The Belgian poker player Thomas Boivin emerged victorious from the AU$1,150 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Six Max Event #6 of the 2017 edition of Aussie Millions Poker Championship. The 6th event of the Championship, which took place at Crown Melbourne, attracted a total of 516 entries who competed for a massive prize pool amounting to AU$528,900.
This is an extremely good start for Thomas Boivin at this year’s edition of the Aussie Millions, as he has previously managed to finish at the eight position at the tournament’s event #3 that was a AU$1,150 Shot Clock Shootout, and he is now ranked first, taking home a prize of AU$117,950. This makes the winnings of the young Belgian generated at the Championship so far amount to AU$123,945.
There was a strong competition to be faced by Boivin at the final table of 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Event #3, but the young Australian managed to overcome it. The local poker player Andrew Hinrichsen, who eventually finished at the sixth position in the competition, was considered as one of the major rivals of Boivin for the title. Until now, he has won more than $1.7 million in tournament earnings. In addition, Hinrichsen has managed to reach several final tables at the Aussie Millions series, and was crowned as a winner of a small AM event back in 2010.
The rest of the players who got to the final table were also a strong competition of Boivin to overcome. The German Manig Loeser, who is officially listed as a UK poker player, has won more than $1.7 in his career so far, while Taiwanese Kitty Kuo has already reached the final table of the Aussie Millions Championship Main Event in 2016.
With Thomas Boivin occupying the first position in the ranking, Joel Feldman from Australia remain as a runner-up, scooping a prize of AU$78,440. The third place was occupied by Kitty Kuo from Taiwan, who was granted with a prize of AU$47,385.
The fourth place in the ranking was taken by the Australian Francesco Sergi, followed by the UK player Manig Loeser. The final, sixth position in the ranking was occupied by another player for Australia – Andrew Hinrichsen, who got a guaranteed prize pool portion of AU$17,030.
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Harry Evans
