AU$50,000 Challenge Day 2 | 2019 Aussie Millions

01-28-2019 09:02 UTC+10

Day 2 Seating Draw

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Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	-- empty --	--	--
2	Chin Wei Lim	Malaysia	95,600
3	-- empty --	--	--
4	Toby Lewis	United Kingdom	109,200
5	Rory Young	Australia	20,000
6	Julien Martini	France	69,200
7	Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Japan	79,300
8	-- empty --	--	--

1	Michael Addamo	Australia	61,600
2	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	102,500
3	-- empty --	--	--
4	-- empty --	--	--
5	Tsugunari Toma	Japan	98,000
6	Kahle Burns	Australia	242,300
7	Manig Loeser	Germany	66,200
8	Jack Salter	United Kingdom	29,900

1	Rainer Kempe	Germany	106,300
2	Jack Sinclair	United Kingdom	33,800
3	Jessica Ngu	Australia	44,200
4	-- empty --	--	--
5	Alex Foxen	United States	139,900
6	-- empty --	--	--
7	Thomas Muehloecker	Austria	108,300
8	Yingui Li	China	24,100

1	-- empty --	--	--
2	Michael Lim	Australia	62,300
3	Maria Ho	United States	59,300
4	Huang Shan	China	19,700
5	Hideki Izutsu	Japan	128,900
6	-- empty --	--
7	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	65,000
8	Michael Soyza	Malaysia	88,300

01-28-2019 09:11 UTC+10

Day 2 of AU$50,000 Challenge is Here with Kahle Burns Leading 23 Survivors

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Welcome back to the 2019 Aussie Millions for Day 2 of the Event #12: AU$50,000 Challenge from Crown Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.

Sunday saw a total of 37 entrants take to the felt throughout the shortened day of play, and with the registration and re-entry period still open for another two-and-a-half levels, the field size is expected to continue to grow. Chino Rheem has already expressed that he'll be entering for the third time at some point today, while Bryn Kenney is another player expected to fire again. With a prize pool sitting just shy of AU$1.8 million, there is no doubt that players that are eliminated in the early part of today will be tempted to fire again.

With play ending short of the expected end time, just 23 players bagged chips. Melbourne's Kahle Burns went on an impressive heater in the middle stages of the day and held on to end with the chip lead as he finished with an impressive 242,300 in chips. Alex Foxen (139,900), Hideki Izutsu (128,900), and Toby Lewis (109,200) are his closest rivals, but with a deep structure still in play, Burns is far from being a sure thing at this early stage. Other notables also surviving into Day 2 include AU$25,000 Challenge winner Rainer Kempe, Dominik Nitsche, Michael Addamo, Maria Ho, Jack Sinclair, Jack Salter, and Rory Young.

Due to the parameters of the tournament being altered, here is how Day 2 will play out.

There will be no overnight re-draw, instead a re-draw will occur after level six - the intended Day 1 ending. After this redraw, players will have their time extension buttons reset to two, and after one more level is complete, registration will be closed at the end of level seven; approximately 4 p.m. (AEDT). Players still have unlimited re-entries in the AU$50,000 Challenge.

The cards are in the air for Day 2 at 1:10 p.m. (AEDT) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the Event #12: AU$50,000 Challenge action. So stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com for all the AU$50,000 Challenge action, along with all the updates live from the 2019 Aussie Millions.

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01-28-2019 14:38 UTC+10

Yotsushika Eliminated by Izutsu

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Level 7 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

Kazuhiko Yotsushika moved all in for 25,200 from the hijack before the decision fell to Hideki Izutsu in the small blind. He shoved all in over the top which forced a fold from Michael Lim in the big blind.

Hideki Izutsu:
Kazuhiko Yotsushika:

The board ran out to see Yotsushika unable to improve before being sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hideki Izutsu	325,000 27,000	27,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

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01-28-2019 14:39 UTC+10

Lim Eliminated by Izutsu

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Level 7 : 700/1,400, 1,400 ante

Tsugunari Toma raised to 3,400 from the cutoff and Hideki Izutsu three-bet to 10,000 on the button. Michael Lim shoved all in from the small blind for 30,500, and after Toma folded, Izutsu called.

Izutsu:
Lim:

The dealer ran out a board and Lim was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hideki Izutsu	360,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Lim	Busted

01-28-2019 15:42 UTC+10

Prize Pool Announced; AU$971,850 for the Winner

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Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The AU$50,000 Challenge prize pool has been announced with the 62-entrant field creating a AU$3,007,000 prize pool that will pay the final seven players.

Place	Prize (AUD)	Prize (USD)
1st	$971,850	$699,732
2nd	$618,450	$445,284
3rd	$412,300	$296,856
4th	$323,950	$233,244
5th	$235,600	$169,632
6th	$206,150	$148,428
7th	$176,700	$127,224

01-28-2019 15:57 UTC+10

Shan Eliminated by Becker

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Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Huang Shan raised to 3,700 from under the gun, and Michael Addamo three-bet to 5,800 in the hijack. From the button, Johannes Becker four-bet to 15,000.

Shan committed his last 800 in chips, and Addamo folded.

Shan:
Becker:

The board ran out and Shan was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Addamo	80,000 21,000	21,000

Johannes Becker	73,000 13,000	13,000

Huang Shan	Busted

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01-28-2019 16:21 UTC+10

Higgs Eliminated by Muehloecker

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Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Thomas Muehloecker raised to 3,500 from under the gun and Tobias Ziegler called in the hijack. From the small blind, Sam Higgs moved all in for 18,000 and Muehloecker called as Ziegler folded.

Muehloecker:
Higgs:

The board ran out and Higgs was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	185,000 -8,000	-8,000
Sam Higgs	Busted

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01-28-2019 17:02 UTC+10

Izutsu Takes Chip Lead, Burns Uses All His Time

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Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Dominik Nitsche opened to 4,500 from the cutoff and Kahle Burns called on the button, as did Michael Soyza in the small blind.

From the big blind, Hideki Izutsu three-bet to 30,000, and after Nitsche folded, Burns called and Soyza mucked.

The flop landed and Izutsu checked over to Burns who bet 23,500. Izutsu quickly check-raised to 50,000 and Burns called as the landed on the turn.

Izutsu looked at the dealer and announced he was all in.

Burns instantly asked for a count, and once the dealer broke it down, Izutsu's all-in bet was for 208,600 total.

Burns began to deliberate, and as his initial 30 seconds was set to expire, he flicked in a time extension button.

As that additional minute counted down to expiry, he tossed in his final time extension button.

"Five, four, three, two," counted down the dealer before Burns folded.

Izutsu dragged in the pot and claimed the chip lead off Burns.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hideki Izutsu	379,600 107,600	107,600
Kahle Burns	349,200 -45,800	-45,800

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Hideki Izutsu Kahle Burns Michael Soyza

01-28-2019 17:26 UTC+10

Ho Eliminated by Loeser

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Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Maria Ho opened in middle position to 4,100 and Manig Loeser called from the big blind.

The flop landed and Loeser checked over to Ho who continued for 4,500. Loeser used his full extension of time and then check-raised to 50,000. Ho quickly called all in for 38,600 total and the cards were tabled.

Ho:
Loeser:

Ho was ahead with her top pair, but Loeser had outs to clubs or a jack.

The turn landed the to now give Loeser additional outs to a seven, and when the river landed the , Ho would be eliminated by Loeser's flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	180,000 47,000	47,000

Maria Ho	Busted

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01-28-2019 18:03 UTC+10

Foxen Eliminated by Muehloecker

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Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante

From middle position, Alex Foxen shoved all in for 35,100, and when the action folded to Thomas Muehloecker in the small blind, he raised to 76,200 as Sosia Jiang folded her big blind.

Foxen:
Muehloecker:

The dealer ran out a board and Foxen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	257,000 62,000	62,000
Alex Foxen	Busted

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