Oliver Speidel Wins Aussie Millions Main Event - $1.6 Million PayDay
After almost a week of poker action, Melbourne local Oliver Speidel has won the most prestigious poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere, the 2012 $10,600 Buy-In Aussie Millions Main Event.
Speidel has had an incredible Aussie Millions series and yesterday's win is the icing on the cake that all poker players dream of. Last year was the first time the event was won by a local player, and Speidel will certainly be partying over the coming days in celebration of his monumental victory.
This year's Aussie MIllions saw 659 players stump up the $10,600 buy-in needed to take your seat creating a massive $6,590,000 prize pool, the largest for any sporting event in the country.
As if winning the Aussie Millions wasn't cool enough, Speidel did it in the ultimate fashion when his final winning hand was nothing other than two black aces, A♣ A♠.
Oliver even managed to fulfil the wish of the i2i Poker TV Director(Rob Huxley), when he won he dove onto the table and washed himself in cold hard cash, the finish was certainly worthy of a monumental victory and a special moment for the young local player.
|
Place |
Prizemoney |
Name |
Country |
|
1st |
$1,600,000 |
Oliver Speidel |
Australia |
|
2nd |
$1,000,000 |
Kenneth Hin Yung Wong |
China |
|
3rd |
$610,000 |
Mile Krstanoski |
Australia |
|
4th |
$405,000 |
Mohamad Ali Kowssarie |
Sweden |
|
5th |
$300,000 |
Patrick Healy |
Australia |
|
6th |
$230,000 |
Yin N Li |
China |
|
7th |
$170,000 |
Yann Dion |
Canada |
|
8th |
$125,000 |
Daniel P Idema |
Canada |
|
9th |
$125,000 |
J Lee-Nelson |
New Zealand |
|
10th |
$100,000 |
Janis M Lesinskis |
Australia |
|
11th |
$100,000 |
Karim Jomeen |
U.K. |
|
12th |
$100,000 |
Phillip D Ivey |
U.S.A. |
|
13th |
$75,000 |
Daniel Chevalier |
Australia |
|
14th |
$75,000 |
Matthew P Turk |
U.K. |
|
15th |
$75,000 |
Grant M Levy |
Australia |
|
16th |
$60,000 |
Minh Hau Nguyen |
Australia |
|
17th |
$60,000 |
Joey C Lawrence |
Australia |
|
18th |
$60,000 |
Slade R Fisher |
New Zealand |
|
19th |
$45,000 |
Borge Dypvik |
Norway |
|
20th |
$45,000 |
Joshua C Barrett |
Australia |
|
21st |
$45,000 |
Elton K Tsang |
China |
|
22nd |
$45,000 |
Timothy J Oshea |
Australia |
|
23rd |
$45,000 |
Louie Elias Srour |
Australia |
|
24th |
$45,000 |
Andrew O Mellado |
Australia |
|
25th |
$35,000 |
Ioannis J Makris |
Australia |
|
26th |
$35,000 |
David P Steicke |
China |
|
27th |
$35,000 |
Jason A Koon |
U.S.A. |
|
28th |
$35,000 |
Octavian C Voegele |
Australia |
|
29th |
$35,000 |
Age F Ravn |
Norway |
|
30th |
$35,000 |
Stanley Wu |
Australia |
|
31st |
$30,000 |
Dennis J Huntly |
Australia |
|
32nd |
$30,000 |
Andrew C Hinrichsen |
Australia |
|
33rd |
$30,000 |
Stephen C Hansen |
Australia |
|
34th |
$30,000 |
Michael Stewart Pedley |
Australia |
|
35th |
$30,000 |
Patrick J Dillon |
Ireland |
|
36th |
$30,000 |
Sean D Oreilly |
Australia |
|
37th |
$25,000 |
Michael I Russell |
Australia |
|
38th |
$25,000 |
Alexander J Antonios |
Australia |
|
39th |
$25,000 |
Robert Lam |
Australia |
|
40th |
$25,000 |
Robert B Sova |
New Zealand |
|
41st |
$20,000 |
Robert W Angood |
U.K. |
|
42nd |
$20,000 |
Alexander Rouelioti |
Sweden |
|
43rd |
$20,000 |
Benjamin S Jenkins |
U.K. |
|
44th |
$20,000 |
Paul A Sing |
Australia |
|
45th |
$20,000 |
Benjamin J Savage |
Australia |
|
46th |
$20,000 |
Michael Tureniec |
Sweden |
|
47th |
$20,000 |
Dominykas Karmazinas |
Lithuania |
|
48th |
$20,000 |
Brett A Watson |
Australia |
|
49th |
$20,000 |
Robert K Raymond |
Australia |
|
50th |
$20,000 |
Wissam Boumadi |
Australia |
|
51st |
$20,000 |
Vasilios Argyros |
Australia |
|
52nd |
$20,000 |
Mladen Ivin |
Australia |
|
53rd |
$20,000 |
Ali Ghezelbash |
Australia |
|
54th |
$20,000 |
Emad Moaref |
Australia |
|
55th |
$20,000 |
Jeremy L Simon |
Australia |
|
56th |
$20,000 |
Diego Zeiter |
Switzerland |
|
57th |
$15,000 |
Kenna James |
U.S.A. |
|
58th |
$15,000 |
Daniel Botta |
Australia |
|
59th |
$15,000 |
Zakria Zahid |
Australia |
|
60th |
$15,000 |
Armin Zoike |
Germany |
|
61st |
$15,000 |
Louis Savva |
Australia |
|
62nd |
$15,000 |
Stuart R Kerr |
Australia |
|
63rd |
$15,000 |
Thomas S Grigg |
Australia |
|
64th |
$15,000 |
Amanda J Decesare |
Australia |
|
65th |
$15,000 |
Khiem Nguyen |
Germany |
|
66th |
$15,000 |
Oscar B Kemps |
Belgium |
|
67th |
$15,000 |
Matthew J Wakeman |
Australia |
|
68th |
$15,000 |
Michael J Langdon |
Australia |
|
69th |
$15,000 |
Anthony Marenko |
Australia |
|
70th |
$15,000 |
Lik T Lui |
Australia |
|
71st |
$15,000 |
Lorinda Johnson |
Australia |
|
72nd |
$15,000 |
Paul J Wilde |
Australia |
Phil Ivey 3 Cupcakes and 90K
The 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event is the number one poker tournament on the Australasian calendar, featuring a $10,600 buy-in and an estimated 1st place payout of $2,000,000. Everyone who is everyone always makes the journey down to the Crown Casino in Melbourne every January to take part in the world class event.
Today marks the start of Day 1c of the $10,600 buy-in Main Event and the numbers this year are slightly lower than last year's, but by no stretch are they that much lower. So far, there are 655 registered players creating a massive $6,550,000 prize pool with the $2M first place payout all but guaranteed, you can be sure that there will be plenty of tension in the room over the coming days play.
This years numbers are slightly lower for the Aussie Millions and this could be attributed to Full Tilt Poker who were the title sponsors of the Series for the past 2 years, and along with that sponsorship, the biggest and best names in the industry would come down to support the event with their presence. At this years Aussie Millions however, all the focus is on one poker player, the enigma of the green felt, the veritable 'Tiger Woods' of poker - Phil Ivey.
Currently, Phil has managed to work his starting stack all the way up to a very enviable 95,000 in chips. Helping fuel Phil's play this year are the 10th anniversary cup cakes that Crown Marketing have provided for players in this years big dance. Since last count, Phil has managed to consume three of these tasty models and if play continues the way it is, some say he may even win the main event today eliminating every player in the field along with another 100 cupcakes.
For those looking for updates from Day 1a or Day 1b, here are the names and chip counts of those lucky enough to make it through to Day 2 tomorrow.
DAY 1b STANDINGS AUSSIE MILLIONS MAIN EVENT $10,600 BUY-IN
|
DEMPSEY, JAMES V |
189000 |
|
BELULI, ILIR |
182700 |
|
JAMES, KENNA |
151400 |
|
EDGTTON, NABIL |
148300 |
|
WILDE, PAUL J |
146500 |
|
ZEITER,DIEGO |
142900 |
|
LINDEBLAD, STEPHEN P |
141000 |
|
STRANG, ERROLYN |
122800 |
|
VOEGELE, OCTAVIAN C |
116800 |
|
ANTONIOS, ALEXANDER J |
113600 |
|
MOAREF, EMAD |
112500 |
|
RAYMOND, ROBERT K |
110700 |
|
KOJO, KUNIMARO |
110500 |
|
DWAN, THOMAS A |
107400 |
|
CARLE, MITCHELL |
100700 |
|
HUNTLY, DENNIS J |
98000 |
|
SIMON, JEREMY L |
94600 |
|
RONALDSON, GREGORY M |
92900 |
|
FEENSTRA, FLORENS |
91900 |
|
DORIA, MARIO |
91800 |
|
MRUK, STEVEN A |
87000 |
|
KALUNTAKASUWUN, BUSRA |
85400 |
|
ZALAC, IVAN |
83300 |
|
BAO, RUI |
75100 |
|
JABBOUR, SAYED |
74900 |
|
DYKES, PETER J |
71400 |
|
FIELD, JEFFREY B |
68500 |
|
BURD, RALPH |
67600 |
|
KHOO, PENG H |
67400 |
|
ACCARDO, STEFANO L |
66600 |
|
LEVY, GRANT M |
66500 |
|
ARGYROS, VASILIOS |
65700 |
|
LEE, HUN W |
65700 |
|
NGUYEN, MINH PHUC |
65500 |
|
KAMARAS, CON |
65200 |
|
VANDERHORST, MICHAEL |
63700 |
|
LI, YIN N |
63000 |
|
NGUYEN, MINH HAU |
62900 |
|
LUI, LIK T |
62600 |
|
VESCIO, LEO |
58600 |
|
KANAAN, MICHAEL K |
56900 |
|
KROST, TYRON |
56400 |
|
SPEIDEL, OLIVER |
55200 |
|
TRAN, KHACTRUNG |
54300 |
|
FLOURENTZOU, PANAYOTIS |
53900 |
|
ALEXANDER, RAEMIN |
53300 |
|
SOVA, ROBERT B |
53200 |
|
BACH, DAVID J |
52900 |
|
HAAVISTO, VILLE V |
51900 |
|
PSILOYENIS, EN |
49600 |
|
WALKER, GARETH J |
48000 |
|
HOWEARTH, MATTHEW J |
45300 |
|
KELLY, JOHNPAUL P |
44100 |
|
MAYER, SHELDON L |
43700 |
|
LEMBOVSKI, BLAGOJA |
43200 |
|
MARTIN, JASON |
42000 |
|
SPITERI, JAMES L |
41700 |
|
GINGER, SHANE G |
41000 |
|
JOHNSON, LORINDA |
40600 |
|
CHEVALIER, DANIEL |
40400 |
|
LUNKIN, VITALY |
40300 |
|
SAKELLARIOU, TOLLY |
40100 |
|
COCKBURN, CRAIG D |
39000 |
|
SCOTT, STEWART D |
38400 |
|
MARMION, IAN A |
38200 |
|
CAPRA, SAM |
37700 |
|
GOODRIDGE, STEPHEN |
33400 |
|
RICHARDS, BRENDAN C |
32200 |
|
BILNEY, SARAH L |
30000 |
|
OBRESTAD, ANNETTE J |
28300 |
|
LABELLE, ROBERT |
27600 |
|
BENTON, AARON J |
27000 |
|
PRITCHARD, JASON R |
26900 |
|
STONE, WAYNE G |
26900 |
|
MARENKO, ANTHONY |
26300 |
|
DEROTA, DON |
25300 |
|
MCKENZIE, ANDREW D |
25200 |
|
GRAHAM, JARRED JOHN |
23100 |
|
EDGAR, CHRISTOPHER A |
23100 |
|
PEETERS, PETER H |
22000 |
|
ODONNNELL, CHRISTOPHER M |
21500 |
|
HANSEN, STEPHEN C |
21400 |
|
KARAMALIKIS, JONATHAN D |
21000 |
|
SKOUTERIS, PETER |
20100 |
|
BROWNE, JOHN |
19900 |
|
DEVITO, ROGER J |
16100 |
|
ANDRIANOVA, NATALIA |
16100 |
|
BOUMADI, WISSAM |
15500 |
|
FRASER, MICHAEL |
14200 |
|
YI, TOMMY |
12000 |
|
PYMBLE, CARL D |
10700 |
|
VASSILOPOULOS, GEORGE |
No Count |
DAY 1a STANDINGS AUSSIE MILLIONS MAIN EVENT $10,600 BUY-IN
|
WATSON, BRETT A |
257400 |
|
SING, PAUL A |
177100 |
|
JENKINS, BENJAMIN S |
154500 |
|
ANGOOD, ROBERT W |
133200 |
|
HINRICHSEN, ANDREW C |
132900 |
|
SMITH, ELLIOT K |
132900 |
|
MUNDAY, DAVID R |
132500 |
|
OSHEA, TIMOTHY J |
129700 |
|
COLLING, PAUL |
121400 |
|
PARSONS, PETER G |
113700 |
|
KEETON, SEAN J |
110400 |
|
DION, YANN |
109200 |
|
LEE-NELSON, J |
105100 |
|
EKRAMI, KAMYAR |
98000 |
|
MUHLOCKER, THOMAS |
97500 |
|
NEILSON, DANIEL J |
97100 |
|
NGUYEN, KHIEM H |
96800 |
|
GLIBMANN, CHRISTIAN |
89900 |
|
NITSCHE, DOMINIK |
87400 |
|
SCHULZE, MARISSA W |
84900 |
|
ZOIKE, ARMIN D |
84400 |
|
JELASSI, RAMZI A |
83600 |
|
ROSEN, JAMIE |
77600 |
|
DAPHNE, BRETT A |
77400 |
|
HAUGHEY, WILLIAM |
74100 |
|
MAKRIS, IOANNIS J |
72300 |
|
EDWARDS, PHILLIP M |
69600 |
|
STEWART, SHANE A |
68800 |
|
QUOSS, FABIAN |
68200 |
|
GRAY, JASON M |
65700 |
|
BOXELL, LEO W |
65100 |
|
KYRIAKOU, TOM |
64900 |
|
GRIGG, THOMAS S |
62900 |
|
ARISTIDOU, PETROS |
61700 |
|
ROUMELIOTIS, ALEXANDER P |
54900 |
|
IVIN, MLADEN |
53300 |
|
MCIVER, DEAN C |
53200 |
|
COLLOPY, JAMES F |
53000 |
|
KERR, STUART R |
51700 |
|
RUSSELL, MICHAEL I |
49500 |
|
STRINOVIC, MLADEN |
48500 |
|
VAMPLEW, DAVID S |
47300 |
|
ABDULNOUR, JOSEPH |
44700 |
|
HO, MARIA T |
44600 |
|
BURNS, KAHLE J |
40800 |
|
TURK, MATTHEW P |
39300 |
|
MCKENZIE, KRISTIAN R |
37900 |
|
BROBERG, FRIDA M |
37600 |
|
GORODINSKY, MIKE |
36500 |
|
TURENIEC, MICHAEL |
35400 |
|
BOUCHER, PHILIPPE |
28700 |
|
KURGANOV, IGOR |
28300 |
|
WAKEMAN, MATTHEW J |
25700 |
|
RAHME, RAYMOND R |
25500 |
|
SMOUT, COOPER A |
25400 |
|
SIU, JAMES K |
24700 |
|
GILLGABER, OLIVER C |
24400 |
|
ROWE, MARTIN F |
24200 |
|
MCKENZIE, JESSE B |
24100 |
|
PHAEDONOS, ANDREW |
23700 |
|
HACHEM, ANTHONY E |
23300 |
|
RUTHENBERG, SEBASTIAN |
22700 |
|
COHEN, DANIEL G |
21300 |
|
ODEA, DONNACHA N |
20900 |
|
STOLZ, ANDREW D |
19800 |
|
MATSUMURA, EIJI |
18500 |
|
SHIPLEY, MICHAEL J |
16700 |
|
ZELEVAROV, TONY |
15200 |
