Sean Winter Wins One Multiway

George Wolff opened with an under the gun raise and Joni Jouhkimainen three-bet to 26,000 next to act. Cary Katz called in the cutoff, as did Aaron Van Blarcum in the small blind, Sean Winter in the big blind, and Wolff. The flop landed [JhJs7d], and action checked through to the

Joni Jouhkimainen vs. Aaron Van Blarcum

Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 7,500 from under the gun and both Aaron Van Blarcum and George Wolff call from out of the blinds. The flop landed [QdJd8s] and action checked to Jouhkimainen who bet 14,000. Van Blarcum called, and Wolff folded. The turn fell the [4d] and Van Blarcum checked. Jouhkimainen bet

Jorryt van Hoof Eliminated by Joni Jouhkimainen

Jorryt van Hoof committed his stack in preflop and was up against Joni Jouhkimainen. Jouhkimainen: [ah][ac][7c][3h] Van Hoof: [as][kc][ks][6s] The board ran out [8c][9h][7d][4c][tc], improving Jouhkimainen to a flush on the river, resulting in van Hoof being eliminated.

Flush for Joni Jouhkimainen

Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 6,000 from under the gun and was met with a call from Aaron Van Blarcum on the button, and Jorryt van Hoof in the big blind. The [5s6h9c] flop checked through to reveal the [Qh] on the turn. Van Hoof led out for 20,000 and Jouhkimainen called as

Aces-Full for Cary Katz

Cary Katz raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Aaron Van Blarcum called in the cutoff, as did Najeem Ajez in the small blind, and Joni Jouhkimainen from the big blind. The flop landed [2s4hAs] and action checked to Van Blarcum who bet 12,000. Only Katz called, and the [Jc]

Australian Poker Open – Seidel & Watson Headline Event #2 Final Table

Mat Pater - January 26, 2020February 2, 2020

Australia's Najeem Ajez takes the Australian Poker Open Event #2 chip lead into Sunday's PokerGO final table as he bagged up a whopping 2.5 million chips to lead a field that includes Event #1 winner Mike Watson, Poker Hall of Fame member Erik Seidel and top pros Sean Winter, Andras

Najeem Ajez Leads Event #2 Final Table; Mike Watson and Andras Nemeth at Second Final Table

The second event of the 2020 Australian Poker Open was Event #2: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha held from inside The Star Gold Coast. After almost 17 full levels of play, Australia’s Najeem Ajez finished as the chip leader with 2,540,000 in chips heading into Monday’s PokerGO streamed Event #2 final table. A

Flush for Joni Jouhkimainen

Andras Nemeth limped the button, and both Joni Jouhkimainen and Erik Seidel came along from the blinds. The flop landed [3s6s8s] and Nemeth bet 15,000 with only Jouhkimainen calling. The [Ts] checked through on the turn, and when the river landed the [Qs], Jouhkimainen bet out 40,000. Nemeth used his last two time

Joni Jouhkimainen Doubles Through Sam Burkett; Burkett Eliminated Shortly After in 9th Place

Sam Burkett raised to 45,000 from the small blind. Joni Jouhkimainen potted to 135,000. Burkett moved all in over the top. Jouhkimainen called with an additional 9,000 behind. Jouhkimainen: [kh][ks][4s][3c] Burkett: [ah][7h][5s][4c] The board ran out [9c][td][qd][jh][3s] and Jouhkimainen doubled with his pair of kings. Burkett was left with 95,000 following the

Full House for Sam Burkett

On a board of [9dJd9cAs7c], Sam Burkett checked from the big blind to Joni Jouhkimainen under the gun who bet the pot of 58,000. Burkett called and tabled his [Kd9h7s7d] for a full house to win against Jouhkimainen's [QdQsJcTd].