Melbourne, Australia. Sunday 31 January 2010. The new king of poker was crowned this morning, when 23-year-old Australian poker player Tyron Krost won Crown Casino’s 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship ‘Main Event’ and took home AUD$2 million, one of the largest prizes ever awarded in a live poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.
Krost outlasted a field of 746 players who anted up the AUD$10,500 buy-in for the ‘Main Event’ creating a prize pool of AUD$7.46 million. The ‘Main Event’ at Melbourne’s Crown Casino was the culmination of the 20 Championship Events, which this year generated more than AUD$15 million in total prize money.
After playing a marathon session at the Final Table that lasted 13 hours, 23-year-old Krost from Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs had it in the bag. Chants of "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!" rang through the arena for the champion from Sydney, Tyron Krost.
Danish poker player, Frederik Jensen played amazing poker and held his own against some of the best players in the world, busted out in second place winning a tidy AUD$1.1 million.
‘Finishing third and collecting AUD$715,000 was 23-year-old Canadian, Sorel Mizzi, better known for his online poker prowess as “Imper1um”.
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Champion: Tyron Krost - AUD$2million
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5th place: Peter Jetten - AUD$350,000
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Runner Up: Frederik Jensen - AUD$1.1 million
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6th place: Steve Friedlander - AUD$250,000
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3rd place: Sorel Mizzi - AUD$715,000
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7th place: Annette Obrestad - AUD$175,000
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4th place: Kosta Varoxis - AUD$450,000
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8th place: Stephen Shelley - AUD$125,000
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