The guy on the right won.
Eff you, TV ratings.
Not that the Aussie Millions was ever a ratings juggernaut, but if it was, this was about the worst way a final table could go down for broadcast purposes.
The 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event was captured by 83 year-old David Gorr. The native Australian has a history of cashes dating back to around 2000 in poker events–but they’re all mostly smallish and all in Australia.
For the win, the 94 year-old Gorr banks $2,000,000 AUD.
The 78 year-old Gorr defeated James Keys ($1,035,000 AUD) heads-up for the title.
Gorr is old.
The two biggest names at the final table, Patrik Antonius and Chris Moorman, finished eighth and seventh, respectively. This after Sorel Mizzi just missed cracking the TV final table in ninth.
Blah. Get full chip counts here.
For photos that we would’ve used had the so-called “Internet” existed when Gorr was our age, go here.
* Photo courtesy of someone’s Flickr account.
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Patrik Antonius is eyeing his first major tournament title.
The following is a list of Patrik Antonius‘ major live tournament titles:
Regarded as one of the best cash game players in the world (both live and online) and as one of the best-looking human beings in the world by 2+2, Antonius has never put much focus on the tournament circuit. Doesn’t need to. He’s rich biatch.
So maybe he’s sick of looking at a mantle with nothing on it. Or maybe he just really wants his Federated Sports+Gaming poker league thingy tour card. Whatever the case, Antonius finds himself at the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event final table in fifth place overall, stacked at 1,300,000.
He trails overall chip leader Randy Dorfman (no relation) with 3,895,000.
Chris Moorman is also still alive, albeit as the shortstack, with 955,000.
Get full final table chip counts here.
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Erick Lindgren just dusted the field on Day 1A of the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event.
Day 1A of the 2011 Aussie Millions Main Event wrapped with a stacked leaderboard.
Ending the day on top was Erick Lindgren with 186,000. He’s followed by Luke Brabin (do a Google search on him, sounds like a great guy) with 177,200.
In a surprising third overall is Patrik Antonius (176,500). Regarded as one of the game’s greatest cash game players, Antonius is clearly inspired to post a good live tournament finish to ensure he gets his tour card in that newly announced but yet-to-be-named professional poker league/tour/thingy. Otherwise, he’ll probably think that whoever came up with the mathematical qualification system should work at a McDonald’s.
Also among the big stacks and making a move to reclaim the top overall tournament money winner spot is Phil Ivey with 134,200.
A total of 78 remain from the starting field of 238. Other notable big stacks include Chris Moorman (116,900), Mike Sowers (85,000), Howard Lederer (62,500), and James Akenhead (56,000).
Get full chip counts here.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 8.16.2010 in
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Reverse the positions here and that's basically what's been happening to Gus Hansen online over the past few years...
Interesting post over on Poker-King about Gus Hansen‘s online poker troubles.
Hansen’s account is the single biggest loser on Full Tilt since 2008, dropping around $7M. However, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte is likely the biggest loser overall, as his rumored three accounts have posted a hit of around $15M.
Regardless, fuck, Hansen’s friends need to lock him in a room without Internet or computers and let his body go through some online poker detox. If nothing else, to paraphrase Dr. Dre, Hansen gets plenty of ass so call him an astronaut, so at least he’s still got that going for him.
On the other end of the spectrum, Phil Ivey is the biggest high stakes winner online during the same period of time, posting over $18M in winnings. Other top earners include Patrik Antonius (est. $10.7M), Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond (est. $8M) and Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan (est. $6.2M). And durrrr’s $6.2M would be over $11M if not for that $5M bloodbath against isildur1.
Read more about Hansen here. Get more online poker stats on HighStakesDB here.
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by Wicked Chops Entity on 8.5.2010 in
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Rick Pitino wishes he had the longevity of the Durrrr Challenge.
On February 18, 2009, the Durrrr Challenge officially kicked off.
For some of our newer readers or those who don’t really follow what’s happening online, here are the basics: Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan issued an open challenge to any member of the poker community (except for his good friend Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond). The challenge requires you to play durrrr in 50,000 hands of $200/$400 or higher on four tables at a time. After 50,000 hands, if durrrr is ahead by $1 or more, you pay him $500,000. If you are ahead by $1 or more, durrrr pays you $1.5 million. Of course, the winner also keeps whatever money he won over the course of the 50,000 hands.
The first to step up to the challenge was Patrik Antonius. Durrrr and Patrik just wrapped another session a couple of days ago. A total of 39,436 hands have been played now, and durrrr has a massive $2,059,719 lead.
With 10,500ish hands to go, it could be awhile before this thing wraps and durrrr takes on his next opponent (Brian Townsend? Jungleman12?). So with that in mind, here are a list of things that have happened in the world since durrrr announced he’d play Patrik Antonius:
- RawVegas.tv ambushes Russ Hamilton.
- Christian Bale rant remix drops.
- Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl.
- David goes to the dentist.
- Erick Lindgren pwns Dane Cook.
- Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic acquitted of war crimes.
- Mike Matusow blasts Russ Hamilton for not being acquitted of online poker crimes.
- Heath Ledger wins Best Supporting Actor for The Dark Knight. Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture.
- Barack Obama accomplishes little in his first 100 days.
- Durrrr and Patrik accomplish less.
- Jonas Salk develops polio vaccine.
- Swine flu deemed a global pandemicTM.
- Michael Phelps doesn’t play NBC Heads-Up.
- Layne Flack gets arrested for DUI on eve of NBC Heads-Up.
- Huck Seed wins NBC Heads-Up.
- Vanessa Roussa, a woman, finishes second to Huck Seed, appears in SI Swimsuit Issue. And Hustler.
- Annie Duke, a woman, finishes second on The Celebrity Apprentice.
- Susan Boyle, a woman, dreams a dream.
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reelected President of Iran.
- Antonio Esfandiari finishes 24th in WSOP Main Event.
- Leo Margets wins first Last Woman Standing CupTM.
- Michael Jackson dies.
- Ted Kennedy dies.
- Doyle Brunson doesn’t.
- Andrew is still not the father.
- Ft. Hood officer/terrorist goes on shooting spree. Eff You al-qaeda.
- Faraz Jaka guns down WPT Player of the Year honors.
- Joanna Krupa goes on DWTS, pairs with Derek Hough, Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough break up.
- Brett Favre retires, unretires, retires, unretires, leads Vikings to NFC championship loss.
- Jay Leno launches 10pm talk show.
- Jay Leno returns to 11:30.
- Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho on The Amazing Race.
- PatryGaming buys World Poker Tour.
- Tiger Woods crashes SUV, sex scandal explodes.
- Phil Ivey makes November Nine, gets divorced.
- Joe Cada wins WSOP Main Event.
- isildur1 wins millions, loses millions, eviscerates durrrr’s bankroll, remains a mystery.
- Biggest rapper in the world, Lil Wayne, goes to jail
- Madsen raps with Flack.
- Vikki Blows goes naked in Nuts Magazine.
- UIGEA delayed to June 1, 2010.
- TJ Cloutier bracelet up on eBay.
- Keeley Hazell in Lynx Girlfight.
- Earthquake in Haiti.
- Justin Bieber.
- New Orleans Saints win Super Bowl.
- Wicked Chops Poker turns 5 years old.
- Annie Duke, a woman, wins NBC Heads-Up.
- Vanessa Selbst, a woman who likes women, wins NAPT Mohegan Sun. Year of the Woman?
- James Naismith invents basketball.
- Prahlad Friedman breaks Steve Nash’s free-throw record.
- Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger accused of sexual assault again.
- UIGEA enacted on June 1, 2010.
- Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi wins Players Championship; goes on to make Main Event final table.
- Breeze Zuckerman, a woman, wins second Last Woman Standing Cup, finishing in the 100′s at the Main Event. Maybe not the Year of the Woman…
- Lebron James turns heel, disgusts all sports fans.
- Brett Favre retires, unretires, retires, unretires, disgusts all sports fans, and will lead Vikings to another NFC championship loss.
- Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex, JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say.
- Double rainbow!
Add to the list in the comments section, please. Have at it.
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