So about half the field remaining will get paid, half the field will not. Day Three is gonna be a very critical day for the lives of these players here in the main event. Paul: And just as a preview, as a player now again, at this point in the tournament, what are the players thinking? Is this the time to get trappy or aggressive or where are we at, rhythm-wise, as a player? Jason: Well, it's really important, as a player, to understand what your strategy is. Like, if this is your first Aussie Millions or you're a recreational player who won your way in one of the many satellites here at Crown, then your goal is to survive, right casinoslots sa?
If you're a top pro who flew in from Dublin to play the event, you're here to win, right? And you know, we're gonna see kind of a divergence in the strategy here, I think, as we're gonna see some of the more experienced pros, some of the international pros, apply that pressure, start trying to impose their will on their tables as they try to accumulate chips to set themselves up to make a deep run. And, of course, there are plenty of players who are satellited in on $1,000 or $100 satellite and their goal is to make that 80th place for that $15,000 payout. Paul: Now when the bubble's coming, this is when the pros really rise to the top, right? Guys who understand the rhythm of the game and start to become more aggressive around the bubble, right? Jason: Sure, that's exactly it. When you get down to two tables away from the money or three tables away from the money, if you're a top pro, you're looking to see who's watching the clock, who's really sweating that as he gets closer and closer and closer, and those players are the ones you want to put pressure on. You wanna attack their blinds and the top pros will not be afraid to get themselves into some more marginal situations because they can just play another tournament next week. For many players here, this is the main event of the year for them and you wanna target and attack those players. They are looking at the min cash, whereas most of the pros are looking at the $1.6 million first place prize. That's what they're gunning for. And you know, this is one of the biggest Aussie Millions fields I think in 5 or 6 years now, with 732 total entrants. Great to see a growth year over year. Frankly, I think it's because of me and Twitch, so I'm gonna take full credit for that, for sure. But no, just kidding. Obviously, this is a team effort, but it's great to see the Aussie Millions grow. It's a very rare thing to see in the poker world, to have a $10,000 buy-in event like this grow. We've seen many places abandon that $10,000 buy-in out of fear they couldn't continue maintaining that growth. But here in Australia, we are defying the odds. Paul: We talked about the generational difference last year. We had Manny Stavropoulos, who's kinda old school and grew up in the poker room, versus Lennart Uphoff, a German who's well-known for his play. There's a little bit of old school and new school. How would you approach this part of the day? Would you be aggressive or would you sort of tighten up and maybe nit a little bit? Jason: It all depends on your stack and the players at your table. If you're one of the shorter stacks, then your goal is to try to find every single pot that you can that's uncontested and accumulate it. But if you're one of the bigger stacks, then you're gonna be like, "Okay, well, where can I apply that pressure? Where's the most vulnerable players at our table to attack?" And so we're gonna see. I'm looking forward to our featured table today. It's gonna be absolutely awesome. We're gonna change the featured table a couple times just to see different strategies and I can't wait to talk tomorrow with you about what happened at Day Three. Paul: Awesome. Well, thanks for the recap, Jason. Once again, we're gonna keep playing on with the Aussie Millions coverage here, so please tune in and listen and watch to our coverage as we try and crown a new champion here at the 2016 Aussie Millions.
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