Each of the Day Ones will consist of six 90-minute levels, with a 15-minute break between each and a 75-minute dinner break at the conclusion of level four.
All up play is expected to take us through till just after midnight tonight, and around midnight for each of the next two Day One flights.
All of the chips were in the middle on a flop of between Michael Pedley and one opponent. Pedley tabled for middle set against his opponent's . The board blanked out, giving Pedley the double-up and all the chips in the pot.
Pedley is now back to the starting stack. If the limits hadn't gone up a few minutes ago, he could pretend he was simply starting the tournament fresh.
Patrik Antonius has just arrived here on the feature table with a tad below his starting stack.
His partner Maya Gellar-Antonius is struggling to find a viewing spot to watch Antonius, as the rail is now getting crowded with fans who have come to watch one of the greatest poker players in the world.
With around 2,100 in the pot, Sorel Mizzi led out for 1,625 on a board reading . His opponent announced, "Raise" and threw in 1,500; however with some disagreements between the players and the Tournament Director he was bound to a min-raise of 3,250.
Mizzi made the call both players checked it down when the turn fell the and river the . Mizzi quickly tabled but was outdone by his opponent who tabled . Following that small loss, Mizzi still remains strong on 28,000 chips.
In a six-way limped pot the flop landed and Sam Higgs fired out 600 from the cutoff. James Broom made the call on the button as the rest of the table folded.
The turn was the and Higgs moved all in at the pot for his last 2,200. Broom made the call with to be in great shape as Higgs revealed a dominated .
He didn't even wait to see what fell on the river as he stood and started to walk away from the table. The river bricked and he was eliminated.
Patrik Antonius hasn't given much action yet at the feature table, but his opponents are making up for it. Sitting in the big blind, Chris Chronis made it 1,100 to go preflop after an early-position player raised to 200 and had been called in two spots. Only two of those three players called Chronis' race, taking a flop that was all diamonds, . Everyone checked to the turn, which came . Chronis led out for 3,000 chips, bringing the action to the player on his left, who moved all in for about 8,000. After the third player folded out of the way, Chronis made the call.
Chronis:
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Chronis' opponent turned a set of sevens and held one blocker against Chronis' combination flush-and-set draw. With one card to come, he looked good for a double-up, but a non-repeater diamond -- the -- hit the river, eliciting a slight gasp from the rail. Chronis apologized to his opponent but didn't seem too sorry to collect a pot of roughly 19,000 chips. He's up to roughly 38,000.
Leo Boxell has just made a runner-runner flush against Sorel Mizzi, holding on a final board reading to jump to 24,100 in chips as Mizzi slips to 26,300.
Boxell is a huge fan of the Aussie Millions, playing every year to date. His best result was a runner-up finish to Peter Costa in 2003, netting him over AU$220,000 for his efforts. Sitting in 23rd place on Australia's all-time money list, Boxell will be hoping to move up following a good showing in this year's Main Event.