Richard Yong wins the 2015 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge

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"Where's the party at?" shouted Phil Ivey from the rail, looking on after his friend Richard Yong was busy basking in the bright lights after his big win. That's certainly a question worth asking, as Yong topped the field of 70 entries in the 2015 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge to win a massive AU$1.87 million.
$100,000 Challenge Final Table Results
PlacePlayerPrize (AU$) 1Richard Yong$1,870,000 2Ole Schemion$1,350,000 3Scott Seiver$1,000,000 4Justin Bonomo$800,000 5Jason Mo$630,000 6Erik Seidel$500,000 7Dani Stern$400,000 8Alex Trevallion$310,000
After a few days off, the final eight players returned to the Exhibition Hall at Crown Melbourne to play down to a winner. The tournament recommenced with German wunderkind Ole Schemion as chip leader, and it was a spectacular day of high-stakes poker from start to finish.
Not surprisingly, the first elimination of the day was the short stack. Alex Trevallion was having a stellar Aussie Millions that included winning the AU$25,000 Challenge and finishing 33rd in the Main Event. In what would be his final hand, Trevallion shoved his short stack all in from middle position with the
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and received a call from Yong, who was in the big blind with the
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. The board ran out a clean
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, and Trevallion had to settle for eighth place and AU$310,000. That brought his 2015 Aussie Millions winnings up to just shy of AU$1 million.
Dani Stern was the next to go when he got his short stack all in holding the
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and was up against the
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of Yong. The board ran out
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, and Yong's rivered pair scored him his second final table knockout.
From there, Erik Seidel lost a big pot to Scott Seiver in Level 19 (20,000/40,000/5,000) and was finished off by Schemion one hand later. One hand after that, Schemion shoved all in from the small blind to put the pressure on Jason Mo, who was in the big blind with a shorter stack. Mo called off with the
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and was ahead of Schemion's
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, but he got straightened out after the board came down
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Then, Justin Bonomo raised the button only to have Seiver three-bet all in from the big blind. Bonomo called off his shorter stack with the
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and was looking to double against the
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of Seiver. That didn't happen, though, as the board ran out
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to give Seiver a full house.
Seiver would then fall in third place after he ran his
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into the
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of Yong. With that, the heads-up match was set with Yong holding 4.915 million in chips to Schemion's 2.085 million. Despite boasting a tournament record that has nearly $4.5 million in earnings, Yong has never won a live event. On the other hand, Schemion has won 11 of the 52 tournaments he's cashed in, for a rate of 21.15 percent. Furthermore, when Schemion has reached heads-up play, he has an impressive record of 11 wins and five losses, winning the event over two-thirds of the time.
This would be one of those times Schemion didn't win.
The two battled back and forth in spectacular fashion, with five double up occurring between the two. Then, deep into Level 23 with the blinds at 50,000/100,000 and no antes due to heads-up play, the final hand took place.
Yong limped in from the button, and Schemion checked his option from the big blind before the dealer ran out the
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flop. After Schemion checked, Yong bet 150,000. Schemion check-raised all in for around 1.5 million, and Yong snapped it off. Schemion tabled the
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for an up-and-down straight draw, and Yong had the
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. The turn was the
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, and the river was the
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. That gave Yong the title and eliminated Schemion in second place for AU$1.35 million.
After the win, Yong was joined on stage by Ivey, Sam Trickett, Winfred Yu, and others. This win marked the first live tournament victory for Yong, and his largest score ever. He's had some big results in the past, but surely nothing as important as this victory in Australia. Congratulations to him and all the other winners from this event.
As for the Aussie Millions itself, things aren't over just yet. Sunday marks the final table of the Main Event and the kickoff of the big, bad $250,000 Challenge. You can follow the coverage live on PokerNews starting at 12:15 p.m. local time, so be sure to tune in.
 
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Ive so got to get down there one day for a McSqizzy.
 
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I don't know if it's still the case (I assume it is) but in years gone by the main event final table and most of the high roller tournaments like this one tended to be played on a closed set away from the main poker floor.

If you wanted to go rail the event you'd probably still catch glimpses of famous players on the main floor during the early stages of the main event and in the prelim events. I've never gone and done it myself though, Crown's poker room isn't really set up for spectators so I dunno exactly how much you'd see...
 
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