Aussie Millions title stays at home - NineMSN

Jan 25: The biggest poker prize in the Southern Hemisphere will stay on Australian soil, after New South Welshman Stewart Scott won the Aussie Millions Main Event at Melbourne’s Crown Casino on Saturday night.

Scott, 36, outlasted 680 rivals, including poker greats like Scotty Nguyen and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, and sporting greats like Shane Warne and Mark Philippoussis, to win the title.

At the start of the tournament, Joe Hachem had called on his countrymen to pick up their game. “I think it’s about time an Aussie took home the title,” he said. “Get your acts together.”

Scott certainly took up the challenge. After lurking in the middle of the pack for the first three days of the tournament, he pushed to the lead on Day Four, and went to the final table with a stack of 4,520,000; almost double his nearest opponent.

The play at the final table lasted a gruelling 12 hours. Scott picked off the last of his opponents, American Peter Rho, when Rho went all-in with an Ace and a Jack. Scott called with pocket aces, the strongest starting hand in Hold’em, and held the lead when he finished with a full house, Aces over nines. (Credit: NineMSN)

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