2008 Aussie Millions

Day 1 completed

Posted 01-13-2008 01:36 GMT+10

Antonis Kambouroglou Wins Event #8 - 2 Card Manilla Championship (AU#27,000)

Antonis Kambouroglou has just won Event #8 - 2 Card Manilla Championship. In a tight heads up contest Kambouroglou finally got the better of Warwick Mirzikinian.

Mirzikinian picks up AU$16,200 for his runner-up finish while Kambouroglou takes home the trophy and AU$27,000 in prize money.

Congratulations to Antonis Kambouroglou!

Tags: Antonis Kambouroglou.

Update - We're Heads Up!

Recent Eliminations:

4th - Graeme Putt
3rd - Yevgeniy Timoshenko (AU$10,800)

Warwick Mirzikinian and Antonis Kambouroglou are currently playing heads up for the trophy!

Update At The Second Break

The players have not long returned from break. We're now four-handed:

Warwick Mirzikinian - 16,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 14,000
Graeme Putt - 5,500
Antonis Kambouroglou - 6,000

Recent Eliminations:
5th - Max Donnelly
6th - David Steicke
7th - Markas Salkanovic

The payouts are for the top three:
1st $27,000
2nd $16,200
3rd $10,800

Tags: Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt, Warwick Mirzikinian, Yevgeniy Timoshenko.

Update At The First Break

At the end of the rebuy period we have seen three eliminations so far...

10th - Karib Karib
9th - Mark Scott
8th - Fred Bart

There have been eight rebuys with David Steicke leading the way with at least five of them himself!

Here are the current chip counts:

Seat 1: Markas Salkanovic - 6,200
Seat 3: Warwick Mirzikinian - 15,200
Seat 4: Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 2,700
Seat 5: Graeme Putt - 9,000
Seat 6: Max Donnelly - 9,200
Seat 7: David Steicke - 7,300
Seat 8: Antonis Kambouroglou - 5,900

Karib Karib Eliminated

Karib Karib has become the first casualty of the day. Karib's Aces ran into Mark Scott's Trip Kings. Karib tapped out and declined to rebuy slightly before the end of the first level.

Event 8 - $3,250 2 Card Manila Championship

10 Runners have come to the felt today for the Australian 2 Card Manilla Championship:

Seat 1: Markas Salkanovic
Seat 2: Karib Karib
Seat 3: Warwick Mirzikinian
Seat 4: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Seat 5: Graeme Putt
Seat 6: Max Donnelly
Seat 7: David Steicke
Seat 8: Antonis Kambouroglou
Seat 9: Fred Bart
Seat 10: Mark Scott

The number of entries in this year's field is signifcantly down from the 32 players who contested this event in 2007. Despite the smaller field, 2006 champion Fred Bart has returned to try and win what would be his second Manila title. Bart also finished runner-up to Mark Ericksen in last year's championship.

The field also comprises of a number of players who have already gone deep in other events during this year's Aussie Millions Championship including Graeme Putt, Warwick Mirzikinian, and local Australian pro Karib Karib.

Tags: Karib Karib.