Seven-Handed Final Table Set: Ajez and Hachem in the Lead
The 2020 Aussie Millions $1,150 Six-Max Event is down to the final seven players out of a field of 560 entries, all aiming for the biggest slice of the A$574,000 prize pool and the ANTON Jewellery championship ring. Najeem Ajez, who already led the final 12 players when the action kicked off at 1 p.m. local time, remains at the top of the leader board and has pulled further ahead of the other six contenders.
After the first three levels of play on the final day, there were only eight players remaining. Jiayuan Liu, who came into the day as the shortest stack, tripled up once and doubled up twice against Pasquale Braco to keep his hopes of victory alive. Jordan Tentori was less fortunate and became the first casualty while Paul-Francois Tedeschi fell victim of the hot run of Ajez. Tedeschi flopped a set of aces and the stack went in against Ajez, who held 
for the nut straight. Two blanks later, an enormous pot was pushed to Ajez and the field was down to 10.
Within one minute, Thomas Scholze and Shane Stark departed in 10th and 9th place respectively after they ran out of chips on different tables. Scholze was the first to go when his 
for top pair on the 
flop was no good, as once again Ajez had the best of it with the 
. The 
turn and river run out changed nothing whatsoever.
At nearly the same time, Shane Stark was all-in with 
against the 
of Daniel Hachem and the 
turn left Hachem with some outs. One of them was the 
and that brought the end to Stark's run.
Once the break with eight was reached, the chip counts were as follows:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | Kristy Arnett | United States | 465,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Najeem Ajez | Australia | 2,020,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Philipp Kaempf | Germany | 290,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Kian Wee | Singapore | 64,000 |
| 10 | 1 | Michael Tran | Australia | 640,000 |
| 10 | 2 | Daniel Hachem | Australia | 1,237,000 |
| 10 | 5 | Pasquale Braco | Italy | 417,000 |
| 10 | 6 | Jiayuan Liu | Australia | 465,000 |
Kian Wee was left short after he lost a race with against the 
of Kristy Arnett, as the mighty ducks held up on a board of 
to give Arnett a flush. It would only take one hand after the break to set up the seven-handed final table as Wee lost the remaining three big blinds with 
against the 
of Ajez as he stood no chance on a 
board.
Final Table Seat Assignments
| Seat | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Najeem Ajez | Australia |
| 2 | Pasquale Braco | Italy |
| 3 | Daniel Hachem | Australia |
| 4 | Michael Tran | Australia |
| 5 | Kristy Arnett | United States |
| 6 | Philipp Kaempf | Germany |
| 6 | Kian Wee | Singapore |
| 7 | Jiayuan Liu | Australia |
The level duration increased from 40 to 60 minutes for the final table and the current blinds are now 12,000-24,000 with a big blind ante of 12,000.