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Aussie Millions $1,100 NLH win goes to Christian Heich
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2009-01-11 13:16
After a furiously paced Day 1A and a seriously punishing Day 1B, only 110 of the 731 starters returned for Day 2 of the Aussie Millions’ $1,100 NL Holdem event.
Most of the ‘name’ pros had already busted out during one of the first two days of the tournament, but local favorites Eric Assadourian, Jamie Pickering and David Saab were still very much in the cards.
Dean Blatt started as the chip leader, and as soon as the game got underway heads began to roll. Assodourian, Pickering and Saab all fell victims to the early attrition, and so did Emad Tahtouh who got sent to the rail by Kim Fjastad in a pretty typical hand. He shoved all in on his pocket 4s and got called by Fjastad’s A,7 which went on to catch an Ace on the river.
Daniel Mulgrew did the only reasonable thing with his pocket Qs: shoved all-in on them looking for a nice double-up. He got called by James Owens who had an AK in his pocket. The flop gave Owens his A and Mulgrew got sent to the rail in 73rd place. That elimination was probably the most painful of the tourney as the bubble burst upon Mulgrew’s departure.
Play loosened up a bit there and the trickle of eliminations soon swell into a thin flow. Mel Judah did the right thing when he got Clint Jordanou all in on an A,Q vs A,J match-up, but the J on the river sealed his fate.
Martin Cardno busted out in 23rd at the hands of none other than Heich who went on to win it all. Naz Sibaei busted out 11th,thus bursting the final table bubble.
Ismail Ismail was the first casualty of the final table, followed shortly by Scott Peters, David Griffiths, Clint Jordanou, Sam Khouiss Paul Rochford and Steve Bouya.
The heads-up between Heich and Topakas didn’t last for long. In the final hand, Heich’s J,J even managed to improve against Topakas’ Q,10 on a board of A,3,J,8,5 to give him the win and the AU$ 110,380 first prize.
