A$25,000 Challenge Day 1 | 2020 Aussie Millions

01-15-2020 18:52 UTC+11

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Seth Davies has re-entered and the following players below have entered with a fresh stack of 50,000 recently.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hun Lee	50,000 50,000	50,000
Chino Rheem	50,000 50,000	50,000

Seth Davies	50,000 2,000	2,000

Rory Young	50,000 50,000	50,000

Jorryt van Hoof	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Seth Davies

Level: 7

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

01-15-2020 18:29 UTC+11

Second Break for the High Rollers

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Level six comes to an end with 104 players out of 138 entries remaining and they have been sent into their second 15-minute break of the day. Once the action recommences, the level duration increases to 60 minutes each and remain that long until a champion has been crowned.

01-15-2020 18:25 UTC+11

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Not long after sitting down on table 30, Farid Jattin has almost tripled up his stack. Also on the rise is Dzmitry Urbanovich while Kevin MacPhee and Kristen Bicknell have re-entered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Jattin	145,000 99,000	99,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	90,000 27,000	27,000

Nathanael Seet	82,000 9,000	9,000
Jack Sinclair	78,000 12,000	12,000

Chin Wei Lim	64,000 3,000	3,000

Joe Hachem	54,000 4,000	4,000

Kristen Bicknell	48,000 48,000	48,000

Kevin MacPhee	39,000 39,000	39,000

Marc Rivera	29,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Farid Jattin Kevin MacPhee Kristen Bicknell

01-15-2020 18:19 UTC+11

Yu and Tsai Eliminated in Back-to-Back Hands

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ting Yi Tsai open-shoved for 22,000 from under the gun and was looked up by Warwick Mirzikinian;

Ting Yi Tsai:
Warwick Mirzikinian:

The board ran out and Tsai was eliminated.

On the very next hand, George Wolff opened and called a shove from Ryan Yu for around 18,000.

George Wolff:
Ryan Yu:

The board came and Yu became the second elimination in as many hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Warwick Mirzikinian	170,000 108,000	108,000
George Wolff	80,000 28,000	28,000

Ting Yi Tsai	Busted
Ryan Yu	Busted

Tags: George Wolff Ryan Yu Ting Yi Tsai Warwick Mirzikinian

01-15-2020 18:15 UTC+11

Kempe Doubles Nishiyama

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Rainer Kempe called a raise to 2,200 by Koray Aldemir and Hiroshi Nishiyama also came along out of the small blind. On a flop of , Nishiyama bet 1,100 and Aldemir made it 6,200 to go. Kempe called and Nishiyama then moved all-in. While Aldemir quickly folded, Kempe asked for a count on the shove.

The all-in was for 55,100 and Kempe made the call after a short period of consideration.

Hiroshi Nishiyama:
Rainer Kempe:

Nishiyama immediately had the checkmark on the turn as he made quads, and the river was meaningless.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hiroshi Nishiyama	115,000 115,000	115,000
Koray Aldemir	54,000 12,000	12,000

Rainer Kempe	16,000 79,000	79,000

Tags: Hiroshi Nishiyama Koray Aldemir Rainer Kempe

01-15-2020 17:59 UTC+11

Weis Busts Yotsushika

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The cards were already on their backs and Kazuhiko Yotsushika on the button was all in with the , as he had spiked an open-ended straight draw on the flop. Oliver Weis in the big blind looked him up with for the top two pair, and the turn and river run out kept Weis in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	110,000 65,000	65,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Oliver Weis

01-15-2020 17:58 UTC+11

Grafton and Sheils Soaring

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Four-handed play at the table of Paul Newey, Richard Sheils, Bart Lybaert and Sam Grafton lasted just one hand before Julien Sitbon joined the table having been moved.

"This is a bad time for you," Grafton said to him. "We were gonna chop the money up. This table is too good."

"I'm happy about this," replied Sitbon. "Let's have some fun!"

In the previous level, the table sent Gautam Dhingra, James Romero and Kristen Bicknell to the rail, and only time will tell if Sitbon is able to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Sheils	110,000 60,000	60,000

Sam Grafton	100,000

Bart Lybaert	66,000 14,000	14,000
Paul Newey	55,000 8,000	8,000
Julien Sitbon	50,000 4,000	4,000

Gautam Dhingra	Busted
Kristen Bicknell	Busted

James Romero	Busted

Tags: Bart Lybaert Gautam Dhingra James Romero Julien Sitbon Kristen Bicknell Paul Newey Richard Sheils Sam Grafton

01-15-2020 17:57 UTC+11

Updated Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Lee	95,000 45,000	45,000

Nick Pupillo	80,000 35,000	35,000

Dan Smith	73,000 7,000	7,000

Jonathan Karamalikis	72,000 4,000	4,000
Alex Foxen	70,000 20,000	20,000

Steve O'Dwyer	68,000 30,000	30,000

Louis Salter	53,000 16,000	16,000
George Wolff	52,000 52,000	52,000

Joe Hachem	50,000

Erik Seidel	50,000

Igor Yaroshevskyy	42,000 50,000	50,000
Jeremy Pekarek	40,000 7,000	7,000

Manig Loeser	20,000 28,000	28,000

Kitty Kuo	7,500 42,500	42,500

Vesko Zmukic	Busted
Timothy Adams	Busted