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2012 Aussie Millions – Day 7 Report
Posted by: Randy Williams - Fri, 2012-01-20 07:47
The 2012 Aussie Millions have barely kicked off and thus far the events weren’t overly impressive. There are two winners in the books already, but the massive exodus of high profile professionals towards the Aussie Millions’ tables hasn’t happened yet. With the warm-up stage out of the way though, things appear to be stirring: professional players like Jeffrey Lisandro, Gus Hansen, Erik Seidel and Randy Dorfman have been arriving at the Crown for a few days. Several others have also made their intentions to get there known. Daniel Negreanu, Tristan Wade and Shawn Buchannan all fired out tweets making their Aussie Millions plan public.
Day 7 of the 2012 series saw event #3 play down to a winner. The $1.1k
NL Holdem Shootout saw 10 players return to the tables on its second day. Oliver Speidel was the one leading the pack with a 384.5k stack. Joey Lawrence had made the final table too, together with Jackie Glazier and Mark Segal.
The final stretch of event #3 didn’t last long at all. After about four and a half hours of play, Saandeep Pulusani was crowned the winner, taking down the $35.7k prize. Speidel did use his chips wisely, but by the time the heads-up stage was reached, Pulusani had such a massive lead that he could do nothing about it whatsoever.
Speidel picked up $24.7k for his runner-up spot.
Event #4, the $1.1k NL Holdem/PLO mixed event kicked off on Day 7, drawing a starting field of 158 players. Mel Judah, Jim Collopy, Sam Holden, Dan Kelly and Joseph Cheong were all among the starters.
The final table was successfully reached. Casey Kastle will lead the survivors into the final day of the event. Michael Benvenuti and Dean Francis made the cut too.
The next event to kick off on Day 8 of the series is the $1.1k 6-handed NL Holdem event.
