Down to Seven in the Opening Event; Karamalikis Still Leads
From a starting field of 1,652, the 2020 Aussie Millions Opening Event is down to eight players after half a dozen eliminations on the final day.
Jonathan Karamalikis came into the day as a strong chip leader ahead of Michael Egan, but by the time the tournament was down to a ten-handed final table, Egan had slipped to third in the counts and Jungwoon An had moved up into second.
Opening Event Final Table Draw
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Egan | 1,760,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Henry | 1,555,000 |
| 3 | Andrew Shanahan | 710,000 |
| 4 | Samuel Jefferies | 1,335,000 |
| 5 | Egor Bulychev | 1,005,000 |
| 6 | Jo Snell | 2,075,000 |
| 7 | Bo Jin | 810,000 |
| 8 | Jonathan Karamalikis | 3,965,000 |
| 9 | Jung Woon An | 2,675,000 |
| 10 | Sohrab Rezvanpour | 870,000 |
Recent Eliminations
Andrew Shanahan came into the final table, but failed to run up a stack and was eliminated in 10th place. Bo Jin was equally short-stacked and followed him out the door.
Sohrab Rezvanpour had come into the day as the second shortest stack in the tournament, and had done well to ladder this far. However, he ran queens into kings and was eliminated in eighth.
Karamalikis has dropped off the pace recently, and Jo Snell finds himself top of the leaderboard with almost four million. The remaining seven players are all guaranteed A$20,825.
| Place | Player | Payout (AUD) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $341,325 | $235,514 | |
| 2 | $210,775 | $145,435 | |
| 3 | $125,445 | $86,557 | |
| 4 | $90,625 | $62,531 | |
| 5 | $61,450 | $42,401 | |
| 6 | $44,375 | $30,619 | |
| 7 | $37,550 | $25,910 | |
| 8 | Sohrab Rezvanpour | $32,425 | $22,373 |
| 9 | Bo Jin | $27,315 | $18,847 |
| 10 | Andrew Shanahan | $20,825 | $14,369 |
We'll be bringing you a full recap of the tournament once it concludes later this evening.