Antonis Kambouroglou has just won Event #8 - 2 Card Manilla Championship. In a tight heads up contest Kambouroglou finally got the better of Warwick Mirzikinian.
Mirzikinian picks up AU$16,200 for his runner-up finish while Kambouroglou takes home the trophy and AU$27,000 in prize money.
Karib Karib has become the first casualty of the day. Karib's Aces ran into Mark Scott's Trip Kings. Karib tapped out and declined to rebuy slightly before the end of the first level.
10 Runners have come to the felt today for the Australian 2 Card Manilla Championship:
Seat 1: Markas Salkanovic
Seat 2: Karib Karib
Seat 3: Warwick Mirzikinian
Seat 4: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Seat 5: Graeme Putt
Seat 6: Max Donnelly
Seat 7: David Steicke
Seat 8: Antonis Kambouroglou
Seat 9: Fred Bart
Seat 10: Mark Scott
The number of entries in this year's field is signifcantly down from the 32 players who contested this event in 2007. Despite the smaller field, 2006 champion Fred Bart has returned to try and win what would be his second Manila title. Bart also finished runner-up to Mark Ericksen in last year's championship.
The field also comprises of a number of players who have already gone deep in other events during this year's Aussie Millions Championship including Graeme Putt, Warwick Mirzikinian, and local Australian pro Karib Karib.