Jens Lakemeier Grabs 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1c Lead
With a stack of 175,000 in chips, Jens Lakemeier finished atop the final starting day's leaderboard, but he isn't the player to catch heading into Wednesday's Day 2 of the Southern Hemisphere's most prestigious poker tournament. That position belongs to James Obst, who bagged up 212,000 on Day 1a.
After seven levels of action, the final starting flight in the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event came to a close in the very early hours of Wednesday morning at Crown Melbourne. Day 1c was a day that saw the largest group of competitors take to the felt in order to push the total number of entries up over 700 and make this year's event the fourth largest in the tournament's 19-year history. It was also a day that saw poker stars Phil Ivey, John Juanda, and Steve O'Dwyer hit the rail, while the likes of Martin Jacobson, Erik Seidel, and Jason Mercier advanced.
Ivey was eliminated in Level 6 by Australian Tamara Volkoff. With the blinds at 250/500/75, Ivey was all in for his short stack of 2,725 with the 
. Volkoff had the 
and held through the 
board to bust Ivey. Juanda busted in the same level to Stevan Chew, and O'Dwyer went out one level prior when he ran queens into kings.
Of the 337 that entered on Day 1c, around 200 survived the day. Those survivors will combine with the ones from Day 1a and Day 1b to form the complete Day 2 field for Wednesday, but more names could be added to the mix because late registration will remain open until the end of the first level of play on Day 2.
Day 2 will begin at 12:30 p.m. local time, and we here at PokerNews will happily see you then.