Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 10,000
2017 Aussie Millions
$10,000 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
10,000 AUD
Prize Pool
7,685,000 AUD
Entries
725
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
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We’ll be reporting in conjunction with the live stream. Coverage will begin in 30 minutes.
After six days of scintillating action in the Crown Poker Room, the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event final table is set. Play recommences at 12:30 pm local time Sunday 29 January.
Just seven of the 725-strong field remain to duke it out for the AUD$1.6 million (~$1.2 million USD) first prize and coveted AUD$30,000 9ct gold, diamond-studded ANTON Jewellery Main Event Champion bracelet.
Leading the way will be Shurane Vijayaram who steamrolled the Day 4 field and will begin play with an impressive 7,470,000 in chips, more than double that of next closest rival Ben Heath who has 3,270,000.
Vijayaram won a ticket into this Main Event through a $130 rebuy satellite and with no live cashes to his name, according to Hendon Mob, he has found himself in a fantastic position to make his first score a huge one.
Joining Vijayaram on the final table will be German superstar Fedor Holz. An instantly recognizable name to any poker fan, Holz has amassed over $20 million in live earnings and is coming in off the back of an AUD$352,800 (~$266,524 USD) score for his third place finish in the ANTON Jewellery $100,000 Challenge. Holz will begin the final table as the short stack with 1,165,000.
Also making an appearance on this final table will be prominent Australian pro Jeff Rossiter, who finished third in this event back in 2011 for AUD$700,000. Rossiter will be looking to go two places better this time around, starting this final table third in chips with 3,105,000.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Rossiter | Australia | 3,105,000 | 62 |
| 2 | Tobias Hausen | Germany | 2,955,000 | 59 |
| 3 | Luke Roberts | Australia | 1,305,000 | 26 |
| 4 | David Olson | United States | 2,350,000 | 47 |
| 5 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 3,270,000 | 65 |
| 6 | Fedor Holz | Germany | 1,165,000 | 23 |
| 7 | Shurane Vijayaram | Australia | 7,470,000 | 149 |
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Returning as the third largest stack, this is the second time Jeff Rossiter has made the Aussie Millions Main Event final table. The first came back in 2011 when the Adelaide native finished in third for AUD$700,000 ($692,315 USD).
This marked the start of Rossiter’s entry into the big leagues with the young professional making close to $1 million for the year, final tabling the ANZPT Melbourne and winning the Joe Hachem Deep Stack before going on to finish 2011 with a third place finish in the APPT Macau Main Event.
Rossiter returned to Macau the following year where, in addition to cashing in the Macau Poker Cup Red Dragon Main Event in June, he took down the HKD$23,200 Asia Championship of Poker Warm-Up for HKD$1.7 million ($229,276 USD) and went on to crush the HKD$250,000 High Roller for HKD$2.2 million ($286,949 USD).
The Australian’s biggest career score also came in Macau at the 2013 HKD$1 million GuangDong Millions where he finished second for a cool HKD$24.5 million ($3.1 million USD).
Rossiter is Australia’s second highest earning tournament player with over $6.3 million in tournament winnings – only Joe Hachem has won more. Rossiter told Pokernews he’s now retired from professional poker so a win here where it all started six years ago would be a fitting end to a glittering career.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,105,000 |
One of the two German players remaining in the field (the other being high-stakes superstar Fedor Holz) Tobias Hausen returns as the fourth largest stack.
Hailing from Ockfen, in western Germany near the Luxembourg border, Hausen has been playing the live circuit since 2011 and has cashed in a wide range of events across the globe ranging from EPTs to WSOPs. With just over $460,000 in live tournament winnings, Hausen is a solid journeyman poker player with a variety of mixed game cashes on his resume.
Prior to making the Aussie Millions Main Event Hausen’s best result came in the 2015 WSOP $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Spilt-8 or Better where he finished eighth for a $45,661 payday.
The 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event marks the pinnacle of Hausen’s poker playing career to date, and with the seven remaining players all guaranteed at least AUD$210,000 ($158,645 USD), this will be the German player’s best result so far regardless of where he finishes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,955,000 |
Melbourne’s Luke Roberts is one of the field’s three remaining natives who will be hoping to keep the Aussie Millions trophy on home soil, though as the second shortest stack he will have his work cut out for him.
While Roberts’ Hendon Mob profile only shows $2,966 in live tournament earnings the Aussie has won some silverware before, taking down the 2010 888 Poker League Grand Final Main Event for AUD$54,600 (~$60,398 USD).
Roberts other previous cashes have all come in tournaments with an AUD$500 or lower buy-in so his 2017 Aussie Millions final table appearance is easily the best result of his poker playing career.
Despite having a quiet Day 4 on the run up to the final table, Roberts finished Day 3 as one of the three largest stacks after busting Christian Christner to take play hand-for-hand.
While several big names busted Roberts ducked and dived at the right time to successfully circumnavigate the tournament minefield and should the stars and cards align he could find himself the owner of some more silverware in the form of the coveted Main Event Champion bracelet designed by ANTON Jewellery valued at AUD$30,000, in addition to the AUD$1.6 million (~$1.2 million USD) first prize.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,305,000 |
One of two WSOP bracelet winners still in contention at the final table (the other being Fedor Holz), David Olson is coming in as the third shortest stack with an extremely playable 47 big blinds.
Hailing from Texas, Olson has $528,941 in live tournament earnings with his best result coming with his first WSOP bracelet win in the 2014 $10,000 Limit Hold’em event for a $303,909 payday.
Olson is a WSOP regular with two-thirds of the 20 cashes on his poker resume coming from WSOP live events dating back to 2008. The 2017 Aussie Millions final table will mark the first time Olson has cashed outside US-soil and he will be hoping to mark this feat with a big score in Melbourne.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,350,000 | |
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Coming in as the second largest stack with 65 big blinds – just ahead of Jeff Rossiter – Brit Ben Heath is a regular on the world poker circuit alongside fellow high roller and poker confidante, Charlie Carrel.
With seven WSOP cashes on his poker resume – including a final table in the 2015 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed event where he finished sixth for $77,591 – and numerous cashes in tournaments the world over that include EPT, LAPT, UKIPT and WPT results, Heath is one of the more experienced players at the final table.
Last year was the best of Heath’s poker playing career so far with the Brighton-based pro earning a very respectable $553,382. And he has already got his 2017 off to a great start as he came to Australia straight from the Bahamas where he chalked up his largest live cash, taking down the $15,300 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max event for a $141,440 score. He did so seeing off challenges from poker wizard Justin Bonomo and high-stakes specialist Steve O’Dwyer.
Heath is already guaranteed to beat this with his Aussie Millions final table appearance to add to his US$1 million in live tournament winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,270,000 | |
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Making his second final table appearance in as many days, German high stakes wunderkind Fedor Holz is coming in as the shortest stack. Holz will have to dig deep into his bag of tricks if he wants to become the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion as he starts with just 23 big blinds.
In addition to guaranteeing himself at least AUD$210,000 for his Main Event final table, Holz finished in third place in the 2017 ANTON Jewellery $100,000 Challenge for a AUD$352,800 (~$266,524 USD) payday.
Widely regarded as one of the best online and live tournament players in recent history, Holz first exploded onto the scene after taking down the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event on Pokerstars for $1.3 million under the handle “CrownUpGuy”.
However, his more recent results have eclipsed even this impressive feat with Holz taking down the 2016 $111,111 High Roller for One Drop for a cool $4.98 million to win his first WSOP bracelet. Before that, he finihed runner-up to his poker friend Rainer Kempe in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl for another $3,500,000. He followed this up by winning the 2016 EPT Barcelona Super High Roller six weeks later for €1.3 million ($1.47 million) and went on to final table the $100k Aria Super High Roller 12 in October, finishing in fourth for $299,880.
Germany’s most successful tournament player won a staggering $16.4 million during 2016, bringing his total live tournament career earnings to over $20.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,165,000 | |
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The man to catch currently is chip leader Shurane Vijayaram, who is coming into the 2017 Aussie Millions final table with more than double that of next closest rival Ben Heath.
Vijayaram won a ticket into this Main Event through a $130 rebuy satellite and with no live cashes to his name, according to Hendon Mob, he has found himself in a fantastic position to make his first score a huge one.
While he may be the least experienced player at the final table, Vijayaram is by no means outclassed by the star-studded field. He steamrolled his way through Day 4 by derailing the Mustapha Kanit express after winning a huge hand from Italian high roller without showdown.
While Vijayaram is certainly enjoying the rub of the green – making quads twice in two days against the unfortunate Frank Pezzaniti, flopping top set against Steven Swalling, rivering bottom set against Peter Aristidou and cracking Nino Marotta’s aces to eliminate all four players – the Australian pub player is in his element and is visibly enjoying taking on the world’s finest and winning.
Should Vijayaram continue to run as hot and playing as well as he has been, the other six players will find him a hard man to beat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,470,000 |