Shurane Vijayaram came into the final table with a substantial chip lead and battled Ben Heath who had the second biggest chip stack at the start of the day for the championship of the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event. Eventually, the advantage in stack had become one of Vijayaram's keys to winning the grand prize.
A week ago, Vijayaram decided to try out the $130 AUD rebuy event at the Crown Casi[...] Read more » Shurane Vijayaram wins the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event
Joined: May '08
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well it's stories like these that attract new players from all over the world to big live tournaments and to poker as a whole- i doubt that say a complete tennis amateur who qualified to aussie open via some qualifier because most of his opponents were injured or got a bird flu would manage to win it no matter what miracles he performs.... but in poker it's doable... as we see here.
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Many congratulations to Shurane Vijayaram on winning this prestigious event and the massive first prize. His win was even more remarkable because he won his seat on a satellite.
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12307% ROI if he stops playing now, I think he will come into history and Guinness world records books as the poker player who has won over 1 million dollars and has the biggest ROi. He can also be a good example to other liw stakes players that it is indeed possible to win big tournaments just don't give up.
good fairy tale for the local man with just a small investment of 100 dollars he got 1.6 millions and that is why we fking love the game because of stories like these... but what I was impressed is that Fedor Holz manage to reach the final table as well as the 100k buy in tournament too
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I watched it live late in evening and fall asleep right before fodor holz got eliminated... wake up and they were 4 handed (fedor finish 5th) LOL preaty impressive to sat for 130$ and without any live cash to win me of aussie million
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wow this is great story,how to win satellite and then with this big buy in to win tournament!I am always glad to see that somebody like him win tournament,not player who have lot of money and easy buy 10000 $ for seat!
This story is very optimistic ... not only the players with big money can win millions ... there is hope that with a small fee a player can reach great heights if he plays well ... I'm very happy for him and I congratulate him on his victory
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Now this is a great investment. From 130 that he put in to play the qualifiers, he managed to win the main event. Imagine the feelings he has. No point saying that the luck was on his side
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My sincere congratulations go out to Shurane Vijayaram on winning the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event. What a great achievement! I wonder how much tax he will have to pay for his income of AUD$1.6 million.
Edited by Tony_MON7ANA (01 February 2017 @ 05:10 GMT)
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Fascinating ROI, and an amazing performance. Loving the Tax comment as well, heh. Probably something like 30-40%, but still, he's gonna have nearly a million left. Good enough in my book ^_^
Good for him, he even got his seat through a satellite. This is was poker is about - from zero to hero within a couple of days. I hope he won't spend his money on stupid things
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yeas indeed, i do hope that shurane vijayaram (damn that was hard to spell...) actually listens to the very wise words coming right from the mouth of our very own hungarian stallion and doesn't spend his not so hard earned money on stupid things. do the wise thing vijay (maybe stars a VJ career or sth)
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I think he will spend a lot of this money on cars travelling to new places, expensive clothes, watches and then he will play a lot more poker at big stakes and some casino games, go to nightclubs, enjoy his life and after this not a lot is left,this is how it happens most times
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yes indeed Gerimantas, i think you are right, we certainly know how it happens most of the times- most of us here at brm have experienced similar wins to shurane vijayaram and then blown it all at the high stakes poker or hookers, pot and vodka... and now gunning for no deposit bonuses is what unites us.
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Vijayaram played outstanding the whole tournament. Probably good at poker and not great, but I don't think anyone was going to beat him except Jeff Rossiter who had a massive chip advantage. Rossiter played like a extremely tight puzzy at the final table and got punished by a finish 4th place.As an Indian,im proud of this guy..
