Tuesday, January 24, 2012

2012 AUSSIE: IVEY'S ROOM OPENS AT CROWN; KEVMATH KASHES IN TERMINATOR

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERENEWS.com

Let's take you back down under to see what's happening at the Aussie Millions.

Before taking you to Main Event coverage - where a certain MEGA star continues his comeback to the poker circuit - we take you to Event #14 - the $500 Terminator event. Although we're still not sure what exactly happens when you don't cash in the "Terminator" event, we do know that a friend to PTPR - Mr. Kevmath himself - Kevin Mathers (the KING of poker knowledge) was able to secure a sixth place finish, winning over 6K for his efforts! Very well played sir, so happy for you! Score one for the good guys!

Did Kevmath steal Ivey's thunder? Well, if you go according to all the accolades Kev received on Twitter today, it may very well be the case ... but I don't think that Ivey minds not getting the attention!


IVEY'S ROOM

Well, well, well - look who decided to leave the big game in Macau and join most of the poker world in Melbourne? That's right kid, one of the greatest ever is back on the tournament grind. After participating in the 100K Challenge, Ivey registered for Day 1C of the Aussie Millions Main Event.

Ivey's chip stack went up and down and up and down on Day 1C ... but, when we were bagging and tagging, all eyes were on Ivey's chip stack, it sits at over 180K, good for 8th place.

Although it's not the #1 spot, Phil Ivey (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) with a Top 10 chip stack after Day 1? Could be deadly.

The overall chip leader is Brett Watson. Watson (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) is the only man with a +200K chip stack, 257K to be more precise.

James Dempsey (2011 PTPR Rank: 61st), Jason Koon (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), Kenna James (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), Melanie Weisner (2011 PTPR Rank: 1156th) and PCA 5K NLH 8-Max Turbo winner Kunimaro Kojo (2011 PTPR Rank: 2357th) all have healthy chip stacks as all three remaining Day 1 players will converge to the Crown Casino for Day 2 play.

There are currently a total of 654 entries for the Main Event - registration is still open until the end of the first level played on Day 2.

Looks like the total prizepool will top the 6 million dollar mark - well done, Australia!



FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD):
PAYOUTS TBA

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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Aussie Millions
NLH Main Event
January 22-28, 2012

Crown Casino | Melbourne
Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $TBA
Entries: TBA

DEFENDING CHAMPION
David Gorr

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
TBA

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