Party Poker23-year old Tyron Krost won 2 million AU$ with his victory in the Aussie Millions main event."This is totally unbelievable - it is beyond my wildest dreams," said Krost in a press release. "If it is a dream, I don't want to wake up! In total I spent $700 trying to qualify for a package and I have managed to turn that into 2,000,000 AU$! I got some really good spots on the final table. When I needed a hand I seemed to get it."
Krost's final table should seem like a dream as he eliminated all but two players at the final table. First to go was Stephen Shelley when Krost's J-J held against Shelley's 7-7. Obrestad was out in seventh when she lost a race to Krost (A-J lost to 7-7). Six handed, Kosta Varoxis eliminated Steven Friedlander when his A-K defeated Friedlander's 7-7 and Jetten went out in fifth when he couldn't catch with K-5 against Krost's 10-10.
Varoxis was eliminated by Jensen (2-2 held against A-6) next and the overwhelming chip leader entering the tournament, Mizzi, lost a race to Krost holding yes, you guessed it, 7-7, to Krost's A-K, to be eliminated in third.
Krost would enter heads up play with more than a 2:1 chip lead and finish the job after all the chips were moved in postflop on a board of Kc-3h-2d. Krost held K-9 while Jetten had K-6. The final two cards failed to help Jetten and Krost became the newest millionaire.
Party PokerTyron Krost and Frederick Jensen in action at the final table."It just hasn't sunk in at all how much money I have just won," said Krost. "I have no idea what I am going to with it. I cashed at the World Series in 2008, but nothing like this."
Here are the final standings and payouts:
Tyron Krost (2 million AU$)
Frederik Jensen (1.1 million AU$)
Sorel Mizzi (715,000 AU$)
Kosta Varoxis (450,000 AU$)
Peter Jetten (350,000 AU$)
Steve Friedlander (250,000 AU$)
Annette Obrestad (175,000 AU$)
Stephen Shelly (125,000 AU$)
Small blinds: Michael Binger finished in fifth in the UBOC $1 million championship. He pocketed $69,924.50 while champion Dave D'Alesandro took home $279,044.50. 19,377 players participated in PokerStars' Sunday Million. Wow. 2009's $50,000 HORSE champion David Bach won the $10,500 HORSE Event 18 in the Aussie Millions. He beat Jeffrey Lisandro heads-up for the title. After the 275-player first starting day at the Borgata Winter Open main event, Gavin Smith is in third place trailing Al Grimes and Jena Delk. Weekend Borgata preliminary event winners include Chris Reslock ($350 pot-limit Omaha), Allen Kessler ($350 Omaha high-low/stud high-low split) and Farzad Najafabadi ($2,000 heads-up) and Daniel Garon ($1,500 no-limit hold 'em). Isildur1 was back on Full Tilt playing $25/$50 pot-limit Omaha over the weekend and according to Bluff magazine, he only played 14 hands and lost $1,000.



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