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/ Short-Stacked Shamus / 27 January 2012 / Leave a Comment 
Yann Dion leads with 12 remaining at the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event (Photo: PokerNews)
After just missing the $100,000 Challenge final table (finishing 9th), Ivey has been among the leaders at the end of each day of the Main Event, although will return to the shortest stack among the final 12 for Day 5.
They've played down from 659 to just 12 at the Aussie Millions Main Event, with the Canadian Yann Dion finishing Day 4 as chip leader with 2.67 million. Bjorn Li of Hong Kong sits nearby in second with 2.471 million, followed by Mohamad Kowssarie of Sweden in third with 2.23 million. And after ending each of the previous days near the top of the counts, Phil Ivey continues to hold on though now with a short stack in 12th.
Londoner Karim Jomeen will begin Saturday in fourth, followed by Daniel Idema (Canada) and Lee Nelson (New Zealand).
As mentioned, Phil Ivey, who finished ninth in the $100,000 Challenge won by Dan Smith, just missing the final table there, started strong in the Aussie Millions Main Event and has been on the leaderboard since he played in the third of the three Day 1 flights.
Ivey ended that day in the top 10 overall with 305 players left, then finished Day 2 second behind Tim O'Shea with 75 remaining. Day 3 ended with 26 players still in the hunt and Ivey in sixth.
Others still alive on Friday but who did not make it through to Day 5 included David Steicke who was the first elimination of the day in 26th, good for a $35,000 return on his $10,600 buy-in (AUD). Among the others hitting the rail as the day progressed were Tim O'Shea (22nd, $45,000), Joey Lawrence (17th, $60,000), Minh Nguyen (16th, $60,000), Grant Levy (15th, $75,000), and Matt Turk (15th, $75,000).
The final hand of the night saw Danny Chevalier all in with Kd-Js against Yann Dion's Ah-Qd. The board came Jh-Ad-6d-8s-7h, sending Chevalier out in 13th ($75,000) and giving Dion the chips and the lead.
Here's how they'll stack up when play begins on Saturday:
1. Yann Dion -- 2,670,000
2. Bjorn Li -- 2,471,000
3. Mohamad Kowssarie -- 2,230,000
4. Karim Jomeen -- 2,063,000
5. Daniel Idema -- 1,840,000
6. Lee Nelson -- 1,651,000
7. Patrick Healy -- 1,565,000
8. Janis Lesinskis -- 1,501,000
9. Kenneth Wong -- 1,498,000
10. Oliver Speidel -- 809,000
11. Mile Krstanoski -- 755,000
12. Phil Ivey -- 699,000
Also of interest this weekend will be that $250,000 Challenge, a.k.a. the "Super High Roller." Originally scheduled for Friday, that event has been pushed back to take place during the weekend.
The Main Event also has had an extra day added to its schedule, as the plan will be for these 12 to play down to a seven-handed final table on Saturday, then return on Sunday to determine who among them will be taking away the $1.6 million first prize.
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