2009-01-20, at 06:58 - by Danielle Angel

Aussie Millions: Patrik Antonius an early chip leader
After spending most of the day short staked, Patrik Antonius made a come back to be 2nd in chips after day one of the Aussie Millions.

191 playrs started play in the first flight of the Main Event in the 2009 Aussie Millions including top pros Patrik Antonius, James Potter, Sorel Mizzi, John Hennigan and Sam Khouiss. Tony Hachem hoped that an Aussie would be the next winner and local fashion designer and poker player Christopher Chronis seemed to be trying just that with a chip lead bigger then poker pro  Patrik Antonius who is close behind after spending most of the day pretty short stacked.

At the end of the first Main Event Day, Premliminary Chip Stack counts looked like this :

Christopher Chronis -- 175,375
Patrik Antonius -- 139,750
Noah Schwartz -- 138,275
Derek Cheung -- 132,800
James Obst -- 122,075
Elliot Smith -- 107,650
Warwick Mirzikinian -- 103,575
Jarred Solomon -- 101,775
Danny Andrews -- 98,825
Sorel Mizzi -- 95,575


Patrik Antonius short stacked before his big comeback


Sorel Mizzi also short stacked early made a comeback to the top 10


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