LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge Day 1 | 2014 Aussie Millions

LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge

Day 1 Completed

02-09-2014 20:44 UTC+10

Another Record-Setting Day of the Aussie Millions Complete

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

Day 1 of the 2014 Aussie Millions LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge has come to a close, and it was another record-setting day of action here in beautiful Melbourne, Australia. At the completion of play, a total of 37 entries were generated, setting a new record in this event. Of those, 18 survived to make Day 2 with none other than Erik Seidel leading the way with 944,000 in chips.

Seidel has a nice gap of over 100,000 in chips between him and Tom Dwan in second place with 815,000. From there, Isaac Haxton (800,000), Jason Mercier (767,000), and Yevgeniy Timoshenko (705,000) round out the top five. Timoshenko is currently riding a bit of a hot streak after taking down the $100,000 Challenge in the early hours of the morning for AU$2,000,000.

Much like the $100,000 Challenge event, this event saw several players fire multiple bullets. Igor Kurganov finished the day on 235,000 and entered three times, while Rono Lo bagged up 325,000 and fired two bullets. PokerStars Team Online's Haxton famously fired six bullets in the $100,000 Challenge and busted all of them before coming into this event and firing off two worth AU$250,000 each. He did end up making the second bullet a very successful one by finishing third overall heading into Day 2.

Daniel Negreanu, Philipp Gruissem, and Mike "Timex" McDonald also fired two bullets, but all three of them busted both and did not return for a third time. Registration and reentry will remain open until the start of Day 2 on Monday, so we'll have to wait and see if anyone rocks up for a first, second, or third attempt in this prestigious event.

Speaking of Day 2, the cards will be in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time. The plan is to play down to a winner, and Day 2's levels will be extended to 60 minutes in length. While you wait for Day 2 to roll around, though, be sure to head over to PokerNews' coverage of the Main Event final table. With AU$1,600,000 up top to the winner after a field of 668 runners showed up, it's an exciting event you won't want to miss the conclusion of.

We'll see you right back here tomorrow! Have a good night.

Tags: Erik Seidel

02-09-2014 20:32 UTC+10

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	944,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tom Dwan	815,000 315,000	315,000

Isaac Haxton	800,000 200,000	200,000

Jason Mercier	767,000 -308,000	-308,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	705,000 320,000	320,000

Tony Bloom	623,000 183,000	183,000
Phil Ivey	622,000 72,000	72,000

Christoph Vogelsang	620,000 380,000	380,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	550,000 -330,000	-330,000
Paul Newey	482,000 32,000	32,000
Max Altergott	468,000 -287,000	-287,000
Dan Smith	455,000 -130,000	-130,000

Doug Polk	359,000 39,000	39,000

Rono Lo	325,000 85,000	85,000
Igor Kurganov	235,000 20,000	20,000

Richard Yong	230,000 78,000	78,000
Fabian Quoss	168,000 -82,000	-82,000
Paul Phua	83,000 -217,000	-217,000

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02-09-2014 20:27 UTC+10

Bagging and Tagging

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

The remaining 18 players have completed play for the night and are bagging up their chips. A complete list of chip counts and a recap are to follow.

02-09-2014 20:13 UTC+10

Gruissem Bounced

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

Philipp Gruissem moved all in for 128,000 from the cutoff seat. Dan Smith reraised all in from the small blind, and everyone else folded. When the hands were tabled, it was Smith's dominating Gruissem's .

The flop, turn, and river came , and Gruissem was eliminated.

Tags: Dan Smith Philipp Gruissem

02-09-2014 20:12 UTC+10

Five More Hands

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

The tournament staff has just announced that each table will play out five more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

02-09-2014 20:11 UTC+10

Bloom Doubles Through Yong

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

Tony Bloom moved all in for 213,000 from middle position, and action folded over to Richard Yong on the button. Yong reraised all in, and that folded everyone else out of the pot to leave Bloom's up against Yong's .