The numbers are in! The 2013 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge officially drew 21 players, and only Andrew Robl reentered. That means there was a total of 22 entries, which created a prize pool of AU$2.167 million that will be distributed to the top four players as follows:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | AU$1,000,000 |
| 2nd | AU$610,000 |
| 3rd | AU$320,000 |
| 4th | AU$237,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
626,000 | 26,000 |
|
305,000 | -7,000 |
|
260,000 | |
|
220,000 | 40,000 |
|
185,000 | 38,000 |
|
175,000 | 75,000 |
|
170,000 | 108,600 |
|
105,000 | -32,000 |
|
85,000 | -19,000 |
|
54,000 | -53,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Sam Trickett was all in preflop with the 
against the 
for Dan Shak.
The flop came down 
and took away one out for Trickett as Shak added a flush draw. The turn was the 
and river the 
. Shak's kings held up, and he sent Trickett out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
312,000 | 148,000 |
|
Busted |
On the last hand before the break, action folded to Andrew Robl in the small blind, and he raised to 10,000. Tobias Reinkemeier made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down 
. Robl bet 10,000, and Reinkemeier called.
The turn was the 
, and Robl checked. Reinkemeier bet 19,000, and Robl tank-called.
On the 
river that paired the board, Robl checked, and Reinkemeier bet all in for around 100,000. After several long minutes in the tank, Robl folded, and Reinkemeier won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | -105,000 |
|
|
147,000 | 86,000 |
Players are now on another 15-minute break.
Things have been going right for Masa Kagawa ever since he doubled through Dan Shak earlier today. Now Kagawa is the big stack in the room thanks to a monster pot against Martin Finger.
It happened when there was around 60,000 in the pot and a flop of 
. Kagawa had checked from under the gun, Finger bet 16,000 from the button, and Kagawa made the call before checking the 
turn. Martin then moved all in for 80,000 and Kagawa snap-called. Finger sheepishly turned over 
and he was in big trouble against Kagawa's 
; in fact, Kagawa needed either a non-heart ten or king on the river to keep his tournament hopes alive. The dealer burned one more time and put out the 
. Kagawa improved to a flush to send Finger to the rail, which also vaulted him up to 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 170,000 |
|
Busted |
While we were writing Tony Bloom's bust, Eric Liu was eliminated at Table 10. We didn't catch the hand, but we were able to piece together a few details. We know that Liu held 
and was up against the 
of Chris "Genius28" Lee. It seemed as if the money went in preflop, but whatever the case, the 
board gave Lee quads and the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
We caught the action with around 30,000 in the pot and a board reading 
. Philipp Gruissem had bet 12,000 from the small blind, Masa Kagawa raised to 46,000 from the big, and Tony Bloom three-bet all in for roughly 152,000 from middle position. Gruissem got out of the way and Masa quickly called with 
, which was out in front of Bloom's .
Even though Kagawa held two pair, Bloom had counterfeit outs. The 
turn added to those outs, but the river missed him. With that, the two-time $100,000 Challenge runner-up was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000 | 176,000 |
|
Busted |
Tony Bloom raised to 9,200 from the cutoff seat, and Jason Mercier moved all in for 28,800 on the button. In the big blind, Martin Finger reraised the pot, then Bloom folded.
"Do you have a pair?" asked Mercier, to which Finger shook his head no.
Finger tabled the 
, and Mercier showed the .
"That's about as good as I could've hoped for when you shook your head no," commented Mercier.
The flop came down 
and paired both players. The turn was the to put Mericer in front, but the landed on the river and put Finger back in front. He won the pot, and Mercier was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000 | 41,000 |
|
Busted |
