A$50,000 Challenge
Dia 1 Começado
A$50,000 Challenge
Dia 1 Começado
Welcome to the PokerNews coverage of the $50,000 Challenge High Roller from the 2020 Aussie Millions, here at Crown Casino in Melbourne.
This is the third of four five- and six-figure buy-in High Roller Challenges that PokerNews will be reporting on, and the excitement levels are building ahead of this one.
Last year, it was 2018 Main Event winner Toby Lewis who defeated Manig Loeser heads-up to top a 62-player field. He took home A$818,054 after a heads-up deal.
Lewis will no doubt be back in the field, fresh off the back of his third Aussie Millions title in three years after winning the Shot Clock Six Max earlier this week for A$148,030.
Year | Winner | Country | First Prize (AUD) | Entries | Total Prize Pool |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | A$176,400 | 6 | A$294,000 |
2018 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | A$116,400 | 4 | A$194,000 |
2019 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | A$818,054 | 62 | A$3,007,000 |
In a change to the previously published structure, today there will be eight sixty-minute levels played, starting from 2:30 p.m. Players will each receive 50,000 in chips, and will have to contend with a 30-second shot clock.
Late registration and re-entries are available until the end of Level 7.
*Level|Small Blind|Big Blind|Ante*
1|100|200|200
2|200|400|400
3|300|600|600
4|400|800|800
5|500|1,000|1,000
6|600|1,200|1,200
7|700|1,400|1,400
8|800|1,600|1,600
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Orpen Kisacikoglu
|
50,000 | |
Luc Greenwood | 50,000 | |
Matthias Eibinger | 50,000 | |
Dan Smith
|
50,000 | |
Michael Addamo
|
50,000 | |
Masato Yokosawa
|
50,000 | |
Stephen Chidwick
|
50,000 | |
Mike Watson
|
50,000 | |
Timothy Adams
|
50,000 | |
Elio Fox
|
50,000 | |
Kahle Burns
|
50,000 | |
Sam Greenwood
|
50,000 |
Timothy Adams opened to 500 from under the gun and got calls from Stephen Chidwick and Mike Watson in the blinds.
The flop was and it checked to Adams who bet 400. Chidwick check-raised to 1,500 and Watson folded.
Adams called and the pair both checked the turn. The river was the . Chidwick checked and Adams bet 4,500. The Brit then check-raised to 16,000 and Adams quickly folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick
|
61,000 | 11,000 |
Mike Watson
|
49,000 | -1,000 |
Timothy Adams
|
43,000 | -7,000 |
A handful of more players have joined the field, bringing the total number of entrants to 20. They include 2018 A$100,000 Challenge winner Michael Lim.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Michael Lim | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Sam Grafton | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Jamie Lee | 50,000 | |
Steven Zhou | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Mikita Badziakouski
|
50,000 |
On a board, Stephen Chidwick checked to Sam Greenwood who bet 10,000 into 14,000.
Chidwick took his time bank all the way down before calling, but mucked when Greenwood showed him .
Meanwhile, Yang Wang and Alex Foxen have joined the table.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sam Greenwood
|
63,000 | 13,000 |
Mike Watson
|
60,000 | 11,000 |
Alex Foxen
|
50,000 | |
Yang Wang | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Quan Zhou | 50,000 | |
Koichi Haruta | 50,000 | |
Juafeng Wang
|
50,000 | |
Aaron van Blarcum
|
50,000 |
Alex Foxen opened from early position and Mike Watson three-bet to 1,800 from the button. Foxen called.
The flop came and Foxen checked. Watson continued for 2,500 and Foxen check-raised to 7,000. Watson called.
The turn was a and Foxen check-called 5,000.
The river was a . Foxen checked and Watson moved all in for around 25,000. Foxen called with and sent Watson and his to the rail.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Alex Foxen
|
85,000 | 35,000 |
Mike Watson
|
Eliminado |
On a flop, both Sam Higgs and Seth Davies committed 2,500 to the pot, and the turn was the .
Higgs check-called 8,500 and the river was the .
Higgs checked again and Davies used a time extension before betting 35,800. Higgs used a time extension of his own before calling.
Davies rolled over for quad threes and Higgs mucked. A short while later he became the second elimination from the tournament.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Seth Davies
|
95,000 | 95,000 |
Sam Higgs
|
Eliminado |