Event 13: $5,300 Australian Heads Up Championship
Day 2 Completed
2010 Aussie Millions
Event 13: $5,300 Australian Heads Up Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2010 Aussie Millions
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
Entries
50
Level
0
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 50
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It was a long, arduous and sometimes comical event, with more double-ups than we can ever remember in any heads-up tournament, leaving many wondering whether it would finish at all.
In the end, we found ourselves a winner in the form of Kyle McMurphy. He played a very solid game, got lucky when he needed it and kept up the aggression against a very determined Barry Woods, eventually wearing him down and taking him out.
Congratulations to all players who took part, your efforts have indeed been well rewarded!
That wraps things up here in Studio 3 - be sure to join us tomorrow here at PokerNews with our continued coverage of the 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship with not one, but two big events from 12.45pm GMT +11 - see you soon!
But eventually, something had to give.
Barry Woods moved his money into the middle with
and found himself ahead of Kyle McMurphy's 
.That is, until the board was spread
to leave Woods with just 1,600 in chips, which he moved all in from the big blind on the very next hand. McMurphy called and the cards were tabled:Woods:
McMurphy:
There was no stopping the tradition of winning the pot when getting the money in light, as the board ran out
! Woods was KO'ed in second and McMurphy is our champion!McMurphy's posse cheered as enthusiastically as they could, the players shook hands and that was it - this Australian Heads Up Championship final is over!
before the flop but was called down by Barry Woods who held 
.The flop of
improved neither hand, nor did the turn of the , but it did give McMurphy the gutshot straight draw."It's my turn to double up," said McMurphy. It sure was - down came the
on the river.We are simply lost for words.
However, as has become tradition in this tournament, we've seen yet another double up by the short stack to bring the scores back to even.
So without further ado, here were the cards that were tabled after Woods was forced all in preflop:
McMurphy:
Woods:
The board was spread
and we can't seem to figure out what in the H-E-double hockey sticks is going on.
The blinds have been capped at 600/1,200, but with no action it has cleared the room of all but four spectators, the media and Crown Staff.
Such is the nature of the beast.
.Woods called with
but the board was spread 
- there seems to be no end in sight. The chip counts are level once again.
Woods and McMurphy checked a flop of
; McMurphy check-called Woods' bet of 1,600 on the turn of the 
and then check-called Woods' bet of 3,200 on the river of the .Woods showed
and McMurphy mucked.In the second hand, Woods raised preflop to 1,400 and McMurphy called before both checked the flop of
.On the turn of the
McMurphy checked, Woods fired out 1,100 and McMurphy called before check-folding on the river after Woods fired out 3,650.Meanwhile the Main Event has finished for the day and the staff have finished clearing up. All that's left is to finish this game ...
