Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1C: Four PokerStrategists Advance
The third starting day of the Aussie Millions Main Event in Melbourne saw the biggest field of the three opening days. 274 registered and Team PokerStrategy.com member RobbieV finished with the 4th largest stack. PokerStrategists kernassi, PokerNoob and chenny8888 were among the 109 new additions to the Day 2 field.
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| kernassi finished 9th in Day 1C of the Aussie Millions Main Event |
Update: According to the latest information, Team PokerStrategy.com member 
RobbieV finished Day 1C with a stack of 132,700, enough to put him in the 4th place at the end of the day.
After spending more than half his day at the poker tables, Australian Oliver Keefe was rewarded for his efforts by finishing the day with a table topping 198,200 chips. Keefe will also go into Day 2 as the overall chip leader among the 265 remaining players.
At the close of registration a total of 721 players have paid the AUD $10,000 entry fee for a shot at the AUD $7 million prize pool. The top 72 players will win a piece of the prize pool, while the winner is taking AUD $2 million, with each of them going home with at least AUD $15,000
Six PokerStrategists still in the hunt
Six PokerStrategists have made it into Day 2, after RobbieV, kernassi, pokernoob and chenny8888 advanced from Day 1C. kernassi finished with the 8th biggest stack for the day with 91,300 chips while PokerNoob and Chenny8888 have 38,000 and 17,900 chips respectively.
Leading the charge for the PokerStrategists on Day 2 will be fabstinho, who has 95,000 chips while Team PokerStrategy.com member BongBob has 81,400 chips to his name after his stint in Day 1A.
Besides the PokerStrategists, quite a few big name players will also be returning to play some more. Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Randy "nanonoko" Lew and Erik Lindgren are all among the hopefuls in the Day 2 field, so there is still much exciting action to look forward to in the coming days.
Here are the top players from Day 1C:
| Aussie Millions Day 1C Top 10 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips |
| 1st | Oliver Keefe | 198,200 |
| 2nd | Charles Chua | 163,000 |
| 3rd | Colin Nicholas | 134,900 |
| 4th | RobbieV |
132,700 |
| 5th | Elliot Smith | 116,200 |
| 6th | Ronnie Shabtay | 111,400 |
| 7th | Gabe Patagorski | 110,500 |
| 8th | David Gorr | 91,500 |
| 9th | kernassi | 91,300 |
| 10th | Yasuhiro Waki | 80,000 |
| Level Info | |
| Blinds | 400 / 800 |
| Ante | 100 |
| Player Info | |
| Remaining players | 265 (721) |
