Coming back from the break we have noticed a few more familiar faces. Registration is open for 4 hours during tonight's Day 1 flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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10,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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23,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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21,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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17,000 | |
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10,000 | |
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8,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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8,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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6,000
200
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200 |
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6,000 | |
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5,600
4,400
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4,400 |
With a board reading 
, Maria Ho checked from the small blind and the player in the big blind fired out 1,400. An under-the-gun player then raised, Ho moved all in for approximately 5,000, and the big blind folded. The UTG player made the call and was left shaking his head when the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Ho: 
UTG: 
How had turned a full house and needed to dodge an ace, eight, and queen on the river. Unfortunately for her, the dealer put out the 
and her opponent spiked a bigger full house. Ho was disappointed but handled it well, no doubt looking forward to a little sleep after traveling to Melbourne from the United States earlier today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Players are now on their first break of the day, which will last 10 minutes.
WSOPE bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen has just played a big hand before the break and PokerNews was there to catch all the action.
There were three players with cards still in front of them as a 
flop was dealt. One player checked before Hinrichsen led for 700. Both Hinrichsen's opponents made the call and the was dealt on the turn.
The action was again checked to Hinrichsen and he again led, this time for 1,700. One opponent behind Hinrichsen made the call before the other player got out of the way.
The on the river saw Hinrichsen put on the breaks for the first time in this hand, opting to go for the check. His opponent thought for only a moment before making it 4,000 to go.
At this point Hinrichsen went deep into the tank as the rest of the players got out of their seats to head on their break. Eventually Hinrichsen let go of his hand and joined the rest of the tournament field on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,200
4,300
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4,300 |
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We're not sure how it happened, but on our most recent pass, we noticed Sorel Mizzi had a healthy 26,000 sitting front of him. That is more than double the starting stack in the third level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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26,000
19,000
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19,000 |
Our PokerNews reporter was only at Simon Watt's table for a couple of hands and Watt managed to take down a few chips while we were there.
The first hand saw Watt three-bet to 1,025 after Daniel Neilson opened the pot. The rest of the table got out of the way along with Neilson and Watt took it down.
The next hand saw Watt open the pot from late position and no players wanted to rumble, sending another few chips to New Zealand's WSOP Bracelet winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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12,500
2,500
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2,500 |
We mentioned before that Sorel Mizzi, who is in today's field, has had a lot of success here at the Aussie Millions. In 2009, he finished 16th in the Main Event and then followed that up with a third-place finish the following year. Then, in 2011, he made his second consecutive final table, ultimately finishing in ninth place.
Here is a look at that final table:
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $10,500 | 721 | $7,210,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Gorr | $2,000,000 |
| 2nd | James Keys | $1,035,000 |
| 3rd | Jeff Rossiter | $700,000 |
| 4th | Michael Ryan | $450,000 |
| 5th | Randy Dorfman | $325,000 |
| 6th | Samad Razavi | $225,000 |
| 7th | Chris Moorman | $175,000 |
| 8th | Patrik Antonius | $130,000 |
| 9th | Sorel Mizzi | $130,000 |
As you can see, it was quite the field. We also happen to know that Randy Dorfman, who actually began that final table as the chip leader, will be returning to the Aussie Millions this year, though he probably won't arrive in time for the Opening Event.
It wasn't the most exciting hand, but we watched action folded to Maria Ho on the button and she raised to 450. The big blind defended and both player checked the 
flop as well as the 
turn. When the 
appeared on the river, the big blind bet 800 and Ho, who seemed suspicious the entire hand, tossed her cards to the much, dropping to around 7,000 in the process.
Meanwhile, Andrew Hinrichsen took down a pot without so much as a flop after three-betting to 1,050 after an unknown player had opened to 450 from the hijack. Hinrichsen is holding steady and is sitting with just over the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,500
500
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500 |
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7,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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