2012 AUSSIE: FARAZ JAKA SCORES FOR SECOND TIME THIS SEASON

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It may not be exactly what Faraz Jaka who hoping for but Faraz Jaka is on the right path to start the 2012 poker season.

Twice now Jaka has been in great position to pickup tournament wins - twice Jaka has come short but, it's still two significant scores to start the year.

After collecting a Top 5 finish in the Main Event at the PCA in the Bahamas two weeks ago, Jaka (2011 PTPR Rank: 2090th) was runner-up to Jean-Paul Helderman in the NLH Six-Max side event here at the Aussie Millions - picking up close to 80K with the second place finish.

For Helderman (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), this marks his first live tournament score of his poker career.

Tam Truong (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), former EPT Copenhagen Champ Anton Wigg (2011 PTPR Rank: 1430th), Daniel Laidlaw (2011 PTPR Rank: 2087th) and Jarred Solomon (2011 PTPR Rank: 259th) are other notables who collected PTPR Points in the event.

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TOP 5 PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1st Jean-Paul Helderman A$110,600 2nd Faraz Jaka A$77,000 3rd Tam Truong A$55,600 4th Anton Wigg A$38,500 5th Sean Keeton A$25,700 RELATED POSTS >> SPEIDEL WINS AUSSIE >> AUSSIE FINAL TABLE SET >> DION LEADS FINAL 12 >> O'SHEA, IVEY IN TOP 26 >>O'SHEA LEADS DAY 2 >> IVEY'S ROOM OPENS AT CROWN >> SMITH COLLECTS 1M >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Aussie Millions NLH Main Event January 27, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $467,955 Entries: 190 DEFENDING CHAMPION Tim O'Shea (2011 PTPR Rank: 346th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JEAN-PAUL HELDERMAN 75 FARAZ JAKA 40 TAM TRUONG 25 ANTONG WIGG 15 SEAN KEETON 10 GEORGE VASSILOPOULOS 8 JASON PRITCHARD 5 DANIEL LAIDLAW 5 JARRED SOLOMON 5

2012 AUSSIE: DOUBLE UP DOWN UNDER - SPEIDEL SCORES AGAIN AT AUSSIE

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For Oliver Speidel, winning at the Aussie Millions has become a yearly affair. Last year, Speidel earned the victory in the 1K NLH Rebuy event but this year, Speidel had his eyes set on the big one.

Speidel has captured gold down under, winning the Aussie Millions Main Event and earning a cool, crips 1.6M AUD payout.

Speidel (2011 PTPR Rank: 346th) collects his second PTPR Score of this early season - he earned points in the same Bounty event that he won last year. Speidel's win places him third on the 2012 PTPR Tournament Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1- Oliver Speidel 1,600,000 2- Kenneth Wong 1,000,000 3- Mile Krstanoski 610,000 4- Mohamad Kowssarie 405,000 5- Patrick Healy 300,000 6- Bjorn Li 230,000 7- Yann Dion 170,000 RELATED POSTS >> AUSSIE FINAL TABLE SET >> DION LEADS FINAL 12 >> O'SHEA, IVEY IN TOP 26 >>O'SHEA LEADS DAY 2 >> IVEY'S ROOM OPENS AT CROWN >> SMITH COLLECTS 1M >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Aussie Millions NLH Main Event January 22-28, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $10,465 | Prizepool: $6,896,435 Entries: 659 DEFENDING CHAMPION David Gorr (2011 PTPR Rank: 127th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION OLIVER SPEIDEL 131 KENNETH WONG 81 MILE KRSTANOSKI 51 MOHAMED KOWSSARIE 41 PATRICK HEALY 36 BJORN LI 31 YANN DION 31 DANIEL IDEMA 16 LEE NELSON 16 JANIS LESINSKIS 16 KARIM JOMEEN 16 PHIL IVEY 14 DANNY CHEVALIER 14 MATT TURK 14 GRANT LEVY 14 MINH NGUYEN 11 JOEY LAWRENCE 11 SLADE FISHER 11

2012 AUSSIE: FINAL TABLE SET - NELSON, IVEY, IDEMA TO MAKE OTHER PLANS FOR SUNDAY

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We have our final table down under! Bjorn Li leads the final group of seven to the felt in order to find out who will be Aussie Millions Main Event Champion for 2012.

Li (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) had a great end to the day on Saturday. He took a big pot from Oliver Speidel and ended Daniel Idema's Aussie Millions journey in about an hour, securing the chip lead from those two big moments.

It's not all bad for Speidel (2011 PTPR Rank: 346th). The 2011 Aussie Millions NLH w/Rebuys winner still bagged the second most chips - still, he's 1.3M behind our leader.

Chip leader heading into Saturday play Yann Dion had some tough times during the day. Dion wasn't able to hold onto the pole position, he's going into Sunday's action with the fifth top stack, sadly for Dion (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), he's got less chips in hand than he did when he was declared the chip leader when we reached Final 12 play.

It wasn't all roses in Melbourne on Saturday. Three players that were favourites to make it to the final table were unable to do so.

The previously mentioned Idema (2011 PTPR Rank: 145th) was unable to keep this summer's WSOP bracelet winning momentum going, he was the last to leave today.

Former Aussie Millions Champion Lee Nelson (pictured) was looking for a repeat. Sadly for Nelson (2011 PTPR Rank: 835th) - the defending ANZPT Melbourne Champion - it was lights out early during Saturday play.

The one everyone was looking for on Saturday - and throughout the tournament - was Phil Ivey. After dominating for most of the week, Ivey (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) had a steep mountain to climb during Final 12 play. Ivey was last in chips coming in and needed to push early in order to get back into contention. Unfortunately for Ivey, he was unable to shake off Dion's Ace-King and was the first man out - not all bad news for Ivey, he was out in time to register for the monster 250K buy-in Super High Roller event - event that's still ongoing now. UPDATE: as of press time, we are down to the Final Four in the 250K event - Ivey is (surprise, surprise) first in chips, followed by Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius and Gus Hansen.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 Mile Krstanoski 2,295,000
Seat 2 Yann Dion 2,325,000
Seat 3 Patrick Healy 2,995,000
Seat 4 Bjorn Li 4,775,000
Seat 5 Kenneth Wong 2,330,000
Seat 6 Oliver Speidel 3,415,000
Seat 7 Mohamad Kowssarie 1,750,000

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1st $1,600,000 2nd $1,000,000 3rd $610,000 4th $405,000 5th $300,000 6th $230,000 7th $170,000 RELATED POSTS >> DION LEADS FINAL 12 >> O'SHEA, IVEY IN TOP 26 >>O'SHEA LEADS DAY 2 >> IVEY'S ROOM OPENS AT CROWN >> SMITH COLLECTS 1M >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Aussie Millions NLH Main Event January 22-28, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $10,465 | Prizepool: $6,896,435 Entries: 659 DEFENDING CHAMPION David Gorr (2011 PTPR Rank: 127th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 131 2nd place 81 3rd place 51 4th place 41 5th place 36 6-7th place 31 DANIEL IDEMA 16 LEE NELSON 16 JANIS LESINSKIS 16 KARIM JOMEEN 16 PHIL IVEY 14 DANNY CHEVALIER 14 MATT TURK 14 GRANT LEVY 14 MINH NGUYEN 11 JOEY LAWRENCE 11 SLADE FISHER 11

2012 AUSSIE: DION LEADS THE FINAL 12

Another fairly quick day will be followed by what should be - you guessed it - another fairly quick day at the Aussie Millions Main Event.

The final 26 players came back on Friday in order to play down to the final 12. These 12 players will all gather at the Crown Casino on Saturday and play down to our final table.

Canadian Yann Dion has captured the lead at the Main Event. He is followed closely by Bjorn Li. Dion's Canadian team mate, Daniel Idema, held the chip lead for part of the day - he now finds himself fifth in chips.

Phil Ivey is still alive but will need to get things going early on Friday - Ivey has the shortest chip stack as Saturday looms.

Matt Turk and Tim O'Shea - who each held the chip leads during the two previous days of play - were both eliminated on Friday.

FINAL 12 CHIP COUNTS
1 Yann Dion 2.67M
2 Bjorn Li 2.47M
3 Mohamed Kowssarie 2.23M
4 Karim Jomeen 2.06M
5 Daniel Idema 1.84M
6 Lee Nelson 1.65M
7 Patrick Healey 1.56M
8 Janis Lesinkis 1.50M
9 Kenneth Wong 1.49M
10 Oliver Speidel 0.80M
11 Mile Krstanoski 0.75M
12 Phil Ivey 0.69M

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TOP 12 PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1st $1,600,000 2nd $1,000,000 3rd $610,000 4th $405,000 5th $300,000 6th $230,000 7th $170,000 8-9th $125,000 10-12th $100,000 RELATED POSTS >> O'SHEA, IVEY IN TOP 26 >>O'SHEA LEADS DAY 2 >> IVEY'S ROOM OPENS AT CROWN >> SMITH COLLECTS 1M >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Aussie Millions NLH Main Event January 22-28, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $10,465 | Prizepool: $6,896,435 Entries: 659 DEFENDING CHAMPION David Gorr (2011 PTPR Rank: 127th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 131 2nd place 81 3rd place 51 4th place 41 5th place 36 6-7th place 31 8-11th place 16 12th place 14 DANNY CHEVALIER 14 MATT TURK 14 GRANT LEVY 14 MINH NGUYEN 11 JOEY LAWRENCE 11 SLADE FISHER 11

2012 AUSSIE: DAY 4 PREVIEW - FINAL 26 INCLUDES IVEY, O'SHEA AND TURK!

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Matt Turk leads the remaining 26 players into Day 4 at the Aussie Millions Main Event. No, it's no typo, Matt Turk leads the Aussie.

I'm willing to bet many of you did or are in the process of doing what I did earlier today - go to the Hendon Mob database to check out just who Matt Turk is.

According to the Mob, Matthew Turk has about 4K in winnings in his live tournament career - his last cash coming in August 2010.

So, excuse us for asking, just who is Matt Turk? Simple answer, he's the dude that leads the Aussie Millions in Friday play - and he has double the chips that second place Tim O'Shea has.

It's obvious that Turk (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) has momentum on his side, he hopes to keep it up on Day 4.

As mentioned, Tim O'Shea is second in chips after Day 3 play. O'Shea (2011 PTPR Rank: 346th) held the chip lead at the end of Day 2 - it looks like he continued to accumulate chips at a rapid rate on Thursday.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that ALL the attention remains on Phil Ivey. Some are actually wondering at what point he will break his media silence. Would a win get Phil to open up? Probably not, knowing that Ivey has never been big on exposure.

Well, Phil is letting his play do the talking. Ivey (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) will start Day 4 sixth in chips as one of seven players with above 1M chip stacks. The picture at the top of this article says it all when it comes to Ivey, what a rail!

Former Aussie Millions Champion Lee Nelson is still in this thing. Nelson (2011 PTPR Rank: 835th) has a Top 10 stack heading into Friday play.

A pair of Canadians are also holding their own down under as Yann Dion (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) and 2011 WSOP bracelet winner and former BCPC Champ Daniel Idema (2011 PTPR Rank: 145th) both hold Top 10 chip stacks and shouldn't be overlooked on Friday.

NOTABLE CHIP STACKS (over 200K in chips)
Matt Turk 2,675,000
Tim O'Shea 1,376,000 Day 2 Chip Leader
Yann Dion 1,156,000
Phil Ivey 1,107,000
Daniel Idema 1,033,000 2011 WSOP Bracelet Winner
Minh Nguyen 992,000
Lee Nelson 878,000 2006 Aussie Millions Champ
Oliver Speidel 614,000
Joey Lawrence 504,000
Grant Levy 381,000
David Steicke 183,000

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TOP 26 PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1st $1,600,000 2nd $1,000,000 3rd $610,000 4th $405,000 5th $300,000 6th $230,000 7th $170,000 8-9th $125,000 10-12th $100,000 13-15th $75,000 16-18th $60,000 19-24th $45,000 25-26th $35,000 RELATED POSTS >>O'SHEA LEADS DAY 2 >> IVEY'S ROOM OPENS AT CROWN >> SMITH COLLECTS 1M >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Aussie Millions NLH Main Event January 22-28, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $10,465 | Prizepool: $6,896,435 Entries: 659 DEFENDING CHAMPION David Gorr (2011 PTPR Rank: 127th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 131 2nd place 81 3rd place 51 4th place 41 5th place 36 6-7th place 31 8-11th place 16 12-15th place 14 16-18th place 11

2012 AUSSIE: '11 PRELIM WINNER O'SHEA LEADS, IVEY STANDS RIGHT BEHIND HIM

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Day 2 play is complete and it looks like Phil Ivey is in it to win it.

With 74 players remaining - only two away from the money bubble - Ivey (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) is second in chips 778K. Ivey must be scaring the living hell out of the remaining field.

Ivey trails only Tim O'Shea in the Main Event. O'Shea (2011 PTPR Rank: 346th)
won the NLH 6-Max event here at the Aussie Millions last season.

Another Aussie Millions prelim winner from 2011, Oliver Speidel, is fifth in chips. Speidel (2011 PTPR Rank: 346th, tied with O'Shea) currently has 540K in chips for the tournament.

2006 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion Lee Nelson also has a healthy chip stack. Nelson (2011 PTPR Rank: 836th) - who won the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event in 2011 - will look to collect more chips on Day 3 as the money bubble draws near.

Aage Ravn (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), Jason Koon (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) and Yann Dion (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) are other top stacks to keep an eye on Day 3.

NOTABLE CHIP STACKS (over 200K in chips)
Tim O'Shea 921,000
Phil Ivey 778,500
Aage Ravn 708,500
Jason Koon 667,500
Oliver Speidel 540,000
Yann Dion 495,000
David Steicke 453,000
Lee Nelson 432,500 (2006 Champion)
Daniel Idema 350,000
Michael Pedley 331,500 (Prelim Event Winner)
Brett Watson 291,000 (Day 1 Chip Leader)
Michael Tureniec 289,000
Minh Nguyen 238,000

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TOP 24 PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1st $1,600,000 2nd $1,000,000 3rd $610,000 4th $405,000 5th $300,000 6th $230,000 7th $170,000 8-9th $125,000 10-12th $100,000 13-15th $75,000 16-18th $60,000 19-24th $45,000 RELATED POSTS >> IVEY'S ROOM OPENS AT CROWN >> SMITH COLLECTS 1M >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT Aussie Millions NLH Main Event January 22-28, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $10,465 | Prizepool: $6,896,435 Entries: 659 DEFENDING CHAMPION David Gorr (2011 PTPR Rank: 127th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 131 2nd place 81 3rd place 51 4th place 41 5th place 36 6-7th place 31 8-11th place 16 12-15th place 14 16-18th place 11

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

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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!

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD): PAYOUTS TBA RELATED POSTS >> SMITH COLLECTS 1M >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

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

2012 AUSSIE: DAN SMITH COLLECTS 1M+ IN 100K CHALLENGE

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Dan Smith and 21 other competitors all put up 100,000 AUD in order to participate in the second Aussie Millions 100K Challenge. Smith (2011 PTPR Rank: 237th) got the best of his opponents and picked up a cool crisp 1M+ AUD with the victory - not a bad two-day payday!

Smith defeated Mikhail Smirnov heads up. Smirnov (2011 PTPR Rank: 1150th) lost a huge race late and was unable to recover.

Australia's native son Joe Hachem (2011 PTPR Rank: 322nd) and the one and only Tony G (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) were the only two other players to finish in the money in the event.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1- Dan Smith A$ 1,012,000 2- Mikhail Smirnov A$ 616,000 3- Joe Hachem A$ 330,000 4- Tony G A$ 242,000 RELATED POSTS >> IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS BOUNTY >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

Aussie Millions 100K Challenge January 22-23, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $100,000 | Prizepool: $2,200,000 Entries: 22 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION Event did not qualify for PTPR Points

2012 AUSSIE: IRISHMAN PARKHILL WINS THE BOUNTY/SHOOTOUT

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Congratulations to Ross Parkhill, the latest winner at the Aussie Millions! Parkhill was able to fend off 32 opponents on Sunday to pickup the coveted gold ring.

The tournament, which started as a standard bounty tournament Saturday, transformed into a shootout on Sunday, where the last two remaining players at each of the four tables met up for a final table showdown.

Parkhill (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) defeated Michal Polchlopek heads up. Polchlopek (2011 PTPR Rank: 2091st) earned a WPT Venice score last season.

Jamie Pickering (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), 2011 Aussie Millions Rebuys winner Oliver Speidel (2011 PTPR Rank: 346th) and James Obst (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) were other notables that finished in the Top 8.

Day 1 chip leader Melanie Weisner (2011 PTPR Rank: 1156th) had a tough day on Sunday. Things looked good as the day started but, unfortunately, it wasn't too long for Weisner - the new Lock Poker Pro - to hit the rail.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1- Ross Parkhill 119,500 2- Michal Polchlopek 73,000 3- Sam Capra 50,000 4- Mark Betts 34,000 5- Jamie Pickering 24,000 6- Oliver Speidel 16,000 7- Adam Cusenza 13,000 8- James Obst 10,000 RELATED POSTS >> WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR SIDE EVENT Aussie Millions NLH 1.5K Bounty/Shootout Event January 21-22, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $1,570 | Prizepool: $495,250 Entries: 315 FINAL RESULTS ROSS PARKHILL 75 MICHAL POLCHLOPEK 40 SAM CAPRA 25 MARK BETTS 15 JAMIE PICKERING 10 OLIVER SPEIDEL 8 ADAM CUSENZA 5 JAMES OBST 5

2012 AUSSIE: WEISNER LEADS FINAL 32 IN BOUNTY/SHOOUTOUT PRELIM

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Melanie Weisner leads the way as the final 32 1.5K NLH Bounty players come back to a Sunday Shootout!

That's right, after a day full of bounties, the final four tables of eight players will turn into shootout tables with each table's winner meeting up in the final four!


Weisner (2011 PTPR Rank: 1156th) had some success on the circuit in 2011 but was never able to secure a major score.

Aussie veteran Jamie Pickering (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) is second in chips - about 50K behind Weisner.

Harry Demetriou (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), Oliver Speidel (2011 PTPR Rank: 346th), Eric Crain (2011 PTPR Rank: 680th) and James Obst (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) are a few other notable players still alive in the event.

SHOOUTOUT TABLE LINEUPS

Table 1: Melanie Weisner, Joshua Foster, Fabian Craib, Radoslaw Kopec, Oliver Speidel, Trung Tran, Sam Capra, Peter Dykes

Table 2: Jamie Pickering, Ross Parkhill, Sandeep Pulusani, Rhys Jones, Aaron Lim, Guang Lu, Tom Rafferty, Clemens Manzano

Table 3: Hans Dorn, Michal Polchlopek, Todd Bailey, Harry Demetriou, Bill Argyros, James Obst, Eugene Juczenko, Veselin Zmukic

Table 4: Mark Betts, Aleks Brkovic, Sayed Jabbour, Tsugunari Toma, Eric Crain, George Moussa, Louis Srour, Adam Cusinza

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TOP 10 EVENT PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1st $119,500 2nd $73,000 3rd $50,000 4th $34,000 5th $24,000 6th $16,000 7th $13,000 8th $10,000 9th $7,500 10th $7,500 LIVE UPDATES >> POKERNEWS.com PLAYER TWEETS >> #aussiemillions RELATED POSTS >> PEDLEY OUTLASTS KARAMALIKIS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR SIDE EVENT Aussie Millions NLH 1.5K Bounty/Shootout Event January 21-22, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $1,570 | Prizepool: $495,250 Entries: 315 PTS AT STAKE 1st place 75 2nd place 40 3rd place 25 4th place 15 5th place 10 6th place 8 7-9th place 5

2012 AUSSIE: PEDLEY OUTLASTS xMONSTERxDONGx AS LOCAL LEGENDS BATTLE

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An All-Aussie showdown was the culmination of a stacked final table down under at the Aussie Millions NLH 1K Rebuy event.

Michael Pedley and xMONSTERxDONGx Jonathan Karamalikis gave the local crowd what they wanted - two Aussies fighting for the Championship. In the end, the man that won a Aussie prelim back in 2008 was the winner as Pedley collected over 122K AUD with the victory. Karamalikis, obvisouly, was second.

djk123 Dan Kelly's third place finish was his second big showing this week at the Aussie - Kelly won the PLO event earlier this week - certainly a good start to the year for djk123.

Sad to see Marvin Rettenmaier and Michael Benvenuti go so early. Both players were game for a go at the title but, neither was able to get things going early - Benvenuti's struggles earned him zero PTPR Points for the effort while Rettenmaier, who was the chip leader coming into final table play, managed to earn 5 PTPR Points.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1st Michael Pedley $122,670 2nd Jonathan Karamalikis $88,830 3rd Dan Kelly $57,105 4th Tyron Krost $40,185 5th Mike Watson $29,610 6th Jim Collopy $25,380 7th Tony Sama $21,150 8th Marvin Rettenmaier $16,920 9th Andrew Scarfe $12,690 10th Michael Benvenuti $8,460 LIVE UPDATES >> POKERNEWS.com PLAYER TWEETS >> #aussiemillions RELATED POSTS >> MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR SIDE EVENT Aussie Millions NLH 1K Rebuy Event January 20-21, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $1,150 | Prizepool: $443,135 Entries: 423 FINAL RESULTS MICHAEL PEDLEY 75 JONATHAN KARAMALIKIS 40 DAN KELLY "djk123" 25 TYRON KROST 15 MIKE WATSON "SirWatts" 10 JIM COLLOPY 8 TONY SAMA 5 MARVIN RETTENMAIER 5 ANDREW SCARFE 5

2012 AUSSIE: MIDDLETON DEFEATS DODDS TO WIN 1K 6-HANDED PRELIM

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Tom Middleton defeated Joel Dodds heads up to win the 1K NLH 6-Max event at the Aussie Millions yesterday.

Middleton (2011 PTPR Rank: 386th) had some success in 2011 - he picked up points at the WSOP and at a WPT prelim at Bellagio.

For Dodds (2011 PTPR Rank: 564th), it was yet another close call. He had a third place finish at the Everest Poker The One Event last April.

Peter Skouteris (2011 PTPR Rank: 1245th), Kosta Mamaliadis (2011 PTPR Rank: 760th) and Darren Kramer (2011 PTPR Rank: 213th) all earned PTPR Points in the event.

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TOP 10 EVENT PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1- Tom Middleton 84,200 2- Joel Dodds 58,135 3- Peter Skouteris 40,450 4- Craig Cockburn 30,800 5- Kosta Mamaliadis 23,100 6- Ben Lingenfelder 15,400 7- Xin Zhao 9,625 8- Stefan Jedlicka 6,970 9- Darren Kramer 6,970 10- Jeremy Cleaver 6,970 LIVE UPDATES >> POKERNEWS.com PLAYER TWEETS >> #aussiemillions RELATED POSTS >> MAD MARVIN LEADS FT CHARGE >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR SIDE EVENT Aussie Millions NLH 1K Six-Max Event January 19-20, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $1,045 | Prizepool: $403,325 Entries: 385 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION TOM MIDDLETON 75 JOEL DODDS 40 PETER SKOUTERIS 25 CRAIG COCKBURN 15 KOSTA MAMALIADIS 10 BEN LINGENFELDER 8 XIN ZHAO 5 STEFAN JEDLICKA 5 DARREN KRAMER 5

2012 AUSSIE: MAD MARVIN, SIRWATTS, MONSTER DONG LEAD FT CHARGE AT 1K REBUY

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERENEWS.com

We're back to Australia for continuing coverage of the Aussie Millions - and we've got a doozy of a final table about to begin in the 1K NLH Rebuy event.

2011 PTPR Top Scorer (earned the most PTPR Scores with nine) Marvin Rettenmaier leads the charge in the prelim event. Mad Marvin (2011 PTPR Rank: 21st) enters final table play with 113K in chips. Rettenmaier will look to put a disappointing showing at WPT Ireland behind him and pickup his first win of 2012 later today.

Canadian poker pro SirWatts, Mike Watson, holds onto second place by a small margin. Watts (2011 PTPR Rank: 25th) will count on his tournament experience to guide him to a tournament victory.

Entering the final day in third place, Jonathan Karamalikis will certainly be looking to play the role of hometown hero. The Aussie legend known to most as xMONSTERxDONGx (2011 PTPR Rank: 2358th) will certainly have a lot of people pulling for him.

In fourth place is Michael Pedley (2011 PTPR Rank: NR). Pedley won a 1K prelim here at the Aussie Millions back in 2008 ... Jim Collopy (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) was second to Gus Hansen at the 2010 WSOP Europe Heads Up Championship.

Master Classics prelim winner Michael Benvenuti (2011 PTPR Rank: 466th) and WSOP bracelet winner Dan djk123 Kelly (2011 PTPR Rank: 540th) - who has already scooped a title here earlier this week - are two American players hoping to take this one down.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
1- Marvin Rettenmaier 113,700
2- Mike Watson 102,600
3- Jonathan Karamalikis 101,000
4- Michael Pedley 77,800
5- Jim Collopy 46,400
6- Michael Benvenuti 44,500
7- Tyron Krost 42,200
8- Dan Kelly 40,200
9- Tony Sama 39,300
10- Andrew Scarfe 28,100

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EVENT PAYOUTS (in AUD): 1st 122,670 2nd 88,830 3rd 57,105 4th 40,185 5th 29,610 6th 25,380 7th 21,150 8th 16,920 9th 12,690 10th 8,460 LIVE UPDATES >> POKERNEWS.com PLAYER TWEETS >> #aussiemillions RELATED POSTS >> RUBIE WINS AUSSIE OPENER >> GOING INTO OVERTIME DOWN UNDER >> BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! (2011)

PTPR SIDE EVENT Aussie Millions NLH 1K Rebuy Event January 20-21, 2012 Crown Casino | Melbourne Buy-in: $1,150 | Prizepool: $443,135 Entries: 423 PTS AT STAKE 1st place 75 2nd place 40 3rd place 25 4th place 15 5th place 10 6th place 8 7th place 5 8th place 5 9th place 5

2012 AUSSIE: RUBIE DEFEATS WILSON TO WIN OPENING EVENT AT AUSSIE MILLIONS

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERENEWS.com

Brendon Rubie came back from the pack in order to defeat Scott Wilson, the chip leader coming into final day play at the Opening Event of the Aussie Millions down at the Crown Casino in Melbourne.


It's certainly a chaotic time in Melbourne with the Australian Open starting and plenty of Aussie Millions events in the next couple of days - it's only going to get crazier down under.

FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD):
1st- Brendon Rubie $200,000
2nd- Scott Wilson $125,000
3rd- Rob Angood $80,000
4th- John Thomson $61,000
5th- Tam Truong $49,000
6th- Manny Stavropoulos $39,000
7th- Sherif Derias $29,000
8th- Naz Sibaei $19,000
9th- Tamara Volkoff $14,500
10th- Sean Robey $10,900

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PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
1K NLH Opening Event
January 12-16, 2012

Crown Casino | Melbourne
Buy-in: $1,130 | Prizepool: $973,810 | Entries: 946

FINAL RESULTS:
BRENDON RUBIE 35
SCOTT WILSON 18
ROB ANGOOD 10
JOHN THOMSON 8
TAM TRUONG 5

2012 AUSSIE: GOING INTO OVERTIME IN OPENING EVENT DOWN UNDER

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERENEWS.com

We are going into overtime down under! The return of the Opening Event at the Aussie Millions attracted a stunning 946 players - down only a few players from the 1,000 player field in 2011 - and organizers were forced to extend the event by one day.

After three Day 1's and Day 2 yesterday, it was obvious that the final 10 players weren't going to settle things in the original time frame.

Scott Wilson (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) will enter final table play as chip leader, hoping to be the one to replace defending champ Martin Drewe (2011 PTPR Rank: 182nd) as 2012 winner.

Wilson holds a 1M chip lead over Brendon Rubie (2011 PTPR Rank: 1766th), who had one PTPR last season, at the WSOP.

The other notable player at the final table, Manny Stavropoulos, shares the same 2011 rank as Rubie. Stavropoulos (2011 PTPR Rank: 1766th) finished in the Top 10 at the Main Event at last season's Aussie Millions.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS:
1- Scott Wilson 2,628,000
2- Brendon Rubie 1,625,000
3- Rob Angood 1,384,000
4- Tam Truong 934,000
5- Naz Sibaei 849,000
6- Sherif Derias 696,000
7- Manny Stavropoulos 554,000
8- John Thomson 363,000
9- Sean Robey 262,000
10- Tamara Volkoff 191,000

FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in AUD):
1st- $200,000
2nd- $125,000
3rd- $80,000
4th- $61,000
5th- $49,000
6th- $39,000
7th- $29,000
8th- $19,000
9th- $14,500
10th- $10,900

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RELATED POSTS:
DREWE WINS AUSSIE MILLIONS OPENING EVENT (2011)
BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! AUSSIE MILLIONS CROWNS NEW CHAMP (2011)

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
1K NLH Opening Event
January 12-16, 2012

Crown Casino | Melbourne
Buy-in: $1,130 | Prizepool: $973,810 | Entries: 946

PTS AT STAKE:
1st place 35
2nd place 18
3rd place 10
4th place 8
5th place 5

PTPR RECAP: PASS THE SUGAR! HACHEM SCORES AT AM PRELIM, BLATTBERG SCORES WPT PRELIM WIN

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com

We have Prelim Event results from the Aussie Millions and the WPT Southern Poker Championship.

First off, Mike Shklover won the Aussie Millions 5K Pot Limit Omaha Event. Australia's own Joe Hachem, WSOP Main Event winner, finished 5th in the event, scoring 18 PTPR Points in the process.

Meanwhile, Russell Blattberg won NLH Event 30 at the WPT Southern Poker Championship. Blattberg earned 75 PTPR Points.


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
2011 Aussie Millions
Event 12 - Pot Limit Omaha
January 26-27, 2011

Crown Casino
Melbourne, Australia

Buy-in: $5,266
Prizepool: $263,304
Entries: 53

FINAL RESULTS
SHKLOVER MIKE 100
EWING DAVID 60
PUTT GRAEME 35
THORSEN OLAF 25
HACHEM JOE 18
GRECO MICHELE 10
ZOWIE MICHAEL 8
KASTLE CASEY 5


PTPR PRELIM EVENT
WPT Southern Poker Championship
Event 30 - No Limit Hold'em
January 21, 2011

Beau Rivage Resort Casino
Biloxi, Mississippi

Buy-in: $2,600
Prizepool: $339,500
Entries: 140

FINAL RESULTS
BLATTBERG RUSSELL 75
TROS CLAIR PAUL 40
PULLIAM JOE 25
SMITH BARBARA 15
ROBERTS BRENT 10
MOEINI MOHAMMAD 8
JAFFEE JARED 5
YAWITZ JESS 5
BURNS CHAD 5

BLOOD, GUTS AND GORR!!! AUSSIE CROWNS NEW CHAMP

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com

Hold your horses live event uber-pros and online super-studs, there are still a few tournaments to be had by wiley veterans - including the Aussie Millions Main Event!

Congrats to David Gorr - who outlasted 720 runners and picked up a cool 2 million dollar paycheck along the way! A great win for the veteran.

2010 PTPR Tournament Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi earned his first PTPR Score of the 2011 season with 9th place finish. Mizzi picked up 17 PTPR Points. Chris Moorman earned his second PTPR Score of the year.

Patrik Antonius (8th, 17 PTPR Points), Tobias Reinkemeier (17th, 12 PTPR Points) and Mark Vos (18th, 12 PTPR Points) were other notables that scored PTPR Points in the event.


Main Event payouts available at the end of this post...


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 Aussie Millions
Main Event
January 23-29, 2011

Crown Casino
Melbourne, Australia

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $7,210,000
Entries: 721

FINAL RESULTS
GORR DAVID 132
KEYS JAMES 82
ROSSITER JEFF 52
RYAN MICHAEL 42
DORFMAN RANDY 37
RAZAVI SAMAD 32
MOORMAN CHRIS 32
ANTONIUS PATRIK 17
MIZZI SOREL 17
LEW RANDY 17
SIGSBEE SHANE 17
MENZ DAVID 15
HEATH ELI 15
BONKOWKSI TYLER 15
STAVROPOULOS MANNY 15
LEE CLIFF 12
REINKEMEIER TOBIAS 12
VOS MARK 12


MAIN EVENT PAYOUTS...

1 David Gorr $1,992,532
2 James Keys $1,031,140
3 Jeffrey Rossiter $697,437
4 Michael Ryan $450,000
5 Randy Dorfman $323,587
6 Samad Razavi $224,022
7 Chris Moorman $174,244
8 Patrik Antonius $129,439
9 Sorel Mizzi $129,439
10 Randy Lew $99,583
11 Shane Sigsbee $99,583
12 David Menz $99,583
13 Eli Heath $69,708
14 Tyler Bonkowski $69,708
15 Manny Stavropoulos $69,708
16 Cliff Lee $69,708
17 Tobias Reinkemeier $69,708
18 Mark Vos $69,708

PREMIER UPDATES: WPT SOUTHERN, AUSSIE MAIN, EPT DEAUVILLE

PHOTO CREDIT: WPT.com

Updating the three PTPR Premier events we have on the go!


WPT SOUTHERN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN EVENT
We're down to four players at the WPT Main - 2009 Champion Allen Carter leads the way...

Seat 1. Alex Kuzmin - 1,033,000
Seat 3. Leif Force - 1,269,000
Seat 5. Shannon Shorr - 1,446,000
Seat 6. Allen Carter - 2,740,000


AUSSIE MILLIONS MAIN EVENT
14 players still alive down under. 2010 PTPR Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi sits 7th, he will score his first points of the year. Patrik Antonius is third in chips at last count ... here are the top 10 chip leaders...

1 Samad Razavi 2,350,000
2 Jeff Rossiter 2,160,000
3 Patrik Antonius 1,750,000
4 Chris Moorman 1,550,000
5 Randy Dorfman 1,100,000
6 James Keys 1,000,000
7 Sorel Mizzi 750,000
8 Michael Ryan 750,000
9 David Gorr 715,000
10 Tyler Bonkowski 510,000


EPT DEAUVILLE MAIN EVENT
We're done with Day 2 in France. 205 of the original 891 players are still alive ... here are the top 10 remaining runners - including frenchman Fabrice Soulier making a run ...

1 David Sonelin 438,900
2 Fabrice Soulier 390,700
3 Sergey Kislinskiy 390,200
4 Eric Sfez 369,000
5 Mathew Frankland 353,600
6 Martin Jacobson 343,600
7 Raphael Kroll 339,200
8 Fabian Holling 333,300
9 Anthony Hnatow 332,400
10 Laurent Lagreve 312,300

AUSSIE: DAY 2 ENDS WITH MIZZI, ANTONIUS, REINKEMEIER AND EDOG IN THE HUNT

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com

Well look who decided to make an appearance on a major tournament leaderboard again? That's right, 2010 PTPR Poker Tournament Player of the Year and 2010 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year Sorel Mizzi is back on everyone's radar.

After Day 2, Mizzi currently sits 5th in chips at the Aussie Millions Main Event. Mizzi is looking for his first PTPR Score of the 2011 season.

Mizzi posted the following on his Twitter account (@sorelmizzi) at the end of Day 2...

515k in aussie millions. last year ended day 2 with 480. deja-vu

Other notables include: Tobias Reinkemeier (142 PTPR Points in 2010) is third in chips, cash game mega-star Patrik Antonius sits 9th, while Edog Erick Lindgren is still alive - now sits 15th in chips. Carter Phillips is 14th.

Randy Dorfman has a small chip lead as Day 3 approaches. 76 players remain in the event.

Day 3 seating assignment and chip counts are available at the end of this post...

The winner of the event will receive 132 PTPR Points.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 Aussie Millions
Main Event
January 23-29, 2011

Crown Casino
Melbourne, Australia

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $7,210,000
Entries: 721

POINTS AT STAKE
1st place 132
2nd place 82
3rd place 52
4th place 42
5th place 37
6th place 32
7th place 32
8th place 17
9th place 17
10th place 17
11th place 17
12th place 15
13th place 15
14th place 15
15th place 15
16th place 12
17th place 12
18th place 12


DAY 3 SEATING ASSIGNMENTS AND CHIP COUNTS

Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count

10 1 PHILLIPS, WILLIAM C 307500
10 2 FARKAS, GABOR 121500
10 3 MAIALE, RENATO C 110000
10 4 KEEFE, OLIVER L 211500
10 5 LINDGREN, ERICK A 267000
10 6 SMITH, ELLIOT K 315500
10 7 ELLIS, RAYMOND R 56500
10 8 HEATH, ELI 108500

14 1 PENCIK, MARTIN 164500
14 2 FREYMANN, RENE 434000
14 3 VOS, MARK C 203000
14 4 RODRIGUES, MANUEL 386500
14 5 DALESSANDRI, JOHN 101000
14 6 ROSSITER, JEFFREY S 385000
14 7 HEALY, MICHAEL G 130500
14 8 PERKINS, JAMIE R 105500

19 1 KATCHALOV, EUGENE 61000
19 2 KIRK, MATTHEW ARTHUR 198500
19 3 BLACKMORE, BENJAMIN C 221000
19 4 EICHENDORF, SEAN L 79500
19 5 FOY, JOHN W 115500
19 6 RAZAVI, SAMAD 107000
19 7 SPARKS, CHRISTOPHER P 158500
19 8 MARCUS, VAN 50500

24 1 MO, JASON 102000
24 2 SEAL, EMANUEL 240000
24 3 SIGSBEE, SHANE M 141500
24 4 COCHRANE, GAVIN R 81000
24 5 CHARETTE, SIMON M 175500
24 6 DORFMAN, RANDY S 581000
24 7 LEE, CLIFFORD S 154000
24 8 GANG, STEVE 68500

25 1 INDRICH, HARALD 121000
25 2 ZOCH, ROMAN 128500
25 3 ANTONIUS, PATRIK 428500
25 4 GUTTMANN, MICHAEL 150500
25 5 MORRIS, SIMON A 41000
25 6 KARIB, YUSTINUS 42500
25 7 CHU, HAI B 431000
25 8 LUKASHAUGEN, TORE W 254000

27 1 BONKOWSKI, TYLER J 260500
27 2 RAYNER, GENE 138500
27 3 WONG, PETER 47000
27 4 KOVACS, ANDRAS 74500
27 5 VOLKOFF, TAMARA 57000
27 6 COLMAN, JULIUS 53500
27 7 DEEB, SEMON S 170000

28 1 REIJMER, DANIEL 204500
28 2 WHITE, MICHAEL W 120000
28 3 MOUNTENEY, CHRISTOPHER P 114000
28 4 REINKEMEIER, TOBIAS 533500
28 5 STAVROPOULOS, ARISTOMENIS 118000
28 6 RYAN, MICHAEL N 547500
28 7 MENZ, DAVID J 146000
28 8 JORSTEDT, MATTIAS O 79500

29 1 MIZZI, SOREL J 489000
29 2 MATTHEWS, MICHAEL A 175500
29 3 MOORMAN, CHRISTOPHER G 220000
29 4 LACKOVIC, NIKOLA 97000
29 5 NEWMAN, MICHAEL P 180500
29 6 LAUGESEN, SHANE 124000
29 7 PATEL, HIREN G 177000

31 1 GORR, SAMUEL D 223500
31 2 ALBERGO, ANDREW M 31500
31 3 KEYS, JAMES C 508000
31 4 SOWERS, MIKE 149000
31 5 LEW, RANDY 484000
31 6 LOGIUDICE, MICHAEL 88000
31 7 PATGORSKI, JOHN G 376500

32 1 RODRIGUEZ, SANCHEZ 85500
32 2 ROBERTS, EARL A 133000
32 3 INGRAM, LOUISE M 118000
32 4 LEDERER, HOWARD H 181500
32 5 CUSENZA, ADAM J 261500
32 6 CHOW, KUT F 97000
32 7 SMITH, ALEC F 120000

2M TO THE WINNER DOWN UNDER - EDOG A LEAD DOG

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com

All three Day 1's are done at the Aussie Millions Main Event. Day 2 starts in a few hours and 2 million dollars awaits the winner of the event. Ok, ok, it's a few dollars short of 2M but let's call it an even 2 mill.

Erick "EDog" Lindgren is one of the chip leaders as Day 2 looms. Patrik Antonius, Carter Philips, Aussie Millions Event 1 winner Martin Drewe, Phil Ivey, Erik Cajelais, Gavin Griffin are some of the other big names atop of the leaderboard.

Here is what we're playing for...

1 $1,992,532
2 $1,031,140
3 $697,437
4 $450,000
5 $323,587
6 $224,022
7 $174,244
8 - 9 $129,439
10 - 12 $99,583
13 - 18 $69,708
19 - 24 $44,820
25 - 30 $34,860
31 - 36 $29,866
37 - 40 $24,916
41 - 56 $19,933
57 - 72 $14,947


Unofficial chip counts available at the end of this post...

The winner of the event will receive 132 PTPR Points.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2011 Aussie Millions
Main Event
January 23-29, 2011

Crown Casino
Melbourne, Australia

Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $7,210,000
Entries: 721

POINTS AT STAKE
1st place 132
2nd place 82
3rd place 52
4th place 42
5th place 37
6th place 32
7th place 32
8th place 17
9th place 17
10th place 17
11th place 17
12th place 15
13th place 15
14th place 15
15th place 15
16th place 12
17th place 12
18th place 12


UNOFFICIAL CHIP COUNTS - NOTABLE PLAYERS (AFTER DAY 1)

Oliver Keefe 198,200
Erick Lindgren 186,000
Luke Brabin 177,200
Patrik Antonius 176,500
Carter Phillips 167,500
Charles Chua 163,000
Jeff Rossiter 154,900
Michael Ottobra 143,900
Brian Furness 141,800
Martin Drewe 136,100
Colin Nicholas 134,900
Phil Ivey 134,200
Jay Kinkade 128,700
Jeff Sarwer 120,500
Randy Lew 119,000
Chris Moorman 116,900
Elliot Smith 116,200
Andras Kovacs 113,900
Haibo Chu 113,900
Ronnie Shabtay 111,400
Gabe Patgorski 110,500
Erik Cajelais 108,700
Dale Marsland 102,000
Gavin Griffin 101,700
Fabian Quoss 95,000
David Gorr 91,500
Tonio Roder 91,300
Yasuhiro Waki 80,000
Jason Gray 79,700