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January 17th 2007
Erick “Edog” Lindgren collects $1,000,000 from Aussie Millions prelim
The $100,000(Aus) buy-in preliminary event at the Aussie Millions tournament is one of the most exciting tournaments of the year. With a buy-in equivalent to $78,200 US dollars entry is not cheap, and all but the most confident pros (or richest gamblers) usually give it a wide berth.
This year just 18 players were bold enough to take a shot at the top prize of $1,000,000, which is no surprise as only the top three places received any money at all.
As a result this was a field of the highest calibre with Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey heading a star-billing which included defending champion John Juanda, Gus Hansen, Erick Seidel, Roland de Wolfe, Jeff Lisandro, John D'Agostino, David Benyamine, Tony G and Tony Bloom amongst others.
Surprisingly one of the stars of the show turned out to be the little known Masaski Kagawa, a Japanese businessman and high stakes gambler who stunned the pro's with his bold and unpredictable play.
Daniel Negreanu wasn’t having much luck however; seated with Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen to his left stealing blinds was never going to be easy, and was one of the first players to bust out.
Phil Ivey had a better run however making it to fifth place before he was busted by Kagawa two places off the money. Next out was the Australian Airbag Tony G, who will have been gutted to finish on the bubble, losing when his suited Q-J failed to hold up against eDog’s A-T.
That left Kagawa up against the WSOP legend Erik Seidel and the WPT legend Eric Lindgren and unfortunately for Kagawa the gulf in class and experience soon began to show. The two professionals quickly set about his stack and Erik Seidel dealt the final blow when his pocket sixes held up against Kagawa’s A-7. Kagawa finished third, collecting $250,000 along with the generous praise of his opponents for his good play.
That knock-out meant Seidel began heads-up play with a reasonable chip lead over Eric Lindgren but eDog set about restoring parity from the word go. Eventually Lindgren took the lead when both players were dealt big pocket pairs and moved their chips in preflop, with Lindgren's kings holding up against Seidel's jacks.
On the 47th hand of heads-up play Lindgren sealed the victory when he moved all-in with Ac-7c and was called by Seidel with Kh-Jh. The flop gave Lindgren an ace but also handed Seidel four cards to the flush, ensuring the atmosphere was tense til the very end. Fortunately for Lindgren, Seidel missed his outs and Lindgren was rewarded with a seven figure payday (in Australian dollars that is). That equated to roughly $782,183 USD.
Submitted: 17/01/2007 14:45:26
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