$10,000 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2013 Aussie Millions
$10,000 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
6,290,000 AUD
Entries
629
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000
Aussie Millions Main Event Begins
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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!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The Cards Are in the Air!
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.
Good Start for Lewis
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000 |
Big Time Aussies!
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
More Famous Faces
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
Aristidou is All Out
According to Peter Aristidou, he has already been eliminated from the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Tournament Director Christian Vaughan made the announcement a few moments ago, prompting the players in the field to break out into a chorus of cheers and laughter.
We don't know the details, but evidently it was an aces vs. kings scenario. We're not sure who held the kings, and who held the aces however.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Karamalikis, O'Dea, Teltscher And Many More Join The Fun
The list of famous players keep getting longer and longer as we just found the following players. The most famous of them all is local favorite Jonathan Karamalikis who recently had the biggest live result of his career. Karamalikis, who's know online as "xMONSTERxDONGx" won the ACOP High Roller for the equivalent of $478,892 in November 2012.
Irish pro Eoghan O'Dea has the biggest single result of this bunch, he finished sixth in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event banking $1,720,831. Long time English pro Mark Teltscher was very close to becoming the first ever double EPT winner back in 2008, but he fell short, finishing second to Sander Lyloff in Barcelona. Teltscher won $920,015 in that event, after he already won $495,935 during EPT London 2005.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Vas Nunes Takes a Hit
Paul Vas Nunes put up some impressive results in the last year and a half and now he's trying to add an Australian flag to his list of cashes. That's still far away though, as he just lost quite a serious pot. Vas Nunes won Unibet Open Dublin for $151,742 back in 2011 and finished third in a World Series of Poker event last June for $290,407.
Vas Nunes three-bet to 700 from the cutoff after a player in early position had raised it up to 250. The players in the small blind gave it some thought before deciding to make the call. The initial raiser folded creating heads up action.
The flop came down 
{3s and Vas Nunes' opponent check-called 1,000. On the turn the 
hit, and once again the small blind checked. Vas Nunes bet 1,800 and his opponent called once again. On the river the 
hit and this time the small blind lead out for 3,600. Vas Nunes called quickly but mucked when his opponent showed 
for a rivered straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | -10,000 |