Welcome Back to Day 2 of the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event
For many, the 2019 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event starts today. The day where one can look around and see the winner in the room - if it’s not them. The three starting flights are out of the way and, for the first time, all the remaining players are together for Day 2.
A total of 405 players from the 797 starters have made it this far but those numbers could grow as registration is open until the end of level 8 which kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time. Total entrants last year totaled 800 so by only needing a handful of entrants to enter today, they are sure to surpass the record for the largest field in the event's history!
End of Day 1c chip leader Cole Swannack heads into today as the overall leader with 208,200 and the only player above the 200,000 chip mark. Swannack finds himself in an identical position to last year when he also entered the start of Day 2 as the chip leader. Other large stacks heading into today include; Day 1b chip leader Julian Stuer (196,500) and Day 1b chip leader Paul-Francois Tedeschi (195,400) who round out the top three.
Main Event Run Down
| Tournament Day | Date | Time | Entries | Survivors | Further Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a | Sunday Jan. 27th | 12:30 | 165 | 79 | Play seven levels of 90 minutes, 75 min dinner break after level 4 |
| 1b | Monday Jan. 28th | 12:30 | 268 | 135 | Play seven levels of 90 minutes, 75 min dinner break after level 4 |
| 1c | Tuesday Jan. 29th | 12:30 | tba | 191 | Play seven levels of 90 minutes, 75 min dinner break after level 4 |
| 2 | Wednesday Jan. 30th | 12:30 | 797* | 405 | Registration remains open for first 90-minute level |
| 3 | Thursday Jan. 31st | 12:30 | tba | tba | Switch to 6-max when 36 players remain |
| 4 | Friday Feb. 1st | 12:30 | tba | tba | Play down to the final table |
| 5 | Sunday Feb. 3rd | 12:30 | tba | tba | Play down to a champion |
*registration remains open for the first level
Notables to progress to today include; former main event champion David Gorr, bracelet winners Jackie Glazier, Michael Gathy and Andrew Hinrichsen, Richard Ashby, Randy Lew, Celina Lin and Australian Poker Hall-of-Famer Billy “The Croc” Argyros.
Defending champion Toby Lewis will also return today with a stack of 47,100. Lewis is having a remarkable series so far, already coming second in the 25k Challenge before going one better, taking down the 50k Challenge yesterday afternoon.
The plan for today is to play five 90-minute levels with a 15-minute break after each one, and no dinner break. Join us back here at 12:30 p.m. for what should be an exciting day!
Day 2 Level Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 9 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 10 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 11 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 12 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
on a board of 
when the last 9,900 went in after the river.
was checked and they got it in on the 
turn. A short stack held 
flop and 19,000 on the 
turn.
appeared on the river and Zhu checked once more. Kempson pushed all in for effectively 43,000, as that's what Zhu had left. It took more than seven minutes into the break when Kempson eventually called the clock and Zhu folded with 10 seconds to spare after he was given the one minute countdown.
and Kempe threw out 15,000. Marquez called shortly after. 
for a pair of jacks. Marquez then flipped over 
for the nut-flush and took down the large pot.
for top pair and Hopkins quickly headed out of the tournament area.
and Honeyman check-called 16,500. The turn was the 
and Honeyman checked and this time called a bet of 38,000 from Wakeman.
