Ong Dingxiang Leads Final Table in Event #6: A$1,150 Six Max
With 15 players starting the day, it didn't get long to get down to an unofficial final table of seven in Event #6: A$1,150 Six Max.
Benny Glaser (9th - A$9,595) and David Yan (8th - A$12,385) were eliminated leaving the final seven seated around a single table. The chip leader was Ong Dingxiang who had risen from being one of the short stacks at the start of the day.
Start-of-day chip leader Ta-Wei Tou and Bart Lybaert were also sitting pretty on over one million chips:
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ta-Wei Tou | Taiwan | 1,200,000 | 75 |
| 2 | Michel Bouskila | Australia | 328,000 | 21 |
| 3 | Ong Dingxiang | Singapore | 1,500,000 | 94 |
| 4 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | 1,300,000 | 81 |
| 5 | Ali Ghezelbash | Australia | 238,000 | 15 |
| 6 | Gautam Dhingra | Australia | 646,000 | 40 |
| 7 | Travis Endersby | Australia | 124,000 | 8 |
Seat 1: Ta-Wei Tou
Coming into the day as the chip leader, Tou still sits with over one million in chips. This is the Taiwanese player's first Aussie Millions cash having played predominantly in Macau and Taiwan. The biggest cash of his career came in December, winning a Jeju Red Dragon Deepstack event for US$31,514.
Seat 2: Michel Bouskila
With over US$1,000,000 in lifetime earnings, Bouskila sits comfortably inside the top 50 on the all-time Australian money list. This is his 12th Aussie Millions cash, and the fifth year in a row that he has registered a cash at the southern hemisphere's most prestigious tournament.
A former winner of this event in 2013, Bouskila will be hoping to eclipse the A$110,00 he won back then with victory today.
Seat 3: Ong Dingxiang
Dingxiang has made a blistering start to the day to lead heading into the final table. The player who hails from Singapore was fourth-shortest when the cards were in the air at 1 pm but has risen through the ranks to take the chip lead with seven players left. This is already Dingxiang's biggest cash of his career.
Seat 4: Bart Lybaert
By far the biggest name at the final table, Lybaert sits fourth in the Belgian all-time money list with close to US$3,000,000 in career cashes. With one Aussie Millions cash to date - an 11th place in last year's Bounty tournament for A$9,790, Lybaert will be looking to add an ANTON Championship Ring to career titles won in Monaco, France, the Bahamas and the Czech Republic.
Seat 5: Ali Ghezelbash
Just like fellow final tablist Bouskila, this is also the 12th Aussie Millions cash of Ghezelbash's career. A runner-up finish in the 2012 Hold'em/Omaha Event is his best result so far, but will be hoping to go further at only his second Aussie Millions final table.
Seat 6: Gautam Dhingra
You have to go back eight years, but Dhingra is a former final tablist in the Aussie Millions Six Max event, finishing fourth in 2011 for A$29,760. Since then he has racked up three more cashes here at the festival in Melbourne, but it is his first since 2015.
Seat 7: Travis Endersby
Having already made one final table this trip in the Shot Clock Shootout, finishing eighth for A$6,640, Endersby decided that he wasn't done there and duly made another one. Coming into this year's festival with only one Aussie Millions cash to his name, he has surpassed even his wildest expectations and will be looking to take down the title having been so close earlier this festival.
Here are the remaining payouts:
| Place | Payout (AUD) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $124,355 | $89,536 |
| 2 | $82,695 | $59,540 |
| 3 | $48,905 | $35,212 |
| 4 | $36,080 | $25,978 |
| 5 | $24,930 | $17,950 |
| 6 | $17,960 | $12,931 |
| 7 | $12,385 | $8,917 |