$25,000 Challenge
Day 1 Started
2013 Aussie Millions
$25,000 Challenge
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
25,000 AUD
Prize Pool
723,000 AUD
Entries
30
Level
17
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
The Final Big Tournament!
With the Main Event ending today, the $250,000 Challenge yesterday and the $100,000 event last week it's almost hard to power up for another big one. Yet there are certainly going to be players who will take this opportunity to bring home another big title. Last year this event drew a crowd of 20 creating a AU$500,000 prize pool. Here's the payouts from last year's event.
| Name | Prize in AUD |
|---|---|
| Dominykas Karmazinas | $200,000 |
| Elliot Smith | $140,000 |
| J.C. Tran | $95,000 |
| Dan Kelly | $65,000 |
This event is going to start at 2:15 PM local time and we will be here all throughout the day to bring you all the live updates!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The Players So Far
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
Table Draw
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Seat | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Rossiter |
| 2 | Antonio Esfandiari |
| 3 | Jason Mo |
| 4 | Edward Kim |
| 1 | Vanessa Selbst |
| 2 | Mike Watson |
| 3 | Mark Teltscher |
| 5 | Andreas Eiler |
| 4 | Daniel Neilson |
Small Pot For Esfandiari
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The flop read 
when Jason Mo check-called a 725-chip bet. The turn brought the 
and Mo folded when Antonio Esfandiari fired out 1,150. Esfandiari takes one of the first pots of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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51,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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49,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
Big Bet, Quick Call
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The flop read 
when Edward Kim fired out 1,100 and Jeff Rossiter called quickly. On the turn the hit and Kim bet 1,500, Rossiter called quickly again.
On the river the 
showed up and Kim threw out a big bet worth 7,000. Rossiter called quickly and mucked when Kim showed his 
for a flopped straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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56,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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44,000
-6,000
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-6,000 |
Andreas Eiler Joins The Game
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Andreas Eiler just sat down in between Mark Teltscher and Daniel Neilson bumping the player total up to nine. Eiler has had his share of results in live tournaments, his biggest was winning the €25,000 High Roller in Prague last May. Eiler won €204,000 by beating a field of 17 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 |
Four Hours of Late Registration
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
There are plenty of players lingering around in the tournament area, none of which have taken a seat so far in the $25,000 Challenge. Late registration is open for four hours and we might see many more enter. Jake Balsiger, Sam Holden, Elliot Smith and Neil Channing are among the players that have been checking out the scene so far.
Enter Karamalikis
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The third Australian player has joined the fun here in the $25,000 Challenge and it's none other than Jonathan Karamalikis. Karamalikis sat down to the left of Antonio Esfandiari and bumped the player field up to ten players.
The man from Adelaide had some recent succes in November 2012 when he won the High Roller event in Macau for $478,292. Today he's up for another challenge against a field similar to that he beat a few months ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 |