We're not sure how it happened, but we can confirm that both Joseph Cheong, who if you recall placed third in the 2010 World Series of Poker, and David Gorr, the defending champ of the Aussie Millions Main Event, have been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Last year's winner of this event, Martin Drewe, took a shot at a title defense yesterday, but despite a deep run, was eliminated late in the evening. Not to be deterred, Drewe took advantage of the recharge format and reentered today.
While he isn't off to the hot start that he was yesterday, Drewe is still in contention. In a recent hand, there was about 6,000 in the pot and a flop of 
when Drewe checked to his opponent in the cutoff, who fired out 2,300. Drewe then woke up with a min-check-raise to 4,600, which was enough to take down the pot.
Drewe is sitting with around 18,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,000
4,000
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4,000 |
Brendon Rubie is making his mark on the chip leader board, recently adding more chips to his ever-growing stack when he eliminated Michael Marcos.
We came to the table late in the hand with a board showing 
and Rubie with 
out on the felt in front of him, while Marcos had 
.
As all of Marcos' chips were sent in the direction of Rubie, he said, "You got the winner, you got the goodluck!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | |
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Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
As we made our way to the far corner of the Crown Poker Room, we noticed the seat formerly occupied by Marvin Rettenmaier was empty. Upon closer inspection, we discovered it was also void of chips. It all adds up to one thing . . . Rettenmaier has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Richard Ashby just walked by our live reporting desk, leading us to believe that he was recently eliminated. Indeed, upon further inspection of his former table, we can confirm that he is busto.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
We came to the action late in the hand but expert detective work has deduced that Tudor Kondevski held 
and was all in against an opponent's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
We've noticed Australian personality and poker great Jeffrey Lisandro walking about the Crown Poker Room. While he isn't playing in today's event, it is a testament to the big names making their way to Melbourne. He joins the likes of Joe Hachem, Patrik Antonius, and Tony G as pros who're currently in the house and biding their time for their first tournament.
We recently reported on the elimination of Richard Ashby, who is no stranger to the Aussie Millions. In fact, way back in 2005, Ashby won the Opening Event here in Melbourne, a $200 NLHE.
Here is a look back at the 2005 Aussie Millions:
| Event | Winner |
|---|---|
| $200 No Limit Hold’em | Richard Ashby (UK) |
| $500 Limit Hold’em | Baden Logan (Australia) |
| $560 Pot Limit Omaha | Marty Wilson (UK) |
| $550 Pot Limit Hold’em | Mick Guttman (Australia) |
| $550 Tag Team | James Potter/Nick Georgoulas (Australia) |
| $1,100 Pot Limit Hold’em | Tino Lechich (Australia) |
| $1,100 Limit Seven-card Stud | Han Luu (Australia) |
| $1,600 Speed Poker | Michael Thuritz (Sweden) |
| $1,600 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | Tony Bloom (UK) |
| $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha | Marcel Luske (Netherlands) |
| $5,000 Two-card Manila | Carlo La Rosa (Australia) |
| $5,200 Heads-Up NLHE | Martin Comer (Australia) |
| $20,000 High Stakes Speed Poker (World) | Mike Sexton (USA) |
| $20,000 High Stakes Speed Poker (Australia) | Lee Nelson (NZ) |
| $10,000 NLHE Main Event | Jamil Dia (NZ) |
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