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

02-09-2014 13:45 UTC+10

A Little Late

donpeters

The tournament staff has just announced the table draw for the 2014 Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge is being completed and the players have a five-minute call to start time.

02-09-2014 12:51 UTC+10

One More Big, Bad, Massive Buy-In Event To Go: the $250,000 Challenge!

donpeters

This is it, folks. The biggest buy-in tournament outside of the World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop is upon us yet again with the kickoff of the 2014 Aussie Millions LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge. With already 24 names confirmed for the event, plus the addition of Yevgeniy Timoshenko after his win in the $100,000 Challenge last night, this is expected to be a massive day of high-stakes poker action.

Last year, Brit Sam Trickett took down the title and the AU$2,000,000 top prize after he bested a field of 18 entries to earn the title. The top four spots were paid out, and Trickett had to defeat quite the tough trio of players in Tobias Reinkemeier (2nd - AU$1,250,000), Fabian Quoss (3rd - AU$750,000), and Igor Kurganov (4th - AU$500,00) to come out on top.

While it doesn't look sharp for Trickett to return to Melbourne to defend his title, there will still be plenty of marquee players in the field including Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Dan Smith, Richard Yong, Antonio Esfandiari, and Erik Seidel.

Play for the $250,000 Challenge will begin at 2:30 p.m. local time, so be sure to stay tuned right here to PokerNews for all of the live coverage straight from the tournament floor. Day 1 will last nine levels, with each being 40 minutes in length, and players begin with 250,000 in chips.

Don't forget, the final table of the Aussie Millions Main Event will also be going on today, and that coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. You can read those updates by clicking here.

LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge

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