See what a great guy I am, I took a 5 minute penalty to update you guys on my phone:D.
But this is great cause now Phil is mad and we all know what happens to Ivey's opponents chips when he gets mad!:)
The 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event kicked off Sunday and by the time the seven levels of Day 1a were in the books the top of the leaderboard looked a little bit like a commercial for Team
Full Tilt Poker.
Erick Lindgren finished the day atop the chip counts with 186,000 while Patrik Antonius ended up third with 176,5000. Sandwiched in between those two is Australian Luke Brabin. Also lurking in the top ten is
Phil Ivey, who sits sixth with 134,200.
The first day of play featured something that just might be a first, at least in recent memory, a
Phil Ivey penalty. The eight-time WSOP bracelet winner was given a five-minute penalty for using his phone at the table. Tournament rules prevent players from being on the phone, texting, tweeting or surfing the web on their phones while at the table and despite a short protest from Ivey he was given a five-minute penalty.
Perennial BLUFF Online Player of the Year contender Chris Moorman also cracked the top ten with 116,900 chips. Erik Cajelais rounded out the top Full Tilt domination of the leaderboard with 108,700 chips, good enough for eighth overall.
Sunday was the first of three starting days for the Main Event with 238 players putting up the the $10,000 buy-in. Last year the first day drew 233 runners so tournament organizers could be looking at a moderate increase in field size from the 746 in 2010.
A number of big names didn’t make it through their opening day including Justin “BoostedJ Smith, Maria Ho, Eli Elezra, Tony Dunst and Terrence Chan. The biggest name though not to make it through the day was Tom Dwan who wasn’t able to match his Day 1a performance from a year ago where he was among the leaders.
Aussie Millions Main Event Day 1a Chip Counts
- Erick Lindgren - 186,000
- Luke Brabin - 177,200
- Patrik Antonius - 176,500
- Carter Phillips - 167,500
- Brian Furness - 141,800
- Phil Ivey - 134,200
- Chris Moorman - 116,900
- Erik Cajelais - 108,700
- Dale Marsland - 102,000
- Andrew Starkey - 97,000