Home / Poker News January 2012 / 2012 Aussie Millions – Day 17 Report
2012 Aussie Millions – Day 17 Report
Posted by: Mark Baldwing - Sun, 2012-01-29 15:38
The 2012 Aussie Millions is slowly but surely entering its final stretch. Day 17 of the series saw the $10k Main Event reach its final table and with Phil Ivey still in the mix, all eyes were on the 5th day’s action of the Main Event of course. Unfortunately for those hoping that Ivey would win this one to mark his return to active status through a real accomplishment, he was bounced in 12th place. He did pick up a more than decent prize though and undeterred by the setback, he bought right into the $250k Super High Roller, which he won for $2 million.
Ivey was only one of the interesting “name” players battling it out for a final table berth on day 5 though. The other guy to watch was Lee Nelson, whose ship ran ashore in 9th place as he too missed the final table.
Being the official short-stack at the beginning of Day 5, Ivey was subjected to quite a bit of pressure from the get-go. As soon as he picked up an A,Qo, he got into a raising give and take with Yann Dion, who had A,Ko. The board was a bunch of bricks and Ivey was done.
Nelson bit the dust a tad later, when his A,K lost a classic coin-flip against Oliver Speidel’s pocket 8s.
Nelson’s elimination set the stage for the final table bubble. Daniel Idema was the one who succumbed in 8th place, going home as the official final table bubble-boy of the
poker tournament.
Idema’s A,Q fell to Bjorn Li’s A,K.
The $5.3k Heads-up event drew 32 players. Greg Ronaldson won the event, taking home the $80k top prize. Ronaldson defeated Sorel Mizzi heads-up. Mizzi took home $40k for his efforts. Yasuhiro Waki finished 3rd for $20k, followed by Sam Vakili in 4th, who picked up $20k too.
Jim Collopy won event #18, the $2.5k PLO one for a reward of $59.7k.
