English poker player and Titan Poker pro Sam Trickett has won the $100,000 buy-in Challenge event at the 2011 Aussie Millions after defeating a star studded final table. Trickett entered the final table with 961,000 chips…
English poker player and Titan Poker pro Sam Trickett has won the $100,000 buy-in Challenge event at the 2011 Aussie Millions after defeating a star studded final table. Trickett entered the final table with 961,000 chips…
English poker player and Titan Poker pro Sam Trickett has won the $100,000 buy-in Challenge event at the 2011 Aussie Millions after defeating a star studded final table after an initial 38-players entered the tournament.
Trickett entered the final table with 961,000 chips, with his closest rival being David Steicke who held 622,000 chips. Eight players began the final table, however only the top six players would cash and the two unfortunate players who fell short were Chris Ferguson and Jeff Lisandro.
This left Sam Trickett, David Steicke, David Benyamine, James Obst, Erik Seidel and Tony Bloom to battle it out.
After the six players made it to the money, Benyamine was the first player to be eliminated. He got all-in holding AJ
against Trickett who has holding A
Q
. The board brought the Q
which sealed Benyamines fate and he was eliminated in sixth-place for $150,000.
Next it was Australian James Obst who was eliminated after he shoved his small stack in holding K10
which received the call from Tony Bloom who held J
J
. There was no help on the board and Obst was eliminated in fifth-place for $200,000 and meant it wouldn’t be an Australian player who would win the event.
Next to go was David Steicke after he moved all-in holding K4
on a board of J
5
4
2
against Erik Seidel who was holding 5
3
. The river was the 9
which meant Steicke was out in fourth-place for $325,000.
Next it was Seidel who hit the rail after a long period of three-handed play at the hands of Bloom who trapped him on a board of J9
3
. Seidel checked which led to Bloom betting 90,000 then Seidel moved all-in for 450,000. Bloom called and revealed his A
J
while Seidel revealed his J
8
and the turn and river brought no help leaving it between Bloom and Trickett to play heads-up.
Trickett entered heads-up play with the chip lead despite letting it slip throughout the final table, and the tournament was quickly over as Bloom pushed all-in holding Q9
which was called by Trickett who held A
K
and with no help on the board Trickett earned the victory for $1,525,000.
The Aussie Millions takes place at the Crown Casino.