Aussie Millions daily report – January 20, 2013
It was a record-breaking day in the Crown Poker Room with a massive field of 677 players adding a further $1100 apiece to the prizepool for the Opening Event of the 2013 Aussie Millions.
The tally of 708 unique players across the three day one flights would have represented a more than respectable start to the series, but the repechage format of this event bolstered the number of buy-ins to a massive 1338.
The winners will be assured the biggest slice of the $1.338 million prizepool, with a payout of $250,000 to go with the first championship ring of the 2013 Aussie Millions.
Incredibly, just 71 of the 677 day 1C starters survived the session, and it was Iqbal Ahmed who snared the outright lead with a huge stack of 356,000. They’ll join the 73 who bagged their chips on days 1A and 1B, meaning the 144 day two players are just 34 spots away from the money.
Behind Ahmed, the top five comprises Michael Guzzardi (252,600, pictured), Shannon Vandenberg (223,700), Ryan Smith (217,500) and 2008 Aussie Millions Bounty event champion Marlon Goonawardana (215,900).
The list of contenders also features Bruno Portaro, Joe Hachem (who will be hosting his charity event with Shane Warne from 2pm today), Dale Marsland, Tom Grigg, Gary Benson, Bill Jordanou, Amanda De Cesare, Brendon Rubie, Sam Korman and 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event winner David Gorr.
A smattering of internationals have also made a successful start to their Aussie Millions campaigns, including Harry Demetriou, Melanie Weisner and Elliot Smith. Play kicks-off on day two at 12.30pm today.
Aussie Millions Event 1: $1100 No Limit Hold’em (1338 entries; 708 players; 110 players paid; total prizepool $1,338,000) end of day 1 chip count
Iqbal Ahmed 356,000
Michael Guzzardi 252,600
Shannon Vandenberg 223,700
Ryan Smith 217,500
Marlon Goonawardana 215,900
Rupert Elder 213,500
Antonio Fazzolari 212,100
Robin Bergren 202,700
Nali Kaselias 202,200
Ashley Warner 187,200
Phillip Libeau 182,700
James Keys 182,300
Michael O’Brien 178,500
Josh Foster 177,700
Zaid Katebian 174,500
Ryan Hong 174,200
Patrick Healy 170,800
Martin Finger 162,900
Bruno Portaro 162,700
Cuong Le 158,700
Jim Mastorakos 154,900
Alexander Spachman 154,300
Seong Lee Ang 150,900
Milan Gurung 150,500
Bassam Habib 149,800
Aytunc Tezay 143,200
Ben Savage 141,600
Harry Demetriou 140,400
Danny Mountt 136,800
Eddie Ti Ke Tran 136,200
Louie Srour 136,200
Gabriel Xiourouppa 136,000
Joe Hachem 133,900
Luis Pampliega 131,800
Jessie Rockowitz 130,500
Dale Marsland 129,900
Innahi Santos 128,500
Phillip Ryan 121,500
Vincent Chug 120,100
Sam Higgs 120,000
Shivan Abdine 119,300
Kenneth Leong Yuen 118,200
Ayaz Mahmood 114,600
Paul Sharbanee 113,900
Larry Karambis 113,000
Geordie Cutler 111,400
Errolyn Strang 108,700
George McDonald 108,400
Peter Mobbs 104,700
Joseph Sandaav 104,300
John Apostilidis 103,700
Paul Bennett 101,700
Joe Cabret 98,900
Billy Seri 97,700
Kahle Burns 97,000
Tom Grigg 94,900
Kaine Luke 94,300
Scott Petang 93,600
Moritz Gross 93,500
Stefano Accardo 92,700
James Heath 92,300
Simon Moshi 89,900
Gary Benson 89,500
Orjan Skommo 89,500
Jonas Mackoff 88,900
Eddie Puia 88,600
Stylianos Makariou 88,300
Bill Jordanou 88,000
John Chu 87,600
Bosco Cheung 86,800
Amanda De Cesare 85,200
Kritsas Spryridon 85,200
Ismail Sahin 84,700
James Keewan 82,200
Phillip Siddel 82,100
Brett Daphne 81,100
Fabian Craib 80,900
Brendon Rubie 78,700
Daniel Kochan 78,100
Kim MacNaught 78,100
Vineet Jindal 77,200
Justin Cohen 73,400
Ty Ly 73,200
Li Wei Han 73,000
Michael Russell 71,100
Sam Korman 70,900
Ashish Gupta 70,500
Simon Chahine 69,900
Ted Nguyen 69,600
Toby Lewis 69,000
Tony Kondevski 67,600
Mark Betts 66,500
Sam Pawson 64,700
Yibo Zhou 64,200
Krasimir Vasilev 62,600
Tommy Yi 62,200
Liam O’Rourke 60,800
Marwan Nassif 60,500
Josh Wilson 56,500
Brian Grieve 56,200
Melanie Weisner 55,800
Dean McIver 55,300
Mads Amot 55,000
Jie Gao 54,900
Luke Santo 53,400
Steve Goodridge 53,100
Mervin Chan Mun Kit 50,400
Minh Nguyen 50,300
Robby Cockepierel 49,500
Tony Messer 48,000
Joel Rozen Oxley 47,300
Ronit Chamani 46,700
Cale MacLean 46,300
Julian Cohen 46,100
Marty Spargo 46,000
James Bills 45,600
Sam Vakili 45,600
David Gorr 43,100
Peter Gilbert 42,700
Sen Liw Ye 41,900
Kevin Gan 41,700
Dusan Stoevski 41,300
Nick Van Engelenburg 41,300
Michael Marcos 40,200
Stephen Quon 38,000
Steven Vu 36,700
Vincent Green-Gibson 35,750
Liang Chen 34,800
Tamara Volkoff 34,200
Lior Segre 32,900
Daniela Bendistinto 32,500
Christopher Brammer 32,500
Graham Gillespie 31,500
Shane Fletcher 31,200
John MacNaughton 30,700
Elliot Smith 30,400
Mat Hawker 26,300
Tony Grosso 24,700
Stanley Wu 20,600
Tony Gurovski 20,400
Taner Durust 18,500
Mark Britt 13,800
Paul Birman 13,300
Robert Wilson 12,400
Payouts
1 $250,000
2 $160,000
3 $120,000
4 $96,000
5 $81,000
6 $66,000
7 $52,000
8 $38,000
9 $25,000
10 $13,500
11-18 $9500
19-27 $7000
28-36 $5500
37-54 $4500
55-72 $3500
73-90 $3000
91-110 $2500
Fast fact
1998 was the year of the first Australasian Poker Championships at Crown – the forerunner to the Aussie Millions which officially started in 2003; Alex Horowitz won the first prize of $25,900 after outlasting a field of 74. Nine years later, Alex’s son Jethro won the Limit Omaha Hi-Lo event at the 2007 Aussie Millions.
What’s on today
12.15pm $200 Aussie Millions Super Satellite
12.30pm Event 1: $1100 No Limit Hold’em day 2
1pm Special Event: $1000 Joe Hachem & Shane Warne Charity Poker Tournament
4.15pm $250 Aussie Millions Phase 2 Satellite
6.15pm $1150 Aussie Millions Phase 3 Supershot Satellite
9.15pm $130 Aussie Millions Rebuy Satellite
• Special thanks to Crown Poker for supplying the end of day chip counts, photography Shannon Morris – 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
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