AU$25,000 Challenge | 2019 Aussie Millions

01-26-2019 19:36 UTC+11

Kuo Folds Flop to Salter; Down to 2 Big Blinds

Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

Jack Salter raised to 23,000 in the hijack and Kitty Kuo deliberated for several minutes before making the call from the big blind.

The flop landed and Kuo checked to Salter who announced he was all in for nearly 800,000.

Kuo folded leaving herself just 27,000, and Salter collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	850,000 75,000	75,000
Kitty Kuo	27,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Jack Salter Kitty Kuo

01-26-2019 19:26 UTC+11

Dhingra Shows the Jack

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Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

Chino Rheem opened to 25,000 in the hijack and Luke Marsh called next to act in the cutoff. Elliot Smith called on the button before Gautam Dhingra three-bet to 120,000 from the small blind.

Rheem, Marsh, and Smith all folded, and Dhingra let Rheem pick one card to be revealed.

Rheem decided upon the furthest card away, and Dhingra flipped it over to reveal the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Gautam Dhingra	1,285,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Elliot Smith Gautam Dhingra Luke Marsh

01-26-2019 19:17 UTC+11

Kempe Clips Sinclair

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Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

On a board of with roughly 190,000 in the middle, Jack Sinclair checked from the small blind over to Rainer Kempe in the big blind.

Kempe bet out 110,000, and after several minutes of deliberation, Sinclair called.

Kempe tabled his , and Sinclair mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	550,000 150,000	150,000

Jack Sinclair	240,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Rainer Kempe Jack Sinclair

01-26-2019 19:08 UTC+11

Table 10 Chip Counts

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Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gautam Dhingra	1,160,000 50,000	50,000
Luke Marsh	544,000 121,000	121,000
Martijn Gerrits	540,000 8,000	8,000
Elliot Smith	430,000 45,000	45,000
Chino Rheem	250,000 128,000	128,000

Jiachen Gong	217,000 43,000	43,000

01-26-2019 19:08 UTC+11

Table 8 Chip Counts

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Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack O'Neill	610,000 150,000	150,000
Guillaume Nolet	477,000 83,000	83,000
Rainer Kempe	400,000 10,000	10,000

Jack Sinclair	390,000 22,000	22,000

Hideki Izutsu	355,000 15,000	15,000
Toby Lewis	190,000 90,000	90,000

01-26-2019 19:08 UTC+11

Table 7 Chip Counts

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Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	775,000 75,000	75,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	700,000 460,000	460,000
Najeem Ajez	450,000 100,000	100,000
Sosia Jiang	300,000 50,000	50,000
Matthew Wantman	94,000 136,000	136,000

Kitty Kuo	77,000 38,000	38,000

01-26-2019 19:07 UTC+11

Play Resumes

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Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

With hand-for-hand still in play, the tournament will remain in the previous level of 5,000-10,000 and a 6,000-big blind ante until at least one more player is eliminated.

01-26-2019 18:49 UTC+11

Break Time

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Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

The players are headed on a 15-minute break.

01-26-2019 18:39 UTC+11

Sinclair Doubles Through Kempe

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Tim Duckworth

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 6,000 ante

Jack Sinclair limped in for 6,000 from the small blind and Rainer Kempe raised to 160,000 from the big blind. Sinclair shoved all in for 203,000, and Kempe called.

Kempe:
Sinclair: