LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge | 2014 Aussie Millions

2014-02-10 13:49 UTC+10

Haxton Wins a Two Million-Chip Pot off of Dwan

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Nível 11 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Isaac Haxton, and Justin Bonomo

After firing six bullets in the $100,000 Challenge and two bullets in this event, Isaac Haxton will need to finish fourth or better to show a profit on the trip. He just took a big step in that direction, winning a two-million chip pot off of Tom "durrrr" Dwan.

Dwan was second to act and opened for a raise to 55,000. Haxton three-bet to 165,000 on the button, Phil Ivey and Jason Mercier folded in the blinds, and Dwan tank-called. The flop fell , Dwan checked, and Haxton continued for 130,000. Dwan check-raised, making it 350,000 to go, and Haxton called.

The turn was the , Dwan tanked for a bit, and then he moved all in for effectively 756,000. Haxton called quickly.

Dwan:
Haxton:

Over 2.5 million chips were in the pot with only one card to come, and only two cards in the deck would eliminate the Team PokerStars Online member. The was not one of them, and Haxton was awarded a massive pot.

Dwan plummeted to 517,000.

Análise de Mãos

This key hand in which Haxton and Dwan both held pocket pairs illustrates both how to maximize value with a big hand as well as how detrimental it can be to turn a strong hand into what is essentially a bluff. Read more about the strategy involved in this hand on Learn.PokerNews in "Lessons from the 2014 Aussie Millions: Pros With Pairs."

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Isaac Haxton	2,550,000	1,375,000
Tom Dwan	517,000	-1,308,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Jason Mercier Phil Ivey Tom Dwan

2014-02-10 12:56 UTC+10

Negreanu Doubles With Kings then Aces

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Nível 11 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu was all in preflop for 190,000 holding against Doug Polk's . The board ran out , and Negreanu doubled through.

Negreanu was then all in and at risk with , and his opponent Mike McDonald showed pocket kings - . Kid Poker held again as the flop, turn, and river produced , and is now up over 900,000 chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Negreanu	920,000	770,000
Mike McDonald	330,000	-370,000
Doug Polk	100,000	-225,000

Tags: Doug Polk Daniel Negreanu Mike McDonald

2014-02-10 12:48 UTC+10

Quoss Busts Newey

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Nível 11 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

We're not sure when the money went in, but Paul Newey was all in with on a board of . He was crushed by Fabian Quoss' , and drawing dead when the turned.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Paul Newey	Eliminado

Tags: Fabian Quoss Paul Newey

2014-02-10 11:02 UTC+10

Seidel Leads Into Day 2, But Will More Participate?

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The question in the headline says it all. Will more players enter or reenter this event before start time, or will the 37 total entries with 18 players remaining stand? Players have until Day 2's start time of 12:30 p.m. local time to get in, and we'll keep you posted on any additions to the field. Following the close of registration, we'll also be able to post the official seat draw to start the day, so stay tuned for that.

Leading the 18 players that advanced from Day 1 is none other than Erik Seidel. He'll enter Day 2 with 944,000 in chips, and the majority of those came when he sent Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu packing for the second time during the second-to-last level of Day 1. Seidel has already made two deep runs here at the 2014 Aussie Millions, and will be looking to make a third here. In the Main Event, he took 10th place for AU$100,000, and then followed that up with a third-place finish in the $100,000 Challenge for AU$1,076,000.

Another player coming into Day 2 on a hot streak with a lot of chips will be Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who bagged up 705,000 on Day 1. Timoshenko and his stack are fifth overall, and he won the $100,000 Challenge two days ago for AU$2,000,000.

Other notables with big stacks coming into the second and final day of play are Tom Dwan (815,000), Isaac Haxton (800,000), and Jason Mercier (767,000).

It's interesting to note that Haxton is working with his second bullet in this event, each of which cost AU$250,000. In the $100,000 Challenge, Haxton famously fired six bullets for AU$100,000 each, but came up with nothing to show for it. Between these two events alone, Haxton has invested AU$1,100,000 here at the 2014 Aussie Millions.

As stated above, once registration officially closes, the table draw will be posted and we'll let you know of any late comers. Right now, it sounds like Scott Seiver could very well be one of those to hop in the mix, and then there are a few players who busted on Day 1 that have the chance to reenter.