Day 1b Field Led by Drewe and Sakellariou as Forty-Two Remain

Another tough day on the felt has come to a close after twelve exhausting levels of tournament poker has closed off flight two of the Event 1: $1,100 Opening Event!

Kicking off the day with 286 entrants - just under a table short of yesterdays number - it was another stellar turnout of players as some of the most highly skilled players located in Melbourne took to the Crown Casino felt to battle it out.

International players and Aussie Millions title holders Tony Bloom, Jarred Solomon, Richard Ashby and Annette Obrestad all found themselves on the rail throughout the course of day alongside local and interstate players Eric Assadourian, Martin Comer, Sam Khouiss, Brendon Rubie and a bevy of others.

Forty-two lucky players won't have the option of re-entering tomorrow as they managed to survive an intense day to join the thirty-eight from yesterday in making Day Two.

Martin Drewe soared up the leaderboard from the middle of the pack - and so quickly did he climb, that before the PokerNews Live Reporting Team even had time to snap a photo or two, he had bagged and tagged his chips and was out the door! Drewe's 218,800-chip stack leads Tolly Sakellariou's 207,400 who managed to eliminate a player on the penultimate hand of the night when he rivered aces-up.

Mel Wohlers (176,400) and [Removed:91] (164,900) are two of the other big stacks still in the mix while Antonio Casale (110,900), Jonathan Karamalikis (107,300) and Simon Watt (37,600) still remain in contention for snatching the first title of the 2011 Aussie Millions.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back on the felt tomorrow from 12:30 pm EST with the final flight of Event 1 giving every player that has been eliminated an opportunity to take their seat once again in an attempt to capture the elusive and coveted Aussie Millions gold ring!