Out of a record 731 entrants, there could only be one winner. Germany's is the
victor and the first winner of one of the new Aussie Millions
championship rings. He also takes with him $150,000.00.
The chip leader at the beginning of the day was Dean Blatt, but this soon changed. Several notable players headed to the rail early. Local favorites Eric Assadourian, David Saab and Jamie Pickering all busted busted early also.
The final table looked like this :
Seat 1: Scott Peters (134,000)
Seat 2: Christian Heich (596,000)
Seat 3: Steve Topakas (446,000)
Seat 4: Dean Blatt (113,000)
Seat 5: Sam Khouiss (176,000)
Seat 6: Clint Jordanou (204,000)
Seat 7: David Griffiths (674,000)
Seat 8: Steve Bouya (750,000)
Seat 9: Ismail Ismail (80,000)
Seat 10: Paul Rochford (490,000)
The table was action packed with bust after bust and before long there were only 2 competitors remaining being Steve Topakas on 1,975,000 chips and Christian Heich on 1,690,000 trailing not far behind. Christian Heich's aggressive play moved him into the lead quickly, and after just a couple of hands Heich shifted the momentum into his corner and opened up a 2:1 margin. Topakas drew close, fell back, and finally fell short in one big hand to decide it all. In the final hand, Topakas called a preflop raise from Heich with
, and then called a bet on the 
flop. Topakas check-raised all in on the 
turn, and Heich didnt hesitate in calling. Heich tabled 
for a flopped set, as Topakas held a double-gutshot draw to stay alive. The river brought the 
, which sent Topakas packing as second place finisher with AU $110,380 for his effort.
The chip leader at the beginning of the day was Dean Blatt, but this soon changed. Several notable players headed to the rail early. Local favorites Eric Assadourian, David Saab and Jamie Pickering all busted busted early also.
The final table looked like this :
Seat 1: Scott Peters (134,000)
Seat 2: Christian Heich (596,000)
Seat 3: Steve Topakas (446,000)
Seat 4: Dean Blatt (113,000)
Seat 5: Sam Khouiss (176,000)
Seat 6: Clint Jordanou (204,000)
Seat 7: David Griffiths (674,000)
Seat 8: Steve Bouya (750,000)
Seat 9: Ismail Ismail (80,000)
Seat 10: Paul Rochford (490,000)
The table was action packed with bust after bust and before long there were only 2 competitors remaining being Steve Topakas on 1,975,000 chips and Christian Heich on 1,690,000 trailing not far behind. Christian Heich's aggressive play moved him into the lead quickly, and after just a couple of hands Heich shifted the momentum into his corner and opened up a 2:1 margin. Topakas drew close, fell back, and finally fell short in one big hand to decide it all. In the final hand, Topakas called a preflop raise from Heich with
, and then called a bet on the flop. Topakas check-raised all in on the turn, and Heich didnt hesitate in calling. Heich tabled for a flopped set, as Topakas held a double-gutshot draw to stay alive. The river brought the , which sent Topakas packing as second place finisher with AU $110,380 for his effort.
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