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 |
Yingui Li raised to 3,500 from middle position before Mustapha Kanit re-raised to 10,000 from the hijack. Tobias Ziegler then moved all in from the big blind and had both opponents covered. Li instantly mucked. Kanit called for around 55,000 and was at risk.
Tobias Ziegler: 
Mustapha Kanit: 
The board ran out 
to see Kanit unable to improve against the pocket pair before being sent to the rail.
Kahle Burns raised from the cutoff before Hideki Izutsu re-raised from the small blind. Burns then bumped it up to 29,000. Izutsu called.
The flop came 
and Izutsu checked. Burns continued for 20,000. Izutsu snap-called.
The 
dropped on the turn and Izutsu checked once again. Burns immediately reached for his chips and cut out a bet totalling 78,000. Izutsu instantly folded and gave up on the hand.
With play now ticking into level 8, registration is officially closed and prize pool information will be made available shortly.
Level: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Tsugunari Toma raised to 3,500 in the hijack and Hideki Izutsu called in the cutoff. From the button, Sam Higgs shoved all in for 28,900. Toma folded, and Izutsu called.
Izutsu: 
Higgs: 
The board ran out 
and Higgs doubled through.
On a flop of 
Mustapha Kanit and Jack Salter checked from the blinds before Alex Foxen bet 4,500 from the cutoff. Kanit called. Salter folded.
Both players checked the 
turn before the completed the board.
Kanit checked. Foxen took his glaze from Kanit to the board before betting out 16,800. Kanit thought for a moment and called.
Foxen then revealed his 
for two pair and took down the pot after Kanit mucked his hand.
On a flop of 
with roughly 10,000 in the middle, Cary Katz was all in from the button for 8,100. Koray Aldemir called from the big blind, and Thomas Muehloecker folded.
Katz: 
Aldemir: 
The turn and river landed the and and Katz secured the double.
Michael Addamo raised to 2,800 from under the gun and was called by Aymon Hata in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Hata checked. Addamo fired out 2,600. Hata called.
Both players checked the 
on the turn before the completed the board.
Hata reached for his chips and splashed out 9,000. Addamo waited until the last second of his 30-second countdown before announcing all in which had Hata covered. Hata instantly mucked as he relinquished the pot.
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