The entry list is up to 340 players after an additional 187 players paid their $10,000 to join the day 1B field for the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Brit James Dempsey topped the list of 92 players who’ll return for day two tomorrow as he aims to add the Aussie Millions crown to a CV that includes a WSOP bracelet and a WPT title.
Dempsey finished with 189,000 narrowly ahead of Aussie Ilir Beluli (182,700), long-time Aussie Millions visitor Kenna James (151,400) and the in-form local Nabil Edgtton (148,300).
The list of internationals who fared well on day 1B included Tom Dwan (107,400), 2010 Aussie Millions $10k H.O.R.S.E. champion David Bach (52,900), JP Kelly (44,100), Vitaly Lunkin (40,300) and Annette Obrestad (28,300).
It was a banner day for the locals with many well-known players still in the hunt for Australia’s premier poker title. They include past Aussie Millions Main Event winners Tyron Krost (56,400) and Stewart Scott (38,400), ANZ Player of the Year Danny Chevalier (40,400), Australian Poker Hall of Famer Billy Argyros (65,700) and former Aussie Millions Main Event final table finishers Dennis Huntly (98,000) and Panayotis Flourentzou (53,900).
Other Aussies who’ll return for day two include Octavian Voegele (116,800), Mitchell Carle (100,700), Ralph Burd (67,600), Grant Levy (66,500), Michael Kanaan (56,900), Oliver Speidel (55,200), Raemin Alexander (53,300), Sheldon Mayer (43,700), Craig Cockburn (39,000), Sam Capra (37,700), Sarah Bilney (30,000), Aaron Benton (27,000), Jarred Graham (23,100) and Jonathan Karamalikis (21,000).
The list of day 1B casualties included lay year’s third-place finisher Jeff Rossiter, Mel Judah, Jackie Glazier, Simon Watt, Vesko Zmukic, Shawn Buchanan, Andrew Scott, Jamie Pickering and Marvin Rettenmaier.
2012 Aussie Millions Event 8: $10,600 No Limit Hold’em Main Event day 1A chip count (187 players; 92 players remain)
James Dempsey 189,000
Ilir Beluli 182,700
Kenna James 151,400
Nabil Edgtton 148,300
Paul Wilde 146,500
Diego Zeiter 142,900
Stephen Lindeblad 141,000
Errolyn Strang 122,800
Octavian Voegele 116,800
Alex Antonios 113,600
Emad Moaref 112,500
Robert Raymond 110,700
Kunimaro Kojo 110,500
Tom Dwan 107,400
Mitchell Carle 100,700
Dennis Huntly 98,000
Jeremy Simon 94,600
Gregory Ronaldson 92,900
Florens Feenstra 91,900
Mario Doria 91,800
Steven Mruk 87,000
Busra Kaluntakasuwun 85,400
Ivan Zalac 83,300
Rui Bao 75,100
Sayed Jabbour 74,900
Peter Dykes 71,400
Jeffrey Field 68,500
Ralph Burd 67,600
Peng Khoo 67,400
Stefano Accardo 66,600
Grant Levy 66,500
Billy Argyros 65,700
Hun Lee 65,700
Minh Nguyen 65,500
Con Kamaras 65,200
Michael Vanderhorst 63,700
Yin Li 63,000
Minh Hau Nguyen 62,900
Lik Lui 62,600
Leo Vescio 58,600
Michael Kanaan 56,900
Tyron Krost 56,400
Oliver Speidel 55,200
Khactrung Tran 54,300
Panayotis Flourentzou 53,900
Raemin Alexander 53,300
Robert Sova 53,200
David Bach 52900
Ville Haavisto 51,900
En Psiloyenis 49,600
Gareth Walker 48,000
Matthew Howearth 45,300
JP Kelly 44,100
Sheldon Mayer 43,700
Blagoja Lembovski 43,200
Jason Martin 42,000
James Spiteri 41,700
Shane Ginger 41,000
Lorina Johnson 40,600
Danny Chevalier 40,400
Vitaly Lunkin 40,300
Tolly Sakellariou 40,100
Craig Cockburn 39,000
Stewart Scott 38,400
Ian Marmion 38,200
Sam Capra 37,700
Stephen Goodridge 33,400
Brendan Richards 32,200
Sarah Bilney 30,000
Annette Obrestad 28,300
Robert Labelle 27,600
Aaron Benton 27,000
Jason Pritchard 26,900
Wayne Stone 26,900
Anthony Marenko 26,300
Don Derota 25,300
Andrew McKenzie 25,200
Jarred Graham 23,100
Christopher Edgar 23,100
Peter Peeters 22,000
Chris O’Donnell 21,500
Stephen Hansen 21,400
Jonathan Karamalikis 21,000
Peter Skouteris 20,100
John Browne 19,900
Roger Devito 16,100
Natalia Andrianova 16,100
Wissam Boumadi 15,500
Michael Fraser 14,200
Tommy Yi 12,000
Carl Pymble 10,700
George Vassilopoulos No count
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