Thursday, 6 February 2014
Salvatore Fazzino is the man to beat heading into the penultimate day of the Aussie Millions Main Event with 36 players remaining.
The Aussie rocketed to the top of the chip counts just before the close, scooping a huge pot after ending up on the right side of a set over set clash with Gareth Dwyer. Fazzino will start tomorrow with 1,540,000.The top ten is stacked full of notable names and includes Scott Seiver, Sorel Mizzi, Jonathan Duhamel and Erik Seidel.There's plenty of class on show further down the field too with Craig McCorkell, Liv Boeree, Eoghan O'Dea and Jason Mercier all still very much in the hunt for the AU$1.6m first prize.Antonio Esfandiari led the list of high profile bust outs on Day 4, exiting in 42nd place. Joining him on the rail were Jamie Roberts, Robert Trask and Julian Track.The action resumes at 12.15pm local time when the field will play down to a final table of six.Aussie Millions Main Event Leaders1. Salvatore Fazzino – 1,540,000 2. Darren Rabinowitz – 1,232,000 3. Scott Seiver – 1,133,000 4. Sorel Mizzi – 1,099,000 5. Patrick Crivell – 1,040,000 6. Andrew Phaedonas – 1,005,000 7. Tam Truong – 1,005,000 8. Jonathan Duhamel – 935,000 9. Ami Barer – 917,000 10. Erik Seidel – 828,000
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
After launching the first installment of its three-step Vegas Milli Maker satellite tournament series early last month, Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes have announced that they will be reprising the lucrative competition from Wednesday.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes launched their three-step Vegas Milli Maker satellite tournament series on Wednesday offering players the chance to win a prize package to compete in the upcoming Millionaire Maker event at the 49th annual edition of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.
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