The 2020 Aussie Millions Main Event, which had attracted a field of 820 player entries, had come to a close, and the one player who emerged on top is Australian native Vincent "Wonky" Wan. Even though this year's attendance was three players short compared to last year's main event, the massive turnout generated a prize pool of over $5.6 million USD. Wan took home the title plus A$1,318,000 (approx. $910,447) from the A$10,600 buy-in NLHE main event.
A resident of Melbourne, Wan entered the final day third in chip position, with seven players vying for the top spot.
When it came down to the final three contenders, they struck a deal that saw Wan and Vietnamese Ngoc Tai Hoang secure A$1,318,000 ($910,447) each, while Gareth Pepper locked up on A$1,000,000 ($690,779) since he was the shortest stack among them. They then agreed to proceed playing to see who would win the title and the championship bracelet. Wan sent Pepper to the rail soon afterwards.
Wan held 13,665,000 chips into heads-up play versus Ngoc Hoang who had 11,045,000. They clashed for about four hours, which made the duration of the total final table play to about 15 hours.
On the 414th hand and the final hand of the day,
Hoang held A-3
Wan got 10-9
The board ran J-9-6-J-10, giving Wan the winning two pair to secure the title and the pot.
Wan said to Aussie Millions Tournament Director Joel Williams after he won, "I'm lost for words. I'm just tripping out at the moment. I was just wanting to min-cash at one point so I'm struggling; I'm just delirious at the moment. I can't believe my luck. Thank you to all the other players. Basically it's ten years of my life just grinding and working and trying to get here. I can't believe I did it! "
2020 Aussie Millions Main Event - Final Table Results
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Player
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Country
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Prize (AUD)
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Prize (USD)
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1
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Vincent Wan
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Australia
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A$1,318,000*
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$910,447
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2
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Ngoc Tai Hoang
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Vietnam
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A$1,318,000*
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$910,447
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3
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Gareth Pepper
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New Zealand
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A$1,000,000*
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$690,779
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4
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Nino Ullmann
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Germany
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A$480,160
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$331,685
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5
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Erik Seidel
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USA
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A$378,660
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$261,571
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6
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Oliver Weis
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Germany
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A$307,820
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$212,636
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7
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Nicolas Malo
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Canada
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A$240,080
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$165,842
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*reflects three-handed deal
Source:
https://www.pokernews.com/news/2020/01/vincent-wonky-wan-wins-2020-aussie-millions-main-event-36469.htm
https://www.crownmelbourne.com.au/poker/results/result-detail?eguid=e420b219-c8ec-4901-9d21-852cdc838844
