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2019-01-20 23:06 UTC+10

Koren Continues to Lead Biggest Ever Southern Hemisphere 1k Tournament

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From the 1,752 entries in the 2019 Aussie Millions Opening Event - a record for a $1,000 tournament in the southern hemisphere - just 15 remain after ten levels of play here on Day 2.

Artur Koren came into the day as the overall chip leader from the five starting flights and still sits atop the pile despite almost 250 eliminations over the course of the day.

"I think this is my first cash in a side event at the Aussie Millions in like four years or so," said Koren. "I just always bust final three tables in the Main which is ok, I guess. It saves the trip for sure.

"I ran pretty well in my opening flight, and I ran pretty well today. I think I played pretty good too."

Here's the table draw for tomorrow:

Table 1	Name	Chip Count	Big Blinds	Table 2	Name	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Sean Eichendorf	548,000	18	1	Artur Koren	1,978,000	66
2				2	Josh McCully	1,667,000	56
3				3	Matt Edwards	638,000	21
4	Vishal Maini	867,000	29	4	Jason Pritchard	903,000	30
5	Ning Zhang	770,000	26	5	Justin Bernstein	1,840,000	61
6	Kim Macnaught	1,780,000	59	6	Danny Ayoub	783,000	26
7	Muhammad Asad	1,180,000	39	7	Didrik Mantok	1,200,000	40
8	Tou Ta Wei	1,140,000	38	8
9	Pierce McKellar	1,658,000	55	9	Alan Schubert	110,000	4

Day Recap

262 players started the day, and within the first level, we lost former WSOP APAC champion Scott Davies, Australian Jonathan Karamalikis and Josip Simunic.

Deaf Poker World Champion Alisha Wormald was also sent to the rail when she three-bet jammed king-ten over a small shove. A third player in the hand picked up sevens, and they held to send Wormald to the rail.

Tournament Director Joel Williams and defending champion Benedikt Eberle

Also exiting the tournament early in the day was defending champion Benedikt Eberle.

"There will be other tournaments," Eberle explained to PokerNews after telling us he shoved with ace-jack for his last 14 big blinds, only for the big blind to wake up with queens. "I'm going to have a day off and go to the Australian Open. Then I'm refreshed for the Six Max on Tuesday!"

The bubble burst towards the end of the second level of the day, with 171 players ensuring themselves a min-cash of AUD$2,873.

Notable eliminations in the money included Heidi May (165th - AUD$2,873), 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Toby Lewis (120th - AUD$3,591), Sorel Mizzi (83rd - AUD$4,309), Justin Liberto (61st - AUD$4,669) and Joshua Abady (45th - AUD$5,566).

The eliminations continued to come thick and fast throughout the day, and by the time the players went on dinner break just 26 remained. Leading the way was Justin Bernstein with close to 1.5m in chips, but there were plenty of big names still in contention.

They included start of day chip leader Koren, 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event runner-up Stefan Huber and seventh-place finisher Johan Schumacher, along with Julien Sitbon, Michael Dyer, Starting Flight 1 Chip Leader Fedon Phaedonos and Starting Flight 3 chip leader Sean Eichendorf.

Huber (26th - AUD$7,542), Sitbon (24th AUD$8,799), Schumacher (23rd - AUD$8,799), Dyer (20th - AUD$10,056) and Phaedonos (19th - AUD$10,056) were all eliminated before the final 15 players bagged up at the end of the night.

"I saw a bunch of familiar faces busting," said Koren after play had finished. "Some of them in some weird fashion. But I think here you have to be very patient and understand how the dynamics are, how people play and then with a little bit of luck you can go deep."

The remaining 15 players have all guaranteed themselves AUD$11,672 but will be gunning for the top prize of AUD$350,464 when they return tomorrow at 12:30 pm.

Here are the remaining payouts:

Place	Payout (AUD)	Payout (USD)
1	$350,464	$252,334
2	$219,608	$158,118
3	$129,836	$93,482
4	$93,920	$67,622
5	$62,493	$44,995
6	$44,535	$32,065
7	$37,173	$26,765
8	$31,785	$22,885
9	$26,398	$19,007
10	$21,908	$15,774
11-12	$17,419	$12,542
13-15	$14,545	$10,472

Tomorrow looks like an action-packed day with the conclusion of the Opening Event the pick of a bunch of events, and PokerNews will bring you highlights, interviews and more live from the Crown Casino.

Tags: Artur Koren Benedikt Eberle Johan Schumacher Jonathan Karamalikis Josip Simunic Julien Sitbon Michael Dyer Scott Davies Sean Eichendorf Stefan Huber

2019-01-20 19:50 UTC+10

Pictures from Yesterday's Aussie Millions Action

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2019-01-20 14:16 UTC+10

Frenchman Julien Sitbon Enjoying His First Aussie Millions

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Last year Julien Sitbon travelled all over the world to play poker on his way to eclipsing the USD$1,000,000 mark in lifetime cashes. One destination he has never visited is Australia and he's here in Melbourne playing at the Aussie Millions for the first time.

"It's really my first time," said Sitbon. "Last year I played a lot and I decided to have a little break. Just come here and visit and travel. I want to enjoy the country and travel with my girlfriend. I'll play the Aussie Millions AM and then travel all around here."

Sitbon flew into Australia ten days ago and spent time at the beach in Perth, before flying to Melbourne where he arrived four days ago.

"I played the H.O.R.S.E. and the Opening Event twice, and I've made Day 2. I'm feeling quite good, being here, of course, I hope I can make Day 3.

"The style of poker here is completely different. It's a lot more like in the U.S. than in Europe. It's not the same poker. It's nice because it's much more about exploitation than GTO. I really like that a lot."

He told PokerNews that after the tournament he is hoping to see the sharks around Australia. Let's hope that sharks are in the water and not in the poker tournaments.

"I'm ok with that," Sitbon smiled. "I will fight with them at the poker tables - but not in the water!"

Tags: Julien Sitbon

2019-01-20 09:08 UTC+10

Coren Leads 262 Remaining in Opening Event; 171 Players Cash

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Day 2 of the first event of the 2019 Aussie Millions the AUD$1,150 Opening Event gets underway at 12:15 pm today, with 262 players remaining.

All of the players will have one eye on the money bubble, with just 171 players guaranteed a min-cash of AUD$2,873 (USD$2,069), and the other on the AUD$350,464 (USD$252,334) for first prize.

Leading the way at the start of Day 2 is Artur Coren, followed by Sean Eichendorf and Vishal Maini. These three are the only players over 200,000 in chips.

Coren has a strong pedigree here in Melbourne, finishing 14th in the Main Event in 2016, 18th in the Main Event in 2017 and then last year finished 15th for combined cashes of AUD$245,000.

Since his last visit to Australia, he has recorded a deep run in the WSOP Main Event where he finished 48th for USD$156,265.

Here is a list of the top three chip counts from each of the five starting flights

Flight	Name	Chip Count
1	Fedon Phaedonos	169,500
	Pierce Mchellar	128,100
	Manuel Rodrigues	127,200
2	Artur Coren	262,500
	Vishal Maini	200,000
	Wayne Clinch	193,000
3	Sean Eichendorf	218,300
	Didrik Mantor	148,000
	Guanchen Wang	126,600
4	Johan Schumacher	179,900
	Mostafa Haidary	179,900
	Thomas Scholze	152,100
5	Simon Chahine	184,800
	Francis Artufel	178,400
	Oribe Rivero	168,600

Other big names still in the Opening Event include 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Toby Lewis as well as runner-up in that event Stefan Huber and final tablists Chul-Hyon Park and Johan Schumacher, who was the chip leader of flight 4.

Other notables still in the field include former WSOP APAC champion Scott Davies, Australian bracelet-winner Heidi May, 2018 WSOP final tablist Michael Dyer, Julien Sitbon, and Jesse Sylvia

PokerNews will bring you a recap of the day's play later today. The plan is to play ten 60-minute levels or until a final table is reached. Stay tuned to for more interviews, highlights and more from the 2019 Aussie Millions

Seat Draw

(Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count
7	1	VALLEE, ERIC J	27,400
7	2	LEKNES, TOBIAS	106,700
7	3	MICHAEL, ANDREW J	20,900
7	5	WILKERSON, DYLAN	49,500
7	6	POPE, VESNA	4,700
7	7	WU, XUE Q	76,900
7	8	ANDREADIS, CHRISTOS	109,600
7	9	KARITA, SHOSHIRO	105,400
8	1	NGUYEN, KIM	16,600
8	2	KALANTZIS, ARTHUR	26,000
8	3	SCHAAPS, BOHDEN J	112,800
8	4	PRASAD, JAYAN G	67,600
8	5	HUBER, STEFAN	111,200
8	6	CRAWSHAW, HAMISH RAYMOND	59,700
8	7	FU, QIANG	31,800
8	8	TRUONG, DUY Q	15,800
8	9	WRIGHT, SHANE	13,300
10	1	AWERBUCH, CHAD R	4,300
10	2	MILINKOVIC, VERA	60,000
10	3	ARTUFEL, FRANCIS	178,400
10	4	LAYTON, MARK L	99,100
10	5	SIMON, SAM	109,000
10	6	PAVLOVICH, GORAN	125,300
10	7	YAMAKAWA, RYUICHIRO	93,700
10	8	BERNSTEIN, JUSTIN	103,500
10	9	WARD, PAUL A	24,000
14	1	VUJANIC, TANJA	19,300
14	2	MCCULLY, JOSHUA C	37,400
14	3	GAN, WAN Y	46,600
14	4	GARBERG, MARKUS	101,100
14	5	SLEETH, ASHLEY N	48,300
14	6	KHAW, YEW TONG	144,400
14	7	WANG, GUANCHEN	126,600
14	8	HUGO, MATHEW S	38,000
14	9	PLANTER, JORDAN	43,600
16	1	RADISICH, TIMOTHY C	23,600
16	3	PRITCHARD, JASON ROSS	128,600
16	4	COX, DEAN J	66,000
16	5	KAGGERUD, ROBERT E	41,600
16	6	GIANNULIDIS, GEORGE	59,600
16	7	CLARK, DAVID WILLIAM	55,800
16	9	ROLFE, MATTHEW JAMES	33,500
17	1	KELSALL, KEVIN J	47,700
17	2	WADIH, BARBARA	69,000
17	3	STONE, NERI	86,100
17	4	REYNOLDS, BRUCE W	21,400
17	5	MUNDADAN, S	46,500
17	6	VELLRATH, THORBEN	119,600
17	7	WILSON, SCOTT A	72,600
17	8	GARLAND, DYLAN T	132,800
17	9	KRMPOTIC, STEVAN	68,400
25	1	SIMONS, DANIEL	36,000
25	2	SCHOLZE, THOMAS	152,100
25	3	HARTMANN, PASCAL	40,700
25	4	DODDS, JOEL R	34,300
25	5	BOHAN, RODNEY P	19,700
25	6	MEREDITH, TOBY D	75,500
25	7	EICHENDORF, SEAN L	218,300
25	8	GERSHENZON, DMITRI	61,400
25	9	PHAEDONOS, FEDON	169,500
26	1	DAI, WU-WEI	43,500
26	2	PSARRAS, MICHALITSA(TG)	25,600
26	4	EGAN, MICHAEL J	42,100
26	5	FINIOTIS, MICHAEL	26,000
26	6	MATSUMURA, EIJI	61,500
26	7	SEYMOUR, MICHAEL G	151,600
26	8	ZHANG, NING	153,000
26	9	SCHWERDT, EDMUND J	72,800
26	23	HUTCHISON, DEAN J	118,000
27	1	RAGOZZINI, SEAN	71,900
27	2	DORIA, MARIO	84,000
27	3	MUSTAFA, ARIF	25,000
27	4	REEVES, LIAM S	17,700
27	5	KOUK, TIMOTHY M	100,800
27	6	ABADY, JOSHUA S	80,100
27	7	WANG, SHUCONG	133,800
27	8	LIU, YIN	130,400
27	9	DE LAAT, BAS W	25,600
28	1	WILLIAMS, JOEL M	14,300
28	2	STOKIE, LUKE J	119,300
28	3	CHONG, THOMAS C	46,300
28	4	MANSELLNILSSON, JOSHUA C	64,800
28	5	RUHA, JOHN M	93,700
28	6	YOKOO, KAZUYOSHI	97,200
28	7	WANG, GUANGYU	16,300
28	9	HAWKINS, ROLAND W	55,900
29	1	WANG, DAVID Y	31,900
29	2	WU, HE-RU	21,800
29	3	ANGELATOS, PETER	101,700
29	5	LUKIE, CHICO	61,200
29	6	KANE, ADAM T	40,900
29	8	TRAN, MINHHAI H	137,900
29	9	BENEDETTO, NICOLA	28,700
30	1	MOSBOCK, MARIO	106,700
30	2	WEINERT, JAN M	22,500
30	3	DAVIES, SCOTT M	73,100
30	4	HTET, KYAW ZIN	56,200
30	6	AMEDI, NETANEL	49,400
30	7	AGRESTA, ROY	46,100
30	8	CRAIB, FABIAN K	66,600
30	9	PEARSON, JUSTIN	32,800
31	1	CHENG, JIANZHAO	109,000
31	2	DEBSIA, CAMIL A	44,500
31	3	SCHUMACHER, JOHAN DANIEL R	179,900
31	4	OROURKE, GAVIN	128,000
31	5	BATOZ, RODOLJUB	23,700
31	6	SCHUBERT, ALAN C	11,200
31	7	WANG, WENLIN	29,700
31	8	AU, KIM B	60,900
31	9	BURNS, KAHLE J	17,300
32	1	CHAO, PERCY	65,600
32	2	MCKELLAR, PIERCE BARCRO	128,100
32	3	RAYMOND, ROBERT K	57,200
32	4	ENDERSBY, TRAVIS G	31,300
32	5	CHIANG, JEN-YUE	38,400
32	6	BEATTIE, AARON J	37,100
32	7	SMITH, ADAM D	50,500
32	8	COLANERI, CHRISTOPHER	39,200
32	9	ST ELOI, DAVID R	62,000
33	1	WOODLAND, BRYCE R	18,700
33	2	FERRINI, MIRCO	77,600
33	3	SCAGNETTI, ADRIANO	33,600
33	5	MUSTCHIN, AMON	35,700
33	6	YE, SHENG	32,400
33	7	MITCHELL, WILLIAM T	45,700
33	8	VIRGIN, SCOTT T	25,200
33	9	LI, YANG	37,100
34	1	KELLY, SCOTT J	58,700
34	2	GIANNOUKOS, JIM	69,600
34	3	RODRIGUES, MANUEL L	127,200
34	4	LIBERTO, JUSTIN R	26,100
34	5	SYLVIA, JESSE J	40,100
34	6	CHAPTINI, FOUAD	56,900
34	7	PASSET, ABRAHAM	33,800
34	8	FOSTER, JOSHUA M	114,100
34	9	SWANNACK, COLE J	28,100
35	1	LEI, YANG	79,000
35	2	SEPPING, RASMUS	54,600
35	3	GULLE, MICHAEL D	26,300
35	4	QUON, STEPHEN J	87,500
35	5	PUPILLO, NICHOLAS J	53,300
35	6	OVERMIRE, WILLIAM H	132,700
35	7	SMITH, STEPHEN	46,000
35	8	EFARAIMO, JACK	144,100
36	1	MOGHIMI, MIR N	21,500
36	2	LI, JIN	25,400
36	3	JOHNSTON, SAMUEL M	45,300
36	4	LIN, KAN	22,500
36	5	GRAHAM, CONNIE	69,000
36	6	LAYTON, ERIKA G	50,200
36	7	MOSCA, ENRICO	25,400
36	8	LAZENBY, KURTIS J	47,000
36	9	GRAMMER, ROSS ELLIOT	28,700
37	1	BERDUGO ROJAS, JEISON	35,500
37	2	CHAMBERS, KERRY	26,500
37	3	CLINCH, WAYNE	193,000
37	3	ISMAIL, ISMAIL	22,200
37	4	MACNAUGHT, KYM	79,500
37	6	DURANTE, LUCAS B	79,700
37	7	STANTON, DAVID T	91,300
37	8	EDWARDS, MATTHEW R	142,500
37	9	HINRICHSEN, ANDREW C	72,300
38	1	COLMAN, JULIUS	42,000
38	2	ROPER, JUSTIN M	67,900
38	3	LIN, HUNG-SHENG	62,100
38	4	MCCONVILLE, SEAN A	60,800
38	5	KOREN, ARTUR	262,500
38	6	GORE, DAMIAN	10,800
38	7	VANDERSLUIS, ROY	6,400
38	8	LEE, JASON W	82,500
38	9	VINAYAGAMOORTHY, DAVID	87,400
39	1	BURRIDGE, WILSON O	22,100
39	2	RICHARDS, MATTHEW PAUL	36,300
39	3	WANG, XUELAN	56,000
39	4	SEKIYA, YOSUKE	59,100
39	5	SHOER, KEITH	77,800
39	6	SIMUNIC, JOSIP	57,000
39	7	DHINGRA, GAUTAM	179,300
39	8	HAWES, CHARLTON JAMES	42,800
39	9	BOGNAR, ATTILA	76,100
40	1	PAUPERIO BRANDAO, TIAGO F	71,300
40	2	BRKIC, UROS	76,800
40	3	WAKEMAN, MATTHEW J	45,300
40	4	BLATT, DEAN N	119,200
40	6	WORMALD, ALISHA M	62,200
40	7	CHAHINE, SIMON	184,800
40	8	BOOBEKOV, NURLAN	57,100
40	9	CONNELLY, BEDE W	22,000
41	1	ONIONS, AMANDA J	18,600
41	2	MAHMOUDIAN DEHKORDI, JANOSCH	24,500
41	3	GROSSMAN, JOSEPH C	33,400
41	4	OLIVIERI, DANIEL	44,100
41	5	ASAD, MUHAMMAD	116,100
41	6	WIESER, MAXIMILIAN	53,600
41	7	SIEGEL, ELIAHU B Y	85,600
41	8	MANTOR, DIDRIK A	148,000
41	9	MAINI, VISHAL S	200,000
42	1	BAYLISS, ANDREW M	36,700
42	2	WHITNEY, BRETT A	61,900
42	2	CARR, C	37,200
42	3	KIPNIS, MICHAEL	112,800
42	5	HONG, RYAN M	94,000
42	6	MAZEROLLE, MATTHEW P	34,500
42	7	DYER, MICHAEL D	118,800
42	8	WHITE, SCOTT C	99,000
42	9	WALSH, DAMIEN J	40,500
43	1	SHEN, QI	121,900
43	2	MCGOVERN, NIALL M	98,100
43	3	BAIN, TRISTAN ROBB	34,500
43	4	CHIN, ANDRIAN Y	39,200
43	5	GIORGI, FILIPPO	62,400
43	6	KARAMALIKIS, JONATHAN D	46,600
43	7	MENESES, RODRIGO	40,500
43	8	SITBON, JULIEN A	88,700
44	1	WILLIAMS, GUY D	22,100
44	2	KHOUEIS, SUZY TG	47,600
44	4	CHEW, STEVAN L	36,300
44	5	MIZZI, SOREL JAY	80,300
44	6	RIVERO, ORIBE	168,600
44	7	TOU, TA WEI	137,500
44	8	KAVALIUNAS, CAMERON J	27,400
44	9	PEKAREK, JEREMY AARON	65,000
45	1	HAIDARY, MOSTAFA	179,900
45	2	KIM, KYUNG HOON	51,900
45	3	AYOUB, DANNY	19,100
45	4	KOISTINEN, MIKAEL J	46,900
45	5	BOLZONELLO, ADRIAN R	78,500
45	6	FOX, DALE R	29,600
45	7	SHIN, ARI KUNUK	56,600
45	8	TRAN, KHAC-TRUNG	47,900
45	9	LAI, BEN	98,000
46	1	PAVITT, SCOTT	30,400
46	2	BOOTH, CARL A	37,300
46	3	BECERRA, CARLOS A	51,700
46	5	HU, QI	86,700
46	6	BRENNAN, DAVID	26,300
46	7	MICHAEL, ANDREW	14,900
46	8	GUMZ, FABIAN	48,800
46	9	RYAN, DAVID P	34,400
47	1	JIA, JUN	121,500
47	2	STREHL, CHRISTOPH	91,800
47	3	ZUBKO, GRAEME	49,200
47	4	SENG, ANG B	42,800
47	5	PUTT, GRAEME HOWARD	37,500
47	6	MAY, HEIDI M	126,100
47	7	PAZIOS, PAUL	44,800
47	8	DALEY, JOSHUA B	15,000
48	1	VAKILI, REZA	50,100
48	2	PARK, CHUL-HYON	47,800
48	3	WOJCIK, DANIEL S	30,900
48	5	NGUYEN, KWANG H	33,500
48	6	ALIDZANOVIC, DAMIR	94,200
48	7	HARA, YUTA	75,800
48	8	ZELLWEGER, PATRICK	72,300
48	9	KOUTSOUVELIS, STEPHEN	44,000
49	1	LITTLER, ANDREW	20,900
49	2	JANKOVIC, DENIS	98,200
49	4	EBERLE, BENEDIKT	40,100
49	5	RAEMAEKERS, JOEP	91,400
49	6	LEWIS, TOBY	119,300
49	7	SHARBANEE, PAUL GABRIEL	16,100
49	9	ULMER, TIMOTHY J	121,000

Tags: Artur Coren Sean Eichendorf Vishal Maini

2019-01-20 09:08 UTC+10

Today at the Aussie Millions: Opening Event Day 2 and Time for Event #3: Shot Clock Shootout

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Welcome back to continued coverage from the 2019 Aussie Millions right here on PokerNews. Today sees the start of Event #3 here in Melbourne as well as the continuation of the AUD$1,150 Opening Event.

262 players remain in the Opening Event after five flights, with the field combining and their sights set on making it through to the final day's play.

Here's today's schedule:

Day	Event	Time	Buy-in
20th January	Opening Event Day 2	12:15 PM	Registration closed
	Event #3: No Limit Hold'em Shot Clock Shootout	8:10 PM	AUD$1,150

Levels in the Opening Event are now 60-minutes, and the plan for today is ten levels or down to a final table of nine.

This evening sees the start of Event #3: AUD$1,150 Shot Clock Shootout won last year by Jason Brown. He defeated Thomas Muehloecker heads-up to win himself AUD£39,397 after topping a field of 192 entries.

2018 Aussie Millions Shot Clock Shootout Champion Jason Brown

Players will start with 10,000 in chips and levels will be 30-minutes each. Players are allowed one re-entry. The tournament is a shot clock format - players have 20 seconds to act on their hand.

The tournament is a shootout format - the winner of each initial table will progress to the next stage on Day 2.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates live from the 2019 Aussie Millions.

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