$250,000 Challenge Day 1 | 2013 Aussie Millions

02-01-2013 00:57 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Phua	650,000 -140,000	-140,000

Fabian Quoss	600,000
Andrew Robl	560,000 120,000	120,000
Richard Yong	520,000 122,000	122,000
Winfred Yu	430,000 10,000	10,000
Erik Seidel	425,000 15,000	15,000

Sam Trickett	380,000 -25,000	-25,000
Igor Kurganov	315,000 40,000	40,000

Tony Bloom	255,000 -77,000	-77,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	235,000 -80,000	-80,000

Kurganov Busts Bloom Again

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

And this time there's no coming back for Tony Bloom. Bloom just moved all in for 258,000 chips from the cutoff and Igor Kurganov made the call from the small blind.

Kurganov:
Bloom:

The board ran out and Bloom was knocked out. Just nine players remain, one more elimination and the field will be combined at one table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	570,000 255,000	255,000

Tony Bloom	Busted

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02-01-2013 01:10 UTC+10

Check-Raise from Yu

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Level 9 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Winfred Yu checked the flop before Igor Kurganov fired a bet of 27,000. Yu check-raised to 125,000 and won the pot.

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02-01-2013 01:12 UTC+10

Shove from Trickett

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Level 9 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

From the cutoff seat, Sam Trickett raised to 32,000. Richard Yong called from the small blind, then Erik Seidel reraised to 90,000 from the big blind. Trickett moved all in for about 450,000, which knocked Yong and Seidel out of the way to give him the pot.

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02-01-2013 01:14 UTC+10

Robl Shoves Flop

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Level 9 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Andrew Robl made it 32,000 to go on the button, Winfred Yu called from the small blind, and Igor Kurganov called from the big blind.

On the flop, Yu and Kurganov checked. Robl bet 35,000, and Yu folded. Kurganov check-raised to 96,000, and Robl went into the tank. Eventually, he reraised all in for about 300,000. Kurganov quickly folded.

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02-01-2013 01:14 UTC+10

Break

donpeters

Level 9 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 10

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

02-01-2013 01:37 UTC+10

Reinkemeier Doubles Through Kurganov

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Level 10 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Igor Kurganov just raised after which his good friend and opponent Tobias Reinkemeier moved all in. Reinkemeier's shove was for a total of 251,000 and Kurganov ended up making the call.

Kurganov:
Reinkemeier:

The board ran out and Reinkemeier's jacks held up.

"I hate you Tobi," Kurganov said with a smile.

"Hey, you are the one who made the call," Reinkemeier needled his friend who's now the short stack in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Reinkemeier	505,000 270,000	270,000
Igor Kurganov	190,000 -380,000	-380,000

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02-01-2013 01:49 UTC+10

Kurganov Doubles Back Up

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Level 10 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Winfred Yu raised to 45,000 from the small blind and Igor Kurganov moved all in from the big. Kurganov's shove was for 229,000 and Yu made the call.

Yu:
Kurganov:

The board ran out and Kurganov doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	470,000 280,000	280,000

Winfred Yu	320,000 -110,000	-110,000

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02-01-2013 01:56 UTC+10

Big Double for Kurganov Leaves Robl Short

donpeters

Level 10 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Andrew Robl raised to 40,000 from under the gun, and action folded to Igor Kurganov in the small blind. He put out all of his green T25,000 chips for a reraise to 310,000. Robl moved all in, and Kurganov called.

Kurganov was at risk for 431,000 with the . Robl held the and pleaded, "No ace, no ace."

The dealer flopped the and there was no ace, but Kurganov did pick up a straight draw.

The turn delivered that Broadway straight when the fell, and the river failed to pair the board with the .

Kurganov won the pot with a big double to the chip lead, while Robl was left with just 45,000 in chips — 20,000 of which was to be in the big blind on the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	890,000 420,000	420,000

Andrew Robl	45,000 -515,000	-515,000

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