$10,000 Main Event | 2017 Aussie Millions

2017-01-28 18:41 UTC+11

Seat 3: Luke Roberts (Australia) 1,305,000

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Melbourne’s Luke Roberts is one of the field’s three remaining natives who will be hoping to keep the Aussie Millions trophy on home soil, though as the second shortest stack he will have his work cut out for him.

While Roberts’ Hendon Mob profile only shows $2,966 in live tournament earnings the Aussie has won some silverware before, taking down the 2010 888 Poker League Grand Final Main Event for AUD$54,600 (~$60,398 USD).

Roberts other previous cashes have all come in tournaments with an AUD$500 or lower buy-in so his 2017 Aussie Millions final table appearance is easily the best result of his poker playing career.

Despite having a quiet Day 4 on the run up to the final table, Roberts finished Day 3 as one of the three largest stacks after busting Christian Christner to take play hand-for-hand.

While several big names busted Roberts ducked and dived at the right time to successfully circumnavigate the tournament minefield and should the stars and cards align he could find himself the owner of some more silverware in the form of the coveted Main Event Champion bracelet designed by ANTON Jewellery valued at AUD$30,000, in addition to the AUD$1.6 million (~$1.2 million USD) first prize.

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Luke Roberts	1,305,000

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2017-01-28 18:37 UTC+11

Seat 4: David Olson (United States) 2,350,000

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One of two WSOP bracelet winners still in contention at the final table (the other being Fedor Holz), David Olson is coming in as the third shortest stack with an extremely playable 47 big blinds.

Hailing from Texas, Olson has $528,941 in live tournament earnings with his best result coming with his first WSOP bracelet win in the 2014 $10,000 Limit Hold’em event for a $303,909 payday.

Olson is a WSOP regular with two-thirds of the 20 cashes on his poker resume coming from WSOP live events dating back to 2008. The 2017 Aussie Millions final table will mark the first time Olson has cashed outside US-soil and he will be hoping to mark this feat with a big score in Melbourne.

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David Olson	2,350,000

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2017-01-28 18:35 UTC+11

Seat 5: Ben Heath (United Kingdom) 3,270,000

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Coming in as the second largest stack with 65 big blinds – just ahead of Jeff Rossiter – Brit Ben Heath is a regular on the world poker circuit alongside fellow high roller and poker confidante, Charlie Carrel.

With seven WSOP cashes on his poker resume – including a final table in the 2015 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed event where he finished sixth for $77,591 – and numerous cashes in tournaments the world over that include EPT, LAPT, UKIPT and WPT results, Heath is one of the more experienced players at the final table.

Last year was the best of Heath’s poker playing career so far with the Brighton-based pro earning a very respectable $553,382. And he has already got his 2017 off to a great start as he came to Australia straight from the Bahamas where he chalked up his largest live cash, taking down the $15,300 No Limit Hold’em 8-Max event for a $141,440 score. He did so seeing off challenges from poker wizard Justin Bonomo and high-stakes specialist Steve O’Dwyer.

Heath is already guaranteed to beat this with his Aussie Millions final table appearance to add to his US$1 million in live tournament winnings.

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Ben Heath	3,270,000

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2017-01-28 18:32 UTC+11

Seat 6: Fedor Holz (Germany) 1,165,000

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Making his second final table appearance in as many days, German high stakes wunderkind Fedor Holz is coming in as the shortest stack. Holz will have to dig deep into his bag of tricks if he wants to become the 2017 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion as he starts with just 23 big blinds.

In addition to guaranteeing himself at least AUD$210,000 for his Main Event final table, Holz finished in third place in the 2017 ANTON Jewellery $100,000 Challenge for a AUD$352,800 (~$266,524 USD) payday.

Widely regarded as one of the best online and live tournament players in recent history, Holz first exploded onto the scene after taking down the 2014 World Championship of Online Poker Main Event on Pokerstars for $1.3 million under the handle “CrownUpGuy”.

However, his more recent results have eclipsed even this impressive feat with Holz taking down the 2016 $111,111 High Roller for One Drop for a cool $4.98 million to win his first WSOP bracelet. Before that, he finihed runner-up to his poker friend Rainer Kempe in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl for another $3,500,000. He followed this up by winning the 2016 EPT Barcelona Super High Roller six weeks later for €1.3 million ($1.47 million) and went on to final table the $100k Aria Super High Roller 12 in October, finishing in fourth for $299,880.

Germany’s most successful tournament player won a staggering $16.4 million during 2016, bringing his total live tournament career earnings to over $20.3 million.

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Fedor Holz	1,165,000

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2017-01-28 18:31 UTC+11

Seat 7: Shurane Vijayaram (Australia) 7,470,000

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The man to catch currently is chip leader Shurane Vijayaram, who is coming into the 2017 Aussie Millions final table with more than double that of next closest rival Ben Heath.

Vijayaram won a ticket into this Main Event through a $130 rebuy satellite and with no live cashes to his name, according to Hendon Mob, he has found himself in a fantastic position to make his first score a huge one.

While he may be the least experienced player at the final table, Vijayaram is by no means outclassed by the star-studded field. He steamrolled his way through Day 4 by derailing the Mustapha Kanit express after winning a huge hand from Italian high roller without showdown.

While Vijayaram is certainly enjoying the rub of the green – making quads twice in two days against the unfortunate Frank Pezzaniti, flopping top set against Steven Swalling, rivering bottom set against Peter Aristidou and cracking Nino Marotta’s aces to eliminate all four players – the Australian pub player is in his element and is visibly enjoying taking on the world’s finest and winning.

Should Vijayaram continue to run as hot and playing as well as he has been, the other six players will find him a hard man to beat.

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Shurane Vijayaram	7,470,000

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