Event #7: $2,500 8-Game Mixed
Day 2 Completed
2016 Aussie Millions
Event #7: $2,500 8-Game Mixed
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
2,250 AUD
Prize Pool
144,000 AUD
Entries
64
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
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Level 21
It was as much a coronation as a final table, with one of the World's top mixed game players taking down the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championships Event #7: $2,500 8-Game Mixed inside the Crown Entertainment Complex on Thursday.
The UK's Stephen Chidwick, whose resume boasts a ton of top finishes in mixed game events at the World Series of Poker and beyond, came into the seven-handed final with the chip lead and only fell out of the top spot briefly heads up, before defeating local tournament grinder Peter Aristidou to capture the title, an LK Boutique Championship ring and the $47,520 first-place prize.
The tournament began Wednesday, drawing 64 players and playing down to the seven-handed final. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Brian Yoon came in as the short stack and was quickly dispatched seventh before Aussie Benjamin Benoit got short and bowed out sixth.
Chidwick ran over the table increasing his lead before Aristidou took most of fellow UK mixed-game specialist Richard Ashby's chips playing Stud 8. Ashby soon said goodbye fifth and play went three handed when Chidwick sent defending champion Oliver Gill home fourth.
Chidwick also busted Aussie Jarryd Godena, who was making his second final table appearance of the 2016 Aussie Millions, after a seventh place finish in Event #2 $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. Aristidou also made the H.O.R.S.E. final, finishing fifth.
Chidwick had the lead when heads-up play began, but Aristidou made a valiant effort, snatching it from him over the first hour of play. Chidwick would not be denied, however, winning his first Aussie Millions title getting the best of Ariustidou in a series of No-Limit Hold'em pots that ended it all.
Level 21
Three big pots in No-Limit Hold'em have spelled the end for local grinder Peter Aristidou.
He raised the button to 25,000 and Stephen Chidwick called. The flop came 
and after Chidwick checked, Aristidou led for 27,000. Chidwick raised to 65,000 and Aristidou called. The turn came the 
and Chidwick led for 55,000. Aristidou called, and after Chidwick checked the 
river, Aristidou bet 120,000.
Chidwick tank-called with the 
, catching Aristidou with the 
for just a pair of threes.
Aristidou won the next pot with a check-raise on a 
board, but the third spelled doom for the Aussie.
The final hand started with a raise to 25,000 from Aristidou on the button. Chidwick made it 60,000 and Aristidou called. The 
flop saw Chidwick lead for 50,000. Aristidou raised it up to 130,000 and Chidwick pushed in.
Aristidou called off with the 
, but his top pair was no good. Chidwick had the 
and rode to victory after the turn and 
river bricked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,280,000
690,000
|
690,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 21
Stud
Chidwick: 
/ 
/ 
/ muck
Stephen Chidwick fired on fourth and fifth street before calling 40,000 on sixth street, both players then checked seventh and the deuces of Peter Aristidou were not good enough. Chidwick scooped the pot with a straight.
Stud 8
Chidwick: 
/
Aristidou: / 
/ muck
Chidwick fired all the way before they checked seventh street, Aristidou had three low cards showing but mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
690,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
|
590,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
||
Level 21
Peter Aristidou made a flush in Omaha 8 with no low to scoop a big pot and get it up to 800,000.
They traded pots in Razz, but Aristidou made another big hand over Stephen Chidwick in Stud to increase his lead.
Stud
Chidwick: / 
/
Aristidou: 
/
Aristidou bet every street except seventh and after calling all the way down, Chidwick checked the river and mucked when he saw Aristidou's two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
920,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
360,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 21
2-7/Hold'em/Omaha Hi-Lo 10000 ante 20000/40000
Razz/Stud/Stud Hi-Lo 4000 ante 8000/20000/40000
NL Hold'em/PLO 5000/10000
Level 20
Both contenders for the LK Boutique championship ring have been sent on a 5-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
755,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
525,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
||
Level 20
Omaha 8
On the flop 
, Peter Aristidou made it four bets to 60,000 and Stephen Chidwick called. The 
turn saw Aristidou betting 30,000 and Chidwick called before the was checked through. Aristidou showed 
for the nut low and a pair of tens to win the pot.
One hand later, Aristidou raised to 30,000 and Chidwick called. On the turn, Chidwick bet 30,000 and was called before they checked down the river. Chidwick showed pocket fives, Aristidou raked in the pot with red aces.
Level 20
Omaha 8
Peter Aristidou raised to 30,000 and was called by Stephen Chidwick. On the flop 
, Chidwick check-raised from 15,000 to 30,000 and then called the reraise for 45,000 by Aristidou. On the turn, Chidwick check-called 30,000 and then folded the 
river to another bet by Aristidou.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
630,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level 20
Hold'em
Peter Aristidou limped in and Stephen Chidwick checked his option to see the flop of . Chidwick check-raised from 15,000 to 30,000 and was called before firing both the turn and the 
river. Aristidou called twice and then mucked when he was shown the 
by Chidwick, who turned top pair into a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
760,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
520,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |