Daily Tournament Highlights | 2026 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

Apr 27, 2026

Place	Payout
1	$438,400
2	$309,500
3	$220,300
4	$157,000
5	$117,000
6	$88,000
7	$68,000
8	$54,000
9	$44,000
10–11	$35,000
12–13	$28,000
14–15	$23,500
16–17	$19,500
18–20	$16,500
21–23	$14,300
24–26	$12,300
27–31	$10,500
32–35	$9,000
36–44	$7,500
45–62	$6,000
63–80	$4,800
81–107	$3,900
108–143	$3,400
144–179	$3,200
180–215	$3,000
216–268	$2,800

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
25	1	William Xiao	142,000	14
25	2	Teresa Ann Natoli	322,000	32
25	3	Hun Lee	388,000	39
25	4	Ryuta Nakai	234,000	23
25	5	Po (Keith) Khaw	292,000	29
25	6	Robert Damelian	97,000	10
25	7	Christopher Kokkinos	306,000	31
25	8	Ye Liu	221,000	22
25	9	Cameron Mcinnes	78,000	8
25	10	Maduka Perera	207,000	21

26	1	Kenta Ito	434,000	43
26	2	Jackie Thai	687,000	69
26	3	Harlie Jensz	840,000	84
26	4	Farnaz Bahrebar	119,000	12
26	5	Stewart Ballard	103,000	10
26	6	Chenkang Weng	407,000	41
26	7	Mackenzie Alford	61,000	6
26	8	James Tsamakis	671,000	67
26	9	Senthil Subramaniam	456,000	46
26	10	Thibaut Klinghammer	284,000	28

27	1	Daneil Hinh	386,000	39
27	2	Ciaran Paxman	80,000	8
27	3	Levi Titi	297,000	30
27	4	Jun Wang	183,000	18
27	5	Brian Franklin	196,000	20
27	6	Ruben Padilla	74,000	7
27	7	Shengfeng Ma	139,000	14
27	8	Rodney Lee	126,000	13
27	9	Ming Wei	161,000	16
27	10	Mcston Chau	246,000	25

28	1	Igor Zihurer	224,000	22
28	2	Wenjie Sun	90,000	9
28	3	Fabian Craib	99,000	10
28	4	Saurav Shuvo	293,000	29
28	5	Kish Kumar	280,000	28
28	6	Ming Wang	81,000	8
28	7	Joe Hachem	146,000	15
28	8	Ryan Pignatelli	80,000	8
28	9	Diego Ponce	435,000	44
28	10	Billy 'Croc' Argyros	189,000	19

37	1	David White	87,000	9
37	2	Sacha Ignatenko	327,000	33
37	3	Michael Pinzone	260,000	26
37	4	Jun Jia	205,000	21
37	5	Joseph Kim	412,000	41
37	6	Natalia Rozova	446,000	45
37	7	Emanuel Seal	94,000	9
37	8	John Snook	329,000	33
37	9	Yoon Kang	408,000	41
37	10	Greg Shillig	80,000	8

38	1	Marc Seymour	104,000	10
38	2	Campbell Ashton	486,000	49
38	3	Robert Spano	193,000	19
38	4	Timothy English	189,000	19
38	5	Quan Dinh	358,000	36
38	6	Matthew D'Apollonio	387,000	39
38	7	Xin Li	810,000	81
38	8	Hossein Yaraghi	323,000	32
38	9	Anthony Russo	123,000	12
38	10	Gengjian Gu	239,000	24

39	1	Milan Stojilovic	367,000	37
39	2	Alex Ung	244,000	24
39	3	Qibo Fang	114,000	11
39	4	Joshua Mcswiney	54,000	5
39	5	Clifford Lee	240,000	24
39	6	Luke Iapozzuto	120,000	12
39	7	MIchael Tchong	146,000	15
39	8	Zheng (Ben) Yang	221,000	22
39	9	Anthony Luong	123,000	12
39	10	Tung Nguyen	490,000	49

40	1	Anthony Kim	128,000	13
40	2	Lincoln Lin	253,000	25
40	3	Dean Blatt	98,000	10
40	4	Dean Schneider	530,000	53
40	5	Ke Xu	96,000	10
40	6	Qi Xu	80,000	8
40	7	Brayden Jinks	354,000	35
40	8	Hamish Crawshaw	384,000	38
40	9	Tameer Anker	81,000	8
40	10	Richard Finocchiaro	122,000	12

41	1	Paul Altis	140,000	14
41	2	Michael Gathy	148,000	15
41	3	Roshan Rodrigues	90,000	9
41	4	Ian Carroll	71,000	7
41	5	Alan Pham	244,000	24
41	6	Rahul Rastogi	162,000	16
41	7	Peigen Li	200,000	20
41	8	Keith Danker Gois	239,000	24
41	9	Taylor Grobe	340,000	34
41	10	Adrian Indovino	356,000	36

42	1	Simon Chahine	120,000	12
42	2	Michael Lipari	166,000	17
42	3	Itsuki Aburattani	268,000	27
42	4	Weiran Pu	214,000	21
42	5	Jesse Maxwell	500,000	50
42	6	Oliver Yu	175,000	18
42	7	Andrew Mabarrack	306,000	31
42	8	Junlin Huang	122,000	12
42	9	David Garcia	214,000	21
42	10	James Rubinski	224,000	22

43	1	Ziqi Yang	357,000	36
43	2	Joel Turner	138,000	14
43	3	Afshin Behniya	62,000	6
43	4	Stelios Yenofkian	49,000	5
43	5	Van Marcus	239,500	24
43	6	Navin Bechar	117,000	12
43	7	Martin Ward	303,000	30
43	8	David Tam	57,000	6
43	9	Ryan Paul Henry	162,000	16
43	10	Noman Mirza	154,000	15

44	1	Fabrice Fokchak	210,000	21
44	2	Maysam Ashjari	67,000	7
44	3	VJ Castles	311,000	31
44	4	Xiaoyi Zhang	326,000	33
44	5	Christopher Krikelis	146,000	15
44	6	Eng Chhor	54,000	5
44	7	Dustin Tran	457,000	46
44	8	Alan Wang	186,000	19
44	9	Michael Zhang	402,000	40
44	10	Cong Chen	351,000	35

45	1	Mikael Larsson	236,000	24
45	2	Andrew Hiscox	122,000	12
45	3	Aaron Li	197,000	20
45	4	Chi Truong	173,000	17
45	5	Liam Jehu	60,000	6
45	6	Christopher Seeley	61,000	6
45	7	Shucong Wang	162,000	16
45	8	Ben Richardson	335,000	34
45	9	Zhentao Huang	38,000	4
45	10	Simon Moshi	770,000	77

46	1	Ismail Refi	223,000	22
46	2	George Klonis	316,000	32
46	3	Ramil Martin	171,000	17
46	4	Mario Doria	204,000	20
46	5	Ahmed Ali	87,000	9
46	6	Pak Yu	32,000	3
46	7	Amir Ansari	68,000	7
46	8	Johan Lees	240,000	24
46	9	Troy Sweet	91,000	9
46	10	Samuel Ingham	236,000	24

47	1	Subramanyam Vanaparthy	903,000	90
47	2	Na Wei Segon	144,000	14
47	3	Yitian Fan	281,000	28
47	4	Edward Hatzakortzian	190,000	19
47	5	Hayden Doughty	396,000	40
47	6	Spencer Davies	285,000	29
47	7	David Wiese	182,000	18
47	8	Guanda He	84,000	8
47	9	Aaron Tran	502,000	50
47	10	Sal Fazzino	264,000	26

48	1	Qing Ye	97,000	10
48	2	Mishel Anunu	491,000	49
48	3	Tri Nguyen	106,000	11
48	4	Ta-Wei Tou	185,000	19
48	5	Thibaut Fixari	276,000	28
48	6	John Overbeek	59,000	6
48	7	Yankun Chen	32,000	3
48	8	Rob Madson	244,000	24
48	9	Stephen Topakas	19,000	2
48	10	David Veigli	101,000	10

50	1	Banipal Babana	434,000	43
50	2	Anthony Xu	407,000	41
50	3	Sayak Ratul	101,000	10
50	4	Wai An	151,000	15
50	5	Adam Kharman	649,000	65
50	6	Michael Busuttil	128,000	13
50	7	Rayan Zare	490,000	49
50	8	Zeng Zhao	181,000	18
50	9	Mark Montague	169,000	17
50	10	Carlos Youssef	127,000	13

51	1	Vlad Barbu	543,000	54
51	2	Cam Lawless	202,000	20
51	3	Mario Stanic	166,000	17
51	4	Hengrui Zhang	356,000	36
51	5	Nikolce Bizimoski	184,000	18
51	6	Melanie Wohlers	178,000	18
51	7	Matthew Guilleaume	390,000	39
51	8	Michael Mizrachi	730,000	73
51	9	Elvie Rock	55,000	6
51	10	Nebojsa Blanusa	151,000	15

52	1	Antonius Krijn	213,000	21
52	3	Paris Sitzoukis	254,000	25
52	4	William Safour	63,000	6
52	5	Andrew Freer	153,000	15
52	5	Faik Hanna	212,000	21
52	6	Craig Lowe	98,000	10
52	7	Javad Etaat	172,000	17
52	8	Anurag Sannidhanam	533,000	53
52	9	Timothy Hargreaves	397,000	40
52	10	Henry Chan	121,000	12

53	1	Nickolas Oiberman	99,000	10
53	2	Michel Bouskila	219,000	22
53	3	William Wong	276,000	28
53	4	Graham Cowan	498,000	50
53	5	Toni Petrovski	358,000	36
53	6	Rulin Zhao	190,000	19
53	7	Aamir Choudhry	198,000	20
53	8	Wu Nan	140,000	14
53	9	Martin Finger	188,000	19
53	10	Peter Gruyters	108,000	11

54	1	Terry Huang	745,000	75
54	2	Michael Kanaan	357,000	36
54	3	Rui Ming	220,000	22
54	4	Charlie Hu	51,000	5
54	5	Michael Ottobre	215,000	22
54	6	Darren Mann	454,000	45
54	7	Bobby Zhang	453,000	45
54	8	Pranav Bhatt	270,000	27
54	9	Charlie Htut	159,000	16
54	10	Quang Nguyen	251,000	25

55	1	Prateek Datt	461,000	46
55	2	Aaron Kleeman	236,000	24
55	3	Troy Mclean	241,000	24
55	4	Travis Endersby	185,000	19
55	5	Stuart Theakstone	76,000	8
55	6	Michael Song	105,000	11
55	7	Bernardo Crespo	564,000	56
55	8	Tomas Szwarcberg	152,000	15
55	9	Naser Tamimi	255,000	26
55	10	Po-Sen Wang	340,000	34

56	1	Michael Gulle	208,000	21
56	3	Mitchell Lewis	174,000	17
56	4	Raymond Benyamin	71,000	7
56	5	Zong Chi He	17,000	2
56	6	Irene Bennett	290,000	29
56	7	Attila Bognar	607,000	61
56	8	Wilson Luong	511,000	51
56	9	Yuanting (Jason) Wang	563,000	56
56	10	Kim Chan	395,000	40

57	1	Matthew Ginn	334,000	33
57	2	Sarkiss Osalian	134,000	13
57	3	Ash Ovens	276,000	28
57	4	James Broom	215,000	22
57	5	James Kellett	379,000	38
57	6	Jiani Yang	95,000	10
57	7	Yen Jhuang	85,000	9
57	8	Ainsley Dawes	262,000	26
57	9	Benjamin LeBlond	250,000	25
57	10	James Watson	110,000	11

58	1	Daniel Ao	173,000	17
58	2	Wei Dai	202,000	20
58	3	Leo Morrison	196,000	20
58	4	John White	57,000	6
58	5	Stephen Quon	510,000	51
58	6	Rory Cumins	88,000	9
58	7	Jia Li	38,000	4
58	8	Shurane Vijayaram	227,000	23
58	9	Luka Djumic	260,000	26
58	10	Eddie Coughlan	216,000	22

59	1	Yifeng Zhang	186,000	19
59	2	Amir Minagar	165,000	17
59	3	Xiangxi Zheng	105,000	11
59	4	Gening Dai	333,000	33
59	5	Ping Lin	237,000	24
59	6	Luke Fletcher	159,000	16
59	7	Aaron Beattie	215,000	22
59	8	Daniel Smyth	123,000	12
59	9	Joshua Baraba	889,000	89
59	10	Leo Kamiya	166,000	17

60	1	Shijia Zhai	162,000	16
60	2	Illavenil Arumugam	236,000	24
60	3	Matt Cai	463,000	46
60	4	Katy Lo	432,000	43
60	5	Brody Klasups	191,000	19
60	6	Patrick Crivell	318,000	32
60	7	Michael Sleiman	140,000	14
60	8	Shirley Tang	116,000	12
60	9	Nitish Aserigadu	314,000	31
60	10	Perry Jeffs	244,000	24

61	1	Leon Goldbaum	109,000	11
61	2	Vincent Wan	474,000	47
61	3	Shenglan Yu	191,000	19
61	4	Ishak Ishak	42,000	4
61	5	Alexander Bylicki	153,000	15
61	6	Wangyang Luo	275,000	28
61	7	Tony Tso	179,000	18
61	8	John Gange	171,000	17
61	9	Casey Kooiman	140,000	14
61	10	Minh Tran	423,000	42

62	1	Chris Edgar	58,000	6
62	2	John-Paul Saad	166,000	17
62	3	Mitchell Reid	172,000	17
62	4	Ioannis Malindretos	383,000	38
62	5	Ankit Ahuja	574,000	57
62	6	Mark Rubinstein	97,000	10
62	7	Simon Pepler	291,000	29
62	8	Christopher Leonidou	129,000	13
62	9	Ryan Hong	225,000	23
62	10	John Chu	604,000	60

63	1	Seth Cannon-Jones	329,000	33
63	2	Alan Xerri	120,000	12
63	3	Yang Lei	108,000	11
63	4	Win Meng Tan	204,000	20
63	5	Remy Cho	184,000	18
63	6	Marco Perri	278,000	28
63	7	Domenico Zappia	515,000	52
63	8	Luke Martinelli	212,000	21
63	9	Peter Apostolou	129,000	13
63	10	Nathan Ong	146,000	15

64	1	Hsiang Yang	281,000	28
64	2	Siyu Du	486,000	49
64	3	Darryl Gassali	155,000	16
64	4	George Hay	309,000	31
64	5	Con Sgouropoulos	434,000	43
64	6	Jordan Tentori	127,000	13
64	7	Malcolm Trayer	114,000	11
64	8	Steven Zhou	270,000	27
64	9	John Lane	325,000	33
64	10	Joe Sandaev	990,000	99

65	1	Edison Chen	220,000	22
65	2	Rithy Chhay	221,000	22
65	3	Zongxi Li	94,000	9
65	4	Michele Guzzardi	16,000	2
65	5	Riff Mustafa	119,000	12
65	6	Darren Schneider	238,000	24
65	7	Wang Li	133,000	13
65	8	Li Xiaoyun	40,000	4
65	9	Jiapeng Yang	371,000	37
65	10	Andrew Kyriakou	202,000	20

66	1	Map Chea	195,000	20
66	2	Daniel Klinger	148,000	15
66	3	Martyn Ward	178,000	18
66	4	Jay Braden	366,000	37
66	6	Jiaxu Chen	506,000	51
66	7	Luke Manifavas	44,000	4
66	8	Yushun Ji	405,000	41
66	9	Michael Egan	77,000	8
66	10	Nick Caruso	106,000	11

67	1	Kurt Burum	500,000	50
67	2	Christian Downer	345,000	35
67	3	Charles Caris	308,000	31
67	4	Kanaan Youkhanna	186,000	19
67	5	Chester Swords	85,000	9
67	7	Julian Cohen	220,000	22
67	8	Jake Alexander	261,000	26
67	9	Amador Bermejo	23,000	2
67	10	Cooper Feltham	157,000	16

68	1	Christopher Lee	98,000	10
68	2	Joshua Duce	402,000	40
68	3	Marcel Spacek	77,000	8
68	4	Bowen Wang	491,000	49
68	5	Sean Dorgan	86,000	9
68	7	Rachael Carolan	637,000	64
68	8	David Xie	438,000	44
68	9	Ricardo Bono	446,000	45
68	10	Raphael Tenenbaum	322,000	32

69	2	Kahle Burns	78,000	8
69	3	Carmen Ling	156,000	16
69	4	Zhenyi Lin	410,000	41
69	5	Slav Rypinski	109,000	11
69	6	Nathan O'Brien	215,000	22
69	7	Rudy	120,000	12
69	8	Lucas Shuey	206,000	21
69	9	Jess Pignataro	141,000	14
69	10	Isaac Chai	242,000	24

Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Joe Sandaev	990,000	99
Subramanyam Vanaparthy	903,000	90
Joshua Baraba	889,000	89
Harlie Jensz	840,000	84
Xin Li	810,000	81
Simon Moshi	770,000	77
Terry Huang	745,000	75
Michael Mizrachi	730,000	73
Jackie Thai	687,000	69
James Tsamakis	671,000	67
Adam Kharman	649,000	65
Rachael Carolan	637,000	64
Attila Bognar	607,000	61
John Chu	604,000	60
Ankit Ahuja	574,000	57
Bernardo Crespo	564,000	56
Yuanting (Jason) Wang	563,000	56
Vlad Barbu	543,000	54
Anurag Sannidhanam	533,000	53
Dean Schneider	530,000	53
Domenico Zappia	515,000	52
Wilson Luong	511,000	51
Stephen Quon	510,000	51
Jiaxu Chen	506,000	51
Aaron Tran	502,000	50
Jesse Maxwell	500,000	50
Kurt Burum	500,000	50
Graham Cowan	498,000	50
Mishel Anunu	491,000	49
Bowen Wang	491,000	49
Tung Nguyen	490,000	49
Rayan Zare	490,000	49
Campbell Ashton	486,000	49
Siyu Du	486,000	49
Vincent Wan	474,000	47
Matt Cai	463,000	46
Prateek Datt	461,000	46
Dustin Tran	457,000	46
Senthil Subramaniam	456,000	46
Darren Mann	454,000	45
Bobby Zhang	453,000	45
Natalia Rozova	446,000	45
Ricardo Bono	446,000	45
David Xie	438,000	44
Diego Ponce	435,000	44
Kenta Ito	434,000	43
Banipal Babana	434,000	43
Con Sgouropoulos	434,000	43
Katy Lo	432,000	43
Minh Tran	423,000	42
Joseph Kim	412,000	41
Zhenyi Lin	410,000	41
Yoon Kang	408,000	41
Chenkang Weng	407,000	41
Anthony Xu	407,000	41
Yushun Ji	405,000	41
Michael Zhang	402,000	40
Joshua Duce	402,000	40
Timothy Hargreaves	397,000	40
Hayden Doughty	396,000	40
Kim Chan	395,000	40
Matthew Guilleaume	390,000	39
Hun Lee	388,000	39
Matthew D'Apollonio	387,000	39
Daneil Hinh	386,000	39
Hamish Crawshaw	384,000	38
Ioannis Malindretos	383,000	38
James Kellett	379,000	38
Jiapeng Yang	371,000	37
Milan Stojilovic	367,000	37
Jay Braden	366,000	37
Quan Dinh	358,000	36
Toni Petrovski	358,000	36
Ziqi Yang	357,000	36
Michael Kanaan	357,000	36
Adrian Indovino	356,000	36
Hengrui Zhang	356,000	36
Brayden Jinks	354,000	35
Cong Chen	351,000	35
Christian Downer	345,000	35
Taylor Grobe	340,000	34
Po-Sen Wang	340,000	34
Ben Richardson	335,000	34
Matthew Ginn	334,000	33
Gening Dai	333,000	33
John Snook	329,000	33
Seth Cannon-Jones	329,000	33
Sacha Ignatenko	327,000	33
Xiaoyi Zhang	326,000	33
John Lane	325,000	33
Hossein Yaraghi	323,000	32
Teresa Ann Natoli	322,000	32
Raphael Tenenbaum	322,000	32
Patrick Crivell	318,000	32
George Klonis	316,000	32
Nitish Aserigadu	314,000	31
VJ Castles	311,000	31
George Hay	309,000	31
Charles Caris	308,000	31
Christopher Kokkinos	306,000	31
Andrew Mabarrack	306,000	31
Martin Ward	303,000	30
Levi Titi	297,000	30
Saurav Shuvo	293,000	29
Po (Keith) Khaw	292,000	29
Simon Pepler	291,000	29
Irene Bennett	290,000	29
Spencer Davies	285,000	29
Thibaut Klinghammer	284,000	28
Yitian Fan	281,000	28
Hsiang Yang	281,000	28
Kish Kumar	280,000	28
Marco Perri	278,000	28
Thibaut Fixari	276,000	28
William Wong	276,000	28
Ash Ovens	276,000	28
Wangyang Luo	275,000	28
Pranav Bhatt	270,000	27
Steven Zhou	270,000	27
Itsuki Aburattani	268,000	27
Sal Fazzino	264,000	26
Ainsley Dawes	262,000	26
Jake Alexander	261,000	26
Michael Pinzone	260,000	26
Luka Djumic	260,000	26
Naser Tamimi	255,000	26
Paris Sitzoukis	254,000	25
Lincoln Lin	253,000	25
Quang Nguyen	251,000	25
Benjamin LeBlond	250,000	25
Mcston Chau	246,000	25
Alex Ung	244,000	24
Alan Pham	244,000	24
Rob Madson	244,000	24
Perry Jeffs	244,000	24
Isaac Chai	242,000	24
Troy Mclean	241,000	24
Clifford Lee	240,000	24
Johan Lees	240,000	24
Van Marcus	239,500	24
Gengjian Gu	239,000	24
Keith Danker Gois	239,000	24
Darren Schneider	238,000	24
Ping Lin	237,000	24
Mikael Larsson	236,000	24
Samuel Ingham	236,000	24
Aaron Kleeman	236,000	24
Illavenil Arumugam	236,000	24
Ryuta Nakai	234,000	23
Shurane Vijayaram	227,000	23
Ryan Hong	225,000	23
Igor Zihurer	224,000	22
James Rubinski	224,000	22
Ismail Refi	223,000	22
Ye Liu	221,000	22
Zheng (Ben) Yang	221,000	22
Rithy Chhay	221,000	22
Rui Ming	220,000	22
Edison Chen	220,000	22
Julian Cohen	220,000	22
Michel Bouskila	219,000	22
Eddie Coughlan	216,000	22
Michael Ottobre	215,000	22
James Broom	215,000	22
Aaron Beattie	215,000	22
Nathan O'Brien	215,000	22
Weiran Pu	214,000	21
David Garcia	214,000	21
Antonius Krijn	213,000	21
Faik Hanna	212,000	21
Luke Martinelli	212,000	21
Fabrice Fokchak	210,000	21
Michael Gulle	208,000	21
Maduka Perera	207,000	21
Lucas Shuey	206,000	21
Jun Jia	205,000	21
Mario Doria	204,000	20
Win Meng Tan	204,000	20
Cam Lawless	202,000	20
Wei Dai	202,000	20
Andrew Kyriakou	202,000	20
Peigen Li	200,000	20
Aamir Choudhry	198,000	20
Aaron Li	197,000	20
Brian Franklin	196,000	20
Leo Morrison	196,000	20
Map Chea	195,000	20
Robert Spano	193,000	19
Brody Klasups	191,000	19
Shenglan Yu	191,000	19
Edward Hatzakortzian	190,000	19
Rulin Zhao	190,000	19
Billy 'Croc' Argyros	189,000	19
Timothy English	189,000	19
Martin Finger	188,000	19
Alan Wang	186,000	19
Yifeng Zhang	186,000	19
Kanaan Youkhanna	186,000	19
Ta-Wei Tou	185,000	19
Travis Endersby	185,000	19
Nikolce Bizimoski	184,000	18
Remy Cho	184,000	18
Jun Wang	183,000	18
David Wiese	182,000	18
Zeng Zhao	181,000	18
Tony Tso	179,000	18
Melanie Wohlers	178,000	18
Martyn Ward	178,000	18
Oliver Yu	175,000	18
Mitchell Lewis	174,000	17
Chi Truong	173,000	17
Daniel Ao	173,000	17
Javad Etaat	172,000	17
Mitchell Reid	172,000	17
Ramil Martin	171,000	17
John Gange	171,000	17
Mark Montague	169,000	17
Michael Lipari	166,000	17
Mario Stanic	166,000	17
Leo Kamiya	166,000	17
John-Paul Saad	166,000	17
Amir Minagar	165,000	17
Rahul Rastogi	162,000	16
Ryan Paul Henry	162,000	16
Shucong Wang	162,000	16
Shijia Zhai	162,000	16
Ming Wei	161,000	16
Charlie Htut	159,000	16
Luke Fletcher	159,000	16
Cooper Feltham	157,000	16
Carmen Ling	156,000	16
Darryl Gassali	155,000	16
Noman Mirza	154,000	15
Andrew Freer	153,000	15
Alexander Bylicki	153,000	15
Tomas Szwarcberg	152,000	15
Wai An	151,000	15
Nebojsa Blanusa	151,000	15
Michael Gathy	148,000	15
Daniel Klinger	148,000	15
Joe Hachem	146,000	15
MIchael Tchong	146,000	15
Christopher Krikelis	146,000	15
Nathan Ong	146,000	15
Na Wei Segon	144,000	14
William Xiao	142,000	14
Jess Pignataro	141,000	14
Paul Altis	140,000	14
Wu Nan	140,000	14
Michael Sleiman	140,000	14
Casey Kooiman	140,000	14
Shengfeng Ma	139,000	14
Joel Turner	138,000	14
Sarkiss Osalian	134,000	13
Wang Li	133,000	13
Christopher Leonidou	129,000	13
Peter Apostolou	129,000	13
Anthony Kim	128,000	13
Michael Busuttil	128,000	13
Carlos Youssef	127,000	13
Jordan Tentori	127,000	13
Rodney Lee	126,000	13
Anthony Russo	123,000	12
Anthony Luong	123,000	12
Daniel Smyth	123,000	12
Richard Finocchiaro	122,000	12
Junlin Huang	122,000	12
Andrew Hiscox	122,000	12
Henry Chan	121,000	12
Luke Iapozzuto	120,000	12
Simon Chahine	120,000	12
Alan Xerri	120,000	12
Rudy	120,000	12
Farnaz Bahrebar	119,000	12
Riff Mustafa	119,000	12
Navin Bechar	117,000	12
Shirley Tang	116,000	12
Qibo Fang	114,000	11
Malcolm Trayer	114,000	11
James Watson	110,000	11
Leon Goldbaum	109,000	11
Slav Rypinski	109,000	11
Peter Gruyters	108,000	11
Yang Lei	108,000	11
Tri Nguyen	106,000	11
Nick Caruso	106,000	11
Michael Song	105,000	11
Xiangxi Zheng	105,000	11
Marc Seymour	104,000	10
Stewart Ballard	103,000	10
David Veigli	101,000	10
Sayak Ratul	101,000	10
Fabian Craib	99,000	10
Nickolas Oiberman	99,000	10
Dean Blatt	98,000	10
Craig Lowe	98,000	10
Christopher Lee	98,000	10
Robert Damelian	97,000	10
Qing Ye	97,000	10
Mark Rubinstein	97,000	10
Ke Xu	96,000	10
Jiani Yang	95,000	10
Emanuel Seal	94,000	9
Zongxi Li	94,000	9
Troy Sweet	91,000	9
Wenjie Sun	90,000	9
Roshan Rodrigues	90,000	9
Rory Cumins	88,000	9
David White	87,000	9
Ahmed Ali	87,000	9
Sean Dorgan	86,000	9
Yen Jhuang	85,000	9
Chester Swords	85,000	9
Guanda He	84,000	8
Ming Wang	81,000	8
Tameer Anker	81,000	8
Ciaran Paxman	80,000	8
Ryan Pignatelli	80,000	8
Greg Shillig	80,000	8
Qi Xu	80,000	8
Cameron Mcinnes	78,000	8
Kahle Burns	78,000	8
Michael Egan	77,000	8
Marcel Spacek	77,000	8
Stuart Theakstone	76,000	8
Ruben Padilla	74,000	7
Ian Carroll	71,000	7
Raymond Benyamin	71,000	7
Amir Ansari	68,000	7
Maysam Ashjari	67,000	7
William Safour	63,000	6
Afshin Behniya	62,000	6
Mackenzie Alford	61,000	6
Christopher Seeley	61,000	6
Liam Jehu	60,000	6
John Overbeek	59,000	6
Chris Edgar	58,000	6
David Tam	57,000	6
John White	57,000	6
Elvie Rock	55,000	6
Joshua Mcswiney	54,000	5
Eng Chhor	54,000	5
Charlie Hu	51,000	5
Stelios Yenofkian	49,000	5
Luke Manifavas	44,000	4
Ishak Ishak	42,000	4
Li Xiaoyun	40,000	4
Zhentao Huang	38,000	4
Jia Li	38,000	4
Pak Yu	32,000	3
Yankun Chen	32,000	3
Amador Bermejo	23,000	2
Stephen Topakas	19,000	2
Zong Chi He	17,000	2
Michele Guzzardi	16,000	2

End of Day 1C & 1D Chip Counts

Calum Grant

Day 1C proved to be the biggest flight yet, drawing 772 entries, with 96 players successfully bagging chips for Day 2. Joe Sandaev (990,000) finished atop the counts after a strong late push, while defending WSOP Main Event champion Michael Mizrachi (730,000) and 2005 world champion Joe Hachem (146,000) were among the familiar names to advance.

The turbo Day 1D added a further 380 entries, sending 117 survivors through to the next stage. Anthony Xu and Chenkang Weng shared the overnight lead with 407,000 apiece, narrowly ahead of Yushun Ji (405,000), as the final flight wrapped up and completed the Opening Event field.

Day 1C Chip Counts

Player	Chip Count
Joe Sandaev	990,000
Joshua Baraba	889,000
Harlie Jensz	840,000
Simon Moshi	770,000
Michael Mizrachi	730,000
Rachael Carolan	637,000
Attila Bognar	607,000
Ankit Ahuja	574,000
Anurag Sannidhanam	533,000
Domenico Zappia	515,000
Jiaxu Chen	506,000
Aaron Tran	502,000
Graham Cowan	498,000
Mishel Anunu	491,000
Campbell Ashton	486,000
Siyu Du	486,000
Vincent Wan	474,000
Dustin Tran	457,000
Senthil Subramaniam	456,000
Darren Mann	454,000
Bobby Zhang	453,000
Natalia Rozova	446,000
Ricardo Bono	446,000
Yoon Kang	408,000
Timothy Hargreaves	397,000
James Kellett	379,000
Milan Stojilovic	367,000
Jay Braden	366,000
Quan Dinh	358,000
Toni Petrovski	358,000
Ziqi Yang	357,000
Brayden Jinks	354,000
Cong Chen	351,000
Gening Dai	333,000
Seth Cannon-Jones	329,000
Teresa Ann Natoli	322,000
Patrick Crivell	318,000
George Klonis	316,000
Charles Caris	308,000
Andrew Mabarrack	306,000
Levi Titi	297,000
Po (Keith) Khaw	292,000
Kish Kumar	280,000
Wangyang Luo	275,000
Itsuki Aburattani	268,000
Ainsley Dawes	262,000
Quang Nguyen	251,000
Alan Pham	244,000
Perry Jeffs	244,000
Rob Madson	244,000
Isaac Chai	242,000
Edison Chen	220,000
Julian Cohen	220,000
Aaron Beattie	215,000
Michael Gulle	208,000
Jun Jia	205,000
Mario Doria	204,000
Andrew Kyriakou	202,000
Wei Dai	202,000
Peigen Li	200,000
Map Chea	195,000
Robert Spano	193,000
Brody Klasups	191,000
Shenglan Yu	191,000
Edward Hatzakortzian	190,000
Rulin Zhao	190,000
Travis Endersby	185,000
Jun Wang	183,000
David Wiese	182,000
Melanie Wohlers	178,000
Oliver Yu	175,000
Chi Truong	173,000
Javad Etaat	172,000
Ramil Martin	171,000
Mario Stanic	166,000
Rahul Rastogi	162,000
Ryan Paul Henry	162,000
Carmen Ling	156,000
Darryl Gassali	155,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	152,000
Wai An	151,000
Joe Hachem	146,000
MIchael Tchong	146,000
Na Wei Segon	144,000
William Xiao	142,000
Jess Pignataro	141,000
Paul Altis	140,000
Peter Apostolou	129,000
Michael Busuttil	128,000
Carlos Youssef	127,000
Jordan Tentori	127,000
Daniel Smyth	123,000
Andrew Hiscox	122,000
Junlin Huang	122,000
Alan Xerri	120,000
Luke Iapozzuto	120,000
Rudy	120,000
Riff Mustafa	119,000
Farnaz Bahrebar	119,000
Navin Bechar	117,000
Malcolm Trayer	114,000
Tri Nguyen	106,000
Stewart Ballard	103,000
Dean Blatt	98,000
Mark Rubinstein	97,000
Rory Cumins	88,000
Ahmed Ali	87,000
Chester Swords	85,000
Yen Jhuang	85,000
Greg Shillig	80,000
Ryan Pignatelli	80,000
Kahle Burns	78,000
Stuart Theakstone	76,000
Maysam Ashjari	67,000
John Overbeek	59,000
Chris Edgar	58,000
John White	57,000

Day 1D Chip Counts

Player	Chip Count
Anthony Xu	407,000
Chenkang Weng	407,000
Yushun Ji	405,000
Ioannis Malindretos	383,000
Hengrui Zhang	356,000
Christian Downer	345,000
John Snook	329,000
Hossein Yaraghi	323,000
Nitish Aserigadu	314,000
Yitian Fan	281,000
Marco Perri	278,000
William Wong	276,000
Steven Zhou	270,000
Naser Tamimi	255,000
Benjamin LeBlond	250,000
Alex Ung	244,000
Troy Mclean	241,000
Van Marcus	239,500
Gengjian Gu	239,000
Ping Lin	237,000
Illavenil Arumugam	236,000
Ryuta Nakai	234,000
Shurane Vijayaram	227,000
Rui Ming	220,000
Nathan O'Brien	215,000
Weiran Pu	214,000
Antonius Krijn	213,000
Fabrice Fokchak	210,000
Cam Lawless	202,000
Aamir Choudhry	198,000
Brian Franklin	196,000
Leo Morrison	196,000
Billy 'Croc' Argyros	189,000
Alan Wang	186,000
Kanaan Youkhanna	186,000
Zeng Zhao	181,000
Mitchell Reid	172,000
John Gange	171,000
Amir Minagar	165,000
Shijia Zhai	162,000
Shucong Wang	162,000
Charlie Htut	159,000
Noman Mirza	154,000
Alexander Bylicki	153,000
Nebojsa Blanusa	151,000
Daniel Klinger	148,000
Nathan Ong	146,000
Casey Kooiman	140,000
Sarkiss Osalian	134,000
Wang Li	133,000
Christopher Leonidou	129,000
Anthony Kim	128,000
Rodney Lee	126,000
Anthony Luong	123,000
Henry Chan	121,000
Simon Chahine	120,000
James Watson	110,000
Slav Rypinski	109,000
Michael Song	105,000
Xiangxi Zheng	105,000
Marc Seymour	104,000
Sayak Ratul	101,000
Nickolas Oiberman	99,000
Christopher Lee	98,000
Robert Damelian	97,000
Ke Xu	96,000
Emanuel Seal	94,000
Zongxi Li	94,000
Roshan Rodrigues	90,000
David White	87,000
Sean Dorgan	86,000
Guanda He	84,000
Ming Wang	81,000
Qi Xu	80,000
Cameron Mcinnes	78,000
Marcel Spacek	77,000
Michael Egan	77,000
Ruben Padilla	74,000
Ian Carroll	71,000
Raymond Benyamin	71,000
Amir Ansari	68,000
William Safour	63,000
Afshin Behniya	62,000
Mackenzie Alford	61,000
Liam Jehu	60,000
Eng Chhor	54,000
Joshua Mcswiney	54,000
Charlie Hu	51,000
Jia Li	38,000
Zhentao Huang	38,000
Pak Yu	32,000
Yankun Chen	32,000
Amador Bermejo	23,000
Stephen Topakas	19,000
Zong Chi He	17,000
Michele Guzzardi	16,000

Apr 26, 2026

Day 1 Flights Nearing an End

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Calum Grant

Day 1C is down to its final five hands of the night, while Day 1D is also nearing its conclusion and expected to wrap up within the hour.

Full chip counts will be published in the morning once verification is complete, but for now it’s time to call it a night from Melbourne. PokerNews will be back early with the complete list of players who have advanced, along with the Day 2 seat draw.

Apr 26, 2026

Final Level in Day 1C

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Calum Grant

Day 1C of the Opening Event is in its final level. There 144 players left on the clock.

The bags will be coming out in 40 minutes!

Apr 26, 2026

2,144 Entries Send Aussie Millions Opener Prize Pool to A$2.8M

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Calum Grant

Late registration has officially closed in the Day 1D Turbo flight of the A$1,500 Opening Event, and the numbers have delivered a huge statement to kick off the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2026 Presented by CrownBet.

Another 380 entries were fired in the final starting flight, pushing the grand total to a massive 2,144. That turnout generated a prize pool of A$2,787,200, almost tripling the A$1 million guarantee and setting the tone for what is already shaping up to be a blockbuster return for the iconic series.

With the Aussie Millions absent from the calendar for six years, there was plenty of curiosity about what the appetite would look like once the festival returned. The answer has been loud and clear. Players have turned up in force, filling the Crown Melbourne poker room and showing that the demand for this series never went away.

The final numbers also comfortably surpassed Tournament Director Danny McDonagh’s early prediction. After Day 1A, McDonagh suggested the prize pool could reach A$2 million, but was unsure whether the field would pass the 2,000-entry mark. In the end, both figures were cleared without much trouble.

Big congratulations to Crown Melbourne and what a way to start the Aussie Millions!

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Apr 26, 2026

Sascha Manns Wins First 2026 Aussie Millions Title, Dedicates Emotional Victory to Malta Poker Fish

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Calum Grant

Sascha Manns lifted the first trophy of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2026 Presented by CrownBet at Crown Melbourne, but the celebration came with an emotional tribute.

Moments after securing victory in the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E., Manns dedicated the win to Antoine Degiorgio, known throughout the mixed-games world as "Malta Poker Fish," a beloved figure in the Malta poker scene who recently suffered serious health complications.

"Unfortunately he had a heart attack and didn't have oxygen for a long time," Manns said. "He's created a legacy there in Malta with taking care of players, telling them where tournaments are, where to go, where to eat. He's a lovely soul, and I hope he can get back from it."

"This win is dedicated to all the people who have health issues and play poker and overcome it by having a community around them," he said. "Good luck to all of these people."

$2,500 H.O.R.S.E. Payouts

Place	Player	Prize (AUS$)
1	Sascha Manns	$34,508*
2	Gary Benson	$28,584*
3	Van Marcus	$25,468*
4	Michelle Guzzandi	$13,680
5	John Lombardo	$11,160
6	Alex Tchong	$9,380
7	Matthew Ginn	$8,280
8	Nathanial Hutton	$7,200
9	Jiang Pu	$5,760

The German mixed-games regular topped a 64-entry field to win A$34,508 from the A$144,000 prize pool after agreeing to a three-way deal with Gary Benson and Aussie Millions ambassador Van Marcus.

Benson secured A$28,584, while Marcus locked up A$25,468 before play continued for the trophy.

The event proved popular from the outset and was originally scheduled as a one-day tournament. However, the strong turnout forced organizers to extend play into a second day, with 18 players returning on Sunday chasing nine paid positions.

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The bubble burst on Day 2 before the field quickly played down to a final table. Manns, who began the day as chip leader, remained a constant presence near the top of the counts throughout.

After the three-way deal was reached, Manns wasted little time on seizing the trophy. He first eliminated Marcus, then closed out the tournament against Benson in Omaha Hi-Lo, winning the final hand with a flush-over-flush to secure the title and the first trophy of the 2026 Aussie Millions.

Manns arrived in Melbourne already riding a wave of success after capturing the H.O.R.S.E. Championship title at the Irish Open just weeks earlier.

"Running hot as shit," revealed Manns on what his recipe for success has been. "I'm just hitting everything. I mean, I know what I'm doing, but I run really hot at the moment."

The trip to Australia had been a long time coming, both geographically and financially.

"I was watching Aussie Millions on TV for years, sweating the Germans playing here," Manns said. "It always felt far away, and far away from my wallet as well."

Now, with the opportunity finally within reach, he wasted no time making the most of it.

"Suddenly I had the resources and the time to come here," he said. "And the first tournament I play here, I win. I was a bit emotional for a moment there — I still am — but yeah, that was nice."

The journey itself was no small undertaking, with Manns traveling from Germany to Melbourne via Thailand before taking his seat in the festival’s opening mixed-game event.

Tags: Alex Tchong Aussie Millions Gary Benson Jiang Pu John Lombardo Matthew Ginn Michelle Guzzandi Nathanial Hutton Sascha Manns Van Marcus

Apr 26, 2026

Have You Ever Seen the Like? 🤯

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Calum Grant

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Apr 26, 2026

ICM Deal Agreed in H.O.R.S.E.

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Calum Grant

Sascha Manns, Van Marcus, and Gary Benson have agreed to a three-way ICM deal in the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, though play will continue as they battle it out for the trophy.

Manns holds the chip lead with approximately 1,400,000, while Benson secured the second-largest payout with a stack of around 750,000. Aussie Millions ambassador Van Marcus is the short stack with roughly 450,000.

Final payout figures will be confirmed and shared shortly once the players have verified the numbers.

Tags: Aussie Millions Gary Benson Sascha Manns Van Marcus