2008 Aussie Millions

Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
100,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
5,000 AUD

Le Leads Gowen 1-0

In a tough battle, Clonie Gowen fought back from being the short stack against Joe Le but eventually lost their first heads-up contest.

The final hand saw Gowen re-raise with her {5-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} on a flop of {K-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades} but Le made the call with {K-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}. The turn and river came {8-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} and Le takes a 1-0 lead.

More Round 2 Winners

Aleks Lackovic
Aleks Lackovic
Aleks Lackovic is through to round three with a 2-0 win against Cort Kibler-Melby.

He is joined in the third round by Justin Schwartz who overcame Michael Binger 2-1. In their final hand Binger held an open-ended straight draw but Schwartz made two pair to eliminate Binger from the tournament.

Tags: Aleks Lackovic

Sorel Mizzi Advances

Sorel Mizzi has defeated Sol Bergren 2-0.

In the final hand the chips were in pre-flop with Bergren holding the lead with {K-Diamonds}{5-Spades} against Mizzi's {J-Hearts}{8-Clubs}. The board ran out {7-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{K-Clubs} to give Mizzi two pair and eliminate Sol Bergren from today's event.

Update

There are only two second round matches still in progress.

Clonie Gowen and Joe Le are still locked at 1-1 in a very tight, tough heads-up battle.

Xuan Nguyen holds a 1-0 lead over Elliot Briels and they are currently playing their second match. These two took a casual dinner break together following their first match and seem to be enjoying themselves at the table.

No Change

The final two second round matches are still in progress with the lead being constantly swapped back and forth!

The round three matches will be commencing around 8 p.m local time and we'll have the lineup for those for you shortly.

Round 2 Results

Alexey Popov def Terrance Chan 2-0
Justin Schwartz def Michael Binger 2-1
Joe Le def Clonie Gowen 2-1
Xuan Nguyen def Elliot Briels 2-1
Jeff Garza def Robin Bergren 2-1
Sorel Mizzi def Sol Bergren 2-0
David Sonelin def Leo Wolpert 2-0
Aleks Lackovic def Cort Kibler-Melby 2-0