Players from across the nation have journeyed to Melbourne for the second MAIN EVENT, so it’s only appropriate that four of Australia’s six states are represented in the top four spots on the chip count after day two.
In one of the more dramatic days of poker that the PMA team has covered, the starting field of 273 players was slashed to a final 50 – all now assured a minimum payout of $1900 – in less than seven hours of play.
It was only in the final hour of play that NSW’s Con Diakovasilis (pictured left) emerged among the big stacks before topping the count at day’s end. Close behind is South Australia’s Nicole Ferrett, who eliminated Frank Lovato on the bubble.
Jeremy Guiheux spent much of the afternoon in the lead or close to it and enters the final day third in chips, while Kodie Drew will be out to become the first Western Australian to make the final table of the MAIN EVENT.
Others of note to reach the money included South Australia’s McDonald brothers Ben and Russ, day 1B chip leader John Wilson, former APL Player of the Year Craig Ivey and Victoria’s Paul Sayers, who becomes the first player to cash in both editions of the MAIN EVENT in 2012.
And a special mention to Calum Wilson, who started day two with just 5600 in chips (barely enough for two orbits) but finished the day with 351,000 and a guaranteed payout. WP sir.
Join the PMA team live from Crown Melbourne at 10.10am (AEST) tomorrow for the final day of the MAIN EVENT and the race to the first prize package worth more than $100,000.
Start of day 3 chip count
Con Diakovasilis (NSW) 798,000
Nicole Ferrett (SA) 768,000
Jeremy Guiheux (VIC) 628,000
Kodie Drew (WA) 609,000
James Meem (NSW) 524,000
Dave Brownlee (VIC) 517,000
Ryan Hunter (SA) 486,000
Rene Bischoff (NSW) 451,000
Aaron Purdue (NSW) 431,000
John Saratsopoulos (NSW) 426,000
John Wilson (WA) 405,000
Ben McDonald (SA) 378,000
Daniel Kidd (NSW) 375,000
Calum Wilson (NSW) 351,000
Jack Beynon (QLD) 340,000
Adi Dahari (NSW) 335,000
Yousif Yousif (NSW) 320,000
Paul Ayre (NSW) 315,000
Dean Goodwin (SA) 300,000
Tony Moss (NSW) 288,000
Alex McConaghy-Basley 285,000
Craig Ivey (SA) 280,000
Rebecca Catterwell (SA) 273,000
Paul Rich (VIC) 269,000
Neil Evans (VIC) 260,000
Russ McDonald (SA) 258,000
Marianne Crane (NSW) 229,000
John Jolly (QLD) 214,000
Zac Durkin (TAS) 213,000
Gary James (NSW) 203,000
Mark Wallis (VIC) 192,000
Mitchell Gallard (NSW) 187,000
Olivier Baux (NSW) 176,000
Mark Allerby (NSW) 160,000
Toby Giles (NSW) 150,000
Gail Jackson (NSW) 148,000
John Snelson (NSW) 146,000
Khalil Shnoudi (NSW) 123,000
Bill Allen (QLD) 121,000
John Mouawad (NSW) 117,000
Walter Haare (NSW) 102,000
Paul Sayers (VIC) 99,000
Michael Pambos (NSW) 84,000
Alex White (NSW) 82,000
Colleen McCloskey (NSW) 79,000
Saviour Agius (VIC) 70,000
Scott Dumay (NSW) 65,000
Jason Wright (WA) 65,000
Paul James (SA) 61,000
Peter Gruyters (VIC) 52,000
Prizepool
1 $101,800 ($85,000 cash plus Bracelet, Aussie Millions Main Event and Feb/March Main Event Entry valued at $16,800)
2 $61,800 ($50,000 cash plus Aussie Millions Main Event and Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $11,800)
3 $46,800 ($35,000 cash plus Aussie Millions Main Event and Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $11,800)
4 $36,800 ($25,000 plus Aussie Millions Main Event and Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $11,800)
5 $31,800 ($20,000 plus Aussie Millions Main Event and Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $11,800)
6 $21,200 ($20,000 cash plus Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $1200)
7 $14,200 ($13,000 cash plus Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $1200)
8 $14,200 ($13,000 cash plus Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $1200)
9 $11,200 ($10,000 cash plus Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $1200)
10 $11,200 ($10,000 cash plus Feb/March Main Event entry valued at $1200)
11-12 $6000
13-16 $4500
17-20 $3500
21-30 $2500
31-40 $2200
41-50 $1900
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