Congratulations to Sean Dunwoodie, Winner of Event 3: $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha (AUD$37,750)!
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The 2011 Aussie Millions has crowned its third champion, with Sean Dunwoodie proving too good, taking down Event 3: $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha!
It would be 151 players who contributed to the AUD$151,000 prizepool, most of which were simply making a donation, as play dwindled to the sixteen who would take home some cash.
The event attracted some of the best players Australia has to offer including Grant Levy, Billy Argyros and Tyron Krost, while the worldwide poker contingent was headed by James Akenhead, Barny Boatman, Richard Ashby and reigning champion Annette Obrestad.
Unfortunately none of the aforementioned names could survive to see past day one, sent packing with the 135 others who took home no more then a bad beat story and a thinner wallet.
Making the cash, but falling shy of a final table berth included Ali Aksoy (16th), Tim Marsters (15th), Jenny Son (14th), Anton Wigg (13th), Mag Algassim (12th), Mark Segal (11th) and Vince Moro (10th).
Although the first to be sent home, Antoine Bechara is still the man of the moment. Bechara has had an astonishing run at the Aussie Millions so far, final tabling both event 1 and event 3, his 9th place finish here adding to his growing resume.
With only nine spots at the final table, it would be Haibo Chu who would go in as the chip leader, with Australian Poker Hall of Famer Mel Judah sitting to his left as one of the shorter stacks. Judah would out survive the big stack by one though when Chu was eliminated in 8th place.
Michael Guttman would be the next to fall by the wayside, sent home in 6th place, leaving five players to fight it out.
The next two eliminations would come in quick succession, so quick that they would have to share the same bad-beat story as Harry Demetriou delivered a double-knockout punch! Although sent to the rail in the same hand it would be Aarno Kivelio who would go into the record books as the 5th place finisher, while Joel Gaffney would take the title of 4th place.
Matthew Konnecke would be the next to go, his third place coming only moments after the fourth and fifth. Konnecke’s finish would be good for $21,530, a consolation prize for having to watch the heads-up battle from the rail!
The announcer would let the gallery in the Poker Room know that it would be Harry Demetriou going into heads-up action with a slight chip lead over his opponent, Sean Dunwoodie.
As had become a custom at this final table, the knockouts would continue to fly fast, with Harry Demetriou falling to the might of Sean Dunwoodie in under 10 minutes of play. Demetriou leaves with a hefty $28,690 for his runner-up finish and a memory of taking part in one of the quickest final tables we here at PokerNews have ever witnessed!
Congratulations to Australia’s Sean Dunwoodie, who now adds an Aussie Millions title to his growing list of achievements. The win sees Dunwoodie take $37,750 for his fearless play from the last couple of days.
Be sure to keep your eyes on the PokerNews Live Reporting Team as they bring you continuing action of Event 4: $1,650 No Limit Hold'em Shootout, with play currently down to the last two tables and another Aussie Millions champion to be crowned!