Online Prodigy Ami 'UhhMee' Barer Wins 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event
February 10, 2014 12:55 pmAmi Barer has won the 2014 Aussie Millions Main Event, after besting a field of 668 players over seven days on his way to collecting the prestigious title, as well as the A$1,600,000 (US$1,399,739) first place prize.
With his victory at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, the Canadian pro now takes his live tournament earnings to $1,841,133, to go with the $5,800,937 he has won online playing under the screen name ‘UhhMee’.
The $10,600 Main Event attracted a top flight of pros from around the world and amongst the notable players cashing in at the event was Antonio Esfandari in 42nd (A$20,000), Liv Boeree in 28th ($35,000), Jonathan Duhamel in 25th ($35,000), John Juanda in 23rd ($40,000), Jason Mercier in 18th ($55,000), and Erik Seidel in 10th ($100,000).
The final table of seven also featured a host of top pros and it wasn’t until three hours later that it lost its first player when a short-stacked Scott Seiver‘s pocket eights faltered against Darren Rabinowitz’s A-10 to exit the competition in 7th ($170,000).
Sorel Mizzi (K-K) subsequently eliminated the last Australian standing Andrew Phaedonos (Q-J) in 6th ($250,000), and after Rabinowitz (A-A) did likewise to Vincent Rubianes (K-J) in 5th ($335,000), it was then Rabinowitz’s time to exit in 4th ($450,000) when his pocket fives were busted by the pocket nines of Ami Barer.
Ami Barer then got lucky when his A-10 made a straight on a 9-8-7-5-6 board to dispatch 2012 November Niner Jake Balsiger (K-K) to the rail in 3rd and herald in the heads-up phase of the tournament. As the final battle commenced, Barer held a 3-1 advantage over Sorel Mizzi, and soon after Ami Barer’s pocket aces held up over his opponent’s Q-8 preflop shove to claim the Aussie Millions Main Event title.
Final Table Results:
1st Ami Barer – $1,600,000
2nd Sorel Mizzi – $1,000,000
3rd Jake Balsiger – $650,000
4th Darren Rabinowitz – $450,000
5th Vincent Rubianes – $335,000
6th Andrew Phaedonos – $250,000
7th Scott Seiver – $170,000