2018 Aussie Millions

$100,000 Challenge
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2018 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
104
Prize
931,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
100,000 AUD
Total Entries
19
Level Info
Level
16
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 19
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Higgs Eliminated

Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Sam Higgs
Sam Higgs

Sam Higgs moved all in for 29,000 from middle position. Sam Greenwood just called in the cutoff before Dietrich Fast three-bet to around 400,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Greenwood called.

Dietrich Fast: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Sam Greenwood: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Sam Higgs: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Higgs had live cards, but the flop of {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Diamonds} was all Fast, giving him a flush draw to eliminate both players. The turn {4-Spades} and river {10-Clubs} however failed to complete that draw. Higgs was eliminated, with the other two players chopping it up.

Player Chips Progress
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Dietrich Fast
920,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Sam Greenwood
215,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Sam Higgs
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dietrich FastSam GreenwoodSam Higgs

Toma Enters the Competition

Level 6 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Tsugunari Toma had been watching the action from the rail for some half an hour and opted to join the competition just now. While Toma may be a rather unknown name in the High Roller scene, he just finished 11th in the €10,300 PokerStars Championship High Roller in Prague back in December 2017. With Toma's entry, the field has grown to 10 unique players and the Japanese took the vacated seat of Fedor Holz.

Player Chips Progress
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Tsugunari Toma
250,000
250,000
250,000

Tags: Fedor HolzTsugunari Toma

Level: 6

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Holz Doubles With Quads; Busts After

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz

Hand 1

Fedor Holz moved all in first to act and Sam Higgs went all in over the top from one seat over.

Fedor Holz: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Sam Higgs: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

"That's fair game," Holz said and the board ran out {J-Clubs}{9-Spades}{6-Spades}{Q-Spades}{9-Diamonds} to give the German wonder kid quads in order to double up for 33,000.

Hand 2

Kahle Burns on the button moved all in against the two short stacks Holz in the small blind and Higgs in the big blind. Holz opted to call while Higgs folded.

Fedor Holz: {A-Clubs}{6-Hearts}
Kahle Burns: {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

The board of {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{J-Spades} ensured that the kicker played and Holz was eliminated on his first bullet.

Player Chips Progress
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Kahle Burns
355,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Sam Higgs
40,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Fedor Holz
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
GGPoker

Tags: Fedor HolzKahle BurnsSam Higgs

Burns and Loeser Clash

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Manig Loeser raised to 10,000 from under the gun and Kahle Burns called in the next position. The pair checked the {6-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{k-Hearts} flop and the turn was the {k-Diamonds}.

Loeser bet 11,000 and Burns called. The river was the {j-Diamonds}. Loeser checked to Burns who bet 34,500. Loeser check-raised all in for 183,000.

Burns thought for his decision for several minutes before Sam Greenwood called the clock. Burns and Greenwood exchanged a few words before, unhappily, Burns returned to the tank. The Australian eventually folded.

In the next hand Kahle Burns raised to 10,000 from under the gun and Michael Lim and Manig Loeser defended their small blind and big blind respectively.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Spades}. It checked to Burns who bet 12,000. Loeser was the only caller. The turn was the {k-Clubs} and Loeser check-folded to a bet of 40,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Kahle Burns
295,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Manig Loeser
230,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kahle BurnsManig Loeser

Lim Doubles Through Higgs

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Dietrich Fast raised it up to 10,000 and Michael Lim three-bet to 27,000 with 90,000 behind. Sam Higgs in the big blind inquired about the stack size of Lim before moving all in and that forced out Fast rather quickly. Lim called it off and the cards were tabled.

Michael Lim: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Sam Higgs: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and Lim hit running clubs in order to double and leave Higgs short.

Player Chips Progress
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Dietrich Fast
870,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Michael Lim
249,000
124,000
124,000
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Sam Higgs
76,000
129,000
129,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dietrich FastMichael LimSam Higgs

Holz Gets Short

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Dietrich Fast opened to 8,000 first to act and picked up just one caller in Sam Greenwood out of the big blind. The Canadian checked the {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop and Fast continued for 5,000, but quickly folded to Greenwood's check-raise to 20,000.

Michael Lim limped under the gun, Fedor Holz called in the hijack as did Sam Higgs in the cutoff, while Fast checked his option from the big blind. On the {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop, Holz bet 6,000 and Higgs was the only caller. The {A-Spades} turn went check, check, and Holz check-called a bet of 8,000 by Higgs to muck when shown {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}.

Holz raised to 9,000 with 50,000 behind and Christian Christner reraised to 27,000 in order to force a fold.

Fast won a pot against Manig Loeser on the turn of a board {9-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} turn after a second barrel for 30,000 did the trick.

Last but not least, Higgs opened to 10,000 and was called by Greenwood, Lim and Holz in the big blind. There was no betting action on the {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop and Greenwood's bet of 15,000 on the {10-Clubs} turn won the pot uncontested.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
875,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Kahle Burns
311,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Sam Higgs
205,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Manig Loeser
204,000
36,000
36,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
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Sam Greenwood
200,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Michael Lim
125,000
18,200
18,200
Profile photo of Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
40,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 2X Winner
GGPoker

Tags: Christian ChristnerDietrich FastFedor HolzManig LoeserMichael LimSam GreenwoodSam Higgs

Holz Raise-Folds

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Kahle Burns raised to 7,500 from the cutoff. Fedor Holz three-bet from the button. Sam Higgs folded his small blind and Christian Christner four-bet to 57,500. Burns folded and after some thought Holz did as well.

Player Chips Progress
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Christian Christner
260,000
20,000
20,000
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Fedor Holz
75,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
GGPoker

Tags: Christian ChristnerFedor HolzKahle BurnsSam Higgs

Greenwood and Holz Chop it Up

Level 5 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Christian Christner raised to 7,500. Sam Greenwood called and Fedor Holz called in the big blind.

Holz checked the flop of {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} to Christner who continued for 12,000. Greenwood called before Holz check-raised to 31,000. Christner snap-folded before Greenwood called.

The turn was the {3-Spades} and Holz bet 28,000 with a solitary 25,000-value chip behind. Greenwood raised to 75,000 and Holz called.

Fedor Holz: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Sam Greenwood: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}

Holz just needed to avoid some chop outs, but the river {k-Diamonds} was one of them and the pair chopped it up.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Greenwood
195,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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Fedor Holz
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
GGPoker

Tags: Christian ChristnerFedor HolzSam Greenwood