The 2015 Aussie Millions is underway with Vic Spadavecchia and Daniel Rudd taking the honors in the first two events.
The 2015 Aussie Millions is well underway and a hometown hero and bashful Brit have taken the first two titles.
The star attraction was Andrew Hinrichsen. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, and former Aussie Millions side event winner, had all the experience, but the American Derek Wolters had previous with a 2014 side event final table appearance, finishing fourth. This time it would be Hinrichsen taking fourth, and Wolters would nearly go all the way.
Spadavecchia held a 9.5m v 3.5m chip lead, at the start of heads-up, and the first all-in of that battle would be the last: Vic Spadavecchia raised to 520,000, on the button, Derek Wolters moved all-in for 2.5m, and Spadavecchia made the call. Wolters was in front with [As] [4d]; Spadavecchia held [Qh] [3h] and a queen on the flop gave the Australian his first title of any particular note.
Event #1 Final Table Results
1st. Vic Spadavecchia – $215,000
2nd. Derek Wolters – $152,000
3rd. Amer Akkari – $117,000
4th. Andrew Hinrichsen – $92,000
5th. George Tang – $72,000
6th. Robert Raymong – $57,000
7th. Don Mishra – $44,000
8th. Camil Debsia – $32,000
9th. Robert Spano – $21,000
Daniel Rudd Wins Event #2: $1,150 NLHE Shotclock Shootoutpoker
For someone who rarely plays tournaments Daniel Rudd is starting to make a bit of a name for himself on the tournament scene.
The young Brit banked close to $770,000 in a six-way World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) chop in September, and he’s now gone and added an Aussie Millions side event to his CV.
The PokerAsiaPacific blog said that Rudd ‘dominated the final table before fading away late’, but that didn’t stop him winning the flips that mattered against Hiroaki Harada and the WSOP bracelet winner Angel Guillen.
The former member of PokerStars Team Pro was eliminated in a three-way all-in that saw Rudd turn trips aces, holding [Ah] [2s], to elbow Guillen and his [Js] [9h] out of the contest, and cripple Harada. Then the Brit got it in with the mighty [8c] [2d], flopped an eight, rivered a deuce, and it was enough to sink the [Kh] [9d] of his opponent.
Event #2 Final Table Results
1st. Daniel Rudd – $31,390*
2nd. Hiroaki Harada – $37,913*
3rd. Angel Guillen – $35,397*
4th. Gregory Cook – $15,830
5th. Rory Cook – $13,200
6th. Alexander Lynskey – $10,650
7th. Alexander Debus – $8,620
8th. David Heskin – $6,900
9th. John Thomson – $5,380
*Denotes a three-handed deal
