Stewart Scott: Aussie Wins Millions in 09′

When the 2009 Aussie Milions Poker Champioinship $10,500 AUD no-limit hold’em main event began today , eight players sat down to make history and stake their claim at a first-place prize worth $2,000,000 AUD.

When the final table began here is how the chips stacked up!

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

But after a slow start it was Aussie Stewart Scott, the first ever Australian ever to win the Aussie Millions, besting out a total of 681 players over 5 days for the $2,000,000 AUD First Prize and Main Event Title.

Maybe this first was accomplished with help from fellow Aussie and poker player Joe Hachem. Opening day of the event, Joe Hachem through out a challenge to his mates hoping to inspire and ingnite a fire under their seats…

Quoting Joe,

‘I think it’s about time an Aussie took home the title,’ said Hachem. ‘Get your acts together!’.

After playing a marathon session at the Final Table that lasted 12 hours, 36-year-old Scott from Northern New South Wales walked away the largest prize ever awarded in a live poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.