Coren Leads 262 Remaining in Opening Event; 171 Players Cash
Day 2 of the first event of the 2019 Aussie Millions the AUD$1,150 Opening Event gets underway at 12:15 pm today, with 262 players remaining.
All of the players will have one eye on the money bubble, with just 171 players guaranteed a min-cash of AUD$2,873 (USD$2,069), and the other on the AUD$350,464 (USD$252,334) for first prize.
Leading the way at the start of Day 2 is Artur Coren, followed by Sean Eichendorf and Vishal Maini. These three are the only players over 200,000 in chips.
Coren has a strong pedigree here in Melbourne, finishing 14th in the Main Event in 2016, 18th in the Main Event in 2017 and then last year finished 15th for combined cashes of AUD$245,000.
Since his last visit to Australia, he has recorded a deep run in the WSOP Main Event where he finished 48th for USD$156,265.
Here is a list of the top three chip counts from each of the five starting flights
| Flight | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedon Phaedonos | 169,500 |
| Pierce Mchellar | 128,100 | |
| Manuel Rodrigues | 127,200 | |
| 2 | Artur Coren | 262,500 |
| Vishal Maini | 200,000 | |
| Wayne Clinch | 193,000 | |
| 3 | Sean Eichendorf | 218,300 |
| Didrik Mantor | 148,000 | |
| Guanchen Wang | 126,600 | |
| 4 | Johan Schumacher | 179,900 |
| Mostafa Haidary | 179,900 | |
| Thomas Scholze | 152,100 | |
| 5 | Simon Chahine | 184,800 |
| Francis Artufel | 178,400 | |
| Oribe Rivero | 168,600 |
Other big names still in the Opening Event include 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Toby Lewis as well as runner-up in that event Stefan Huber and final tablists Chul-Hyon Park and Johan Schumacher, who was the chip leader of flight 4.
Other notables still in the field include former WSOP APAC champion Scott Davies, Australian bracelet-winner Heidi May, 2018 WSOP final tablist Michael Dyer, Julien Sitbon, and Jesse Sylvia
PokerNews will bring you a recap of the day's play later today. The plan is to play ten 60-minute levels or until a final table is reached. Stay tuned to for more interviews, highlights and more from the 2019 Aussie Millions
Seat Draw
| (Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | VALLEE, ERIC J | 27,400 |
| 7 | 2 | LEKNES, TOBIAS | 106,700 |
| 7 | 3 | MICHAEL, ANDREW J | 20,900 |
| 7 | 5 | WILKERSON, DYLAN | 49,500 |
| 7 | 6 | POPE, VESNA | 4,700 |
| 7 | 7 | WU, XUE Q | 76,900 |
| 7 | 8 | ANDREADIS, CHRISTOS | 109,600 |
| 7 | 9 | KARITA, SHOSHIRO | 105,400 |
| 8 | 1 | NGUYEN, KIM | 16,600 |
| 8 | 2 | KALANTZIS, ARTHUR | 26,000 |
| 8 | 3 | SCHAAPS, BOHDEN J | 112,800 |
| 8 | 4 | PRASAD, JAYAN G | 67,600 |
| 8 | 5 | HUBER, STEFAN | 111,200 |
| 8 | 6 | CRAWSHAW, HAMISH RAYMOND | 59,700 |
| 8 | 7 | FU, QIANG | 31,800 |
| 8 | 8 | TRUONG, DUY Q | 15,800 |
| 8 | 9 | WRIGHT, SHANE | 13,300 |
| 10 | 1 | AWERBUCH, CHAD R | 4,300 |
| 10 | 2 | MILINKOVIC, VERA | 60,000 |
| 10 | 3 | ARTUFEL, FRANCIS | 178,400 |
| 10 | 4 | LAYTON, MARK L | 99,100 |
| 10 | 5 | SIMON, SAM | 109,000 |
| 10 | 6 | PAVLOVICH, GORAN | 125,300 |
| 10 | 7 | YAMAKAWA, RYUICHIRO | 93,700 |
| 10 | 8 | BERNSTEIN, JUSTIN | 103,500 |
| 10 | 9 | WARD, PAUL A | 24,000 |
| 14 | 1 | VUJANIC, TANJA | 19,300 |
| 14 | 2 | MCCULLY, JOSHUA C | 37,400 |
| 14 | 3 | GAN, WAN Y | 46,600 |
| 14 | 4 | GARBERG, MARKUS | 101,100 |
| 14 | 5 | SLEETH, ASHLEY N | 48,300 |
| 14 | 6 | KHAW, YEW TONG | 144,400 |
| 14 | 7 | WANG, GUANCHEN | 126,600 |
| 14 | 8 | HUGO, MATHEW S | 38,000 |
| 14 | 9 | PLANTER, JORDAN | 43,600 |
| 16 | 1 | RADISICH, TIMOTHY C | 23,600 |
| 16 | 3 | PRITCHARD, JASON ROSS | 128,600 |
| 16 | 4 | COX, DEAN J | 66,000 |
| 16 | 5 | KAGGERUD, ROBERT E | 41,600 |
| 16 | 6 | GIANNULIDIS, GEORGE | 59,600 |
| 16 | 7 | CLARK, DAVID WILLIAM | 55,800 |
| 16 | 9 | ROLFE, MATTHEW JAMES | 33,500 |
| 17 | 1 | KELSALL, KEVIN J | 47,700 |
| 17 | 2 | WADIH, BARBARA | 69,000 |
| 17 | 3 | STONE, NERI | 86,100 |
| 17 | 4 | REYNOLDS, BRUCE W | 21,400 |
| 17 | 5 | MUNDADAN, S | 46,500 |
| 17 | 6 | VELLRATH, THORBEN | 119,600 |
| 17 | 7 | WILSON, SCOTT A | 72,600 |
| 17 | 8 | GARLAND, DYLAN T | 132,800 |
| 17 | 9 | KRMPOTIC, STEVAN | 68,400 |
| 25 | 1 | SIMONS, DANIEL | 36,000 |
| 25 | 2 | SCHOLZE, THOMAS | 152,100 |
| 25 | 3 | HARTMANN, PASCAL | 40,700 |
| 25 | 4 | DODDS, JOEL R | 34,300 |
| 25 | 5 | BOHAN, RODNEY P | 19,700 |
| 25 | 6 | MEREDITH, TOBY D | 75,500 |
| 25 | 7 | EICHENDORF, SEAN L | 218,300 |
| 25 | 8 | GERSHENZON, DMITRI | 61,400 |
| 25 | 9 | PHAEDONOS, FEDON | 169,500 |
| 26 | 1 | DAI, WU-WEI | 43,500 |
| 26 | 2 | PSARRAS, MICHALITSA(TG) | 25,600 |
| 26 | 4 | EGAN, MICHAEL J | 42,100 |
| 26 | 5 | FINIOTIS, MICHAEL | 26,000 |
| 26 | 6 | MATSUMURA, EIJI | 61,500 |
| 26 | 7 | SEYMOUR, MICHAEL G | 151,600 |
| 26 | 8 | ZHANG, NING | 153,000 |
| 26 | 9 | SCHWERDT, EDMUND J | 72,800 |
| 26 | 23 | HUTCHISON, DEAN J | 118,000 |
| 27 | 1 | RAGOZZINI, SEAN | 71,900 |
| 27 | 2 | DORIA, MARIO | 84,000 |
| 27 | 3 | MUSTAFA, ARIF | 25,000 |
| 27 | 4 | REEVES, LIAM S | 17,700 |
| 27 | 5 | KOUK, TIMOTHY M | 100,800 |
| 27 | 6 | ABADY, JOSHUA S | 80,100 |
| 27 | 7 | WANG, SHUCONG | 133,800 |
| 27 | 8 | LIU, YIN | 130,400 |
| 27 | 9 | DE LAAT, BAS W | 25,600 |
| 28 | 1 | WILLIAMS, JOEL M | 14,300 |
| 28 | 2 | STOKIE, LUKE J | 119,300 |
| 28 | 3 | CHONG, THOMAS C | 46,300 |
| 28 | 4 | MANSELLNILSSON, JOSHUA C | 64,800 |
| 28 | 5 | RUHA, JOHN M | 93,700 |
| 28 | 6 | YOKOO, KAZUYOSHI | 97,200 |
| 28 | 7 | WANG, GUANGYU | 16,300 |
| 28 | 9 | HAWKINS, ROLAND W | 55,900 |
| 29 | 1 | WANG, DAVID Y | 31,900 |
| 29 | 2 | WU, HE-RU | 21,800 |
| 29 | 3 | ANGELATOS, PETER | 101,700 |
| 29 | 5 | LUKIE, CHICO | 61,200 |
| 29 | 6 | KANE, ADAM T | 40,900 |
| 29 | 8 | TRAN, MINHHAI H | 137,900 |
| 29 | 9 | BENEDETTO, NICOLA | 28,700 |
| 30 | 1 | MOSBOCK, MARIO | 106,700 |
| 30 | 2 | WEINERT, JAN M | 22,500 |
| 30 | 3 | DAVIES, SCOTT M | 73,100 |
| 30 | 4 | HTET, KYAW ZIN | 56,200 |
| 30 | 6 | AMEDI, NETANEL | 49,400 |
| 30 | 7 | AGRESTA, ROY | 46,100 |
| 30 | 8 | CRAIB, FABIAN K | 66,600 |
| 30 | 9 | PEARSON, JUSTIN | 32,800 |
| 31 | 1 | CHENG, JIANZHAO | 109,000 |
| 31 | 2 | DEBSIA, CAMIL A | 44,500 |
| 31 | 3 | SCHUMACHER, JOHAN DANIEL R | 179,900 |
| 31 | 4 | OROURKE, GAVIN | 128,000 |
| 31 | 5 | BATOZ, RODOLJUB | 23,700 |
| 31 | 6 | SCHUBERT, ALAN C | 11,200 |
| 31 | 7 | WANG, WENLIN | 29,700 |
| 31 | 8 | AU, KIM B | 60,900 |
| 31 | 9 | BURNS, KAHLE J | 17,300 |
| 32 | 1 | CHAO, PERCY | 65,600 |
| 32 | 2 | MCKELLAR, PIERCE BARCRO | 128,100 |
| 32 | 3 | RAYMOND, ROBERT K | 57,200 |
| 32 | 4 | ENDERSBY, TRAVIS G | 31,300 |
| 32 | 5 | CHIANG, JEN-YUE | 38,400 |
| 32 | 6 | BEATTIE, AARON J | 37,100 |
| 32 | 7 | SMITH, ADAM D | 50,500 |
| 32 | 8 | COLANERI, CHRISTOPHER | 39,200 |
| 32 | 9 | ST ELOI, DAVID R | 62,000 |
| 33 | 1 | WOODLAND, BRYCE R | 18,700 |
| 33 | 2 | FERRINI, MIRCO | 77,600 |
| 33 | 3 | SCAGNETTI, ADRIANO | 33,600 |
| 33 | 5 | MUSTCHIN, AMON | 35,700 |
| 33 | 6 | YE, SHENG | 32,400 |
| 33 | 7 | MITCHELL, WILLIAM T | 45,700 |
| 33 | 8 | VIRGIN, SCOTT T | 25,200 |
| 33 | 9 | LI, YANG | 37,100 |
| 34 | 1 | KELLY, SCOTT J | 58,700 |
| 34 | 2 | GIANNOUKOS, JIM | 69,600 |
| 34 | 3 | RODRIGUES, MANUEL L | 127,200 |
| 34 | 4 | LIBERTO, JUSTIN R | 26,100 |
| 34 | 5 | SYLVIA, JESSE J | 40,100 |
| 34 | 6 | CHAPTINI, FOUAD | 56,900 |
| 34 | 7 | PASSET, ABRAHAM | 33,800 |
| 34 | 8 | FOSTER, JOSHUA M | 114,100 |
| 34 | 9 | SWANNACK, COLE J | 28,100 |
| 35 | 1 | LEI, YANG | 79,000 |
| 35 | 2 | SEPPING, RASMUS | 54,600 |
| 35 | 3 | GULLE, MICHAEL D | 26,300 |
| 35 | 4 | QUON, STEPHEN J | 87,500 |
| 35 | 5 | PUPILLO, NICHOLAS J | 53,300 |
| 35 | 6 | OVERMIRE, WILLIAM H | 132,700 |
| 35 | 7 | SMITH, STEPHEN | 46,000 |
| 35 | 8 | EFARAIMO, JACK | 144,100 |
| 36 | 1 | MOGHIMI, MIR N | 21,500 |
| 36 | 2 | LI, JIN | 25,400 |
| 36 | 3 | JOHNSTON, SAMUEL M | 45,300 |
| 36 | 4 | LIN, KAN | 22,500 |
| 36 | 5 | GRAHAM, CONNIE | 69,000 |
| 36 | 6 | LAYTON, ERIKA G | 50,200 |
| 36 | 7 | MOSCA, ENRICO | 25,400 |
| 36 | 8 | LAZENBY, KURTIS J | 47,000 |
| 36 | 9 | GRAMMER, ROSS ELLIOT | 28,700 |
| 37 | 1 | BERDUGO ROJAS, JEISON | 35,500 |
| 37 | 2 | CHAMBERS, KERRY | 26,500 |
| 37 | 3 | CLINCH, WAYNE | 193,000 |
| 37 | 3 | ISMAIL, ISMAIL | 22,200 |
| 37 | 4 | MACNAUGHT, KYM | 79,500 |
| 37 | 6 | DURANTE, LUCAS B | 79,700 |
| 37 | 7 | STANTON, DAVID T | 91,300 |
| 37 | 8 | EDWARDS, MATTHEW R | 142,500 |
| 37 | 9 | HINRICHSEN, ANDREW C | 72,300 |
| 38 | 1 | COLMAN, JULIUS | 42,000 |
| 38 | 2 | ROPER, JUSTIN M | 67,900 |
| 38 | 3 | LIN, HUNG-SHENG | 62,100 |
| 38 | 4 | MCCONVILLE, SEAN A | 60,800 |
| 38 | 5 | KOREN, ARTUR | 262,500 |
| 38 | 6 | GORE, DAMIAN | 10,800 |
| 38 | 7 | VANDERSLUIS, ROY | 6,400 |
| 38 | 8 | LEE, JASON W | 82,500 |
| 38 | 9 | VINAYAGAMOORTHY, DAVID | 87,400 |
| 39 | 1 | BURRIDGE, WILSON O | 22,100 |
| 39 | 2 | RICHARDS, MATTHEW PAUL | 36,300 |
| 39 | 3 | WANG, XUELAN | 56,000 |
| 39 | 4 | SEKIYA, YOSUKE | 59,100 |
| 39 | 5 | SHOER, KEITH | 77,800 |
| 39 | 6 | SIMUNIC, JOSIP | 57,000 |
| 39 | 7 | DHINGRA, GAUTAM | 179,300 |
| 39 | 8 | HAWES, CHARLTON JAMES | 42,800 |
| 39 | 9 | BOGNAR, ATTILA | 76,100 |
| 40 | 1 | PAUPERIO BRANDAO, TIAGO F | 71,300 |
| 40 | 2 | BRKIC, UROS | 76,800 |
| 40 | 3 | WAKEMAN, MATTHEW J | 45,300 |
| 40 | 4 | BLATT, DEAN N | 119,200 |
| 40 | 6 | WORMALD, ALISHA M | 62,200 |
| 40 | 7 | CHAHINE, SIMON | 184,800 |
| 40 | 8 | BOOBEKOV, NURLAN | 57,100 |
| 40 | 9 | CONNELLY, BEDE W | 22,000 |
| 41 | 1 | ONIONS, AMANDA J | 18,600 |
| 41 | 2 | MAHMOUDIAN DEHKORDI, JANOSCH | 24,500 |
| 41 | 3 | GROSSMAN, JOSEPH C | 33,400 |
| 41 | 4 | OLIVIERI, DANIEL | 44,100 |
| 41 | 5 | ASAD, MUHAMMAD | 116,100 |
| 41 | 6 | WIESER, MAXIMILIAN | 53,600 |
| 41 | 7 | SIEGEL, ELIAHU B Y | 85,600 |
| 41 | 8 | MANTOR, DIDRIK A | 148,000 |
| 41 | 9 | MAINI, VISHAL S | 200,000 |
| 42 | 1 | BAYLISS, ANDREW M | 36,700 |
| 42 | 2 | WHITNEY, BRETT A | 61,900 |
| 42 | 2 | CARR, C | 37,200 |
| 42 | 3 | KIPNIS, MICHAEL | 112,800 |
| 42 | 5 | HONG, RYAN M | 94,000 |
| 42 | 6 | MAZEROLLE, MATTHEW P | 34,500 |
| 42 | 7 | DYER, MICHAEL D | 118,800 |
| 42 | 8 | WHITE, SCOTT C | 99,000 |
| 42 | 9 | WALSH, DAMIEN J | 40,500 |
| 43 | 1 | SHEN, QI | 121,900 |
| 43 | 2 | MCGOVERN, NIALL M | 98,100 |
| 43 | 3 | BAIN, TRISTAN ROBB | 34,500 |
| 43 | 4 | CHIN, ANDRIAN Y | 39,200 |
| 43 | 5 | GIORGI, FILIPPO | 62,400 |
| 43 | 6 | KARAMALIKIS, JONATHAN D | 46,600 |
| 43 | 7 | MENESES, RODRIGO | 40,500 |
| 43 | 8 | SITBON, JULIEN A | 88,700 |
| 44 | 1 | WILLIAMS, GUY D | 22,100 |
| 44 | 2 | KHOUEIS, SUZY TG | 47,600 |
| 44 | 4 | CHEW, STEVAN L | 36,300 |
| 44 | 5 | MIZZI, SOREL JAY | 80,300 |
| 44 | 6 | RIVERO, ORIBE | 168,600 |
| 44 | 7 | TOU, TA WEI | 137,500 |
| 44 | 8 | KAVALIUNAS, CAMERON J | 27,400 |
| 44 | 9 | PEKAREK, JEREMY AARON | 65,000 |
| 45 | 1 | HAIDARY, MOSTAFA | 179,900 |
| 45 | 2 | KIM, KYUNG HOON | 51,900 |
| 45 | 3 | AYOUB, DANNY | 19,100 |
| 45 | 4 | KOISTINEN, MIKAEL J | 46,900 |
| 45 | 5 | BOLZONELLO, ADRIAN R | 78,500 |
| 45 | 6 | FOX, DALE R | 29,600 |
| 45 | 7 | SHIN, ARI KUNUK | 56,600 |
| 45 | 8 | TRAN, KHAC-TRUNG | 47,900 |
| 45 | 9 | LAI, BEN | 98,000 |
| 46 | 1 | PAVITT, SCOTT | 30,400 |
| 46 | 2 | BOOTH, CARL A | 37,300 |
| 46 | 3 | BECERRA, CARLOS A | 51,700 |
| 46 | 5 | HU, QI | 86,700 |
| 46 | 6 | BRENNAN, DAVID | 26,300 |
| 46 | 7 | MICHAEL, ANDREW | 14,900 |
| 46 | 8 | GUMZ, FABIAN | 48,800 |
| 46 | 9 | RYAN, DAVID P | 34,400 |
| 47 | 1 | JIA, JUN | 121,500 |
| 47 | 2 | STREHL, CHRISTOPH | 91,800 |
| 47 | 3 | ZUBKO, GRAEME | 49,200 |
| 47 | 4 | SENG, ANG B | 42,800 |
| 47 | 5 | PUTT, GRAEME HOWARD | 37,500 |
| 47 | 6 | MAY, HEIDI M | 126,100 |
| 47 | 7 | PAZIOS, PAUL | 44,800 |
| 47 | 8 | DALEY, JOSHUA B | 15,000 |
| 48 | 1 | VAKILI, REZA | 50,100 |
| 48 | 2 | PARK, CHUL-HYON | 47,800 |
| 48 | 3 | WOJCIK, DANIEL S | 30,900 |
| 48 | 5 | NGUYEN, KWANG H | 33,500 |
| 48 | 6 | ALIDZANOVIC, DAMIR | 94,200 |
| 48 | 7 | HARA, YUTA | 75,800 |
| 48 | 8 | ZELLWEGER, PATRICK | 72,300 |
| 48 | 9 | KOUTSOUVELIS, STEPHEN | 44,000 |
| 49 | 1 | LITTLER, ANDREW | 20,900 |
| 49 | 2 | JANKOVIC, DENIS | 98,200 |
| 49 | 4 | EBERLE, BENEDIKT | 40,100 |
| 49 | 5 | RAEMAEKERS, JOEP | 91,400 |
| 49 | 6 | LEWIS, TOBY | 119,300 |
| 49 | 7 | SHARBANEE, PAUL GABRIEL | 16,100 |
| 49 | 9 | ULMER, TIMOTHY J | 121,000 |