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

02-01-2019 16:50 UTC+10

Muehloecker Eliminated by Passet

Tim Duckworth

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

Abraham Passet raised to 8,000 on the button and Julien Martini called in the small blind before Thomas Muehloecker shoved all in from the big blind for 103,500. Passet called, and Martini folded.

Muehloecker:
Passet:

The board ran out and Muehloecker was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	374,000 43,000	43,000

Abraham Passet	288,000 74,000	74,000
Thomas Muehloecker	Busted

Tags: Abraham Passet Julien Martini Thomas Muehloecker

02-01-2019 16:48 UTC+10

Yotsushika Pressures Gu

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

Michael Gu raised to 12,000 from under the gun before Kazuhiko Yotsushika re-raised to 30,000 from the hijack. Gu called.

The flop came and Gu bet 9,000. Yotsushika paused for a moment before raising to 28,000. Gu mucked shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	260,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Gu	230,000 26,500	26,500

Tags: Michael Gu Kazuhiko Yotsushika

02-01-2019 16:45 UTC+10

Toma Clips Kanit

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Tim Duckworth

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

Tsugunari Toma opened to 9,000 in the hijack and Mustapha Kanit three-bet the button to 27,000.

Action folded back to Toma, and he called as the flop landed and both players checked.

The turn fell the and both players checked again.

The river landed the and Toma bet out 22,000 and Kanit called.

Toma tabled his and Kanit mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsugunari Toma	660,000 93,000	93,000
Mustapha Kanit	261,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Mustapha Kanit Tsugunari Toma

02-01-2019 16:42 UTC+10

Michael Zhang Re-Enters

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

Michael Zhang has re-entered the tournament shortly after his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Zhang	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Michael Zhang

Level: 5

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

02-01-2019 16:40 UTC+10

Zhang Eliminated by Becker

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

Takashi Ogura raised to 7,000 from the button before Michael Zhang moved all in for 78,500 from the small blind. Johannes Becker was in the big blind and glanced over at his opponents stacks before moving all in over the top. Ogura snap-mucked.

Johannes Becker:
Michael Zhang:

The board ran out to see Becker take down the pot using his superior kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Becker	292,000 91,500	91,500

Michael Zhang	Busted

Tags: Takashi Ogura Michael Zhang Johannes Becker

02-01-2019 16:39 UTC+10

Aldemir Bets Out Kanit on River

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Tim Duckworth

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

Action folded to Koray Aldemir in the small blind, and he limped in for 3,000. Mustapha Kanit checked the big blind, and the flop ladned and both players checked.

The turn landed the and Aldemir bet out 6,000 and Kanit called.

The river fell the and Aldemir bet 32,000 and Kanit folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	308,000 58,000	58,000

Koray Aldemir	162,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Koray Aldemir Mustapha Kanit

02-01-2019 16:25 UTC+10

Yotsushika Arrives; Seated on Table 8

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Tim Duckworth

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	250,000

02-01-2019 16:23 UTC+10

Burns Eliminated by Kempe

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Tim Duckworth

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

Kahle Burns was all in from the small blind for 68,500 against Rainer Kempe in the cutoff.

Kempe:
Burns:

In a classic race situation, the flop failed to connect for Burns apart from leaving him with runner-runner flush and straight outs.

The on the turn left Burns drawing to one of the final jacks in the deck, and when the fell on the river, he was eliminated from the AU$100,000 Challenge.