Taiwanese poker player James Chen emerged victorious from the largest ever Aussie Millions High Roller tournament in the history of the series. The event managed to gather a total of 133 entries who started the game at the poker room at Crown Casino.
The player took home the massive first-place prize of the $25,000 Buy-in High Roller event, which amounted to AU$861,840. Chen was also granted with Aussie Millions Ring, especially designed by ANTON jewellery.
Day 2 of the AU$25,000 Buy-in High Roller event of this year’s edition of Aussie Millions kicked off with only 25 entries left. However, just 14 of them were granted with portions of the guaranteed prize pool at the end.
The second day of the event was an exciting one, full of action and competitiveness, as everyone wanted to become part of the final table or at least go in the money. Local poker star Jeff Rossiter became the bubble boy and was the first player to go in the money. Several months earlier, Rossiter officially announced his retirement from professional poker.
After him, the players dropped out one by one from the competition and a few hours later, the final table was set. Mustapha Kanit – a high roller tournaments lover – got on the seventh place, taking home a guaranteed prize pool portion estimated to AU$119,700. Very soon after, he was followed to the rail by the American Nick Petrangelo, who was left seventh.
Ryan D’Angelo, who got the chip lead for some time over Day 2, also did not manage to climb higher in the final table ranking and followed Petrangelo to the rail. The rest were soon to follow, just to form the final three.
The three-handed play between Chen, Adams and Saout lasted for almost 4 hours, but eventually, the French was eliminated, leaving Chen and Adams in a heads-up battle. The heads-up clash between the last two players standing lasted for another two hours before Chen emerged as a winner.
With James Chen occupying the first place with a price of AU$861,840, Brandon Adams from the US remained at the runner-up position. He was granted with a guaranteed prize pool portion of AU$590,520 for his efforts. The French poker player Antoine Saout occupied the third place, winning a prize of AU#383,040.
John Juanda from Indonesia remained fourth, followed by two US players – Ryan D’Angelo and Nick Petrangelo, who took the fifth and the sixth place, respectively.
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Harry Evans
