2019 Aussie Millions

AU$25,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
826,465 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
25,000 AUD
Prize Pool
3,624,000 AUD
Entries
151
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
30,000

Day 2: Shuffle Up and Deal

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 3,000 ante

The cards are now in the air for Day 2 of the Event #9: AU$25,000 Challenge.

Levels will be 60 minutes in duration and the money begins at 17 players with the winner crowned in the early hours of Sunday morning most likely.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 3,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika Leads Final 29 Players; Toby Lewis, Jack Sinclair, Chino Rheem Contending

Toby Lewis
Toby Lewis

Welcome back to the 2019 Aussie Millions for Day 2 of Event #9: AU$25,000 Challenge live from Crown Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.

Today the country celebrates Australia Day; a national day off where people come to celebrate the birth of this country back in 1788. For one of the remaining 29 players, today will be the day where they ascend to the top to capture the AU$25,000 Challenge title, an Aussie Millions ring, and the AU$960,360 first prize.

Japan's Kazuhiko Yotsushika bagged the overnight chip lead with 538,500 courtesy of Toby Lewis doubling an opponent up on one of the final hands of play. The defending Aussie Millions Champion in Lewis finished with 487,500 to be slightly ahead of Martijn Gerrits (447,000), Jack Sinclair (432,500), and Andy Lee (414,500) as the only players above 400,000 in chips.

A plethora of notable players fill the remainder of the chip counts with recent PCA Main Event Winner Chino Rheem, German High Roller regulars Rainer Kempe and Koray Aldemir, last year's fourth-place finisher Kitty Kuo, and 2018 GPI Player of the Year Alex Foxen all surviving into Day 2.

Day 2 will see the Event #9: AU$25,000 Challenge winner crowned, but before that is to occur, the money must be reached. 17 players will be guaranteed an AU$63,420 payday, while reaching the final table of six players will see everyone lock up AU$$154,020. Whoever manages to win the biggest AU$25,000 Challenge in Aussie Millions history, they will capture the AU$960,360 first prize and prestigious Aussie Millions ring.

The cards are in the air at 2:30 p.m. (AEDT) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the Event #9: AU$25,000 Challenge action. So stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com to see will be crowned the AU$25,000 Challenge Champion, along with all the updates live from the 2019 Aussie Millions.

Tags: Kazuhiko YotsushikaToby Lewis

Day 2 Seating Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
71Kazuhiko YotsushikaJapan538,500
72Kitty KuoTaiwan287,500
73Robert HeidornGermany155,000
74Jack SalterUnited Kingdom244,000
75Taylor BlackUSA161,000
76-- empty ------
     
81Guillaume NoletCanada97,000
82Hideki IzutsuJapan276,800
83Alex FoxenUSA80,000
84Vishal MainiUnited Kingdom199,500
85Rainer KempeGermany354,000
86Jack O'NeillUnited Kingdom278,500
     
101Chino RheemUSA381,000
102Sorel MizziCanada79,500
103Elliot SmithCanada272,000
104Koray AldemirGermany347,000
105Jack SinclairUnited Kingdom432,500
106Martijn GerritsNetherlands447,000
     
141Daniel Lim 58,500
142Michael ZhangUnited Kingdom137,000
143Toby LewisUnited Kingdom487,500
144Matthew WantmanUSA144,500
145Luke MarshUnited Kingdom312,00
146Andy LeeAustralia414,500
     
171Gautam DhingraAustralia286,000
171Jiachen GongCanada202,000
171Tsugunari TomaJapan97,000
171Vojtech RuzickaCzech Republic206,000
171Sosia JiangNew Zealand252,500
171Najeem AjezAustralia248,000

AU$25,000 Challenge

Day 2 Started