The Million Dollar Cash game set is dark now, and where moments ago there were piles of chips worth more than a million, the felt is empty. But that doesn't mean the action has stopped. Several of the players have moved their stacks to the Mahogany Room at the Crown Casino to continue playing.

The televised $500/$1,000 no limit hold'em cash game leapt to a roaring start. Fueled by aggressive play and risk-seeking attitudes, Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, John Juanda, and Eli Elezra couldn't get their chips in the middle fast enough for the first few hours. Three wealthy businessmen who left their usual seats in Macau's biggest games to come to Melbourne kept things interesting. Juanda was paid in full for a flopped wheel and then won a few other pots to finish up nearly $250k. Dwan found himself scooping a $250k pot with a missed flush draw and jack high.

Antonius lost a $300k flip and had to reload, but he was back in the black after flopping a boat 20 minutes later. He won a $435k pot with and a few more after that to make him one of the night's biggest winners. Then, with the production crew on break, Paul Phua stacked Ivey and decided to call it quits. His friends joined him, and the game broke about five hours after it started.

A new lineup took their seats to keep the action going. Some of the game's most feared online players battled for two hours, though the atmosphere lacked some of the excitement of the earlier session. When the crew turned the lights off, Sam Trickett and David Benyamine were the second session's big winners, while Andrew Feldman and Dan Cates didn't fare so well.

Another lineup of pros will mix it up on the Million Dollar Cash Game Tuesday from 4:00 pm to midnight local time.