A$10,600 Main Event
Dia 2 Terminado
A$10,600 Main Event
Dia 2 Terminado
The 2020 Aussie Millions Main Event fell just two entries short of last year's record, drawing 820 players to the felt. The top 88 finishers will share the A$8,200,000 prize pool with A$1,850,000 reserved for the eventual champion. About 160 players will return to Crown Melbourne for Day 3 on Tuesday, January 21, at 12:30 p.m. local time.
The tournament has cemented its place as one of the major events on anyone's calendar, and the international participation has been well demonstrated today with notable grinders from around the world pulling the strings. Jeff Madsen is a prime example. The American pro may be known mainly for his prowess in the Las Vegas and Los Angeles casinos, but he made the trip across the Pacific to draw a lot of attention on Day 2.
Madsen got involved in a gigantic pot in the fourth level of the day, getting his chips in on the flop with aces. Madsen was up against David Yan's set and Martin Zamani's flush draw. Yan had both of his opponents covered and Madsen could only hope for one out to break even and another to skyrocket near the top of the rankings. The rest of the deck would eliminate him, but he caught the ace of clubs on the river to twist the plot. Madsen would later bag 356,400, which is not enough for the pole position, but enough for the provisional top 10.
Another highly resonating name through the day was that of Fabian Quoss'. The former German high stakes pro, who retired from the game in 2018, returned to Melbourne--where he'd live a few years ago--and his campaign has been excellent so far. After topping the field on Day 1a, Quoss has kept crushing today, torturing his table in many three- and four-bet pots. He finished with 372,400.
The unofficial chip-leading stack belongs to Jordan Tentori (439,700) whose rise to the top accelerated when he coolered Kristen Bicknell in a 200,000-pot with sixes full over deuces full. Other heavy bags belong to Shao Liu (410,000) and Terence Clee (389,300).
Local hero Kahle Burns, who was inducted to the national Poker Hall of Fame today, showcased his talent during the day when he was seen pacing the field. Burns wouldn't eventually finish at the top, losing a portion of his stack towards the end. Still, the high roller from Geelong remains one of the hottest contenders, considering his experience and the 257,100 in his bag.
Defending champ Bryn Kenney had been drawn to the toughest table in the room, but, just as always, he didn't seem to have any problem competing against the best. Kenney will be back with 186,000, which is more than the tournament average.
While Kenney and many stellar grinders made it through, today's stretch saw tons of familiar faces lose their chances at reaching paid places. Those included five former winners: Ami Barer, David Gorr, Toby Lewis, Manny Stavropoulos, and Tyron Krost. That leaves Kenney the only former champ still in the hunt.
Day 3 will bring the fundamental turning point for many with the bubble expected to burst sometime in the middle of the day. There will be another seven levels played and PokerNews will be on the ground to provide live updates from start to finish. Come back at 12:30 local time to follow the action.
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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7 | 1 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 190,000 | 79 |
7 | 2 | Simen Gulbrandsen | Norway | 153,300 | 64 |
7 | 3 | Jinsoo Kang | Australia | 267,600 | 112 |
7 | 4 | Samuel Korman | Australia | 39,000 | 16 |
7 | 5 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | 51,700 | 22 |
7 | 6 | Kan Lin | Australia | 163,100 | 68 |
7 | 7 | Vesna Pope | Australia | 130,400 | 54 |
7 | 8 | Wei Low | Australia | 165,700 | 69 |
8 | 1 | Maxi Lehmanski | Germany | 106,000 | 44 |
8 | 2 | Mike Del Vecchio | United States | 164,500 | 69 |
8 | 3 | Terence Clee | Australia | 389,300 | 162 |
8 | 4 | Alan Friedmann | Uruguay | 191,100 | 80 |
8 | 5 | Egor Bulychev | Russia | 170,400 | 71 |
8 | 6 | Yin Liu | China | 191,900 | 80 |
8 | 7 | Slade Fisher | Australia | 78,500 | 33 |
8 | 8 | Steven Tabb | United States | 85,400 | 36 |
10 | 1 | Aram Zobian | United States | 74,000 | 31 |
10 | 2 | Simon Carter | Australia | 198,500 | 83 |
10 | 3 | Russell Thomas | United States | 198,000 | 83 |
10 | 4 | Rishabh Vekaria | India | 312,200 | 130 |
10 | 5 | Rahul Melwani | India | 124,900 | 52 |
10 | 6 | Liam Doyle | Australia | 303,700 | 127 |
10 | 7 | Goran Mandic | Croatia | 264,700 | 110 |
10 | 8 | Zachary Duce | Australia | 91,700 | 38 |
25 | 1 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | 186,900 | 78 |
25 | 2 | Giovanni Barone | Australia | 132,100 | 55 |
25 | 3 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 148,100 | 62 |
25 | 4 | Kahle Burns | Australia | 257,100 | 107 |
25 | 5 | Denis Wei Zhang | Australia | 62,400 | 26 |
25 | 6 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 59,000 | 25 |
25 | 7 | Ricky Vikas | Australia | 60,200 | 25 |
25 | 8 | Shao Liu | Australia | 410,000 | 171 |
26 | 1 | Francois Goulet | France | 52,400 | 22 |
26 | 2 | Tony G | Australia | 144,800 | 60 |
26 | 3 | Daniel Oshea | Australia | 258,100 | 108 |
26 | 3 | Vincent Wan | Australia | 292,800 | 122 |
26 | 4 | Sarkiss Osalian | Australia | 54,100 | 23 |
26 | 5 | Sam Cohen | United States | 47,700 | 20 |
26 | 7 | Vivian Im | South Korea | 116,900 | 49 |
26 | 8 | Timothy Chung | Hong Kong | 163,200 | 68 |
27 | 1 | Tomas Ribeiro | Portugal | 175,700 | 73 |
27 | 2 | Alex Lynskey | Australia | 242,800 | 101 |
27 | 3 | Nino Ullmann | Germany | 166,600 | 69 |
27 | 4 | Julien Sitbon | France | 125,500 | 52 |
27 | 5 | Adriano Cendron | Australia | 113,500 | 47 |
27 | 6 | David Steicke | Hong Kong | 96,900 | 40 |
27 | 6 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 91,200 | 38 |
27 | 8 | Jesse Sylvia | United States | 26,300 | 11 |
28 | 1 | Corey Zarb | Australia | 148,600 | 62 |
28 | 2 | Hamza Firdawcy | Canada | 102,900 | 43 |
28 | 3 | Jack Wu | Taiwan | 117,200 | 49 |
28 | 4 | Nick Pupillo | United States | 281,500 | 117 |
28 | 5 | John Dalessandri | Australia | 58,200 | 24 |
28 | 7 | Zong-Chi He | Taiwan | 342,600 | 143 |
28 | 8 | Michael Behnert | Germany | 99,800 | 42 |
29 | 1 | Goran Srejic | Australia | 54,700 | 23 |
29 | 2 | Tom Rafferty | Australia | 146,800 | 61 |
29 | 3 | Paul Abela | Australia | 232,800 | 97 |
29 | 4 | Thibaut Klinghammer | France | 68,100 | 28 |
29 | 5 | Peco Stojanovski | Australia | 50,000 | 21 |
29 | 6 | Paawan Bansal | India | 355,800 | 148 |
29 | 7 | Daniel Hinh | Australia | 85,100 | 35 |
29 | 8 | David Wells | Australia | 39,000 | 16 |
30 | 2 | Steven Miller | Australia | 148,800 | 62 |
30 | 3 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 203,200 | 85 |
30 | 4 | Mladen Vukovic | Australia | 76,700 | 32 |
30 | 5 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 210,900 | 88 |
30 | 6 | Steven Morris | Australia | 162,900 | 68 |
30 | 7 | Benedikt Eberle | Austria | 189,300 | 79 |
30 | 8 | Maxwell Young | Australia | 286,300 | 119 |
31 | 1 | Zachary Tay | Singapore | 238,400 | 99 |
31 | 2 | Sparrow Cheung | Hong Kong | 101,300 | 42 |
31 | 3 | Filipp Mamedov | Australia | 162,700 | 68 |
31 | 4 | Shan Huang | China | 150,000 | 63 |
31 | 5 | Luke Edwards | Australia | 36,800 | 15 |
31 | 6 | Ngoc Tai Hoang | Australia | 109,000 | 45 |
31 | 7 | Halil Bozdugan | Australia | 154,200 | 64 |
31 | 8 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 241,200 | 101 |
32 | 1 | Nabeel Mahiyuddin | Australia | 84,000 | 35 |
32 | 2 | Weiming Yu | China | 133,400 | 56 |
32 | 3 | Petar Vujic | Australia | 155,000 | 65 |
32 | 4 | Hyung Sun Jung | South Korea | 173,200 | 72 |
32 | 5 | Scott Margereson | United Kingdom | 328,900 | 137 |
32 | 6 | David Miscikowski | United States | 252,200 | 105 |
32 | 7 | Tony Hachem | Australia | 161,100 | 67 |
32 | 8 | Alan Pun | Hong Kong | 28,700 | 12 |
33 | 1 | Joel Cohen | Australia | 172,100 | 72 |
33 | 2 | Zhihong Ma | Australia | 71,700 | 30 |
33 | 3 | Jean-Serge Baril | Canada | 125,300 | 52 |
33 | 4 | Michael Gross | United States | 104,300 | 43 |
33 | 5 | Max Deveson | United Kingdom | 274,400 | 114 |
33 | 6 | Ize Bourne | Australia | 43,800 | 18 |
33 | 7 | Didier Guerin | Australia | 198,000 | 83 |
33 | 8 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 155,200 | 65 |
34 | 1 | Gavin Flynn | Ireland | 213,700 | 89 |
34 | 2 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 56,000 | 23 |
34 | 3 | Shane Stark | Australia | 119,800 | 50 |
34 | 4 | Daniel Gabriel | Australia | 107,000 | 45 |
34 | 5 | Ali Ghezelbash | Australia | 136,500 | 57 |
34 | 6 | Shoshiro Karita | Japan | 48,000 | 20 |
34 | 7 | Thomas Wing | Australia | 239,100 | 100 |
34 | 8 | Anthony Xu | Australia | 104,900 | 44 |
37 | 1 | Jun Ho Hwang | South Korea | 63,400 | 26 |
37 | 2 | Calvin Tan | Singapore | 93,800 | 39 |
37 | 3 | Bernie Stang | Australia | 83,300 | 35 |
37 | 4 | Rintaro Kagawa | Japan | 59,200 | 25 |
37 | 5 | Erik Seidel | United States | 228,700 | 95 |
37 | 6 | Dan Shak | United States | 77,600 | 32 |
37 | 7 | Gareth Pepper | Australia | 400,400 | 167 |
37 | 8 | Pierce Mckellar | Australia | 59,300 | 25 |
40 | 1 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 133,400 | 56 |
40 | 2 | Brody Furness | Australia | 21,400 | 9 |
40 | 3 | Nicolas Majeau | Canada | 107,500 | 45 |
40 | 4 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 186,000 | 78 |
40 | 5 | Quan Zhou | China | 345,900 | 144 |
40 | 6 | Chi Zhang | United Kingdom | 168,200 | 70 |
40 | 7 | Wei Zhu | Australia | 64,100 | 27 |
40 | 8 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 294,000 | 123 |
41 | 1 | Bobby Zhang | Australia | 175,900 | 73 |
41 | 2 | Cole Swannack | Australia | 84,700 | 35 |
41 | 3 | Stanley Wu | Australia | 88,200 | 37 |
41 | 4 | David Hackenberger | Australia | 130,500 | 54 |
41 | 5 | Yake Wu | China | 111,000 | 46 |
41 | 6 | Anthony Hachem | Australia | 97,000 | 40 |
41 | 7 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 356,400 | 149 |
41 | 8 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 126,100 | 53 |
45 | 1 | Randy Lew | United States | 126,400 | 53 |
45 | 2 | Dingxiang Ong | Singapore | 199,600 | 83 |
45 | 3 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 118,700 | 49 |
45 | 4 | Robert Sanchez Callol | Spain | 157,200 | 66 |
45 | 5 | Lawrence Bayley | United Kingdom | 171,800 | 72 |
45 | 6 | James Romero | United States | 148,000 | 62 |
45 | 7 | Tu Tran | Australia | 156,400 | 65 |
45 | 8 | Michael Sideridis | Australia | 226,700 | 94 |
47 | 1 | Sam Razavi | United Kingdom | 155,600 | 65 |
47 | 2 | Jordan Tentori | Australia | 439,700 | 183 |
47 | 3 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland | 182,100 | 76 |
47 | 4 | Corentin Ropert | France | 126,100 | 53 |
47 | 5 | Ben Lamb | United States | 166,000 | 69 |
47 | 6 | Daniel Ross | Australia | 99,100 | 41 |
47 | 7 | Jeremy Pekarek | United States | 147,600 | 62 |
47 | 8 | Fabian Quoss | Germany | 372,400 | 155 |
48 | 1 | Hussein Hassan | Australia | 36,400 | 15 |
48 | 2 | Warwick Dunnett | Australia | 196,300 | 82 |
48 | 3 | Rory Young | Australia | 19,500 | 8 |
48 | 4 | Andrew Moreno | United States | 83,400 | 35 |
48 | 5 | David Wang | Australia | 76,200 | 32 |
48 | 6 | Mai Ha | Australia | 194,900 | 81 |
48 | 7 | Louis Luo | Australia | 73,400 | 31 |
48 | 8 | Simon Burns | United Kingdom | 264,400 | 110 |
49 | 1 | Jarryd Godena | Australia | 111,600 | 47 |
49 | 2 | Wan Gan | Australia | 117,300 | 49 |
49 | 3 | Brendon Rubie | Australia | 79,800 | 33 |
49 | 4 | John Chu | Australia | 151,000 | 63 |
49 | 5 | Thomas Fairrie | Australia | 131,300 | 55 |
49 | 6 | Spiros Maroulis | Australia | 53,000 | 22 |
49 | 7 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 343,000 | 143 |
49 | 8 | Qiu Wenjian | New Zealand | 254,600 | 106 |
The full chip counts will be published when PokerNews receives them and a recap of today's action is to follow.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Jordan Tentori |
439,700
194,700
|
194,700 |
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Shao Liu |
410,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Gareth Pepper |
400,400
332,400
|
332,400 |
Terence Clee |
389,300
285,000
|
285,000 |
Fabian Quoss |
372,400
2,400
|
2,400 |
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Jeff Madsen |
356,400
-78,600
|
-78,600 |
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Paawan Bansal |
355,800
77,800
|
77,800 |
Quan Zhou |
345,900
-4,100
|
-4,100 |
Matthew Wantman |
343,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
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Zong-Chi He |
342,600
312,400
|
312,400 |
Scott Margereson |
328,900
138,900
|
138,900 |
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Rishabh Vekaria |
312,200
62,200
|
62,200 |
Liam Doyle |
303,700
107,300
|
107,300 |
Pete Chen |
294,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
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Vincent Wan |
292,800
201,200
|
201,200 |
Max Young
|
286,300 | |
Nick Pupillo |
281,500
256,000
|
256,000 |
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Max Deveson |
274,400
14,400
|
14,400 |
Jinsoo Kang |
267,600
107,600
|
107,600 |
Goran Mandic |
264,700
-5,300
|
-5,300 |
Simon Burns |
264,400
54,400
|
54,400 |
Daniel O'Shea |
258,100
102,100
|
102,100 |
Kahle Burns |
257,100
-157,900
|
-157,900 |
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Qiu Wenjian |
254,600
203,200
|
203,200 |
David Miscikowski |
252,200
-27,800
|
-27,800 |
|
Igor Yaroshevskyy jammed for 43,100 and was called by big stack Quan Zhou.
Yaroshevskyy tabled the and Zhou was trailing with the .
The board came and the kings held.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Quan Zhou |
350,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Igor Yaroshevskyy |
90,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Quan Zhou was in the big blind, firing 31,000 into 28,000 with the board reading . Jarryd Godena, sitting two seats to Zhou's left, raised all in for slightly more and Zhou called when he found out it was only 34,300. Godena flipped for the nut flush and Zhou flashed before he mucked his hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Quan Zhou |
395,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Jarryd Godena | 97,000 |
The clock has been stopped with ten minutes left in the level and 162 hopefuls still in contention. They will play another three hands until bagging and tagging for the night.
Sparrow Cheung four-bet jammed for the last 36,800 and three-bettor Spiros Maroulis made the call.
Cheung was at risk with and Maroulis had one overcard in . The board came and Cheung turned the full house to double.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sparrow Cheung |
77,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Spiros Maroulis |
50,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Timothy Adams got his last 16,200 into the middle with and he raced against . While the flop looked to be decisive, Adams got some hope when a hit the turn. The river, however, missed his gutshot and a eliminated him late into Day 2.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Timothy Adams | Eliminado | |
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Bryn Kenney and Jack Salter met in a blind-versus-blind spot, making it to the river of the board with 15,000 in the middle. Kenney checked, Salter fired 5,800, and Kenney check-raised to 31,000.
Salter was visibly puzzled, and he needed several minutes to figure out his move. He kept staring at the board, and eventually convinced himself to look Kenney up. It turned out well for Salter as Kenney had only , and Salter scooped the pot upon showing .
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jack Salter |
205,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Bryn Kenney |
160,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
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