Event 26 brought this year’s edition of Aussie Millions Poker Championship to an end, with Matti Konttinen emerging as winner of the AU$1,150 buy-in Hyper Turbo event. The Crown Australian Poker Championship, also known as Aussie Millions for short, was introduced in June 1997. The first championship was held in July 1998 and ever since, the tournament is considered as one of the most popular poker championship on a global scale, attracting thousands of players originating from all over the world.
This year’s edition of the tournament kicked off on January 11th and saw a total of 26 events, including a glorious AU$10,600 Main Event.
The Finnish player managed to outlast all his opponents, topping a players field of 102 entries, and won the event which featured a total prize pool of AU$104,550, taking home a cash portion estimated to A$27,710.
This was a third score for Konttinen at the 2017 edition of Aussie Millions, and a second time he generated a five-figure cash after reaching the fifth position in the Tournament of Champions at the Series, winning a prize of AU$13,525. Up to date, the total live tournament winnings of the Finnish player amount to $400,00.
After Matti Konttinen was left to face the local player Michael Wood in a heads-up battle with Michael Wood from Australia, and won the event, putting a wonderful start of his year. A total of three local players managed to find their way to the ranking of the top nine players in the competition, each of them being granted with a cash portion of the guaranteed prize pool.
With Matti Konttinen emerging as winner, the runner-up position was occupied by the Australian poker player Michael Wood. The latter was granted with a guaranteed prize pool portion of AU$18,820 for his efforts. Samuel Ingham from New Zealand took the third position in the ranking, winning a prize of AU$12,545.
The fourth place was occupied by Casey Kastle, who was followed by Dean Blatt. Another Australian – Amit Shorey – ranked sixth, while the seventh place in the final event’s ranking was occupied by the Canadian Kristen Bicknell. The eight place was taken by Kwok Chun Yip from Hong Kong, while the Japanese player Nobuaki Mitsumori remained ninth.
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Harry Evans
