$10,600 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1a | 2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

15 hours 19 minutes ago

Late Night Big Stacks

Laura Fryer

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The fields have levelled out somewhat with only two players looking to sit above 200,000. Junjie Liu had a great Level 5, entering the top of the counts and Thomas Mcmahon now looks to sit in second place.

Other new entries into the spotlight are Weiran Pu and Elliot Esca. With Alan Pham and Denis Sekuloski still maintaining a commanding stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Junjie Liu	279,000 279,000	279,000
Thomas Mcmahon	269,000 38,000	38,000

Weiran Pu	173,000 173,000	173,000

Elliot Esca	165,000 165,000	165,000
Alan Pham	155,000 25,000	25,000

Denis Sekuloski	140,000 15,000	15,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

15 hours 53 minutes ago

Players Take a Short Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The 155 players with a seat in the tournament go on their final 15-minute break of the evening.

They will return to play one more 90-minute level before bagging for Day 2.

Action is due to resume at 10.05 p.m.

15 hours 56 minutes ago

Hatzakortzian Doubles Back

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After just giving up on a huge pot against Josh Giddey, Edward Hatzakortzian open-jammed from middle position. As he moved in his chips he said "I gotta try".

He was called and covered by Bobby Zhang in the hijack, and the players flipped their cards.

Edward Hatzakortzian: A♣K♥ All in

Bobby Zhang: A♥Q♣

Hatzakortzian stood from the table to watch the run out and cheered after seeing a King come on the 4♦K♦8♥ flop.

He held on the 9♥ turn and 8♣ river, securing his seat for a little while longer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edward Hatzakortzian	38,900 20,200	20,200
Bobby Zhang	26,500 26,500	26,500

Tags: Bobby Zhang Edward Hatzakortzian Josh Giddey

16 hours 10 minutes ago

Giddey Builds Back Up

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Josh Giddey, sitting in middle position and was caught calling a preflop re-raise of 15,000 from under the gun. Edward Hatzakortzian who already had chips committed to the pot, also topped up from the hijack.

The players went three-ways to the J♠K♥5♥ flop and under the gun checked. Giddey bet 15,000 and action went to Hatzakortzian.

Hatzakortzian struggled to make a decision and stacked up his remaining 18,700 chips, lifted them up, but then placed them back down in front of him.

After just under a minute, Hatzakortzian folded his hand, leaving Giddey to scoop the pot putting him back above starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Giddey	81,500 33,900	33,900
Edward Hatzakortzian	18,700 34,300	34,300

Tags: Edward Hatzakortzian Josh Giddey

16 hours 26 minutes ago

The Field Fills Up

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The field is just 3 players shy of hitting a massive 200 entries for Day 1a of the Main Event.

Anthony Hachem is among the players who have jumped in during the later levels of the day, joined by James Hachem.

Ta-wei Tou is one of the most recent entries, joining the field with just over 2-hours left of play for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ta-wei Tou	60,000 60,000	60,000
Connor Walters	60,000 60,000	60,000
Rehman Kassam	60,000 60,000	60,000
William Jia	60,000 60,000	60,000
Corey Kempson	60,000 60,000	60,000
Yu Kee	60,000 60,000	60,000
James Hachem	60,000 60,000	60,000
Anthony Hachem	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Anthony Hachem James Hachem Ta-wei Tou

16 hours 47 minutes ago

"If I fold, will you show?"

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After returning from the break just short of being the chip leader, Thomas Mcmahon was caught in a hand with Man Wong.

Mcmahon was in middle position and heads up against Wong, who was in the hijack. Wong was just caught calling a pre-flop raise by Mcmahon to take the players to the flop, with a pot of around 20,000.

The pair saw a 3♠J♠4♠ flop. Mcmahon bet 6,000 and Wong quickly called.

A 9♣ was turned and Mcmahon continued for 17,000. Wong called and the A♦ completed the board.

Wong looked at Mcmahon for a reaction as the river fell. Mcmahon was giving nothing away and stared at the board after moving all in.

It took Wong around 3 minutes to make a decision. During the tank he took out his headphones to start probing Mcmahon questions. "If I fold, will you show?" he asked. Wong continued, "Do you have the nuts?...Hmmm...No answer".

Wong finally threw his cards into the muck and Mcmahon broke out of the statue to smile. The pair were continuing to discuss the hand during the next round of action, but neither player disclosed their cards.

Mcmahon left the hand as the chip leader, sitting on just over 230,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Mcmahon	231,000 38,000	38,000

Man Wong	57,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Man Wong Thomas Mcmahon

17 hours 7 minutes ago

Topping the Counts After the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players who are sitting at the top of the counts at the start of Level 5 include Xiaohu Liu, Thomas Mcmahon and Nickolas Oiberman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaohu Liu	209,000 60,000	60,000
Thomas Mcmahon	193,000 97,200	97,200

Nickolas Oiberman	161,000 90,500	90,500
Tyron Krost	140,000 140,000	140,000
Haiyang Yang	138,000 138,000	138,000
Patrico Caalim	127,000 31,000	31,000