80 Players Advance from Final Opening Event Flight
The fifth and final flight of the 2020 Aussie Millions A$1 million guaranteed Opening Event was the biggest overall, with 593 players bringing the total number of entries to 1,665.
From the starting field just 80 players advanced, with Jason Giuliano (248,100) as the chip leader. Although not enough to secure him the overall chip lead, Giuliano will be joined by two other players who bagged over 200,000 in chips as Keiron Laifoo (237,400) and Nicholas Suter (217,300) put themselves in strong positions ahead of Day 2.
Notable players advancing included 2010 Aussie Million Main Event winner Tyron Krost (60,400) along with Marc Macdonnell (153,200), Jeremy Pekarek (91,700), Maxi Lehmanski (80,500) and Joey Weissman (12,200).
Chip Counts from Opening Event Flight 5
| Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|
| Jason Giuliano | 248,100 |
| Keiron Laifoo | 237,400 |
| Nicholas Suter | 217,300 |
| Roy Agresta | 173,100 |
| Kwang Nguyen | 167,600 |
| Marc Macdonnell | 153,200 |
| Antonio Fazzolari | 152,600 |
| Rehman Kassam | 143,000 |
| Sohrab Rezvanpour | 140,800 |
| Wei Zhang | 140,300 |
| Timothy Morgan | 130,100 |
| Katsuya Sotsuka | 124,100 |
| Sean Ragozzini | 122,800 |
| Michael Harb | 122,300 |
| Kai Herold | 120,000 |
| Bo Jin | 99,900 |
| Amit Shorey | 98,600 |
| Dean Brown | 98,500 |
| Omer Silajdzija | 97,400 |
| Joshua Duce | 96,300 |
| Jeremy Pekarek | 91,700 |
| Nathan Susnig | 90,100 |
| Paul Abela | 89,800 |
| Hyunyeong Kang | 89,200 |
| William Mitchell | 83,000 |
| Maximilian Lehmanski | 80,500 |
| Rody Kaka | 78,100 |
| Luke Edwards | 78,000 |
| James Hawketts | 78,000 |
| Soren Vohrs | 77,600 |
| Rabindranath Nadarajan | 77,300 |
| Joshua Mansellnilsson | 77,000 |
| George Kyritsis | 75,700 |
| Julian Dight | 71,600 |
| Michael Kosmis | 70,200 |
| Alan Xerri | 66,200 |
| Aurelien Chenais | 64,600 |
| Steve Pappas | 63,100 |
| Andrew White | 62,300 |
| Connie Graham | 60,900 |
| Tyron Krost | 60,400 |
| Peter Robertson | 60,200 |
| Ramin Hurmuzniya | 60,000 |
| Tsz Pun | 59,000 |
| Samuel Salt | 58,800 |
| Danny Ball | 55,700 |
| Nathan Obrien | 55,300 |
| Zeljko Josipovic | 55,200 |
| Billy Madden | 53,200 |
| Nathan Goodall | 51,400 |
| Colton Blomberg | 50,200 |
| Jungwoon An | 49,100 |
| Fadi Sayegh | 48,000 |
| Russell Mildon | 45,300 |
| Milan Stojkovic | 44,600 |
| Sam Paine | 43,000 |
| Jamie Maddox | 42,400 |
| Anthony March | 42,300 |
| Jinsoo Kang | 41,800 |
| Carmino Desciscio | 41,000 |
| Yixin Wen | 40,400 |
| Yang Li | 39,500 |
| Samuel Jefferies | 39,300 |
| Giovanni Massa | 39,000 |
| David Veigli | 38,800 |
| Josh Mitchell | 38,800 |
| Wei-cheng Yin | 36,800 |
| Daneil Hinh | 36,100 |
| Taryn Boden | 32,700 |
| Quanbin Zhong | 27,900 |
| Adrian Salter | 26,200 |
| Petros Aristidou | 24,500 |
| Tatjana Zizic | 24,200 |
| Raemin Alexander | 23,700 |
| Sik Chan | 19,600 |
| Yee Lee | 18,500 |
| Maxwell Young | 17,100 |
| Christopher Smitton | 13,600 |
| Joey Weissman | 12,200 |
| Michel Bouskila | 5,400 |