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Nível 7
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Levels are nog 60 minutes long, an increase on the 40-minute levels that were played up until now. The clock mentions 124 entries so far with 110 remaining right now.
2017 Aussie Millions
$25,000 Challenge
Dias: 1
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2017 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
25,000 AUD
Premiação
3,192,000 AUD
Entries
133
Nível
24
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
The Champ Is Here! (Part II)
Nível 7
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Joe Hachem has entered the arena, the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion was playing cash games all day but has now bought into the $25,000 Challenge. He's already up a fair bit for the day, we counted his stack as 79,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
79,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
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Cate Hall Eliminated
Nível 7
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Cate Hall has been eliminated from the tournament. Her seat was taken by Mustapha Kanit and her former neighbor Dominik Nitsche gave some details on what had happened. According to Nitsche, Hall ran 
into Jack Salter's 
for her last 12 big blinds.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
66,000
33,800
|
33,800 |
|
Eliminado |
Lakemeier Value Bets Worse Full House
Nível 7
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
On a flop of 
, big blind Jens Lakemeier check-called a bet of 2,200 by Louis Salter on the button. Both players checked the 
on the turn before Lakemeier bet 3,000 on the 
river. Salter called and saw Lakemeier show 
. Salter turned over 
for the better full house and took down the small pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
43,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
|
|
||
Kornuth Loses Lots
Nível 7
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Chance Kornuth, defending champ and up until recently chipleader, has lost some chips. We just saw him bet 23,500 from the big blind on a board of 
. Dario Sammartino, seated on the button, tanked for some time before he tossed in a single 1,000 chip to call. Kornuth showed , the pot went to Sammartino after he tabled 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
|
||
|
113,000
20,200
|
20,200 |
More Photos
Photos by Benjamin Liew of the Aussie Millions.
Astapau Doubles
Nível 7
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
As we walked past Table 32, we saw Anton Astapau all in from the big blind for 54,200 on a flop of 
. His opponent, seated under the gun, called after some time in the tank.
Astapau showed 
for a pair and flush draw, his opponent tabled 
. The 
on the turn was good for Astapau and so was the 
on the river and he scored the full double.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Nível: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Bryn Kenney Eliminated
Nível 8
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Bryn Kenney had just about the best start of the year he could hope for, cashing six out of seven events played at the Bahamas.
| Buy In | Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10,200 | Turbo Super Knockout | 2nd | $36,440 |
| $25,750 | High Roller | 9th | $90,380 |
| $25,500 | High Roller Shot Clock | 1st | $392,876 |
| $2,150 | Hyper Turbo Win the Button | 4th | $6,020 |
| $50,000 | High Roller | 1st | $969,075 |
| $100,000 | Super High Roller | 7th | $275,060 |
Now he's here in Australia to add some more trophies, but he ran out of luck on his first try today in the $25,000 Challenge.
The cutoff raised to 3,200 and Kenney three-bet to 10,100 from the big blind. His opponent called and raised all in for 34,300 effectively after Kenney had bet 8,000 on a flop of 
. Kenney called with 
and turned out to be up against 
. The 
on the turn and on the river were blanks and Kenney said his goodbyes.
This was Kenney's second bullet, so he doesn't have the option to buy back in anymore.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado | |
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The Biggest $25,000 Challenge Ever
Nível 8
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
With already 130 entries into the event, this is the biggest ever $25,000 Challenge tournament at the Aussie Millions. Registration remains open for 83 more minutes.