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We've spotted some more famous faces in the crowd among which two EPT winners (Rupert Elder and Toby Lewis), two WSOP bracelet winners (Valdemar Kwaysser and Ayaz Mahmood) and last year's Main Event finalist Bjorn Li.
2013 Aussie Millions
$10,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2013 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,290,000 AUD
Total Entries
629
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 629
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It's the first starting day of the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event, and the local stars came to play! In total these five Australians have amassed $8,432,513 in live tournament earnings and the tournaments they won form an impressive list.
Oliver Speidel (2012), David Gorr (2011) and Lee Nelson (2006) have all won the Aussie Millions Main Event. Nelson also won the 2011 ANZPT Melbourne, Boxell the 2011 APPT Melbourne and Michael Kanaan won the 2011 ANZPT Sydney. The Aussies have come out in full force today as their biggest tournament of the year is underway.
Toby Lewis and an opponent were heads up on a board of 
. The player led out for 2,500 into a pot of around 5,000, and Lewis tanked for a bit before raising to 6,800.
The player tanked for a bit, then folded.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Defending champion Oliver Speidel just kicked things off by announcing the "Shuffle up and deal." The cards are in the air for seven 90 minute levels, which will have us finish around 1:20AM local time.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Day 1a of the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event is set to begin in 90 minutes or so here at the beautiful Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The plan is to play seven 90-minute levels, with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 4.
Oliver Speidel, the winner of the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event, bested a field of 659 players to earn $1,600,000. The largest Aussie Millions Main Event (780 players) took place in 2008, and the winner was Russian Alexander Kostritsyn ($1,650,000).
Here's a list of all of the winners:
| Year | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1998* | Alex Horowitz | $25,900 |
| 1999* | Milo Nadalin | $38,150 |
| 2000 | Leo Boxell | $65,225 |
| 2001 | Sam Korman | $53,025 |
| 2002 | John Maver | $150,000 |
| 2003 | Peter Costa | $394,870 |
| 2004 | Tony Bloom | $426,500 |
| 2005 | Jamil Dia | $1,000,000 |
| 2006 | Lee Nelson | $1,295,800 |
| 2007 | Gus Hansen | $1,500,000 |
| 2008 | Alexander Kostritsyn | $1,650,000 |
| 2009 | Stewart Scott | $2,000,000 |
| 2010 | Tyron Krost | $2,000,000 |
| 2011 | David Gorr | $2,000,000 |
| 2012 | Oliver Speidel | $1,600,000 |
*Denotes a game other than no-limit hold'em.
Today is the first of three Day 1's, and PokerNews will be on the floor giving you all of the live, up-to-the-minute updates. Stay tuned!
$10,000 Main Event
Day 1a Started
