Ajez Leads Final 12 in Six-Max Event; Hachem, Tedeschi and Arnett in Contention

Christian Zetzsche

Nearly all live poker cashes of Brisbane's Najeem Ajez were right here at the Crown Casino in Melbourne where he is a well-known reg and he may score a career-best payday of A$128,000 if he were to take down the A$1,150 Six-Max Event at the 2020 Aussie Millions.

The circumstances after Day 1 are in his favor as he enters the final day as the chip leader with 830,000. Michael Tran is second in chips with 750,000 and Pasquale Braco from Italy, a first-time visitor to Melbourne, returns to the third-biggest stack of 666,000.

Frenchman Paul-Francois Tedeschi is seeking for a special birthday present the following day as he enters the final day of the event with an above-average stack of 591,000. Another name that will certainly ring a bell in Australia is the one of Daniel Hachem, son of legendary Joe Hachem and a poker aficionado just like his father. With more than $160,000 in live cashes, he is looking for the first major title of his young poker career.

Also in contention are Kristy Arnett, Thomas Scholze and Philipp Kampf, the latter is one of the short stacks when the cards go back in the air with blinds of 6,000-12,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000.

A$1,150 Pot Limit Omaha Final Day Seating Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
8	1	Paul-Francois Tedeschi	France	591,000
8	2	Kristy Arnett	United States	257,000
8	3	Thomas Scholze	Germany	544,000
8	4	Najeem Ajez	Australia	830,000
8	5	Philipp Kampf	Germany	180,000
8	6	Kian Wee	Singapore	469,000

10	1	Michael Tran	Australia	750,000
10	2	Daniel Hachem	Australia	510,000
10	3	Shane Stark	Australia	440,000
10	4	Jordan Tentori	Australia	278,000
10	5	Pasquale Braco	Italy	666,000
10	6	Jiayuan Liu	Australia	115,000