The road to The MAIN EVENT title was never going to be easy, and the final day is going to start with a sizeable road hump for the 66 players who’ll take their seats in the Crown Poker Room later this morning.
The money bubble lies just six places away, which means six players who’ve toiled for more than two days and more than 12 hours of play are going to miss a share of the $559,000 prizepool.
But a title of this stature shouldn’t come easily and, for the bulk of the field, their efforts are going to be rewarded with a minimum payout of $1800. And for one lucky player, a prize package of $120,000 including a 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event seat, awaits.
Several players staked their claim to the title during day two, which started with a field of 351 players. During yesterday’s nine 40-minute levels, the chip lead changed hands on several occasions but it was Marion Fisher from Campbelltown (NSW) and Victoria’s Jim O’Bryan who finished neck and neck atop the count on 767,000 and 760,000 respectively.
The grandmother of five said she took some risks at the right time and they paid off. “I’m just having fun,” she said. "That’s why I play poker and that’s what I’ll keep doing tomorrow. If the chips fall my way then that’s even better.” Marion, who usually plays at Green Valley in Sydney’s south-west said her performance today was her best yet. "To play well in a big event like this is the icing on the cake,” she said.
Others prominently placed heading into the final day of play include Nathan Gauci (604,000), James Kavanagh (589,000), Jason Hamilton (569,000), Blaze Scott-Hutchinson (539,000), Rick Nayar (469,000), Shane Slack (467,000), Alex Falon (450,000) and Daniel Skelton (443,000).
It will be an early night for The MAIN EVENT players with day three scheduled to kick-off at 10am AEDST. The PMA team have already set the alarms and will be back at Crown bright and early for the chase to the inaugural MAIN EVENT championship.
The MAIN EVENT official start of day 3 chip count
Marion Fisher (NSW) 767,000
Jim O’Bryan (Vic) 760,000
Nathan Gauci (NSW) 604,000
James Kavanagh (NSW) 589,000
Jason Hamilton (Qld) 569,000
Blaze Scott-Hutchinson (NSW) 539,000
Rick Nayar (VIC) 469,000
Shane Slack (NSW) 467,000
Alex Falon (NSW) 450,000
Daniel Skelton (NSW) 443,000
Daniel Smith (NSW) 428,000
Donald Davies (WA) 400,000
Keith Walker (WA) 398,000
Con Stikas (NSW) 384,000
Willie Schroeter QLD 381,000
Luke Roberts (Vic) 371,000
Gary Byrnes (Vic) 369,000
Paul Rowley (NSW) 344,000
Sam Sainsbury (NSW) 325,000
Kwun Tsung (NSW) 294,000
Graham Davies (Qld) 276,000
Shivan Abdine (NSW) 272,000
Sean Henderson (Vic) 267,000
Terrance Waterhouse (NSW) 267,000
Elise Brown (NSW) 256,000
Renay Murray (NSW) 251,000
Rob Forward (WA) 250,000
Richard Ehlers (Vic) 241,000
Scott Meani (NSW) 237,000
Christine Byrne (NSW) 236,000
Matthew Jackson (NSW) 222,000
Riki Singh (SA) 222,000
David Murrin (SA) 210,000
Glenn Gunn (Vic) 201,000
Mursel Yildirim (NSW) 198,000
Adam Agresta (NSW) 195,000
Jason Ross (Qld) 195,000
Matt Winter (Vic) 182,000
Graham Hein (Vic) 174,000
Alec Luke (Qld) 158,000
Sean Cartlidge (Vic) 157,000
Matthew Luketic (Vic) 152,000
Phil Davis (Vic) 152,000
Cherie Marnell (Vic) 150,000
Warren Rich (NSW) 148,000
John Haddad (NSW) 138,000
Paul Sayers (Vic) 133,000
Steven Halliday (NSW) 127,000
Trevor Broadbent (WA) 127,000
Kemal Alpkaya QLD 121,000
Veronica Barwick (NSW) 120,000
Kim Griggs (NSW) 118,000
Mitch Oates (NSW) 115,000
Jay Macapagal (NSW) 111,000
Rob Enchilidis (NSW) 110,000
Danny Burke (Vic) 109,000
Wendy Peni (Qld) 108,000
Glen Bennet (NSW) 91,000
Deb Styles (Qld) 88,000
Charles Cairns (WA) 87,000
Leslie Cairns (Vic) 84,000
Mary Young (Vic) 79,000
Glen Swettenham (Vic) 73,000
Manoj Kapoor (NSW) 73,000
Paul Watts (NSW) 70,000
Steve Gilmore (NSW) 60,000
MAIN EVENT structure (day 3)
Level 22: 8000/16,000 (ante 2000)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (ante 2000)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 (ante 3000)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (ante 3000)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 (ante 4000)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 (ante 5000)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (ante 5000)
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (ante 5000)
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (ante 10,000)
Level 31: 60,000/120,000 (ante 10,000)
Level 32: 80,000/160,000 (ante 20,000)
Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (ante 20,000)
MAIN EVENT Prizepool
1 $120,000 (inc. $15,000 Team AUSSIEMILLIONS package)
2 $85,000 (inc. $15,000 Team AUSSIEMILLIONS package)
3 $55,000 (inc. $15,000 Team AUSSIEMILLIONS package)
4 $40,000 (inc. $15,000 Team AUSSIEMILLIONS package)
5 $25,000 (inc. $2000 AM Opening Event package)
6 $22,000 (inc. $2000 AM Opening Event package)
7 $19,000 (inc. $2000 AM Opening Event package)
8 $16,000 (inc. $2000 AM Opening Event package)
9 $14,000 (inc. $2000 AM Opening Event package)
10 $12,000 (inc. $2000 AM Opening Event package)
11-13 $8000
14-16 $6000
17-20 $4250
21-30 $3000
31-40 $2400
41-50 $2000
51-60 $1800
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