$10,600 Aussie Millions Main Event | 2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

12 hours 51 minutes ago

Ultimate Cooler for Bolovson

Tyler Boyer

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

After a back-and-forth raising war, Unensaikhan Bolovson and Gary Tomes who were holding nearly identical stacks, got all the chips in the middle in one of the first hands of the day, with Tomes at risk.

Gary Tomes: A♦A♣ All in
Unensaikhan Bolovson: K♠K♦

It was the ultimate for Bolovson, running his kings into Tomes aces. He was unable to find any help when the board ran out 4♥10♣J♥10♠7♠ to give Tomes the double up.

Bolovson was left with just 2,000 and was eliminated shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Tomes	230,000 125,000	125,000
Unensaikhan Bolovson	Busted

Tags: Gary Tomes

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

13 hours 5 minutes ago

Cards in the Air

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Tyler Boyer

The 176 remaining players are in the seats, and cards are in the Air for Day 3 of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2026 presented by CrownBet.

Shot clocks are now being introduced, players will have 15-seconds pre flop, and 30-seconds post flop, and will be given seven 30-second time extensions.

14 hours 59 minutes ago

Day 3 Seat Draw

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Josh Noy

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
37	1	Najeem Ajez	492,500	99
37	2	Andrew Hinrichsen	287,500	58
37	3	Callum Gordon	145,000	29
37	4	Domenico Zappia	336,000	67
37	5	Jennifer Cassel	421,000	84
37	6	Emanuel Seal	207,500	42
37	7	Tom McMahon	986,000	197
37	8	Banipal Babana	104,000	21

38	1	Mingi Wei	289,500	58
38	2	Farhad Mohajerani	227,000	45
38	3	Duncan Cameron	395,000	79
38	4	Jesse Stanley	192,000	38
38	5	Dejan Boskovic	502,000	100
38	6	Qing Ye	196,000	39
38	7	Alex Lynskey	170,000	34
38	8	Zeng Zhao	164,500	33

50	1	Arturo Hanna	134,000	27
50	2	Tristain Reith	123,000	25
50	3	Ilias Sagias	110,500	22
50	4	Patrico Caalim	167,000	33
50	5	Pratik Mehta	369,500	74
50	6	Musang Kim	306,500	61
50	7	Joshua Abady	284,500	57
50	8	Tom Karadimos	392,500	79

51	1	Aaron Purdue	156,500	31
51	2	Antonio Seremet	413,000	83
51	3	Lewis Murray	308,000	62
51	4	Daniel Seremet	82,000	16
51	5	Michael Gathy	490,000	98
51	6	Liang Chen	61,500	12
51	7	Giang Lai	103,500	21
51	8	Didier Guerin	637,500	128

52	1	Hasan Onay	248,000	50
52	2	Andrew Scott	73,000	15
52	3	Paul Murray	370,500	74
52	4	Daniel Gabriel	87,500	18
52	5	Irene Bennett	211,000	42
52	6	Sung Cho	149,500	30
52	7	Liu Yang	1,028,000	206
52	8	Hengrui Zhang	381,000	76

53	1	Ken Hart	184,500	37
53	2	Ryo Matsubara	98,500	20
53	3	Yifan Yao	285,500	57
53	4	Peter Lin	56,000	11
53	5	Stephen Topakas	105,000	21
53	6	Shengyu Zhao	292,500	59
53	7	Carlos Youssef	211,500	42
53	8	Michael Mattern	164,500	33

54	1	Sooriya Rajeswaran	638,500	128
54	2	Xiaofang Dong	182,000	36
54	3	Bridges Roe	143,000	29
54	4	Apoorva Goel	339,500	68
54	5	Mario Doria	327,000	65
54	6	Wei Han	246,500	49
54	7	Aditya Rao	359,500	72
54	8	Gregory Collings	74,500	15

55	1	Ruizi Lin	453,500	91
55	2	Bruce King	182,500	37
55	3	Anthony Xu	555,500	111
55	4	Jensen Chou	376,000	75
55	5	Michael Egan	105,500	21
55	6	Joe Hachem	528,000	106
55	7	Samantha Cohen	282,500	57
55	8	Kevin Shahbaz	253,000	51

56	1	Dion Hawkins	120,000	24
56	2	Sam Higgs	430,000	86
56	3	Kok Foo Chai	231,000	46
56	4	Dean Blatt	332,000	66
56	5	Ricky Vikas	256,500	51
56	6	Christopher Lee	134,000	27
56	7	Jiaxu Chen	270,000	54
56	8	Sam Ruha	152,000	30

57	1	Scott Stewart	609,500	122
57	2	Maxwell Young	253,500	51
57	3	Zong Li	75,000	15
57	4	Nelson Dong	156,500	31
57	5	Casey Kooiman	106,000	21
57	6	Aaron Stefan	337,000	67
57	7	Joshua Duce	175,000	35
57	8	Peter Apostolou	57,500	12

58	1	Taylor Grube	190,000	38
58	2	Ori Ohana	242,500	49
58	3	Xin Li	511,000	102
58	4	Ricardo Bono	46,000	9
58	5	Matthew Carlson	188,500	38
58	6	Malcolm Trayner	235,000	47
58	7	Nickolas Oiberman	251,000	50
58	8	Mishel Anunu	237,500	48

59	1	Mikael Larsson	150,000	30
59	2	Kish Kumar	227,500	46
59	3	Alex Ung	202,000	40
59	4	Jackson Young	150,500	30
59	5	Oliver Yu	138,000	28
59	6	Michael Kanaan	199,500	40
59	7	David Wonson	389,000	78
59	8	Kurt Stevens	235,000	47

60	1	Kevin Clark	321,000	64
60	2	William Lim	181,000	36
60	3	Jun Wen Ooi	391,500	78
60	4	Amir Minagar	114,500	23
60	5	Sebastian Trisch	255,000	51
60	6	Michael Busutti	203,500	41
60	7	Christopher Seeley	62,500	13
60	8	JP Rounce-Sue	512,500	103

61	1	Lincoln Lin	104,500	21
61	2	Theodore Tsakalidis	251,000	50
61	3	Stevan Lackovic	226,000	45
61	4	Troy Bell	130,500	26
61	5	Toni Petrovski	352,500	71
61	6	Zhengshan Hao	117,500	24
61	7	Lachlan Crilly	22,500	5
61	8	Manny Rodrigues	394,000	79

62	1	Hieu Nguyen	321,500	64
62	2	Dale Bryan	203,500	41
62	3	Toby Joyce	184,000	37
62	4	James Hachem	110,000	22
62	5	Patrick Barba	205,000	41
62	6	Graham Cowan	455,000	91
62	7	Tung Nguyen	334,000	67
62	8	Robert Salter	324,000	65

63	1	James Kim	330,000	66
63	2	Michael Zhang	147,000	29
63	3	Hossein Yaraghi	197,000	39
63	4	Tim Vanari	225,500	45
63	5	Chris Zenonos	352,000	70
63	6	Nyi Htal	535,000	107
63	7	Anthony Ronalds	118,500	24
63	8	Tony Hachem	107,000	21

64	1	Sheldon Mayer	418,000	84
64	2	David Gorr	155,000	31
64	3	Jacob Yong	149,000	30
64	4	Wang Li	484,500	97
64	5	Attila Bognar	224,000	45
64	6	Simon Carter	245,500	49
64	7	Eugene Tung	132,000	26
64	8	Scot Malseed	737,000	147

65	1	Timo Hettinger	71,000	14
65	2	Gary Fisher	354,000	71
65	3	Than Huynh	341,000	68
65	4	Denis Jankovic	539,500	108
65	5	Rithy Chhay	89,500	18
65	6	Stevan Chew	151,000	30
65	7	Xin Xu	72,500	15
65	8	Alan Pham	286,500	57

66	1	Zheming Zhu	128,500	26
66	2	Cole Swannack	385,000	77
66	3	Edison Chen	192,000	38
66	4	Zong-chi He	139,000	28
66	5	Faraz Ayyaz	287,500	58
66	6	James Keenan	372,000	74
66	7	Kanaan Youkhanna	170,500	34
66	8	Ehsan Amiri	114,000	23

67	1	Hao Zhang	101,500	20
67	2	Gary Ko	192,500	39
67	3	Stephen Woodhead	425,000	85
67	4	Dustin Tran	158,500	32
67	5	Timothy Jenkins	249,000	50
67	6	Moritz Reiner	76,500	15
67	7	Brenton Kos	510,000	102
67	8	Liam O'Rourke	211,000	42

68	1	Victor Dai	403,500	81
68	2	Chen Li	264,500	53
68	3	Unensaikhan Bolovson	109,500	22
68	4	William Wong	319,500	64
68	5	Rachel Carolan	390,000	78
68	6	Aamir Choudhry	624,000	125
68	7	Chi Truong	157,000	31
68	8	Gary Tomes	105,000	21

69	1	Steven Zhou	201,000	40
69	2	Ash Ovens	186,500	37
69	3	Lennart Valloe	147,500	30
69	4	Jason Lefevre	560,500	112
69	5	Hans Dorn	364,500	73
69	6	Joshua McSwiney	506,000	101
69	7	Yuri Murakami	250,500	50
69	8	Jaxon Byrne	235,000	47

15 hours 1 minute ago

Day 3 of Aussie Millions A$10,600 Main Event Kicks Off at 12:30 p.m.

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Laura Fryer

After an action packed four days of play, the highly anticipated Day 3 of the Aussie Millions A$10,600 Main Event has arrived. With the 770 total entries creating a huge A$7,700,000 prize pool, it is all to play for today as the returning 183 players battle to make it into the money.

Prize Pool & Payouts

1	$1,667,050	15-17	$60,830
2	$1,001,000	18-23	$48,510
3	$635,250	24-29	$41,580
4	$466,620	30-35	$34,650
5	$346,500	36-39	$30,800
6	$269,500	40-37	$27,720
7	$211,750	48-63	$24,640
8-9	$154,000	64-79	$22,330
10-11	$154,000	80-95	$20,020
12-14	$77,000

With the event paying out just over 12% of the field, only 95 players will secure themselves at least the minimum payout of A$20,020. Those who manage to ladder and make it to Day 4 will no doubt have their eyes set on becoming the champion, taking home the top prize of A$1,667,050 and claiming the 2026 Aussie Millions Main Event title.

Liu Yang put himself in a strong position going into today after claiming the accolade of being the Day 2 chip leader, bagging an impressive 1,028,000. He saw to the early elimination of Troy McLean, continuing to keep up the momentum throughout the day.

Tom McMahon and Scot Malseed are hot on his heels and closely follow behind. McMahon narrowly missed out on making it to the top of the counts for the third consecutive day, but still returns with a massive 986,000 chips.

End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Liu Yang	China	1,028,000	257
2	Tom McMahon	Australia	986,000	247
3	Scot Malseed	Australia	737,000	184
4	Sooriya Rajeswaran	Australia	638,500	160
5	Didier Guerin	Australia	637,500	159
6	Aamir Choudry	Australia	624,000	156
7	Scott Stewart	United States	609,500	152
8	Jason Lefevre	Australia	560,500	140
9	Anthony Xu	Australia	555,500	139
10	Denis Jankovic	Australia	539,500	135

A number of notables also return to the felt today, including WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Hachem (528,000). Hachem enjoyed a strong Day 2 and comes back just shy of breaking into the top ten counts. Michael Gathy (490,000) and Sam Higgs (430,000) also re-join the action today, each bringing in an above average stack.

Hachem's journey through Day 2 started well after stacking Zahar Miloud, but later faced his fair share of adversity after running into his opponent’s quads. He didn’t let the setback slow him down and he steadily rebuilt throughout the second half of play, more than doubling his stack back by the time bags were sealed.

Familiar faces such as Alan Pham (286,500), Andrew Hinrichsen (287,500) and Yuri Murakami (250,500) have made steady progress through the early stages of the freezeout Main Event here in Melbourne and return with healthy middling stacks.

Among those who will need to hustle, is Day 1b chip leader Lennart Valloe, who brings back one of the smaller stacks with 147,500. He is by no means the shortest, as Lachlan Crilly narrowly advanced to Day 3 and will restart with just 22,500, only a handful of big blinds when the new level begins. Close behind is Ricardo Bono, who bagged 46,000 and will also be hoping for an early double. As the field tightens and the pressure mounts, every pot will matter as players look to secure their place in the money.

The stage is set for an exciting Day 3 as players get ready to continue their quest for the title. Play is set to resume at 12:30 p.m. local time at the Crown Casino here in Melbourne. Levels are 90 minutes long, and the action will restart at Level 14 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. 15-minute breaks are scheduled every level.

Remaining Main Event Schedule

Day	Date	Start Time	Level Duration
Day 3	Friday, May 8	12:30 p.m.	90 minutes
Day 4	Saturday, May 9	12:30 p.m.	90 minutes
Final Day	Sunday, May 10	2:30 p.m.	90 minutes

Cards will be in the air at 12.30 p.m today, so be sure to keep your eyes on the PokerNews live updates to see who remains in contention to make it to Day 4, putting themselves one step closer to clinching the Aussie Millions Main Event title.

Tags: Aamir Choudry Alan Pham Andrew Hinrichsen Anthony Xu Big Blinds Denis Jankovic Didier Guerin Jason Lefevre Joe Hachem Lachlan Crilly Lennart Valloe Liu Yang Michael Gathy Ricardo Bono Sam Higgs Scot Malseed Scott Stewart Sooriya Rajeswaran Tom McMahon Troy McLean Yuri Murakami