2019 Aussie Millions

AU$10,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Prize
1,272,598 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
10,600 AUD
Prize Pool
8,220,000 AUD
Entries
822
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
Day 1B Chip Leader
115,000 -3,000
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
113,000 -22,000
Matt Edwards gb
Matt Edwards
110,000 110,000
Ashley Sleeth us
Ashley Sleeth
108,000 -2,000
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
98,000 13,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
63,000 -4,000
Jason Pritchard au
Jason Pritchard
59,000 31,000
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
54,000 4,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
48,000 -7,000
Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
35,000 -5,000
Scott Davies us
Scott Davies
WSOP 1X Winner
32,000 -18,000
James Hopkins au
James Hopkins
31,000 -3,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
WSOP 1X Winner
4,000 -9,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

Mandavia Takes a Hit

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Ankush Mandavia three-bet out of the blinds and was called by a short-stack, who had fewer than 5,000 behind. The flop came {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Mandavia bet 5,000, his opponent called all in for 4,150 and tabled {K-Clubs}{Q-Spades} for top two. Mandavia needed running outs with the {A-Spades}{6-Spades} and spiked some hope with the {J-Spades} turn, however, the {J-Hearts} river was a blank.

In the meanwhile, it appears that Matthew Wakeman has taken over the lead towards the end of level six on Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Wakeman au
Matthew Wakeman
160,000 80,000
John-Christian Templeton us
John-Christian Templeton
122,000 -13,000
Daniel Hachem au
Daniel Hachem
70,000 10,000
Tristan “SkunkDen” Bain
Tristan “SkunkDen” Bain
69,000 4,000
Minh Nguyen au
Minh Nguyen
55,000 17,000
Billy Argyros au
Billy Argyros
43,000 5,000
Lee Nelson nz
Lee Nelson
36,000
Jonathan Roy ca
Jonathan Roy
35,000 -9,000
James Hachem au
James Hachem
22,000 -18,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
WSOP 1X Winner
13,000 2,000

Tags: Ankush MandaviaMatthew Wakeman

Ioannis Angelou-Konstas Wins Event #13: AU$1,150 Terminator for AU$59,695

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
2019 Aussie Millions Terminator Champion Ioannis Angelou Konstas
2019 Aussie Millions Terminator Champion Ioannis Angelou Konstas

It was a case of first cash, first ring for Ioannis Angelou-Konstas, who took down Event #13: AU$1,150 Terminator for AU$59,695 for his first cash on Aussie soil.

The Greek player, who sits third on his nation's all-time money list, beat a field of 489 players to clinch victory, defeating Australian Michael Fraser heads up.

Here's how the final table finished:

AU$1,150 Termintor Final Table Results

PlaceNameCountryPayout (AUD)Payout (USD)
1Ioannis Angelou-KonstasGreece$59,695$42,980
2Michael FraserAustralia$37,865$27,263
3Gavin O'RourkeIreland$23,745$17,096
4Hung-Sheng LinTaiwan$18,610$13,399
5Vinod MegalmaniIndia$13,485$9,709
6Susanne KaeuferGermany$10,915$7,859
7Connie GrahamAustralia$8,600$6,192
8Tim SheehanAustralia$7,315$5,267
9Grant LevyAustralia$6,035$4,345

Grant Levy added to his over $2.3M in earnings with a final table finish here in the Terminator, while fellow Australian Tim Sheehan recorded his first cash since winning another bounty tournament in Sydney last December.

Two ladies were next to go; Connie Graham recorded the best Aussie Millions cash of her career and her second of 2019 by finishing seventh for AU$8,600 as Germany's Susanne Kaufer finished sixth for AU$10,915 in her first cash in almost seven years.

India is becoming increasingly represented at the 2019 Aussie Millions, with Jayan Prasad final tabling the Accumulator and now Vinod Megalmani with his first Aussie Millions cash and one of the biggest of his career, finishing fifth for AU$13,485.

Hung-Shen Lin may be one of the few players to have already cashed in two separate events here in Melbourne this year, and after narrowly missing out on the final stages of the Mix Max tournament where he finished 10th, he made it to the final table and took home AU$18,610 for his fourth-place finish.

Gavin O'Rourke had led for most of the final table, but his elimination boosted Angelou-Konstas into a tie for the lead. It's been a busy couple of days for O'Rourke who, after finishing 12th in the Accumulator yesterday, jumped into the Terminator and ran it up to finish third for AU$23,745.

The biggest cash of Fraser's career came in 2017 where he finished second in the WSOPC Sydney Main Event, and he would have to settle for another second place here for AU$37,685 as Angelou-Konstas took down the title, the ring and almost AU$60,000 in prize money.

Tags: Connie GrahamGavin O'RourkeGrant LevyIoannis Angelou KonstasMichael FraserVinod Megalmani

De Cesare Eliminated

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Amanda De Cesare
Amanda De Cesare

Amanda De Cesare ended up all in and at risk with the {A-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Dean Cox looked her up out of the small blind. The board came {Q-Spades}{J-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} gave De Cesare a queen-high straight. However, she noticed one second later that Cox had made the nut straight with the very same river card and quickly headed out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Dean Cox au
Dean Cox
60,100 34,100
Amanda De Cesare au
Amanda De Cesare
Busted

Tags: Amanda De CesareDean Cox

Ishida Doubles Through Taylor

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Yuri Ishida and Clinton Taylor
Yuri Ishida and Clinton Taylor

Yuri Ishida opened to 1,500 and Clinton Taylor three-bet to 4,500 from one seat over, Ishida came along and they headed to the {7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop. Ishida's check was followed by a quick bet of 10,000 by Taylor and Ishida almost beat him into the pot with a check-shove.

Taylor glanced over to get any kind of reaction and Ishida looked down at her smartphone, not taking any eye contact. After half a minute, Taylor asked for a count and the shove was for 41,450. Not even a full minute passed and Taylor announced the call.

Yuri Ishida: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}
Clinton Taylor: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The {9-Diamonds} turn gave Taylor an additional gutshot, but the {2-Hearts} river changed nothing whatsoever. Despite losing this pot, Taylor remains at three times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Yuri Ishida jp
Yuri Ishida
94,000 41,000
Clinton Taylor au
Clinton Taylor
90,000 40,000

Tags: Clinton TaylorYuri Ishida

Lehmanski Rising

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Both Dejan Boskovic Junior and Senior are playing with the former now below starting stack. Maxi Lehmanski has joined the big stacks and Celina Lin remains well above the current average with 175 players out of 267 entries remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
135,000 84,000
Maxi Lehmanski de
Maxi Lehmanski
100,000 50,000
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
85,000 -5,000
Dejan Boskovic Sr au
Dejan Boskovic Sr
75,000 75,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
67,000 18,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
57,000 4,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
55,000 27,000
Nauvneel Kashyap au
Nauvneel Kashyap
48,000 23,000
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
45,000 8,000
Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
40,000 7,000
Dejan Boskovic au
Dejan Boskovic
27,000 -1,000
Bryan Huang sg
Bryan Huang
24,000 -6,000
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
WSOP 1X Winner
18,000
Julius Colman au
Julius Colman
18,000 -4,000
Michael Seymour au
Michael Seymour
Busted
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
Busted

Tags: Celina LinDejan BoskovicDejan Boskovic SrMaxi Lehmanski

Davies Tells no Stories

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Scott Davies defended his big blind against the raise of James Hopkins and check-called a bet of 700 on the {6-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop. On the {4-Spades} turn, Davies check-called another 1,700 and then faced a third barrel worth 8,000 on the {10-Diamonds} river. Davies, who was just working on a mango as additional source of energy for the last levels of the night, let go and Josip Simunic returned to his seat with some table chat.

"Come on, just jam. Tell him a story that you have a six, bet 6,600 or something." Davies just grinned and forfeited the pot, remaining above the current average in the penultimate level of Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Davies us
Scott Davies
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 13,000
James Hopkins au
James Hopkins
34,000 5,000

Tags: James HopkinsJosip SimunicScott Davies