2020 Aussie Millions

Aussie Millions Highlights

Dhingra Through to Aussie Millions Opening Event Day 2

Gautam Dhingra
Gautam Dhingra

It was another busy flight of the Opening Event today, with Flight 3 the biggest so far attracting 307 entries.

The Exhibition Hall here at Crown Resorts Melbourne was full of several well-known Australian and international players such as former Aussie Millions Main Event winners Ami Barer and Leo Boxell, WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem as well as the likes of Harry Lodge, Joey Weissman, Fabien Quoss, Martin Finger, Tobias Peters, and Stefan Hubert.

From the 307 that started the day, just 40 made it through to Day 2, and the leader is David Tang whose stack of 277,300 is not only enough for the Flight 3 chip lead, but the overall chip lead so far with three of the five Opening Event starting flights complete.

Opening Event Flight 3 Chip Counts

PlayerChip Count
David Tang277,300
Gautam Dhingra170,900
Vikrani Gupia161,700
Jo Snell161,000
Jordan Tehtodt149,200
Lu Yunye144,400
Anthony Soinella139,400
Christian Nolte120,000
Ehsan Amiri102,800
Tristan Bain91,000
Thomas Gleeson85,600
Paul Hockin84,500
Zhankamui Chen81,300
Corentin Ropert78,800
Arif Mustafa75,800
Hun Wei Lee73,400
Amanda Onions70,000
Daniel Wojcik67,200
Bjorn Ostby65,100
Derek Danor60,400
Rayner Loi59,000
Kuo Chen Hung56,300
Nipun Java55,700
Paul Mischefski54,400
Niko Koop53,900
David Bodwelk47,900
Florian Fuchs47,300
Florian Ferroni44,900
Costa Malerynakis41,600
Sean Dorgan37,800
Ivan Sergeyev37,100
John Thomas36,300
Kohei Miura35,100
Yang Lei32,900
Gyeong Byeong Lee32,800
Max Gideon31,200
Robert Sanchezcallol28,900
Wo Wei Dai27,800
Mck Kaselias23,200
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Behind Tang comes Gautam Dhingra (170,900) who will be hoping for more Aussie Millions success, after an incredible set of performances at the 2019 festival.

Dhingra notched up two fifth-place finishes at the in the A$25,000 Challenge and the A$1,150 Six Max. These cashes, coupled with a cash in the Opening Event saw him walk away with almost A$250,000 in cashes.

In fact, of Dhingra's seven Aussie Millions cashes, all but two of them have seen him make it to the final table.
Other well-known players through to Day 2 include Corentin Ropert (78,800), Nipun Java (55,700), and 2019 Main Event final tablist Gyeong Byeong Lee (32,800).

Gyeong Byeong Lee during last year's Aussie Millions Main Event
Gyeong Byeong Lee during last year's Aussie Millions Main Event

There are still two more flights remaining in this year's Opening Event before Day 2 takes place on Wednesday. At time of writing you can still enter Flight 4, with the final flight getting underway on January 7 at 12:10 pm.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for more live updates from the Crown as the 2020 Aussie Millions continues.

Tags: Ami BarerCorentin RopertDavid TangGautam DhingraGyeong Byeong LeeTobias PetersNipun JavaMartin FingerLeo BoxellJoey WeissmanHarry Lodge