$250,000 Challenge
Day 2 Completed
2013 Aussie Millions
$250,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
250,000 AUD
Entries
18
Level
14
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
He did it again! Sam Trickett started the day out as one of the short stacks, but he managed to turn things around in a huge way. After winning the $100,000 event back in 2011 he added this event to his impressive resume. The Brit was unstoppable from the moment he doubled through Tobias Reinkemeier, the same player he had to face heads up. Trickett took home AU$2,000,000 for his victory, which puts him in second place on the all-time money leader board.
The final table started out with seven players, three of which would not make the money. With a AU$500,000 money bubble looming, play started off slowly but eventually it was Richard Yong who busted in seventh place. Yong ran his ace-queen into Igor Kurganov's ace-king, who took a big chip lead from that point on.
Erik Seidel was the next player to go. The former winner of this event started out as the short stack and failed to mount a comeback. Seidel lost his final chips with ace-five versus Fabian Quoss' ace-queen. From this point on it was bubble time and that lasted for about three hours!
Many players were all in, some doubled and some pots were chopped. Finally it was Winfred Yu who ended up busting in fifth place leaving him empty handed. Yu was all in with ace-four of spades and didn't improve versus Kurganov's ace-seven.
Kurganov was in command for a big part of this final table, but a huge cooler ended his day in fourth place. Kurganov turned a flush and got all the money in for the biggest pot of the tournament. The German seemed confident, but that was washed away quickly when Trickett turned over his cards for a straight flush. Kurganov added AU$500,000 to his bankroll after already finishing second in the $100,000 event earlier this week for AU$610,000.
When three-handed play began, it was certain that Quoss was going to be all in many times before being a serious threat to the other two players. With just 325,000 chips against Reinkemeier's 985,000 and Trickett's 3,215,000, it was just a matter of time before Quoss was going to be all in. Quoss ended up all in with seven-six suited and was up against Trickett's ace-ten suited. No help for Quoss who took home AU$750,000, which is his biggest result to date.
The heads-up match was between Reinkemeier and Trickett, both of which had been in this spot before. Trickett finished second to Antonio Esfandiari in the Big One for One Drop during the 2012 World Series of Poker, while Reinkemeier lost heads up against Justin Bonomo in the €100,000 High Roller in Monte Carlo just a few months earlier. Both had their eye on the prize and the title, but it was Trickett who took it all home.
On the final hand it was Reinkemeier who moved in with king-deuce and lost to Trickett's ace-five. Here are the final standings of the event.
| Place | Name | Prize (AU$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Trickett | $2,000,000 |
| 2 | Tobias Reinkemeier | $1,250,000 |
| 3 | Fabian Quoss | $750,000 |
| 4 | Igor Kurganov | $500,000 |
Have a look at Trickett's post-victory interview with Lynn Gilmartin:
Thank you for following the PokerNews updates throughout this tournament and don't miss out on any of the other events! The Main Event is almost down to a final table and you can find those updates here. Tomorrow the $25,000 Challenge will kick off at 2:15 p.m., which will also be covered from start to finish right here!
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Tobias Reinkemeier moved all in from the button, and Sam Trickett called from the big blind. Reinkemeier tabled the 
, and Trickett held the 
. With the lead, Trickett was now just five cards away from another major Aussie Millions title at Crown Casino.
The flop came down 
to keep Trickett in front. The turn brought the 
, and the river delivered the 
. Reinkemeier had whiffed on the flop, turn and river, eliminating him in second place.
For his finish, Reinkemeier took AU$1,250,000. Trickett scored first place and AU$2,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500,000
780,000
|
780,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,720,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
780,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Fabian Quoss was all in and at risk with the 
against the 
for Sam Trickett. On the flop, the 
landed, and then the came on the turn to leave Quoss drawing dead as Trickett hit Broadway. Trickett also had Quoss' spades dead, so this one was all over as the river blanked.
Quoss took third place and earned AU$750,000 while Trickett moved to 3.6 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,600,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 |
| 2 | $1,250,000 |
| 3 | $750,000 |
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
After a short break to readjust the seating for the tv crew we are back underway.
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,215,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
985,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
325,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Sam Trickett and Igor Kurganov saw a flop together and it came 
after unknown preflop action. Kurganov was first and checked. Trickett bet 80,000, and Kurganov made the call.
The turn was the , and Kurganov checked. After Trickett bet 160,000, Kurganov check-raised all in. Trickett snapped.
Kurganov tabled a flush with the 
, but the turn card was extremely deadly as it gave Trickett a straight flush with the 
. Kurganov was drawing dead and the river bricked off to finish the hand.
Kurganov fell in fourth place for AU$500,000 and brought his 2013 Aussie Millions earnings to AU$1,110,000 when combining with his second-place finish in the $100,000 Challenge.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,185,000
1,270,000
|
1,270,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 14
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Chip leader Sam Trickett has really put the pedal to the metal since Winfred Yu busted in fifth place. Everyone has locked up AU$500,000, and Trickett is punishing his shorter-stacked opponents with countless all-in shoves.