Lindgren wins a big one
It took Eric Lindgren almost 14 hours to swell his bank balance by $1,000,000 a he emerged as the champion of Event 8 at this years Aussie Millions.
Event 8 had a wopping $100,000 buy-in tournament and therefore, not surprisingly only attracted 18 contenders. It was a fairly solid field shall we say with Phil Ivey, Eric Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Tony G, and Gus Hanson amongst some of the names.
1st Erick Lindgren - $1,000,000
2nd Erik Seidel - $550,000
3rd Masaaki Kagawa - $250,000
4th Phil Ivey
5th Tony G
6th Michael Sampoerna
7th Tony Bloom
8th Joe Reina
9th Jeffery Lisandro
10th Jason Gray
11th John Juanda
12th Gus Hansen
13th Lee Nelson
14th David Benyamine
15th John D’Agostino
16th Daniel Negreanu
17th Roland DeWolfe
18th Kevin O’Donnell
With a 30 second time limit and a Pot Limit before the flop / No Limit after the flop format, the high limit tournament was guaranteed to prove an exciting game to watch and it didn’t disappoint. From the seat draw that saw Ivey, Negreanu and Hanson positioned up the same end of table 28 through to the final table webcast, the event attracted a huge field of spectators and much interest from the media present.
While pro players Kevin O’Donnell, Roland DeWolf and Daniel Negreanu all busted out of the event early, it was the two least recognizable players, Masaaki Kagawa and Michael Sampoerna that caused an upset coming home in third and sixth place respectively. The million dollar first prize was won after an hour long heads up battle that ended with Eric Lindgren’s Ac7c too good for Seidel’s KhJh when the board showed Ah8d9h6d5c.