Aussie Millions Day 2: PokerNoob, nanonoko and Antonius in Top 10
Day 2 finished just 4 players short of the money, with 76 players left. PokerStrategist PokerNoob had a great day to finish third in chips, while poker icons Randy "nanonoko" Lew and Patrik Antonius are sixth and ninth respectively.
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| PokerNoob is third in chips after Day 2 of the Aussie Millions |
pokernoob had a massive day at the tables on Day 2 of the Aussie Millions. Thanks to a great run near the end of the day, he now has 533,500 chips and is well placed for a deep run in this event.
Team PokerStrategy.com member 
RobbieV was eliminated after the dinner break when he 3-bet pushed pocket eights, but his opponent called and made a flush on the turn.
Others like BongBob, kernassi and fabstinho have also busted, leaving PokerNoob as the only PokerStrategist remaining in this event.
Antonius cripples Ivey
One table in particular grabbed all the attention on Day 2 as two poker legends Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius were seated on it. They tangled throughout the day but it was Antonius who had the last laugh when he took a roughly 400k chip pot from Ivey.
Antonius raised to 8k (3k big blind) from middle position and Ivey was the only caller from the big blind. The flop came 
, Ivey checked, Antonius made it 15k, Ivey raised it up to 50k and Antonius thought for a while and announced all in for almost 200k.
Ivey snap called with 
, giving Antonius only 8 outs for his 
, even though he had an open ended straight flush draw. One of his outs came on the turn with the 
, and he faded the flush on the river to send Ivey one foot out of the door. Not long later, Matthew Kirk finished off what Antonius started.
Despite Ivey's exit, Team Full Tilt is still going strong and Antonius is the best placed among then with 428,500 chips. Erick Lindgren and Howard Lederer are also still in with 267,000 and 181,500 chips respectively.
The top 10 players after Day 2 are as follows:
| Aussie Millions Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips |
| 1st | Randy Dorfman | 581,000 |
| 2nd | Michael Ryan | 547,500 |
| 3rd | pokernoob | 533,500 |
| 4th | James Keys | 508,000 |
| 5th | Sorel Mizzi | 489,000 |
| 6th | Randy Lew | 484,000 |
| 7th | Rene Freymann | 434,000 |
| 8th | Haibo Chu | 431,000 |
| 9th | Patrik Antonius | 428,500 |
| 10th | Manny Rodrigues | 386,500 |
| Level Info | |
| Blinds | 1,500 / 3,000 |
| Ante | 500 |
| Player Info | |
| Remaining players | 76 (721) |
