Another marathon day here at the Crown Casino Poker Room and once again we were treated to some world-class poker, this time in the short-handed format that is known to all as "six-max".
225 players took to the felt for the 2011 Aussie Millions $2,200 Six Handed No Limit Hold'em event and it was a horror start for the Full Tilt Poker contingent. Red Pros Annette Obrestad, Scott Montgomery, Jonathan Karamalikis, Simon Watt, Matt Jarvis and James Akenhead were all amongst today's tournament obituaries, as well as past Aussie Millions champions Lee Nelson and Tyron Krost, just to name a few.
Of course, for those who fall, there are also those who are able to endure. Jim Sachinidis, Kyle Cheong, Mike Watson, Peter Sheary, Michel Bouskila and Alexander Debus have already cashed in, but we've still got 18 players coming back tomorrow to battle it out for the title, led by Josh Tekesky, who tops the counts with 237,600.
Stuart-McLeod Smith (228,500) is not that far behind, nor is Ben Vinson (215,100). Tony Dunst (153,300) and the affable Waki Waki (152,300) round off the top five.
Full Tilt Red Pro Billy "The Croc" Argyros (126,800) will also be coming back tomorrow, along with Ben Delaney (141,000), Andrew Jeffreys (102,500) and Leo "The Mechanic" Boxell, who's one of the short stacks with 38,700. In what he hopes will bring him good fortune, he's even sealed up his toy wombat Wally inside his chip bag!
No matter what it takes, it's going to take that special something to take down this title, as any one of these 18 players are worthy winners. Here's how they'll line up when they come back at 2pm AEDT tomorrow:
Table 29
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Kosta Varoxis | 56,000 |
| 2 | Tony Dunst | 153,300 |
| 3 | Daniel Reijmer | 120,800 |
| 4 | Ray Ellis | 29,700 |
| 5 | Josh Tekesky | 237,600 |
| 6 | Danny Chevalier | 134,900 |
Table 31
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Toby Lewis | 142,600 |
| 2 | Andrew Jeffreys | 102,500 |
| 3 | Billy Argyros | 126,800 |
| 4 | Adam Stoneham | 123,900 |
| 5 | Ben Delaney | 141,000 |
| 6 | Leo Boxell | 38,700 |
Table 32
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Stuart McLeod-Smith | 228,500 |
| 2 | Waki Waki | 152,300 |
| 3 | Bodo Sbrzesny | 76,200 |
| 4 | Simon Charette | 104,500 |
| 5 | Daniel Laidlaw | 69,500 |
| 6 | Ben Vinson | 215,100 |
Who will take home the gold ring and the AUD $108,000 first prize? That for us to find out so you all find out! Be sure to keep your eyes peeled tomorrow from 2pm AEDT for all the updates, because there's nobody that knows poker news like PokerNews. From all of us here in Melbourne, ciao for now!
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, but Tony Dunst woke up with 
. Both players paired up on the board of 
and Debus was confirmed as the 24th place finisher, good for AUD $3,600.
. Sbrzesny check-called McLeod-Smith's bet of 13,000 after the flop, then check-raised all-in after McLeod-Smith opened for 28,000 on the turn of the 
. McLeod-Smith snap-called.
blanked out on the river and Sbrzesny looked visibly upset as he was forced to send the chips over to McLeod-Smith, who is now our new chip leader with over 210,000!
holding 
. The river 
, but failed to improve against Ben Vinson who called with 
against Billy Argyros' 
and departed in 21st place.
to send him to the rail in 20th place.
