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Aussie Millions Opener – Brandon Rubie Wins
Posted by: James Carter. - Mon, 2012-01-16 16:31
The first event of the 2012 Aussie Millions is in the books and Brandon Rubie is the one who took the top prize after three days of grueling action. The opening event featured no fewer than 3 day 1 flights, drawing a respectable number of contestants. Day 2 was supposed to be the last day of the event, but as the hostilities stretched on without the hope of a winner emerging, the last 10 survivors were re-scheduled to play down to a winner on Day 3.
Rubie was the one carrying the second largest stack into the final stretch. The final table action began the usual way: with the short stacks putting their tournament lives onto the line in hopes of chipping up and staving off elimination. It took about 2 hours for the two shortest stacks to hit the rail. Sean Robey was the first one to buckle under the pressure. He was followed to the payout queue by Tamara Volkoff.
Rubie was busy chipping away at his opponents’ stacks by then. He took quite a bite out of Naz Sibaei’s stack when he busted a bluff with a set. Manny Stavropoulos then swooped in to mop up the remains.
Sherif Derias was the next victim of the final table. He was bounced by Rob Angood. The move lit Angood on fire and he scored the next elimination by showing Tam Truong the way to the rail. Truong held A,3 against Angood’s Ks, Qs.
John Thomson was definitely the master of the short-stack at this final table. He flew his short-stack under the radar for most of the day, but eventually, he was forced to commit and soon he found himself on the outside looking in.
Rubie got going at about that point in the
poker tournament. He first crippled Angood and eventually eliminated him, securing a 2-1 chip lead over his last remaining opponent going into the heads-up stage.
The final hand of the event saw Rubie’s Q,Jo best Scott Wilson’s 3c,4c for the win.
