It has been a very thrilling weekend in the land down under. Let's get to it right away. On Saturday, after a couple of days break, the final 8 players of 70 entries returned the Exhibition Hall at Crown Melbourne to play the final table of the $100,000 Challenge event.
Ole Schemion had about 700k more than his closest opponent when the cards were in the air, and he eventually made it to heads-up[...] Read more » 2015 Aussie Millions: Richard Yong Wins The $100k Challenge; Local Wins The Main Event After Heads-Up Deal
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Many congratulations to Richard Yong on winning this event and taking home the nearly two million dollars first prize and congrats to Manny Stavropoulos on winning the main event
Oh come on D**k Yong - this nice, well mannered grandpa (looking) triad boss (assumption) from Malaysia, wearing casual streetwear - won this tourey by a high card is truly a miracle ending. I guess in Australia everything could happen if you are playin' the rainmaker. Those clothes though are still fashion police tier.
I just came back to compliment Mr. Yong's pijama outfit again but noticed the write-up about the Uphoff versus Stavropoulos endgame. It's funny that both game ended when somebody with J10 had the guts (nuts?) to call/go all-in. J10 has to be the muggiest broadway card ever. It just has to be. Sometimes works for me too seeing that I am the unofficial king of mugs.
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