Michael Binger has recently eliminated Van Marcus, while Billy "The Croc" Argyros and Harris Pavlou are also recent casualties. For Pavlou, it's his second elimination of the day after he earlier busted out of the Main Event.
Some notable chip counts:
Tony G - 12,225
Joe Reina - 46,200
Jamie Pickering - 8,500
Jason Gray - 35,000
Josh Field - 27,000
Niki Jedlicka - 38,000
Sam Youssef - 14,500
Julian Powell - 18,900
Chino Rheem - 27,000
The players are now down to the final two tables.
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Joe Reina.
We don't have details of the action, but in a battle of the online young guns, Josh Field has just eliminated James Obst from today's event.
Field now has a healthy stack in front of him to be amongst our chip leaders.
The prize pool for today's event has been confirmed.
We started with 42 entrants who purchased an additional 87 rebuys and add-ons to create a prize pool of AU$387,000.
The top seven players will receive a minimum of AU$15,480 while today's winner will take home a AU$123,840 plus the Aussie Millions gold ring, worth AU$5,000 thanks to Poker Allure.
We're down to 30 players in this event with notable recent casualties including Dan Shak and Ralph Burd.
Burd was eliminated at the hands of James "Andy McLEOD" Obst, who is amongst the chip leaders at 27,000 chips.
Tony G - 15,800
James "Andy McLEOD" Obst - 16,300
Josh "JJProdigy" Field - 12,500
David "Chino" Reem - 13,000
Van Marcus - 11,7000
The rebuy period has recently concluded as players can now settle into a normal pace of play.
The leaders at this point are James "Andy McLOED" Obst with 17,300, Chris Ferguson at 15,500, and Julian Powell with 14,000.
Meanwhile the biggest losers during the rebuy period appear to have been Josh Field and Warwick Mirzikinian, who were reportedly in for six rebuys/add-ons each, with Chino Rheem, Niki Jedlicka, Julian Powell and Jimmy Siu in for about four rebuys/add-ons apiece. We've received an unofficial figure of 87 total rebuys and add-ons, but we'll confirm that for you once the prize pool is released.
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James Obst.
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and river the 
and Jedlicka made the nut flush to eliminate the short stack and leave Marcus crippled.
Chino Rheem checked and Bloom moved all in for his last 3,225. Rheem made the call and tabled 
completing Rheem's straight as the 
fell on the river. Bloom is out and Rheem, who is off to a better start today after his early bust-outs in two previous Aussie Millions events, is up to 15,300 chips.
