Winner Set to be Crowned in Event #2: AUD$2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
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4,751 days since winning the 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event, and 2,552 days since his last record cash (according to HendonMob.com) Lee Nelson has made the final table of Event #2: AUD$2,500 H.O.R.S.E. here at the 2019 Aussie Millions.
Despite the gap in his poker resume, Nelson has an impeccable Aussie Millions record. With five victories including winning $949,694 for his 2006 Main Event triumph and 12 more top-ten finishes, Nelson could likely set a record for longest time between Aussie Millions titles.
However there are seven other players standing in his way of collecting the AUD$40,095 in prize money. Here's how the final eight stack up:
Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
1 | Tim Marsters | Australia | 141,500 |
2 | Srdjan Brkic | Australia | 83,500 |
3 | Lee Nelson | New Zealand | 89,500 |
4 | Luke Edwards | Australia | 114,000 |
5 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 39,500 |
6 | Billy "The Croc" Argyros | Australia | 131,000 |
7 | Michael Moore | United States | 152,500 |
8 | Daniel Mayoh | Australia | 58,500 |
Tim Marsters
A third-place finish in this year's USD$3,000 WSOP H.OR.S.E. event as well as cashes in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo and $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha events shows that Marsters is a dangerous mixed game player.
Marsters has previous in H.O.R.S.E. events here in Australia as well, winning a AUD$340 H.O.R.S.E event back in 2008 at the Melbourne Poker Championships. Currently sitting second in chips he'll be looking for an opening to push on towards another victory.
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Srdjan Brkic
A regular here at the Crown Casino in its recurring tournaments, Brkic narrowly missed out on an Aussie Millions title last year when he finished second in the 6-Max for AUD$20,350.
Back in 2014, Brkic final-tabled this event finishing third for AUD$18,000.
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Lee Nelson
Nelson told PokerNews that his reason for coming back to the Aussie Millions after a long period of not attending was due to his "wife's fortune teller." Apparently, the fortune teller was "1000% sure" that Nelson would win at least one tournament.
Well, the Australian Poker Hall of Famer has a chance to prove the fortune teller was right today when play resumes. A favorite of many on these shores, he certainly has the history at the venue to secure another victory.
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Luke Edwards
With his last cash in Barcelona last summer, Edwards snuck into the top 100 on the Australian all-time money list, with just shy of USD$500,000 in cashes. His only cashes at the Aussie Millions are a pair from 2014 in the Bounty and 6-Max tournaments, but appears to have branched out and now is poised to cash in a mixed game event for the first time.
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Ashish Gupta
With Aussie Millions cashes stretching back to 2009, Gupta will start the final table as the short stack. The Australian has a string of cashes from the WSOP including cashing the USD$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
The best result of his career came here in Melbourne, winning the APPT Main Event for AUD$235,875 back in October 2016. Can he run the short stack up to victory here just under three years later?
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Billy 'The Croc' Argyros
Argyros allegedly gained the nickname 'The Croc' whilst playing against Johnny Moss in a satellite for the WSOP. He introduced himself as 'Crocodile Billy', copied from the movie 'Crocodile Dundee' which was popular at the time.
With a fourth-place finish in the 2008 World Series of Poker, 'The Croc' has shown he has more than enough bite and won a special AUD$10,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2008 Aussie Millions. Sitting third in chips, Argyros will be eyeing up another win in the same format.
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Michael Moore
This time last year, Moore cashed both Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments at the 2018 Aussie Millions for combined cashes of AUD$30,000.
This year, on his fourth visit to Melbourne for the Aussie Millions Moore bagged the chip lead in the AUD$2,500 H.O.R.S.E. and will prove tough opposition when play resumes.
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Daniel Mayoh
It appears that three fewer games haven't proved to be the difference for Mayoh, who has recorded strong performances in 8-Game Events at both the 2017 and 2018 Melbourne Poker Championships.
Mayoh comes into the final table second-shortest in chips behind Ashish Gupta, but the Crown Casino regular will certainly put in a battling performance in another mixed game event.
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