Day 1 Concludes, McNaughton Grabs Overnight Lead

That brings an end to play here on Day 8 of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, and what a day it was! It started with registration lines that extended all the way across the room, and ended with our final 32 players who will now return tomorrow at 4 p.m. local time for the shootout format as they play for the seventh Gold Championship Ring of the series.

The likes of Eric Assadourian, Ben Delaney, Michael Chrisanthopoulos, Liv Boeree and Josh Field are still in contention but they will be overnight chip leader John McNaughton who grabbed the chip lead late in the day.

We'll have the full list of chip counts and the redraw for you very shortly.

Thanks for your company and we look forward to you joining us tomorrow for the conclusion of this event as well as the start of the $100k Challenge which will feature the biggest and best names the poker industry has to offer! See you then!