In a button versus blind situation, short stacked Martin Kozlov got it in with not a whole lot of equity. His 
was dominated by the 
of Antoine Saout. The 
flop left him some outs to improve but he hit none of his cards with the 
on the turn and 
on the river.
Down to 17 players after just 50 minutes of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Stephen Chidwick lost a sizable pot to his neighbor Brandon Adams where he check-called a bet of 85,000 on the river but couldn't beat his opponent's 
on a ace-ten high board.
The next hand, down to about 110,000 or so, Chidwick opened to 10,000. Adams called before small blind Jeff Rossiter squeezed to 45,000. Chidwick moved all in, Adams folded, Rossiter called.
Chidwick tabled 
while Rossiter showed 
. The board ran out 
and Chidwick headed for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Tomas Jozonis and Martin Kozlov got their chips in the middle before the flop with respectively pocket sixes and ace-queen. Kozlov was at risk for his last 41,000 and doubled as he hit a set on the turn to leave Jozonis drawing dead.
Jozonis would receive chips back the next hand and then some, though, as he busted defending champion Chance Kornuth. Kornuth got his short stack in with 
up against the of Jozonis.
The board of 
brought no help for Kornuth and he left for the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
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91,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted | |
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As the great poet DJ Khaled always says; "Another one!"
Greenwood is the last player to bust, he fell at the hands of Manig Loeser. Jeff Rossiter gave us the details.
Greenwood opened for 12,000 from the hijack and small blind Manig Loeser three-bet to 35,000. Greenwood called in position and called a bet on 
with two clubs as well.
The turn was a blank and Loeser shoved. Greenwood had about 63,000 left and called with 
but was trailing Loeser's 
. A blank on the river send Greenwood to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
127,500
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127,500 |
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Busted | |
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Dan Shak got his chips in with 
up against the of his neighbor Mustapha Kanit. The board they shared was 
and Shak said his goodbyes.
At the same time, one table over, Jason Pritchard was all in with 
against the 
of Pratyush Buddiga. The board ran out 
and Pritchard was already wishing the players the best of luck on the turn as he was drawing dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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|
450,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
He got away with it the first time, but his second time all in it was all over for Higgs.
Action folded to Hall on the button who put in enough chips to put both blinds al in. Jason Pritchard folded his small blind but big blind Higgs called.
Cate Hall: 
Sam Higgs:
The board ran out 
and Higgs exited in 24th place. Just before him, Barry Woods had busted one table over so it's just 23 players remaining right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
Sam Higgs shoved the button for 30,000 exactly and both Pratyush Buddiga in the small blind and big blind John Juanda called. Both Buddiga and Juanda checked the board of 
down and it was time for everyone to reveal their cards. It turned out Higgs had only a single out left on the turn as Buddiga showed 
while Juanda tabled . Higgs had 
but with quads on the board with an ace kicker, they divided the pot by three.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Day 2 of the 2017 Aussie Millions $25,000 Challenge gets underway at 2:30 p.m. local time, or in about four hours. Leading the pack is James Chen from Taiwan who turned a 50,000 starting stack into an impressive 621,000 in the 12 levels played on day one. He's followed by former November Niner Antoine Saout (601,000), local hero Jeff Rossiter (582,500), Italian superstar Mustapha Kanit (485,000) and resurrected poker player Brandon Adams (455,500).
Action gets underway with blinds at 2,500/5,000 with a 500-ante. Levels will be one-hour long again, with the tournament playing down to a winner today. With 25 players remaining, the money is in sight as 14 players will earn a minimum of A$63,840. Taking down this whole ordeal will net the champion A$861,840, not bad for two days of work.
PokerNews.com will be on the floor the entire day to bring you live updates and photos from the biggest ever A$25,000 tournament on Australian soil.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | Martin Kozlov | 129,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Nick Petrangelo | 212,000 |
| 7 | 3 | [Removed:17] | 243,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Tomas Jozonis | 62500 |
| 7 | 6 | Chance Kornuth | 93,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Jeff Rossiter | 582,500 |
| 8 | 2 | Oliver Weis | 188,500 |
| 8 | 3 | Sam Greenwood | 197,500 |
| 8 | 4 | Stephen Chidwick | 218,500 |
| 8 | 6 | Manig Loeser | 332,500 |
| 10 | 1 | Cate Hall | 353,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Jason Pritchard | 100,000 |
| 10 | 3 | Sam Higgs | 30,500 |
| 10 | 4 | Pratyush Buddiga | 349,000 |
| 10 | 6 | John Juanda | 307,000 |
| 16 | 2 | Ryan D'Angelo | 245,000 |
| 16 | 3 | Antoine Saout | 601,000 |
| 16 | 4 | Mustapha Kanit | 485,000 |
| 16 | 5 | Brandon Adams | 455,500 |
| 16 | 6 | Barry Woods | 163,000 |
| 17 | 2 | Dan Shak | 98,000 |
| 17 | 3 | Claas Segebrecht | 287,000 |
| 17 | 4 | James Chen | 621,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Rajkumar Ramakrishnan | 185,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Johannes Becker | 156,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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621,000 | |
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601,000 | |
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582,500 | |
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485,000 | |
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455,500 | |
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353,000 | |
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349,000 | |
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332,500 | |
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307,000 | |
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287,000 | |
|
245,000 | |
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243,000 | |
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218,500 | |
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212,000 | |
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197,500 | |
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188,500 | |
|
185,000 | |
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163,000 | |
|
156,500 | |
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129,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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98,000 | |
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93,000 | |
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62,500 | |
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30,500 | |
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$25,000 Challenge
Day 2 Started
