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Aussie Millions events #5 and #6.
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-01-24 02:17
Thursday saw no fewer than two Aussie Millions winners take down the gold: Jonathan Karamalikis won event #5, the $1,650 NL Holdem w/re-buys one, taking home a AUD 122,700 prize and John Joannou won event #6, the $1,100
HORSE tournament.
The final stages of event #5 played out in a 4-table shootout format, with Jason Gray holding the overall chip lead.
Karamalikis started out second in chips, and he capitalized well on that advantage. He cut through the field like the hot knife through butter and by the time the final table of the poker tournament was reached, he was the one with the chip lead.
The final table hostilities kicked off with the elimination of Luke Abolins and Mick Norton. Brian Payne followed them to the rail when his 8,8 was topped by Steve Friedlander’s K,K.
Grant Levy fell at the hands of Karamalikis next, followed by David Steicke who had trusted his tourney life to a 7,2o of all things. That 4th place finish earned Steicke a AUD 42,680 prize.
Third place went to David Lacchia, so it all came down to Steve Friedlander and Karamalikis. The heads-up stage favored the
online poker player, Karamalikis. It took him only a few hands to tip the scales in his favor for good and to pocket the win.
Event #6 saw a flimsy starting field of only 91 players. Originally meant to play out over two days, this poker tournament ended up as a single day one. By the dinner break, the field had whittled down to the final 15, so there was no reason not to play right down to the winner.
At around 4:30 AM, that winner was already known.
The first player eliminated from the final table was Matt Grapenthien. He was followed to the rail by Rob Campbell and Tim Marsters.
Andrew Brown followed them out the door, and Oliver Gill, who had reached his second final table in 2 days, was bounced in 4th place.
Rostsislav Tsodikov’s elimination in 3rd place set up the heads-up stage between Joannou and Paul Ramondetta. Though he was the one responsible for the last elimination, Ramondetta failed to rise to the challenge and as his pair of Js was trounced by Joannou’s 9s full, he picked up AUD 20,020 for his second place.
Joannou took home AUD 27,300.
