Faces in the H.O.R.S.E. Field
Last year's field of 54 in the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E was full of poker talent and if the early stages of this year's event are anything to go by, poker fans should be in for a treat as the great and the good of the mixed game poker world join the field.
And with 20 players already in their seats, here are some of the big names making early appearances:
Mel Judah
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Mel Judah made the final table of the 1997 WSOP Main Event the year that Stu Ungar won, and the 72-year-old's US$3.6m in lifetime earnings is good enough for ninth in the Australian all-time money list.
Closer to home, Judah has three Aussie Millions Championship rings to his name, including in the H.OR.S.E. event back in 2013.
Mel Judah Aussie Millions Titles
| Year | Event | Payout (AUD) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | A$1,100 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | A$30,600 | US$21,737 |
| 2010 | A$1,100 Team Event | A$30,520 | US$28,169 |
| 2013 | A$2,500 H.OR.S.E | A$25,000 | US$26,392 |
Bryce Yockey
With no career cashes outside of the United States or the Bahamas, it appears that Bryce Yockey has made his first trip to the Aussie Millions, and you couldn't pick a better event than the H.O.R.S.E. for him to ease himself into the festival.
The mixed game specialist has twelve WSOP final tables, with all but two coming in mixed events. Yockey also final tabled the prestigious Poker Players Championship earlier this year, finishing fourth for US$325,989
Oliver Gill
An Aussie Millions ring-winner in 2019, winning the Shot Clock Teams for A$11,160 (US8,066), Oliver Gill also won the 8-Game Mixed event in 2015, and followed that up by final tabling in both 2016 and 2017.
He will be hoping for a strong performance in the H.O.R.S.E., an event that he final tabled in fourth back in 2010.
Benny Glaser
Benny Glaser doesn't mess around when it comes to the Aussie Millions. In two years, the Englishman has recorded four cashes at the festival with no finish lower than ninth.
The biggest cash came in 2019 with an eighth-place finish in the $5,000 Six Max, won by Jamie Lee, with Glaser also looking for a third consecutive 8 Game Mixed Event final table when that event kicks off on January 13.
Benny Glaser Aussie Millions Results
| Year | Event | Place | Payout (AUD) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $2,500 8 Game Mixed Event | 5th | A$12,780 | US$10,207 |
| 2019 | $1,150 Six Max | 9th | A$9,595 | US$6,870 |
| 2019 | $2,500 8 Game Mixed Event | 5th | A$14,125 | US$10,076 |
| 2019 | $5,000 Six Max | 8th | A$22,030 | US$15,980 |
Other players in the event are David Gorr, Julien Sitbon, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Andrew Kelsall, and Ari Engel.