A Millionaire Will Be Made Today
The average stack is 1,044,00 chips. Hai Bo Chu is the short stack at 781,000 chips; Antonio Fazzolari is the chip leader with 1,775,000. With the chips as evenly spread as they are and the clock rewound to 45 minutes remaining in Level 21 (blinds of 10,000 / 20,000 / 3,000), the AU$1,000,000 first prize is anybody's to win. With seven of the nine final table players being Australian, the home team has a clear advantage in taking down the trophy.
The action begins in about a half hour. PokerNews will be on hand to provide updates on every hand and bring you video interviews throughout the day. See you then!