Brandon Adams opened the button for 30,000 and small blind Pratyush Buddiga shoved for about 360,000. Mustapha Kanit folded his big blind, Adams wasted no time calling.
Pratyush Buddiga:
Brandon Adams:
Buddiga was looking for a five but would not find it. Instead, the board gave Adams a full house with and Buddiga hit the rail in eighth place, good for A$119,700.
The remaining two tables have been merged into one single final table.
For a long time, Cate Hall was the shortest player in the field. She did not bubble however, as Claas Segebrecht busted in a blind battle so Hall made the money.
She chopped with a dominated ace making a shared straight on the river, but not much later she ran out of luck anyway.
Ryan D'Angelo raised to 22,000 and saw Cate Hall behind her shove for 72,000. Action folded back around to D'Angelo who did not hesitate before he called.
Ryan D'Angelo:
Cate Hall:
The flop came , making Hall and D'Angelo swap the cards they wanted to hit. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Cate Hall left the tournament in 13th place.
Jeff Rossiter got his stack of about 400,000 or so in before the flop with . Rossiter, seated in the hijack, would face Nick Petrangelo who had on the button.
The flop did not much for Rossiter but he did pick some additional outs with the on the turn. The on the river was a blank however and Rossiter wasthe first to hit the rail while in the money.
Rossiter, who announced his retirement from poker a couple of months ago and might be playing his last tournament series here this week, takes home A$63,840.
Mustapha Kanit was first to act and raised to 18,000. Brandon Adams called from the button before big blind Jeff Rossiter squeezed to 81,000. Both Kanit and Adams called to grow the pot considerably.
The flop came and Rossiter checked. Kanit bet 127,000 and Adams folded. Rossiter called.
The on the turn was checked by both and Rossiter checked again on the river. Kanit tanked for several minutes before he checked behind. Kanit had to show first being the last agressor and tabled . Rossiter mucked.
Stephen Chidwick lost a sizable pot to his neighbor Brandon Adams where he check-called a bet of 85,000 on the river but couldn't beat his opponent's on a ace-ten high board.
The next hand, down to about 110,000 or so, Chidwick opened to 10,000. Adams called before small blind Jeff Rossiter squeezed to 45,000. Chidwick moved all in, Adams folded, Rossiter called.
Chidwick tabled while Rossiter showed . The board ran out and Chidwick headed for the exit.
Tomas Jozonis and Martin Kozlov got their chips in the middle before the flop with respectively pocket sixes and ace-queen. Kozlov was at risk for his last 41,000 and doubled as he hit a set on the turn to leave Jozonis drawing dead.
Jozonis would receive chips back the next hand and then some, though, as he busted defending champion Chance Kornuth. Kornuth got his short stack in with up against the of Jozonis.
The board of brought no help for Kornuth and he left for the rail.
As the great poet DJ Khaled always says; "Another one!"
Greenwood is the last player to bust, he fell at the hands of Manig Loeser. Jeff Rossiter gave us the details.
Greenwood opened for 12,000 from the hijack and small blind Manig Loeser three-bet to 35,000. Greenwood called in position and called a bet on with two clubs as well.
The turn was a blank and Loeser shoved. Greenwood had about 63,000 left and called with but was trailing Loeser's . A blank on the river send Greenwood to the rail.
Dan Shak got his chips in with up against the of his neighbor Mustapha Kanit. The board they shared was and Shak said his goodbyes.
At the same time, one table over, Jason Pritchard was all in with against the of Pratyush Buddiga. The board ran out and Pritchard was already wishing the players the best of luck on the turn as he was drawing dead.
Day 2 of the 2017 Aussie Millions $25,000 Challenge gets underway at 2:30 p.m. local time, or in about four hours. Leading the pack is James Chen from Taiwan who turned a 50,000 starting stack into an impressive 621,000 in the 12 levels played on day one. He's followed by former November Niner Antoine Saout (601,000), local hero Jeff Rossiter (582,500), Italian superstar Mustapha Kanit (485,000) and resurrected poker player Brandon Adams (455,500).
Action gets underway with blinds at 2,500/5,000 with a 500-ante. Levels will be one-hour long again, with the tournament playing down to a winner today. With 25 players remaining, the money is in sight as 14 players will earn a minimum of A$63,840. Taking down this whole ordeal will net the champion A$861,840, not bad for two days of work.
PokerNews.com will be on the floor the entire day to bring you live updates and photos from the biggest ever A$25,000 tournament on Australian soil.