2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event Results
"I think it's about time an Aussie took home the title. Get your acts together!" - Joe Hachem, 2005 WSOP Champion and Crown Ambassador, Main Event launchThe last hand of Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event title has been dealt and Stewart Scott, a lucky amateur poker player, made Australia proud. The Southern Hemisphere’s biggest poker tournament title hasn’t been awarded to an Australian since 2003.
Stewart Scott overcame a huge field of 681 poker stars, poker celebrities, internet poker players and talented amateurs to claim his first ever live poker tournament victory. The 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship won a whooping and unsurpassed $2,000,000 cash and the custom made Poker Allure championship bracelet.
By Day 4, Stewart Scott had managed to pull himself into the lead with a huge stack and kept it throughout play at the final table.
2009 Aussie Millions Main Event Final Table Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Zach Gruneberg - 1,355,000
Seat 2: Barny Boatman - 349,000
Seat 3: Elliot Smith - 1,120,000
Seat 4: Richard Ashby - 658,000
Seat 5: Stewart Scott - 4,520,000
Seat 6: Peter Rho - 2,420,000
Seat 7: Rajkumar Ramakrishnan - 2,050,000
Seat 8: Sam Capra - 1,161,000
After a strenuous 12 hour final table session, Stewart Scott found himself in a heads-up poker battle against Peter Rho from Long Beach, CA. On the 13th hand, Scott looked down at two Aces in his hand and pushed Peter Rho all-in with his Ah Jc. The pocket rockets held up as the board failed to help the American poker player.
“Dreams can come true,” said Stewart Scott, who could now check “Aussie Millions Championship Title” off his wish-list behind his bathroom door.
For his runner up finish, Peter Rho pocketed $2,000,000 – his biggest career cash to date.
2009 Aussie Millions Results
1st Place: Stewart Scott - $2000,0002nd Place: Peter Rho - $1000,000
3rd Place: Elliott Smith - $700,000
4th Place: Rajkumar Ramakrishnan - $400,000
5th Place: Sam Capra - $300,000
6th Place: Zach Gruenberg - $210,000
7th Place: Richard Ashby - $150,000
8th Place: Barny Boatman - $100,000
