2020 Aussie Millions
Yesterday's A$25,000 Challenge winner Farid Jattin had lost a large pot against Matthias Eibinger, and then three-bet all in for 15,000 against the same opponent.
Eibinger thought for a short while before calling.
"Aces?" asked Jattin, turning over ![]()
. He was ahead of Eibinger's ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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giving both players a chop, with an incredulous Jattin remaining short with around twenty big blinds.
Action was on a ![]()
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board with 24,000 chips in the middle. Steven Zhou checked and Steve O'Dwyer moved all in for 32,900.
Zhou tanked and eventually called. O'Dwyer tabled ![]()
for jacks full of tens, with Zhou flashing the
before mucking his hand.
Erik Seidel opened and Juafeng Wang called in the big blind.
Wang checked the ![]()
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flop and Seidel continued for 2,000. Wang check-raised to 4,800 and Seidel called.
The turn was the
. Wang bet 6,100 and Seidel called.
The pair checked the
river and Wang showed ![]()
for a pair of sixes. Seidel mucked and Wang took down the pot.
Level: 4
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Yang Wang was left short after doubling Sam Grafton up. He got his last 6,000 chips in with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Sergio Aido.
He was getting to his feet when the ![]()
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board ran came, and the board bricked sending Wang to the rail as the latest elimination from the $50,000 Challenge.
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board Mikita Badziakouski checked and Steven Zhou bet 2,600. Badziakouski check-raised to 6,000 and Zhou called.
Badziakouski bet 12,000 on the
turn and Zhou called.
The pair checked the
river and Badziakouski showed ![]()
for a pair of threes. Zhou held ![]()
for a pair of fours and took down the pot.
Meanwhile, Koichi Haruta was facing an all in bet from Alex Foxen for his last 40,000 chips on a ![]()
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board. Haruta used all three of his time extensions before folding, with Foxen closing in on 100,000 in chips.
Tournament officials announced before the start of play that there would be eight levels of play on Day 1 of the A$50,000 Challenge.
Late registration will remain open for seven levels, with unlimited re-entry during this time.