Aussie Millions 2008: Two Day Ones Down, One To Go

Filed in archive Tournament News on January 15, 2008

The Aussie Millions rolls on today with its third flight of day one at the Crown Casino. During day one saw the Battle of the Blogger tourney champ Eric "jeciimd" Chadwick enjoy his pocket aces near the end of the first day. He got a courtesy double up against an opponent's pocket kings with over double of the starting stack going into day two.

Andrew Black is once again making waves there as he ended the Day 1a flight with the most chips. From Pokernews.com here is the top 10 and notable survivors:

Andrew Black 167,800
Shane Moran 122,200
Dusan Stoevski 113,000
Gregor Mueller 108,400
Leo Boxell 105,300
Matthew Hankins 98,900
Jason Dewitt 95,900
Kevin Atkin 92,700
Con Angelakis 91,300
Cosimo Cricchio 83,000

Other notable survivors included Raymond Rahme (in 11th place), Nikolaus Jedlicka, Thomas 'durrr' Dwan, Erik Seidel, Thomas Bihl, Allen Cunningham, Tony G and JJ Liu.

Leading the charge in the Day 1b flight needs no introduction. Phil Ivey will be taking his leading chip stack into day 2, followed closely by the 2005 World Series of Poker and of course Aussie native Joe Hachem.

If you can't wait till the updates come in, make sure you check out the live reporting from Pokernews.com via this link! For a more colorful side of the tourney, make sure you check out Pokernews.com reporter Dr. Pauly's sight for in depth smells and sights from down under.