Craig Boyd | All Aussie Poker

We’re getting real close to finding the 2026 July Nine. There is only 64 players left in the big one and only one Aussie, Charlie Elias vying for pokers top prize.

Charlie, who qualified through APL (Australia’s largest pub poker network) has been in hot form, even taking the lead on a couple of occasions before finishing Day 7 just outside the top 10. He has also picked up a deal with online poker giant Full Tilt Poker. Charlie will take a minimum of just over $90k USD for his efforts, with the possibility of making up to $8,546,435 for winning the bracelet.

With the triple starting stack this year, it was likely some big name pro’s were going to run deep, and there isn’t many more big names in poker than that of Phil Ivey (Full Tilt Poker Pro) who sits with a healthy stack and in 3rd place.

73rd – Daniel Neilson (Sydney) $68,979
95th – Tian Shou (Sydney) $47,003
105th – Joe Hachem (Melbourne) $40,288
146th – Joey Lawrence (Sydney) $40,288
148th - Mike Comer (Sydney) $40,288
248th – Jonathan Wertheim (Sydney) $32,963
256th - Chad Awerbuch (Sydney) $32,963
267th – Craig Ivey (Adelaide) $32,963
401st – Jarrod Holmes $27,469 Play Poker

404th – Emma Grace (Gold Coast) $27,469
511st – Paren Arzoomanian (Sydney) $23,196

1st $8,546,435
2nd $5,182,601
3rd $3,479,485
4th $2,502,787
5th $1,953,395
6th $1,587,133
7th $1,404,002
8th $1,300,228
9th $1,263,602
10-12th $896,730
13-15th $633,022
16-18th $500,557
19-27th $352,832
28-36th $253,941
37-45th $178,857
46-54th $138,568
55-63rd $108,047
64-72nd $90,344 (current)
73-81st $68,979
82-90th $57,991
91-99th $47,003
100-162nd $40,288
163-225th $36,626
226-288th $32,963
289-360th $29,911
361-432nd $27,469
433-504th $25,027
505-576th $23,196
577-648th $21,365

Day 7 Starting Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

Action is scheduled to resume at 12:00 p.m. local time.

( Table 1 )
Seat 1: Steven Begleiter – 6,315,000
Seat 2: Craig Boyd – 650,000
Seat 3: Ryan Fair – 2,940,000
Seat 4: Ian Tavelli – 1,985,000
Seat 5: James Akenhead – 1,655,000
Seat 6: Hung Pham – 1,006,000
Seat 7: Mark Ader – 1,610,000
Seat 8: Warren Zackey – 1,400,000
Seat 9: Adam York – 3,515,000

( Table 2 )
Seat 1: Darvin Moon – 9,745,000
Seat 2: George Caragiorgas – 2,670,000
Seat 3: James Calderaro – 1,810,000
Seat 4: Benjamin Jensen – 1,553,000
Seat 5: Thai Tran – 2,495,000
Seat 6: Joseph Ward – 2,575,000
Seat 7: Jordan Smith – 830,000
Seat 8: Adam Bilzerian – 3,305,000

( Table 3 )
Seat 1: Jeff Shulman – 4,745,000
Seat 2: Scott Cook – 3,095,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Tamayo – 2,680,000
Seat 4: Leo Margets – 3,650,000
Seat 5: Jason Brice – 2,825,000
Seat 6: Grayson Ramage – 1,215,000
Seat 7: Andrew Lichtenberger – 3,190,000
Seat 8: Scott Bohlman – 865,000

( Table 4 )
Seat 1: Lacay Ludovic – 5,965,000
Seat 2: Marco Mattes – 3,470,000
Seat 3: Scott Sitron – 1,330,000
Seat 4: Christopher Bach – 2,765,000
Seat 5: Manuel Labandeira – 765,000
Seat 6: Tommy Vedes – 5,430,000
Seat 7: Fabrice Soulier – 3,025,000
Seat 8: Phil Ivey – 6,345,000

( Table 5 )
Seat 1: Marc McLaughlin – 2,895,000
Seat 2: Hieu Luu – 4,755,000
Seat 3: Kevin Schaffel – 3,685,000
Seat 4: Billy Kopp – 8,245,000
Seat 5: Tom Schneider – 2,895,000
Seat 6: Charlie Elias – 4,190,000
Seat 7: Blair Rodman – 2,130,000
Seat 8: Luis Nargentino – 3,825,000

( Table 6 )
Seat 1: Miika Puumalainen – 3,200,000
Seat 2: Francois Balmigere – 2,025,000
Seat 3: Dennis Phillips – 2,305,000
Seat 4: Joseph Cada – 3,880,000
Seat 5: Steve Sanders – 3,360,000
Seat 6: Joe Sebok – 1,000,000
Seat 7: Nick Maimone – 4,900,000

( Table 7 )
Seat 1: Antoine Saout – 5,195,000
Seat 2: Bradley Craig – 2,445,000
Seat 3: Montagna Corrado – 860,000
Seat 4: Jeff Duvall – 3,935,000
Seat 5: Michael Jansen – 820,000
Seat 6: Gabriel Vezina – 1,250,000
Seat 7: Prahlad Friedman – 840,000
Seat 8: Eugene Katchalov – 3,300,000

( Table 8 )
Seat 1: Lapostolle Martin – 940,000
Seat 2: Eric Buchman – 2,495,000
Seat 3: Antonio Esfandiari – 5,610,000
Seat 4: Ben Lamb – 4,975,000
Seat 5: Jamie Robbins – 2,895,000
Seat 6: Jesse Haabak – 3,345,000
Seat 7: John Martin – 3,080,000
Seat 8: George Saca – 3,020,000

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Day 7 Starting Seat Assignments and Chip Counts

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