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Aussie Millions Main Event – the title stays Down Under
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-01-31 09:39
The 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event is finally over, and a champion has been crowned. Tyron Krost is that champion, and the title stays at home in the land Down Under for the second straight year. Somehow it seems that the Aussie Millions have a special kind of allegiance to Australia. Sorel Mizzi came into the final table of the
poker tournament with the chip lead, holding about 40% of all chips in play, yet he still failed to secure the first prize of AUD 2 million.
Annette Obrestad was there as well. She’d finished 21st last year, and made the final table this time around, but victory would elude her.
Frederik Jensen, Peter Jetten, Kosta Varoxis and Stephen Shelly were the other final table participants.
The first elimination of the day came about when
online poker qualifier Stephen Shelly, who’d spent only $22 on his Aussie Millions entry, ran his pocket 7s into Tyron Krosta’s pocket Js. The loser’s share of the prize-pool was a still impressive AUD 125,000.
Following Shelly’s elimination, Annette Obrestad became the short-stack. Forced to go all-in, she committed the last of her chips, holding A,Jo. Krost made the call with pocket 7s and the board failed to improve Obrestad’s hand to send her home in 7th place.
Pocket 7s were involved in the next elimination too, although this time, they were in the victim’s pocket. Steve Friedlander’s 7s lost out to Kosta Varoxis’ A,K, in a race for his tournament life. Varoxis hit a set of kings to send Friedlander home, in possession of a AUD 350,000 consolation prize.
Peter Jetten was the next victim. His Kd, 5d went up against Krost’s pocket 10s, in a battle which was decided before it even started. The board failed to come to Jetten’s aid and thus he was bounced in 5th.
Frederik Jensen’s pocket 2s held up against Kostas Varoxis’ A,6 next, to turn the poker tournament into a 3-handed affair.
Sorel Mizzi did fine throughout the day, although the fact that he hadn’t eliminated anyone took its toll on him by the final stages. He was eliminated in 3rd place, when his pocket 7s lost out to Krosts’s A,K.
The heads-up stage ended on a K,6 vs K,9 match-up, where Krost’s bigger kicker proved to be the decisive factor.
