Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day 2 Completed
2008 Aussie Millions
Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2008 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
5,000 AUD
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Stay tuned to Poker News tomorrow for live coverage of the final table of the Main Event as the seven remaining players compete for the first place prize of $1.65 million dollars! See you then!
Jeff Garza had to overcome six tough opponents, coming from behind in several matches to claim victory.
Round 1 def Marius Torbergsen 2-1
Round 2 def Robin Bergren 2-1
Round 3 def Sorel Mizzi 2-0
Q/F def David Sonelin 2-1
S/F def Xuan Nguyen 2-1
Final def Masaaki Kagawa 2-1
Garza wins the trophy and a cool AU$100,000 for his efforts! Congratulations Jeff!
but was in trouble against the dominating 
held by Garza.The board ran out
and Masaaki Kagawa is eliminated from the event. He collects AU$60,000 for his runner-up finish.
Masaaki Kagawa checked and Jeff Garza bet out 3,000 to which Kagawa called. The turn came the 
and Garza moved all in and Kagawa quickly called.Garza:
Kagawa:
Kagawa hit his straight but Garza had made his flush on the very same card. The river lands the
and Garza takes down a monster pot to leave Kagawa with only around 5,500 chips.
However we can report a dealer change, with Jonno Pittock (Crown Poker Director of Tournament Operations) taking charge and dealing the final match in this event himself!
As Pittock rolled up his sleeves and sat down, Masaaki Kagawa raised his eyebrows and said "YOU are dealing?!?"
Pittock replied, "Yep. Never forget where you came from!"
and held the best hand against Jeff Garza's 
.The flop of
looked safe for Kagawa to find a double up after he hit top pair, but amazingly the turn and river came 
to give Garza a backdoor straight to level the final at 1-1!
Jeff Garza led out with a 1,500 bet and Masaaki Kagawa bumped it up to 8,000. Garza thought for a moment before moving all in and Kagawa made the call.Garza:
Kagawa:
Garza's top pair was in the lead as he tried to avoid a heart to complete Kagawa's flush. The turn was the
and river and Garza doubles up once again to leave Kagawa with only around 7,000 chips.
against the 
of Masaaki Kagawa.The flop was huge for Kagawa as it came
to give him a pair and nut flush draw, yet he still trailed Garza's pair of jacks. The 
on the turn and the on the river didn't help Kagawa, and Garza finds a much needed double up to get his chip stack back to a narrow lead.