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Welcome back to the Crown Poker Room in Melbourne for all the continuing action of Event 1: $1,100 Opening Event at the 2011 Aussie Millions!
After 294 players began day 1a yesterday, it took almost nine hours for the eventual 38 survivors to breathe a sigh of relief as they secured their spot to return for day 2 action.
Today will see day 1b commence at 12:30 EST, whereby any of the 256 players who were sent to the rail yesterday will have the option of returning today to try their luck again!
Those who saw their demise yesterday and have a chance to utilize the unique repechage format include Mel Judah, Tony Dunst, Michael Greco, Maria Ho, James Akenhead and reigning Aussie Millions Champ Tyron Krost.
The big stack to catch from day 1a is a player by the name of John Overbeek who managed to bag a monstrous 197,200, an amount to be envied by the players commencing today.
With another Melbourne day reminiscent of an African monsoon, we are expecting big numbers to get themselves out of the rain and take to the felt, so be sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team to catch every moment of action!