Daniel Demicki Wins $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event #24 (AU$98,980)
The final event of the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, a AU$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, exceeded all expectations and attracted a field of 78 entries. Only the top 10 spots were guaranteed a portion of the AU$366,600 prize pool and previous LK Boutique championship winners such as Jarryd Godena, Chance Kornuth, Paul Hoefer and Joshua Budin as well as Aussie legends Billy "The Croc" Argyros and Graeme Putt all fell before the money, Martin Finger bubbled.
Nikolaos Solomos fell before the unofficial final table of the last nine was found and Konstantin Buecherl bowed out in 9th place after having previously lost most of his chips in a three-way all in. Fabian Geisel's kings with ace-six double suit then made the nut flush and sent the German to the rail.
8-Game Mixed Event winner Stephen Chidwick followed next after defending his big blind with an ace and flopping top pair, Michael Tomeny made two pair and turned a flush to bust the dangerous Brit. Kiwi Gareth Pepper's pocket kings were cracked by Daniel Demiki, who had plenty of outs with a gutshot and wheel draw before spiking an ace on the river.
Tomeny's jacks were no good against the kings of Douglas Corning to bust in 6th place. Corning's joy didn't last long, he got it in with pocket aces on a four-high flop and Demiki's flopped full house held up. Pocket kings were no good for 2014 World Series of Poker Asia Pacific bracelet winner Sam Higgs either, Geisel made a set with pocket nines to bust the Aussie.
Geisel followed next after turning top pair, a gutshot and the nut flush draw only to see Demicki's set of sevens hold strong. The heads up battle between Demicki and Sequenzia was dominated by the Pole but Sequenzia staged a comeback with two double ups in a row before flipping it in with an open-ended straight draw. Demicki's flopped two pair claimed the victory for a payday of AU$98,980.