Poker Tournament Aussie Millions Kicks Off

The famous Aussie Millions tournament has just kicked off down under with all the world’s top players flocking to the Crowne Casino for some high octane poker action. With top players ready to throw their hats into the ring such as Joe Hachem, Gus Hansen and Phil Ivey the action looks set to be exceptional throughout the two week festival.

The opening event, a $1,100 AUD No Limit Hold’em tournament, attracted over 1000 runners which made it the largest tournament in Australian poker history. The huge field may not have contained many of the game’s most famous faces but that didn’t mean that the eventual winner didn’t have to work hard for the $200,025 AUD top prize.

Matthew Ephraums became the champion after defeating Brendan Edmonds in a tough heads up battle.

The complete list of final table placing and payouts is as follows:

1. Matthew Ephraums – $200,025 AUD
2. Brendan Edmonds – $142,875 AUD
3. Brent Thomas – $97,155 AUD
4. Trung Tran – $74,295 AUD
5. Glenn Croft – $57,150 AUD
6. Brad Rawiller – $45,720 AUD
7. Anthony Kingston – $34,290 AUD
8. Jim Mastorakos – $22,860 AUD
9. Aaron Wilt – $13,716 AUD

In other poker news the live tournament circuit looks set to get a little brighter with the addition of poker beauty Kara Scott to the Part Poker roster. The former Late Night Poker presenter and girlfriend of top online player Brian Townsend will represent the poker giants across the globe and will hope to build on her Irish Open success.

Commenting on the deal she said: “When I first became involved with poker a few years ago, I managed to get quite lucky and win a Party Poker event called the Sport Stars Challenge. It was my first big result and so it feels very natural to be signing with them to play more live tournaments with them behind me.”

Thank To: gamblingonlinemagazine

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