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2011 Aussie Millions

Event #8: $100,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
1,525,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
100,000 AUD
Prize Pool
3,800,000 AUD
Entries
38
Level Info
Level
14
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Final Table On The Way

Welcome back to the Crown Casino for the final table of the Event 8: $100,000 Challenge!

Yesterday saw thirty-eight top-line pros take to the felt on the poker-designed TV set here in Studio 3. WSOP bracelet holders Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, John Juanda, Erick Lindgren and Joe Hachem, alongside youngsters Jonathan Karamalikis, [Removed:505], Andrew Feldman, Justin Smith and Alexander Kostritsyn all took a seat. Throw in yesterday’s Full Tilt Poker $25,000 Shootout Invitational Champion and runner-up in David Oppenheim and James Bord, and the field was well and truly stacked.

Unfortunately - regardless of how great the aforementioned, and many others are - only a few can survive in a game of poker, and after ten hours of play, just eight remained once Winfred Yu hit the rail in ninth.

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBBsChip %
1David BenyamineFrance363,000459.5%
2Tony BloomEngland148,000193.9%
3Chris FergusonUSA89,000112.3%
4Sam TrickettEngland961,00012025.1%
5James ObstAustralia571,0007114.9%
6Jeffrey LisandroAustralia454,0005711.9%
7Erik SeidelUSA619,0007716.2%
8David SteickeHong Kong622,0007816.3%

For nearly every hand yesterday, Sam Trickett would hold the chip lead - at one point surging over the one million mark - to end the day as the chip leader on a table that includes a past winner, multi-WSOP bracelet winners and an online superstar.

With an AUD$1,525,000 first prize on offer, the action is going to be insanely intense as only six of the remaining players will be guaranteed a piece of the AUD$3,800,000 prizepool.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing all the live coverage from 2:00 pm EST as we crown the Event 8: $100,000 Challenge Champion!

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