First day flights of Aussie Millions completed

01/17/2008

The Aussie Millions Main Event moved into its Day 1C heat midweek, with another 270 hopefuls taking their seats around poker tables at the Crown Casino in Melbourne.

According to statistics released by the organisers, a total of 780 players have started in Days 1A, B and C, generating an impressive $7.8 million prize-pool.

Once again, there was a liberal sprinkling of star-power in the field with Anna Wroblewski, 2007 WSOPE Main Event winner and Betfair ambassadress Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad, Howard Lederer, Chip Jett and Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow joined by actor Michael Vartan and cricket legend Shane Warne, who has signed up as a pro with 888.com recently.

Other aces included Tony Hachem, brother of WSOP champ Joe, David Bach, Jeff 'ActionJeff' Garza, 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event winner Lee Nelson, 2007 WSOP bracelet winner Alex Kravchenko and Kenna James.

Wroblewski, Tony Hachem, Nelson, Vartan and Obrestad were all eliminated in tough exchanges before the end of the day, whilst the more fortunate survivors included Kravchenko, Kenna James, Jon Turner, Matt Matros and Tiffany Williamson, with Soren Eriksen in the chip lead for Day 1C with 150 000 - a comfortable lead over second leader Joe Melancon's 120 000.