Aussie Millions daily wrap – February 1, 2013
Marketing material ahead of the 2013 Aussie Millions posed the question “Are you the King of Poker?” Three female players – Jay Tan, Celina Lin (pictured) and Kitty Kuo – are hoping the answer is “no” as they enter day four of the Main Event at Crown Melbourne today.
A total of 36 players remain in contention for this year’s title, along with the $1.6 million first prize, with WA’s Ray Ellis holding the only stack of more than one million – 1,044,000 to be precise. Close behind is Patrik Antonius, with the US-based Finn showing rare form and poised for a shot at the final table holding 957,000.
The field was reduced from 69 players on day three, with just five of the starters missing a spot in the money. Australian Poker Hall of Famer Gary Benson was the bubble finisher after a see-sawing hand with Phil Ivey. Benson’s pocket 10s flopped a set against Ivey’s pocket jacks, but a 9 on the river landed a straight for the poker superstar.
Other players eliminated on day three included Canadian Elliot Smith, who made it four Main Event cashes in five years to go with his third-place in 2009. Daniel Neilson (37th), 2010 Main Event winner Tyron Krost (41st), Bill Jordanou (54th) and Didier Guerin (62nd) also headed for the rail via the cashier’s cage.
Meanwhile, the elute line-up of contenders still in the hunt for the title include Brandon Adams (739,000), James Obst (660,000), Dan Shak (596,000), Lee Markholt (558,000), Dylan Honeyman (532,000), Kitty Kuo (507,000), Jay Tan (494,000), Minh Nguyen (418,000), Phil Ivey (399,000), Daniel Laidlaw (312,000) and Celina Lin (188,000).
The remaining 36 players will return today (Friday) at 12.30 pm for day four action, which will be played six-handed.
Aussie Millions Event 8: $10,600 No Limit Hold’em Main Event (629 players; 64 players paid; total prizepool $6,290,000) end of day three chip count
Ray Ellis 1,044,000
Patrik Antonius 957,000
Mervin Chan 943,000
Ang Pang Leng 928,000
Jan Collado 908,000
Brandon Adams 739,000
David Yan 696,000
James Obst 660,000
Damian Baldi 624,000
Shoshiro Karita 608,000
Man Hei Lam 601,000
Dan Shak 596,000
Sam Cohen 559,000
Lee Markholt 558,000
Dylan Honeyman 532,000
Nazih Sibaei 525,000
Kitty Kuo 507,000
Jay Tan 494,000
Scott Wilson 484,000
Phares Bouya 484,000
Kevin Rabichow 478,000
Joey Lovelady 460,000
Joe Cabret 459,000
Dave Garcia 455,000
Stevan Chew 438,000
Minh Nguyen 418,000
Phil Ivey 399,000
Mark Betts 396,000
Ping Chan 360,000
Kenny Wong 322,000
Daniel Laidlaw 312,000
Jarrod Glennon 295,000
Sean Keeton 240,000
Jeremy Simon 209,000
Celina Lin 188,000
Stuart Kerr 97,000
Payouts
1 $1,600,000
2 $1,000,000
3 $600,000
4 $400,000
5 $290,000
6 $220,000
7 $150,000
8-9 $120,000
10-12 $95,000
13-15 $70,000
16-18 $55,000
19-24 $40,000
25-30 $35,000
31-36 $30,000
37 Daniel Neilson $25,000
38 Jan Suchanek $25,000
39 Wei Low $25,000
40 Frank Rusnak $25,000
41 Tyron Krost $20,000
42 Adam Carlton $20,000
43 Christopher Haywood $20,000
44 Michael Harrison-Ford $20,000
45 Rob Fenner $20,000
46 Mark Vetsavong $20,000
47 Ying Kit Chan $20,000
48 Matthew Ginn $20,000
49 Paul O’Brien $15,000
50 Tony Da Costa Silva $15,000
51 Antonino Cascio $15,000
52 Michael Teren $15,000
53 David Boyaciyan $15,000
54 Bill Jordanou $15,000
55 Adam Schmidt $15,000
56 Yifan Zheng $15,000
57 Stephen Goodridge $15,000
58 Craig McCorkell $15,000
59 Kish Kumar $15,000
60 Jamie Beer $15,000
61 Omar Nanai $15,000
62 Didier Guerin $15,000
63 Ryan Hong $15,000
64 Elliot Smith $15,000
• The third running of the highly anticipated $250,000 buy-in Challenge commenced late yesterday afternoon, with a field of 14 players representing a solid result for organisers.
The field comprised many of the players who had earlier contested the $100,000 buy-in event – Antonio Esfandiari, Igor Kurganov, Tony Bloom, Sam Trickett, Tobias Reinkemeier, Andrew Robl, Fabian Quoss, Richard Yong, Paul Phua, 2011 winner Erik Seidel, Philipp Gruissem, Winfred Yu, Gus Hansen and Jason Mercier.
The prizepool was boosted by $1 million after four players – Robl, Hansen, Bloom and Phua – elected to rebuy after being eliminated. Day two will start with eight players returning to the felt in pursuit of the first prize of $2 million.
Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge (14 players; four rebuys; total prizepool $4.5 million, four players paid)
Tobias Reinkemeier 1,237,000
Igor Kurganov 854,000
Fabian Quoss 764,000
Richard Yong 580,000
Sam Trickett 494,000
Winfred Yu 387,000
Erik Seidel 184,000
Andrew Robl 104,000
Fast fact
Paul Phua has played in all three editions of the $250,000 Challenge during the Aussie Millions, investing AUD $1 million in buy-ins. He is yet to see a return on that investment.
What’s on today
February 1 (12.15pm) Event 20: $2500 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
February 1 (12.30pm) Event 8: $10,600 No Limit Hold’em Main Event day 4
February 1 (2.15pm) Event 21: $250,000 Challenge
February 1 (6.15pm) Event 22: $5000 8-Game Mixed Event
• Special thanks to Crown Poker for supplying information used in this report, photography Shannon Morris – 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
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