Vuksanovic and she was ousted in fourth place.
Down to three-handed play, Onay took the chip lead and extended it further after busting Swann in third place. Swann held pocket nines against the pocket queens of Onay and did not get help from the board, eventually falling in third place.
The heads-up was a short-lived affair. Seibel doubled one final time before the two players agreed to a deal that saw Onay take home the coveted trophy and title as inaugural APO Main Event winner.
Australian Poker Open Main Event Final Table Results
- Hasan Onay $284,480*
- Higor Seibel $255,520*
- Lauchlan Swann $120,000
- Georgina Vuksanovic $90,000
- Daniel Tolomeo $66,000
- Toby Giles $51,000
- Michael Sleiman $43,000
- Adi Dahari $34,500
- Marc Seymour $27,900
Ethan Bennett Wins WSOPC Turning Stone Main Event ($298,546)
Among other poker events culminating recently was the WSOPC Turning Stone series. The latest stop wrapped up this week and consisted of 18 ring events that generated $5.8 million in prize money. The series concluded with the $1,700-buyin Main Event. Drawing 1,188 runners for a prize pool of $1.8 million, the tournament saw Brooklyn’s Ethan Bennett take down the title for $298,546.
Ethan defeated Kathrine Brandt Weir in the heads-up battle who walked away with $184,521 as the runner-up. Third-place finisher was Cindy Spier, who also finished third in last year’s Turning Stone Main Event.
It looked like there could be a woman champion as the final table came down with the eliminations of Rodney Pinkham (5th – $78,225) and Soukha Kachittavong (4th – $103,047), but Bennett prevailed to win his first ring and second biggest score after finishing 150th in the 2023 WSOP Main Event for $67,700. The poker lady Kathrine Brandt Weir, despite her valiant fight, had to settle for the runner-up spot worth $184,521.
WSOPC Turning Stone Main Event Final Table Results
- Ethan Bennett $298,546
- Kathrine Brandt Weir $184,521
- Cindy Spier $137,178
- Soukha Kachittavong $103,047
- Rodney Pinkham $78,225
- Thomas Harter $60,015
- Srikanth Gundela $46,541
- Jason Tracey $36,485
- Alan Shaw $28,917
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