AU$100,000 Challenge Day 1 | 2019 Aussie Millions

02-01-2019 15:21 UTC+10

Foxen Welcomes Ziegler to the Table

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Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In his first hand at the table, Tobias Ziegler saw a flop of and checked from the big blind. Alex Foxen was also in the hand and checked behind from the cutoff.

The turn brought the and Ziegler checked once again. Foxen tossed out 10,000. Ziegler mucked almost instantly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	625,000 37,000	37,000

Tobias Ziegler	243,500 -6,500	-6,500

Tags: Tobias Ziegler Alex Foxen

02-01-2019 15:27 UTC+10

Aces-Up for Foxen

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Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alex Foxen opened to 4,500 from the hijack and Michael Soyza called in the cutoff. Kahle Burns three-bet the big blind to 23,500 and both Foxen and Soyza called.

The flop landed and Burns checked to Foxen who bet 21,500. Soyza folded, but Burns called before the checked through on the turn.

The river landed the , and Burns checked once more. Foxen bet out 83,500, and Burns called.

Foxen tabled his for aces-up, and Burns mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	728,000 103,000	103,000

Kahle Burns	59,600 -149,200	-149,200

Tags: Alex Foxen Kahle Burns Michael Soyza

02-01-2019 15:31 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	250,000 250,000	250,000

Loeser Wins Some Back Against Chen

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Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Takashi Ogura raised to 5,000 from under the gun plus one and was called by Tao Chen on the button as well as Manig Loeser in the big blind.

The flop came and Loeser and Ogura checked. Chen bet 7,000. Loeser called. Ogura snap-mucked.

Both players then checked the on the turn followed by the on the river.

Loeser talbed his and took down the pot with a higher two pair after Chen had revealed his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Tao Chen	328,400 144,400	144,400
Manig Loeser	145,000 -135,000	-135,000

Tags: Takashi Ogura Manig Loeser

02-01-2019 15:40 UTC+10

Nitsche Makes Gu Pay

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Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Dominik Nitsche raised to 4,500 from under the gun and was called by Michael Gu in the hijack as well as Huang Shan in the big blind.

All three players checked the flop followed by the on the turn.

The completed the board and Shan and Nitsche checked. Gu instantly tossed out 5,500. Shan snap-mucked. Nitsche thought for a minute then raised to 35,000. Gu snap-called.

Nitsche then tabled his for a flopped full house and took down the pot after Gu mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	335,000 95,500	95,500

Michael Gu	195,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Michael Gu

02-01-2019 15:41 UTC+10

Break Time

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Level 3 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The remaining players are headed on a 15-minute break.

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

02-01-2019 15:58 UTC+10

Play Resumes

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Level 4 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The cards are back in the air.

The players and tournament staff have agreed to implement a 30-second shot clock with four (4) 60-second time extension chips for each player.

02-01-2019 15:59 UTC+10

Updated Chip Counts and Seating Draw

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Level 4 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
7	1	Kristen Bicknell	Canada	249,000	83
7	2	Manig Loeser	Germany	160,000	53
7	3	Cary Katz	United States	230,500	77
7	4	Takashi Ogura	Japan	250,000	83
7	5	Michael Zhang	United Kingdom	223,000	74
7	6	Johannes Becker	Germany	200,500	67
7	7	Andras Nemeth	Hungary	208,000	69
7	8	Tao Chen	China	330,000	110

8	1	Tobias Ziegler	Germany	237,500	79
8	2	Kahle Burns	Australia	71,000	24
8	3	Huang Shan	China	242,000	81
8	4	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	335,000	112
8	5	Alex Foxen	United States	667,000	222
8	6	Michael Soyza	Malaysia	291,500	97
8	7	Michael Gu	Australia	256,500	86
8	8	Rainer Kempe	Germany	260,000	87

10	1	Koray Aldemir	Germany	188,000	63
10	2	-- empty --	--	--	--
10	3	Toby Lewis	United Kingdom	95,000	32
10	4	Abraham Passet	Germany	214,000	71
10	5	Julien Martini	France	417,000	139
10	6	Thomas Muehloecker	Austria	188,500	63
10	7	Aymon Hata	Germany	110,000	37
10	8	Tsugunari Toma	Japan	567,000	189

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	667,000 -61,000	-61,000

Tsugunari Toma	567,000 317,000	317,000

Julien Martini	417,000 194,100	194,100

Dominik Nitsche	335,000

Tao Chen	330,000 1,600	1,600
Michael Soyza	291,500 41,400	41,400

Rainer Kempe	260,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Gu	256,500 61,500	61,500
Takashi Ogura	250,000 -7,600	-7,600
Kristen Bicknell	249,000 -12,700	-12,700

Huang Shan	242,000 -24,300	-24,300
Tobias Ziegler	237,500 -6,000	-6,000
Cary Katz	230,500 -9,500	-9,500

Michael Zhang	223,000 -9,300	-9,300
Abraham Passet	214,000 -14,100	-14,100
Andras Nemeth	208,000 -27,000	-27,000
Johannes Becker	200,500 -49,500	-49,500

Thomas Muehloecker	188,500 -200,500	-200,500
Koray Aldemir	188,000 -34,000	-34,000

Manig Loeser	160,000 15,000	15,000

Aymon Hata	110,000 -65,000	-65,000
Toby Lewis	95,000 -138,500	-138,500

Kahle Burns	71,000 11,400	11,400

02-01-2019 16:04 UTC+10

Ziegler Pressures Kempe

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Level 4 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Michael Gu limped into the from middle position and was followed by Rainer Kempe in the next seat over. Tobias Ziegler then raised to 12,500 from the hijack. Dominik Nitsche called from the small blind. Both Gu and Kempe called as well.

All four players checked the flop before the dropped on the turn.