Aussie Millions $25K Challenge and Main Event Updates, WSOPC Tunica Plays On

First Starting Flight Complete at Aussie Millions Main Event

The Aussie Millions AU $10,600 buy-in NLHE Main Event began on February 2 with the first of three starting flights at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. There were 175 players in action to play the seven levels, though only 86 players made it through all of them.

Players who didn’t make it included Jordan Westmorland, Matthew Ashton, and Oliver Speidel. But among those who survived were Tom Grigg, Casey Kastle, Jake Balsiger, and Oliver Gill.

Those with the most chips were as follows:

David Malka (205,400)

Antonio Fazzolari (190,500)

Michael O’Grady (184,300)

Quoss Leads Aussie Millions $25K Challenge

The first day of the $25K NLHE Challenge at the Aussie Millions was an exciting one. It brought 65 entries to the tables for an AU $1.56 million prize pool. The top eight players would be paid, with AU $460K reserved for the winner.

Players like Patrik Antonius, Gus Hansen, and Jonathan Duhamel exited as the day moved forward, but Daniel Negreanu, Dan Shak, and Jason Mercier were among the remaining competitors.

The top three on the leaderboard going to Day 2 were:

Fabian Quoss (348,800)

Ognjen Sekularac (259,200)

Martin Jacobson (193,000)

WSOPC Tunica Main Event in the Money

The World Series of Poker Circuit began its latest series in Tunica, Mississippi, on January 23, but it was the $1,675 buy-in NLHE Reentry Main Event that drew the biggest crowd. Action started on January 31.

The first of the two starting days attracted 224 players, and the second starting day saw another 353 entries. The total for the tournament was 577 entries, which made for an $865,500 prize pool. The last 63 players were to be paid with more than $181K set aside for the winner.

Day 2 brought 128 players back for play, and that number thinned quickly. The money bubble found Doug Carli all-in with pocket aces against the K-Q of Cord Garcia. But the board rivered a straight to eliminate Carli in 64^th place. He still leads the WSOP Circuit for most career cashes with 84 of them. Mark Smith then exited as the first player to collect $2,830, and he has the second-most career cashes with 40.

At the dinner break, only 26 players remained.