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2012 Aussie Millions – Day 12 Report
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2012-01-25 06:12
The $100k Challenge of the 2012 Aussie Millions is in the books. Day 12 of the Series also saw the second day 1 flight of the Main Event complete.
The $100k Challenge rolled to a finish as Dan Smith grabbed the title, the bragging rights and of course the biggest chunk of the $2.2 million prize-pool. Smith bested Mikhail Smirnov heads-up.
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poker tournament had kicked off on Sunday, with 22 players bellying up to the tables, 100k chips in front of them. The first day of action handily reached its objective: only 8 players remained at the final table at the cessation of Day 1 hostilities. Given the relatively low number of participants, the final table participants weren’t all guaranteed a payday though. Only the top 4 would end up taking home money, so 4 more players needed to bite the dust on Day 2 before the bursting of the money bubble.
Nam Le, Sorel Mizzi, Gus Hansen and Sam Trickett were the players who left the tournament with nothing to show for their efforts.
Tony G finished 4th, eliminated by Dan Smith on an A,6 vs A,Q match-up. Joe Hachem, the local hero most of the railbirds would’ve probably liked to see finish on top, was 3rd. He picked up $330k.
Smirnov’s second place was worth $616k, while Dan Smith picked up $1,012,000.
187 players registered on day 1B of the 2012 Aussie Millions’ Main Event, among them some of the poker pros who were bounced from the $100k Challenge. Jonathan Karamalikis and Tom Dwan both played on Day 1B and they both managed to survive. Other notable players who took the Day 1B hurdle in stride were Kenna James, James Dempsey and Annette Obrestad. Dwan had a pretty blend day up until past the dinner break, when he managed to get a thing or two going. He eventually finished with about 80k chips.
Tyron Krost and Stewart Scott made it to day 2 as well.
