Ivey Starts Off On the Right Foot
Phil Ivey's success at the Aussie Millions is well documented. Of his $23,856,034 in career live tournament earnings, Ivey has earned $8,132,084 of that from the Oceania region, or greater than one-third. He's won the Aussie Millions LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge three times, finished second in the $100,000 Challenge in 2010, and recorded a trio of top-30 finishes in the Main Event.
Ivey's best result in the Main Event came in 2012 when he took 12th out of a field of 659 entries for AU$100,000.
Additionally, one of Ivey's 10 World Series of Poker gold bracelets came from Australia, when he won the WSOP Asia-Pacific's AU$2,200 Mixed Event in 2013.
Ivey's in the field for Day 1c, opting to enter a little late into the day, but nonetheless he's gotten off to a positive start. On one of his early hands, Ivey bet 4,000 on the river of a board that read 
, and his opponent tank-called. Ivey turned up the 
for two pair, jacks and sevens, and his opponent mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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36,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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