It just wasn't Sorel's day. Almost the first hand into the FT he flopped TPTK against a shorty and got it all-in against a set of neufs and then lost a huge pot in a weird hand with A5s vs AKo and then AJo vs JT (ten on turn). His exit hand ended up being 77 vs AK with a king hitting the flop. He can't complain too much as he ran like baby Jesus for a lot of the tournament.
Here's a report on the FT
Tyron Krost, the 23-year old Sydney-based poker player, is the 2010 Aussie Millions Main Event Champion after besting a tough final table that included two Betfair pros, Sorel Mizzi and Annette Obrestad.
Krost, who's previous largest tournament win was $35,383 when he finished 249th from 6,844 entrants in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, started the final table second in chips but managed to claim the chip lead and once he did he never looked back.
The overnight chipleader, Sorel Mizzi, started the day badly when he opened the action to 50,000 and was called by Kosta Varoxis in the big blind. The dealer put out a flop of As9c2s which Varoxis obviously liked as he bet 110,000. Mizzi was also a fan of his hand and made a raise himself, to 238,000. Usually this would be enough to scoop the pot but his opponent moved all-in, a bet that Mizzi called. The young Canadian was in bad shape as his AsJc was up against a set of nines, and after blanks on the turn and river Varoxis had doubled up and dented Mizzi's impressive stack.
Stephen Shelly was the first person to head for the cashier's desk, when he got all-in with a pair of sevens on a 8s5d3d flop against Tyron Krost's pocket Jacks. No miracle two-outer for Shelly saw him eliminated with AUD$125,000 for comfort.
Next to go was Annette Obrestad, who open-shoved all-in for 600,000 (around 20BB) with AcJh only to be called by Krost holding a pair of sevens. A flop of KsQc7s brought a set for Krost but a gutshot straight draw for Annette. The turn came down
and despite pleas for a ten from her army of fans, the river was the king of hearts and Annette's Main Event was over, in seventh place for AUD$175,000. A remarkable achievement considering she came 21st in last year's tournament.
A pair of sevens were again involved in the next elimination, this time Steve Friedlander falling victim of them. After a raise and a call, Friedlander opted to move all-in as a squeeze bet with his sevens but he was looked up by Varoxis who was holding Big Slick. A king on the flop and a second on the turn was enough to send Friedlander to the rail with AUD$250,000 in his back pocket.
Krost once again became the executioner when he busted out the dangerous Canadian, Peter Jetten. A raising war preflop saw all the money go into the middle of the table with Jetten behind with his Kd5d against Krost's pair of tens. By the time the board had fallen AsJs2d7c5s, Jetten was on his way to the rail greeted by a huge round of applause from his supporters, including Tom 'durrrr' Dwan. Jetten earned AUD$350,000 for his efforts.
Mizzi then suffered a major setback in his quest for glory when his As5s lost to Frederik Jensen's AhKd for a gigantic pot, to knock him down to just 950,000 chips. He fought back with his trademark aggressive style but lost another large pot when his Ace-Jack lost thanks to Varoxis' Jack-ten hitting a ten on the turn.
Varoxis was next to go, in fourth, when his Ace-six off-suit failed to outdraw the pocket two's of Frederik Jensen and then it was the turn of Mizzi to fall foul of the pocket seven curse. Another preflop raising war saw both Mizzi and Krost all-in, with Mizzi holding the slight advantage with his pair of sevens against his opponent's Ace-King. However, it just was not Mizzi's day and a cruel King appeared on the flop and the young Canadian could not find one of the remaining sevens in the deck to finish third, good for AUD$715,000 his largest score to date.
Those expecting an epic heads-up encounter were soon to be disappointed as a cooler of a hand ended things prematurely. A min-raise on the button from Jensen was met with a call from Krost, so both players saw a flop reading Kc3h2d. Krost checked his option but then raised Jensen's 225,000 bet to 650,000 before quickly calling Jensen's 1,100,000 shove. Krost was well in front with Ks9h against Jensen's Kd6s, and his lead increased with the arrival of the seven of hearts on the turn, meaning Jensen needed a six and only a six to survive. But the dealer put out the
on the river to award the title, the gold championship ring and the AUD$2,000,000 first prize to Krost. Jensen had to make do with the AUD$1,100,000 consolation prize.
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