Tyron Krost Aussie Millions Winner
The 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship awarded its main event winner recently. Tyron Krost, a 23-year-old Australian, took home the Aud$2 million jackpot.
Krost beat out a field of nearly 750 players and outlasted the final table of eight after more than 13 hours of play.
As Krost played on, chants of “Aussie! Aussie!” went up throughout the arena. Though the tournament was on Australian soil and featured many Australian players, Krost was the only Australian in the final round. His win was particularly sweet for the Australians in attendance.
The Aussie Millions Poker Championship ran over several days at Melbourne’s Crown Casino and featured more than 20 championship events. Most players offered up AUD$10,500 for the buy-in, while some won spots in the tournament by winning events at various online poker sites. Overall, the tournament offered more than AUD$15 million in prize money.
The AUD$2 million prize pot for Krost was one of the largest prizes ever offered in a live poker tournament anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere. The second-place winner, Danish player Frederik Jensen, won AUD$1.1 million for his efforts.
Other winners of the main event tournament (and their winnings) included:
* Sorel Mizzi (3rd place) – AUD$715,000
* Kosta Varoxis (4th place) – AUD$450,00
* Peter Jetten (5th place) – AUD$350,000
* Steve Friedlander (6th place) – AUD$250,000
* Annette Obrestad (7th place) – AUD$175,000
* Stephen Shelley (8th place) – AUD$125,000
