AU$10,600 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 Aussie Millions

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Stuer	196,500 81,500	81,500

Wang Yi Long	176,200 1,200	1,200
Stefano Accardo	150,200 150,200	150,200
Tristan “SkunkDen” Bain	145,600 76,600	76,600
Matthew Wakeman	141,700 18,300	18,300
John-Christian Templeton	135,100 13,100	13,100
James Broom	135,000
Yuri Ishida	125,300 31,300	31,300
Ashley Sleeth	122,200 14,200	14,200
Do Hoang	121,900 121,900	121,900
Dejan Boskovic Sr	116,600 41,600	41,600
Gyeong Byeong Lee	112,200 112,200	112,200
Marc Seymour	111,000 111,000	111,000
Aaron Beattie	110,600 110,600	110,600
Martin Rowe	110,500 110,500	110,500
Nauvneel Kashyap	109,200 61,200	61,200
Hui Zhang	108,100 108,100	108,100
Randy Lew	103,100 40,100	40,100
Norihiro Otani	100,100 100,100	100,100
Dominik Panka	98,900 14,100	14,100

Tyron Krost	95,100 9,900	9,900
Matt Edwards	92,200 17,800	17,800
Bjorn Ostby	90,300 90,300	90,300
Adrian Indovino	90,200 90,200	90,200
Edward Holyoke	88,000 88,000	88,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Julian Stuer

196,500

81,500

Wang Yi Long

176,200

1,200

Stefano Accardo

150,200

Tristan “SkunkDen” Bain

145,600

76,600

Matthew Wakeman

141,700

18,300

John-Christian Templeton

135,100

13,100

James Broom

135,000

Yuri Ishida

125,300

31,300

Ashley Sleeth

122,200

14,200

Do Hoang

121,900

Dejan Boskovic Sr

116,600

41,600

Gyeong Byeong Lee

112,200

Marc Seymour

111,000

Aaron Beattie

110,600

Martin Rowe

110,500

Nauvneel Kashyap

109,200

61,200

Hui Zhang

108,100

Randy Lew

103,100

40,100

Norihiro Otani

100,100

Dominik Panka

98,900

14,100

Tyron Krost

95,100

9,900

Matt Edwards

92,200

17,800

Bjorn Ostby

90,300

Adrian Indovino

90,200

Edward Holyoke

88,000

A bumper field of 268 entries on Day 1b of the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event was whittled down to just 135 over the course of seven 90-minute levels.

Former Main Event champions and Aussie Millions ring-winners rubbed shoulders with local players and satellite qualifiers as they hoped to become the latest in a long line of poker players to lift the southern hemisphere's most prestigious poker title.

Leading the way at the end of the day is Julian Stuer with 196,500 who just held off Wang Yi Long (176,200), Stefano Accardo (150,200) and Tristan Bain (145,600) to bag close to 200,000 in chips.

Stuer had led during the last level of the night but Long made a late surge, flopping trips to chip up to over 175,000. But it wasn't enough to overtake Stuer at the top of the counts.

Several well-known players were eliminated during Day 1b, including former WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem. However, his youngest son James Hachem (25,300) bagged up chips at the end of Day 1a.

James Hachem advances to Day 2 of the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event

Other big stacks and notables include WPT New Zealand champion Nauvneel Kashyab (109,200), Randy Lew (103,100), Dominik Panka (98,900), Opening Event final tablist Matt Edwards (92,200), Accumulator final tablist Bjorn Ostby (90,300), bracelet-winner Andrew Hinrichsen (83,400), Celina Lin (83,300), Oliver Gill (67,800), Scott Hamilton-Hill (59,200), Billy 'The Croc' Argyros (57,500), Andrew Chen (34,800), Pot-Limit Omaha runner-up Dylan Kii (30,100), and Maria Lampropulos (23,200).

Jonathan Karamalikis had his aces cracked by Yuri Ishida shortly after dinner, while 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Lee Nelson fell to a two outer from his opponent despite Nelson flopping trips. However, 2010 champion Tyron Krost bagged 95,100 chips to join fellow former Main Event champion David Gorr in Day 2 after Gorr advanced from Day 1a.

Other eliminations include 2019 Six Max champion Bart Lybaert, Jack Sinclair, Dylan Wilkerson, Michael O'Grady, Jan Suchanek Sarah Bilney and Chino Rheem.

Rheem lasted a grand total of two hands on Day 1b having swapped the AU$50,000 Challenge for the Main Event.

The 135 advancing from Day 2 will join the 79 who advanced from Day 1a on Wednesday. Day 1c gets underway tomorrow at 12:30 pm (AEDT) and looks set to be a large and potentially record-breaking flight.

Tags: Andrew Chen Andrew Hinrichsen Bart Lybaert Bjorn Ostby Celina Lin Dominik Panka James Hachem Jan Suchanek Joe Hachem Jonathan Karamalikis Julian Stuer Lee Nelson Maria Lampropulos Michael O'Grady Oliver Gill Randy Lew Sarah Bilney Tristan Bain Yuri Ishida