Aussie Millions 2011 Almost Over; Another Final Table Just Begins

The penultimate event of the Aussie Millions is drawing to a close as the final table is set in the Event #19: $1,650 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Bounties!

What started early in the afternoon yesterday has gone late into the night and the next morning as the felt got an over 15 hour long workout.

Starting the tournament with high hopes of taking down a gold ring late at the 2011 Aussie Millions include Full Tilt Red Pro’s Matt Jarvis, Simon Watt, Roberto Romanello, Steve Yea, Jonathan Karamalikis and Nikolay Evdakov. Also in toe were Grant Levy, Joe Hachem, Faraz Jaka and David Steicke.

Unfortunately none of the aforementioned players were able to make it late into the night but there were plenty who did, with those managing to cash included Bruno Portaro (22nd), John Eames (17th), Ash Gupta (12th) and Scott Peel (9th).

The above players were unable to advance to the final table during the shootout round of the tournament, which occurred as the players dwindled to 32. The top two of each of the four shootout tables would make it the final table, and at last we introduce them to you.

Final Table

Rank	Player	Chip Count
1	Martin Kozlov	445,000
2	Lindy Thornton	370,000
3	Jai Kemp	364,000
4	Jarred Solomon	310,000
5	Milan Gurung	274,500
6	Gerasimos Deres	244,000
7	Shao Liu	208,000
8	Mel Judah	157,000

As you can see, it is Martin Kozlov who comes into the final table with the chip lead, while not far behind him is last female standing Lindy Thornton. Australian poker legend Mel Judah is down the bottom of the counts but is still in with a fighting chance.

That’s all from day one of the $1,650 Bounties Event, be sure to join us back here tomorrow at 4 p.m AEST for the final table action as another gold ring is given away in the wake of David Gorr taking down the Event #9: Aussie Millions Main Event. See you tomorrow!