Jens Lakemeier Grabs 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1c Lead
With a stack of 175,000 in chips, Jens Lakemeier finished atop the final starting day's leaderboard, but he isn't the player to catch heading into Wednesday's Day 2 of the Southern Hemisphere's most prestigious poker tournament. That position belongs to James Obst, who bagged up 212,000 on Day 1a.
After seven levels of action, the final starting flight in the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event came to a close in the very early hours of Wednesday morning at Crown Melbourne. Day 1c was a day that saw the largest group of competitors take to the felt in order to push the total number of entries up over 700 and make this year's event the fourth largest in the tournament's 19-year history. It was also a day that saw poker stars Phil Ivey, John Juanda, and Steve O'Dwyer hit the rail, while the likes of Martin Jacobson, Erik Seidel, and Jason Mercier advanced.
Ivey was eliminated in Level 6 by Australian Tamara Volkoff. With the blinds at 250/500/75, Ivey was all in for his short stack of 2,725 with the 
. Volkoff had the 
and held through the 
board to bust Ivey. Juanda busted in the same level to Stevan Chew, and O'Dwyer went out one level prior when he ran queens into kings.
Of the 337 that entered on Day 1c, around 200 survived the day. Those survivors will combine with the ones from Day 1a and Day 1b to form the complete Day 2 field for Wednesday, but more names could be added to the mix because late registration will remain open until the end of the first level of play on Day 2.
Day 2 will begin at 12:30 p.m. local time, and we here at PokerNews will happily see you then.
to work with and both blinds and the player under the gun checked. Jason Koon made a bet of 2,100 and Celina Lin called. Stevan Chew in the small blind over called and the big blind now check raised to 7,900. Jason Koon then shoved all in for 15,800, Celina Lin folded, the other player folded, Stevan Chew followed suit committing his chips, and the big blind also invested all of his chips.
on the turn and the 
on the river it came runner runner trips on board, handing the pot to Chew who made a full house out of his flopped pair.
on the turn gave him a flush draw but the 
. The flop contained a seven, the turn was another seven, and the chips went in on the river. Baker managed a bit of a comeback — at least enough of one to keep him in contention past the dinner break — but his run came to an end at the tail end of Level 5.
flop. Unfortunately for him, the dealer burned and turned the 
river was no help to Baker, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
and Glazier busted out, and she wished the other players at the table the best of luck before heading for the exit.
. The big blind checked, Rich continued for 1,300, and both her opponents called to see the 
. Unfortunately for him, an opponent held 
. The flop came down 
, Thomas checked, and Levy bet 1,100, which left him just 3,000 or so behind.
