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2011 Aussie Millions – Event #7 concludes
Posted by: James Carter. - Mon, 2011-01-24 11:10
The Aussie Millions saw plenty of poker action the other day too, with the conclusion of Event #7, the $1,100 NL Holdem Rebuys event. 86 players entered the
poker tournament, but there were no fewer than 255 re-buys which increased the size of the eventual prize-pool significantly. Randy Dorfman was the one who held the chip lead going into the final table, but he wasn’t able to capitalize on that advantage. The title and the AUD$100,595 went to Oliver Speidel.
JP Kelly played in the event as well. He was eliminated in 5th place, when he picked up a Kc, Jc and shoved all-in on it against an opponent’s pocket 9s. The 9s held and Kelly was done.
Eoghan o’Dea was eliminated in 3rd to set up the heads-up stage between Speidel and Dorfman. The final hand of the tournament saw Dorfman’s A,7o go up against Speidel’s pocket 8s. The pocket pair held yet again and a champion was crowned.
The main highlight of the day was the $100k High Roller Challenge event though. A couple of weeks ago, at the
PokerStars Caribbean adventure, a new record was set as far as such massive buy-in events were concerned: no fewer than 38 players showed up for the PCA High Roller event. The Aussie Millions managed to match that record, as exactly 38 players showed up for the $100k Challenge too.
Because of the ever-changing exchange rate though, the Aussie Millions’AUD$3.8 million prize-pool managed to best the PCA High Roller prize-pool by a narrow yet significant margin.
The player who shall emerge with the win in this event will walk away with a AUD$1,525,000 reward.
Given the size of the buy-in and the stakes involved, the starting field was made up of the usual nosebleed stakes crowd mostly. Phil Ivey was there, together with John Juanda, Patrik Antonius, Howard Lederer and Erick Lindgren.
At the end of the day, only 8 players remained. Sam Trickett finished with the largest stack of chips.
