2015 Aussie Millions

$100,000 Challenge
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
1,870,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
98,000 AUD
Entries
70
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

$100,000 Challenge

Day 1 Completed

Jason Mo Leads After Day 1 of the $100,000 Challenge

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Jason Mo
Jason Mo

Day 1 of the 2015 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge has come to a close. After a star-studded starting day that saw 63 entries generated, it was Jason Mo who finished on top with a stack of 637,000 in chips — more than six times what he and everyone else started the day with.

Mo's rise to the top started early when he busted Fabian Quoss in the second level of the day. That gave Mo an early big stack, but the real shot to the top came in the final level of the night when he doubled in a huge way through Jeff Rossiter.

On the hand against Rossiter, Mo was all in preflop with the {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} for 235,200. Rossiter had the {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}, and he wasn't able to come from behind after the board ran out {J-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}. That put Mo with around 475,000 in chips, from which he moved up the ranks even more, including scooping a big one from Doug Polk.

Polk was the final elimination of the night, but he will still have the opportunity to return tomorrow if he would like to. Registration and reentry will remain open until the start of Day 2, and that very well means this field could grow even larger.

Other notable players advancing with healthy stacks were Erik Seidel (493,500), Connor Drinan (403,500), Stephen Chidwick (365,500), Dani Stern (358,500), and Jake Abdalla (357,000).

The cards are scheduled to be in the air at 2:15 p.m. local time on Monday, and the day won't see an end until the final table is reached. Be sure to stay tuned right here to PokerNews for continued coverage of this big buy-in extravaganza, and don't forget to slide over to our reporting from the 2015 Aussie Millions Main Event as well.

Tags: Jason Mo

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jason Mo us
Jason Mo
637,000 57,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
493,500 43,500
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
WSOP 1X Winner
403,500 53,500
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
365,500 140,500
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
358,500 8,500
Jake Abdalla us
Jake Abdalla
357,000 148,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
WSOP 1X Winner
271,000 47,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
WSOP 1X Winner
270,500 -5,500
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
266,500 -153,500
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
260,000 -185,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
249,000 189,000
Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
248,000 56,000
Dong Kim us
Dong Kim
244,000 19,000
Ryan Fee us
Ryan Fee
224,500 124,500
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
182,000 -63,000
Jason Les us
Jason Les
176,000 -4,000
Alex Trevallion au
Alex Trevallion
171,500 16,500
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
167,500 67,500
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
153,500 -23,500
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
123,000 23,000
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
115,500 25,500
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
EPT 1X Winner
111,500 -31,500
Yi Cheng cn
Yi Cheng
107,000 52,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
101,000 31,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
89,500 10,500

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Ivey Takes the Last One

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey

From the cutoff seat, Phil Ivey raised to 7,000. Isaac Haxton called from the big blind, and the flop came down {Q-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. Haxton checked, and Ivey checked.

The turn was the {J-Diamonds}, and both players checked again. Then, the {2-Diamonds} completed the board on the river. Haxton checked, and Ivey bet 10,000. Haxton tank-called, but he couldn't beat the {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} that Ivey turned over.

Tags: Phil IveyIsaac Haxton

Trevallion Doubles Through Kurganov

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Alex Trevallion was all in and at risk with the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} for 75,500 against the {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} for Igor Kurganov. The {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} flop gave Trevallion the lead, and he was able to hold up from there with the turn and river landing with the {7-Clubs} and {10-Clubs}, respectively. Kurganov was left with just about 177,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
177,000 -65,000
Alex Trevallion au
Alex Trevallion
155,000 55,000

Tags: Alex TrevallionIgor Kurganov