Coren Leads 262 Remaining in Opening Event; 171 Players Cash

Will Shillibier

Day 2 of the first event of the 2019 Aussie Millions the AUD$1,150 Opening Event gets underway at 12:15 pm today, with 262 players remaining.

All of the players will have one eye on the money bubble, with just 171 players guaranteed a min-cash of AUD$2,873 (USD$2,069), and the other on the AUD$350,464 (USD$252,334) for first prize.

Leading the way at the start of Day 2 is Artur Coren, followed by Sean Eichendorf and Vishal Maini. These three are the only players over 200,000 in chips.

Coren has a strong pedigree here in Melbourne, finishing 14th in the Main Event in 2016, 18th in the Main Event in 2017 and then last year finished 15th for combined cashes of AUD$245,000.

Since his last visit to Australia, he has recorded a deep run in the WSOP Main Event where he finished 48th for USD$156,265.

Here is a list of the top three chip counts from each of the five starting flights

Flight	Name	Chip Count
1	Fedon Phaedonos	169,500
	Pierce Mchellar	128,100
	Manuel Rodrigues	127,200
2	Artur Coren	262,500
	Vishal Maini	200,000
	Wayne Clinch	193,000
3	Sean Eichendorf	218,300
	Didrik Mantor	148,000
	Guanchen Wang	126,600
4	Johan Schumacher	179,900
	Mostafa Haidary	179,900
	Thomas Scholze	152,100
5	Simon Chahine	184,800
	Francis Artufel	178,400
	Oribe Rivero	168,600

Other big names still in the Opening Event include 2018 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Toby Lewis as well as runner-up in that event Stefan Huber and final tablists Chul-Hyon Park and Johan Schumacher, who was the chip leader of flight 4.

Other notables still in the field include former WSOP APAC champion Scott Davies, Australian bracelet-winner Heidi May, 2018 WSOP final tablist Michael Dyer, Julien Sitbon, and Jesse Sylvia

PokerNews will bring you a recap of the day's play later today. The plan is to play ten 60-minute levels or until a final table is reached. Stay tuned to for more interviews, highlights and more from the 2019 Aussie Millions

Seat Draw

(Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count
7	1	VALLEE, ERIC J	27,400
7	2	LEKNES, TOBIAS	106,700
7	3	MICHAEL, ANDREW J	20,900
7	5	WILKERSON, DYLAN	49,500
7	6	POPE, VESNA	4,700
7	7	WU, XUE Q	76,900
7	8	ANDREADIS, CHRISTOS	109,600
7	9	KARITA, SHOSHIRO	105,400
8	1	NGUYEN, KIM	16,600
8	2	KALANTZIS, ARTHUR	26,000
8	3	SCHAAPS, BOHDEN J	112,800
8	4	PRASAD, JAYAN G	67,600
8	5	HUBER, STEFAN	111,200
8	6	CRAWSHAW, HAMISH RAYMOND	59,700
8	7	FU, QIANG	31,800
8	8	TRUONG, DUY Q	15,800
8	9	WRIGHT, SHANE	13,300
10	1	AWERBUCH, CHAD R	4,300
10	2	MILINKOVIC, VERA	60,000
10	3	ARTUFEL, FRANCIS	178,400
10	4	LAYTON, MARK L	99,100
10	5	SIMON, SAM	109,000
10	6	PAVLOVICH, GORAN	125,300
10	7	YAMAKAWA, RYUICHIRO	93,700
10	8	BERNSTEIN, JUSTIN	103,500
10	9	WARD, PAUL A	24,000
14	1	VUJANIC, TANJA	19,300
14	2	MCCULLY, JOSHUA C	37,400
14	3	GAN, WAN Y	46,600
14	4	GARBERG, MARKUS	101,100
14	5	SLEETH, ASHLEY N	48,300
14	6	KHAW, YEW TONG	144,400
14	7	WANG, GUANCHEN	126,600
14	8	HUGO, MATHEW S	38,000
14	9	PLANTER, JORDAN	43,600
16	1	RADISICH, TIMOTHY C	23,600
16	3	PRITCHARD, JASON ROSS	128,600
16	4	COX, DEAN J	66,000
16	5	KAGGERUD, ROBERT E	41,600
16	6	GIANNULIDIS, GEORGE	59,600
16	7	CLARK, DAVID WILLIAM	55,800
16	9	ROLFE, MATTHEW JAMES	33,500
17	1	KELSALL, KEVIN J	47,700
17	2	WADIH, BARBARA	69,000
17	3	STONE, NERI	86,100
17	4	REYNOLDS, BRUCE W	21,400
17	5	MUNDADAN, S	46,500
17	6	VELLRATH, THORBEN	119,600
17	7	WILSON, SCOTT A	72,600
17	8	GARLAND, DYLAN T	132,800
17	9	KRMPOTIC, STEVAN	68,400
25	1	SIMONS, DANIEL	36,000
25	2	SCHOLZE, THOMAS	152,100
25	3	HARTMANN, PASCAL	40,700
25	4	DODDS, JOEL R	34,300
25	5	BOHAN, RODNEY P	19,700
25	6	MEREDITH, TOBY D	75,500
25	7	EICHENDORF, SEAN L	218,300
25	8	GERSHENZON, DMITRI	61,400
25	9	PHAEDONOS, FEDON	169,500
26	1	DAI, WU-WEI	43,500
26	2	PSARRAS, MICHALITSA(TG)	25,600
26	4	EGAN, MICHAEL J	42,100
26	5	FINIOTIS, MICHAEL	26,000
26	6	MATSUMURA, EIJI	61,500
26	7	SEYMOUR, MICHAEL G	151,600
26	8	ZHANG, NING	153,000
26	9	SCHWERDT, EDMUND J	72,800
26	23	HUTCHISON, DEAN J	118,000
27	1	RAGOZZINI, SEAN	71,900
27	2	DORIA, MARIO	84,000
27	3	MUSTAFA, ARIF	25,000
27	4	REEVES, LIAM S	17,700
27	5	KOUK, TIMOTHY M	100,800
27	6	ABADY, JOSHUA S	80,100
27	7	WANG, SHUCONG	133,800
27	8	LIU, YIN	130,400
27	9	DE LAAT, BAS W	25,600
28	1	WILLIAMS, JOEL M	14,300
28	2	STOKIE, LUKE J	119,300
28	3	CHONG, THOMAS C	46,300
28	4	MANSELLNILSSON, JOSHUA C	64,800
28	5	RUHA, JOHN M	93,700
28	6	YOKOO, KAZUYOSHI	97,200
28	7	WANG, GUANGYU	16,300
28	9	HAWKINS, ROLAND W	55,900
29	1	WANG, DAVID Y	31,900
29	2	WU, HE-RU	21,800
29	3	ANGELATOS, PETER	101,700
29	5	LUKIE, CHICO	61,200
29	6	KANE, ADAM T	40,900
29	8	TRAN, MINHHAI H	137,900
29	9	BENEDETTO, NICOLA	28,700
30	1	MOSBOCK, MARIO	106,700
30	2	WEINERT, JAN M	22,500
30	3	DAVIES, SCOTT M	73,100
30	4	HTET, KYAW ZIN	56,200
30	6	AMEDI, NETANEL	49,400
30	7	AGRESTA, ROY	46,100
30	8	CRAIB, FABIAN K	66,600
30	9	PEARSON, JUSTIN	32,800
31	1	CHENG, JIANZHAO	109,000
31	2	DEBSIA, CAMIL A	44,500
31	3	SCHUMACHER, JOHAN DANIEL R	179,900
31	4	OROURKE, GAVIN	128,000
31	5	BATOZ, RODOLJUB	23,700
31	6	SCHUBERT, ALAN C	11,200
31	7	WANG, WENLIN	29,700
31	8	AU, KIM B	60,900
31	9	BURNS, KAHLE J	17,300
32	1	CHAO, PERCY	65,600
32	2	MCKELLAR, PIERCE BARCRO	128,100
32	3	RAYMOND, ROBERT K	57,200
32	4	ENDERSBY, TRAVIS G	31,300
32	5	CHIANG, JEN-YUE	38,400
32	6	BEATTIE, AARON J	37,100
32	7	SMITH, ADAM D	50,500
32	8	COLANERI, CHRISTOPHER	39,200
32	9	ST ELOI, DAVID R	62,000
33	1	WOODLAND, BRYCE R	18,700
33	2	FERRINI, MIRCO	77,600
33	3	SCAGNETTI, ADRIANO	33,600
33	5	MUSTCHIN, AMON	35,700
33	6	YE, SHENG	32,400
33	7	MITCHELL, WILLIAM T	45,700
33	8	VIRGIN, SCOTT T	25,200
33	9	LI, YANG	37,100
34	1	KELLY, SCOTT J	58,700
34	2	GIANNOUKOS, JIM	69,600
34	3	RODRIGUES, MANUEL L	127,200
34	4	LIBERTO, JUSTIN R	26,100
34	5	SYLVIA, JESSE J	40,100
34	6	CHAPTINI, FOUAD	56,900
34	7	PASSET, ABRAHAM	33,800
34	8	FOSTER, JOSHUA M	114,100
34	9	SWANNACK, COLE J	28,100
35	1	LEI, YANG	79,000
35	2	SEPPING, RASMUS	54,600
35	3	GULLE, MICHAEL D	26,300
35	4	QUON, STEPHEN J	87,500
35	5	PUPILLO, NICHOLAS J	53,300
35	6	OVERMIRE, WILLIAM H	132,700
35	7	SMITH, STEPHEN	46,000
35	8	EFARAIMO, JACK	144,100
36	1	MOGHIMI, MIR N	21,500
36	2	LI, JIN	25,400
36	3	JOHNSTON, SAMUEL M	45,300
36	4	LIN, KAN	22,500
36	5	GRAHAM, CONNIE	69,000
36	6	LAYTON, ERIKA G	50,200
36	7	MOSCA, ENRICO	25,400
36	8	LAZENBY, KURTIS J	47,000
36	9	GRAMMER, ROSS ELLIOT	28,700
37	1	BERDUGO ROJAS, JEISON	35,500
37	2	CHAMBERS, KERRY	26,500
37	3	CLINCH, WAYNE	193,000
37	3	ISMAIL, ISMAIL	22,200
37	4	MACNAUGHT, KYM	79,500
37	6	DURANTE, LUCAS B	79,700
37	7	STANTON, DAVID T	91,300
37	8	EDWARDS, MATTHEW R	142,500
37	9	HINRICHSEN, ANDREW C	72,300
38	1	COLMAN, JULIUS	42,000
38	2	ROPER, JUSTIN M	67,900
38	3	LIN, HUNG-SHENG	62,100
38	4	MCCONVILLE, SEAN A	60,800
38	5	KOREN, ARTUR	262,500
38	6	GORE, DAMIAN	10,800
38	7	VANDERSLUIS, ROY	6,400
38	8	LEE, JASON W	82,500
38	9	VINAYAGAMOORTHY, DAVID	87,400
39	1	BURRIDGE, WILSON O	22,100
39	2	RICHARDS, MATTHEW PAUL	36,300
39	3	WANG, XUELAN	56,000
39	4	SEKIYA, YOSUKE	59,100
39	5	SHOER, KEITH	77,800
39	6	SIMUNIC, JOSIP	57,000
39	7	DHINGRA, GAUTAM	179,300
39	8	HAWES, CHARLTON JAMES	42,800
39	9	BOGNAR, ATTILA	76,100
40	1	PAUPERIO BRANDAO, TIAGO F	71,300
40	2	BRKIC, UROS	76,800
40	3	WAKEMAN, MATTHEW J	45,300
40	4	BLATT, DEAN N	119,200
40	6	WORMALD, ALISHA M	62,200
40	7	CHAHINE, SIMON	184,800
40	8	BOOBEKOV, NURLAN	57,100
40	9	CONNELLY, BEDE W	22,000
41	1	ONIONS, AMANDA J	18,600
41	2	MAHMOUDIAN DEHKORDI, JANOSCH	24,500
41	3	GROSSMAN, JOSEPH C	33,400
41	4	OLIVIERI, DANIEL	44,100
41	5	ASAD, MUHAMMAD	116,100
41	6	WIESER, MAXIMILIAN	53,600
41	7	SIEGEL, ELIAHU B Y	85,600
41	8	MANTOR, DIDRIK A	148,000
41	9	MAINI, VISHAL S	200,000
42	1	BAYLISS, ANDREW M	36,700
42	2	WHITNEY, BRETT A	61,900
42	2	CARR, C	37,200
42	3	KIPNIS, MICHAEL	112,800
42	5	HONG, RYAN M	94,000
42	6	MAZEROLLE, MATTHEW P	34,500
42	7	DYER, MICHAEL D	118,800
42	8	WHITE, SCOTT C	99,000
42	9	WALSH, DAMIEN J	40,500
43	1	SHEN, QI	121,900
43	2	MCGOVERN, NIALL M	98,100
43	3	BAIN, TRISTAN ROBB	34,500
43	4	CHIN, ANDRIAN Y	39,200
43	5	GIORGI, FILIPPO	62,400
43	6	KARAMALIKIS, JONATHAN D	46,600
43	7	MENESES, RODRIGO	40,500
43	8	SITBON, JULIEN A	88,700
44	1	WILLIAMS, GUY D	22,100
44	2	KHOUEIS, SUZY TG	47,600
44	4	CHEW, STEVAN L	36,300
44	5	MIZZI, SOREL JAY	80,300
44	6	RIVERO, ORIBE	168,600
44	7	TOU, TA WEI	137,500
44	8	KAVALIUNAS, CAMERON J	27,400
44	9	PEKAREK, JEREMY AARON	65,000
45	1	HAIDARY, MOSTAFA	179,900
45	2	KIM, KYUNG HOON	51,900
45	3	AYOUB, DANNY	19,100
45	4	KOISTINEN, MIKAEL J	46,900
45	5	BOLZONELLO, ADRIAN R	78,500
45	6	FOX, DALE R	29,600
45	7	SHIN, ARI KUNUK	56,600
45	8	TRAN, KHAC-TRUNG	47,900
45	9	LAI, BEN	98,000
46	1	PAVITT, SCOTT	30,400
46	2	BOOTH, CARL A	37,300
46	3	BECERRA, CARLOS A	51,700
46	5	HU, QI	86,700
46	6	BRENNAN, DAVID	26,300
46	7	MICHAEL, ANDREW	14,900
46	8	GUMZ, FABIAN	48,800
46	9	RYAN, DAVID P	34,400
47	1	JIA, JUN	121,500
47	2	STREHL, CHRISTOPH	91,800
47	3	ZUBKO, GRAEME	49,200
47	4	SENG, ANG B	42,800
47	5	PUTT, GRAEME HOWARD	37,500
47	6	MAY, HEIDI M	126,100
47	7	PAZIOS, PAUL	44,800
47	8	DALEY, JOSHUA B	15,000
48	1	VAKILI, REZA	50,100
48	2	PARK, CHUL-HYON	47,800
48	3	WOJCIK, DANIEL S	30,900
48	5	NGUYEN, KWANG H	33,500
48	6	ALIDZANOVIC, DAMIR	94,200
48	7	HARA, YUTA	75,800
48	8	ZELLWEGER, PATRICK	72,300
48	9	KOUTSOUVELIS, STEPHEN	44,000
49	1	LITTLER, ANDREW	20,900
49	2	JANKOVIC, DENIS	98,200
49	4	EBERLE, BENEDIKT	40,100
49	5	RAEMAEKERS, JOEP	91,400
49	6	LEWIS, TOBY	119,300
49	7	SHARBANEE, PAUL GABRIEL	16,100
49	9	ULMER, TIMOTHY J	121,000