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2019 Aussie Millions

AU$100,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
1,481,760 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
100,000 AUD
Prize Pool
4,116,000 AUD
Entries
42
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Cary Katz Leads 14 Survivors into Day 2 of AU$100,000 Challenge

Cary Katz
Cary Katz

Welcome back to the 2019 Aussie Millions for Day 2 of Event #20: AU$100,000 Challenge from Crown Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.

Friday saw a total of 33 entrants take to the field to contest the biggest buy-in tournament of the series, and with everyone seeing the field size grow throughout the day, many players fired multiple entries to try and grab that slice of Aussie Millions glory.

Registration remains open for the first level of play (ending at approximately 1:10 p.m.), and with the Main Event down to the final table of seven players and taking a day off, a couple players that manufactured deep runs such as Jack Salter and Michael Addamo may consider jumping in this tournament. A near-lock to enter was Bryn Kenney, but with him reaching the Aussie Millions final table, he may opt for the day off instead of taking a potentially long day on the felt here in the AU$100,000 Challenge.

With the field having one more hour to grow, there is a chance for this year's installment to creep up the leaderboard for biggest ever Aussie Millions AU$100,000 Challenge events.

YearEntriesPrize PoolWinnerCountryPrize
201476AU$7,486,000Yevgeniy TimoshenkoUkraineAU$2,000,000
201570AU$6,860,000Richard YongMalaysiaAU$1,870,000
201641AU$4,018,000Fabian QuossGermanyAU$1,446,480
201138AU$3,800,000Sam TrickettUnited KingdomAU$1,525,000
201933AU$3,234,000------
200825AU$2,500,000Howard LedererUnited StatesAU$1,250,000

Although 33 entrants took a seat on Day 1, just 14 players would survive into Day 2 after tweaks to the structure that saw the implementation of the big blind ante, along with the addition of a 30-second shot clock and four 60-second time extension buttons.

Leading those players into the final day of play is American Cary Katz who bagged an impressive 1,108,000 courtesy of a hand where he check-raised all-in on the turn on the penultimate hand of the night and went uncalled. Katz has collected high roller titles, final tables, and cashes all around the World, but the one place he has yet to collect a score on his way to compiling over $17.3 million in lifetime tournament earnings is here in Australia. Fortunately for Katz, he is currently in prime position to make a change to that.

Alex Foxen shot out to the chip lead in the first few levels on Day 1 before finishing with 999,000, while Manig Loeser fired three bullets in the event and ended with 872,000. Abraham Passet (751,000), Johannes Becker (730,000) and Tsugunari Toma (713,000) are the only other players that sit with an above-average chip stack.

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
81Michael ZhangUnited Kingdom496,00041
82Johannes BeckerGermany730,00061
83Mustapha KanitItaly419,00035
84Alex FoxenUnited States999,00083
85Abraham PassetGermany751,00063
86Huang ShanChina489,00041
87Tsugunari TomaJapan713,00059
88Thomas MuehloeckerAustria528,00044
      
101Andras NemethHungary242,00020
102Michael SoyzaMalaysia399,00033
103Dominik NitscheGermany390,00033
104-- empty --------
105Cary KatzUnited States1,108,00092
106-- empty --------
107Manig LoeserGermany872,00073
108Rainer KempeGermany107,0009

Play kicks off at 12:10 p.m. (AEDT) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the AU$100,000 Challenge. Registration and re-entries are open for one more level, so stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com for all the live coverage from the 2019 Aussie Millions.

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