NEWSBRIEF
BY MARKANDERSON
David Gorr Grabs Aussie Millions Main Event Title
January 31, 2022
Australia’s own David Gorr, was the last man sitting recently of 721 starting players at the Aussie Millions AUD$10,000 buy-in main event, earning him an astounding AUD$2,000,000 top prize.

Gorr, a regular player at the hosting Crown Casino, outlasted an impressive international field of top pros to earn the Aussie Millions main event title including a final table that held not only Chris “moorman1” Moorman but also Patrik Antonius, a well known and highly feared Full Tilt Poker pro with over $3.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings.

Apparently not intimidated by these recognizable pros, Gorr personally eliminated both of them, first flopping two pair against Patrik’s pocket Kings, and then flopping a set against Moorman’s flush and backdoor inside straight draw. 

These two eliminations put Gorr- who had already entered the final table with one of the largest stacks- in an even more dominating chip position, which he was able to hold all the way into heads-up play before losing the momentum to runner-up player James Keys- despite having more than four-times his stack when heads-up play began.  Handing over nearly 10 million in tournament chips to your opponent during heads-up play, could discourage even the most seasoned tournament veteran but Gorr was undeterred, and worked hard to not only regain his lead but to sideline Keys; a long arduous process that turned the heads-up portion of this event into a marathon with more than 200 hands being dealt.

For his impressive runner-up finish James Keys earned AUD$1,035,000, or about $1,032,000 US.

The final table finish positions for the 2011 Aussie Millions main event were as follows:

1st.  David Gorr- $2,000,000*

2nd.  James Keys- $1,035,000*

3rd.  Jeff Rossiter- $700,000*

4th.  Michael Ryan- $450,000*

5th.  Randy Dorfman- $325,000*

6th.  Sam Razavi- $225,000*

7th.  Chris Moorman- $175,000*

8th.  Patrik Antonius- $130,000*

*All payouts expressed in Australian Dollars.

For more information on this year’s Aussie Millions, or to read the updates from the now concluded final table, visit PokerNews.com.
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