Kambouroglou clinches his first title at Aussie Millions.
Event #8 $3,250 2-Card Manila w/ Rebuys event was stacked with some of Australia's toughest players, including several with deep finishes in Aussie Millions events, along with 2006 2-Card Manila champion Fred Bart, going for his second title. Manila, 7-Up Poker, is a reduced-deck game where all cards deuce through six are removed from the deck. Players receive two cards face down, and the five community cards are dealt, one at a time. There is a round of betting after each community card, and at the river, players must use both hole cards and three cards from the board to make their best five-card poker hand. Other peculiarities in Manila are that a flush outranks a full house due to the reduced deck, and the ace cannot play low for a straight. Yevgeniy Timoshenko exited in third position earning himself $10,800 which left Warwick Mirzikinian and Antonis Kambouroglou to battle it out for the title. Kambouroglou was the victor, claiming is first win and trophy of the 2008 Aussie Millions.
Final standings for the 2008 Australian 2-Card Manila Championship:
1st: Antonis Kambouroglou ($27,000)
2nd: Warwick Mirzikinian ($16,200)
3rd: Yevgeniy Timoshenko ($10,800)
4th: Graeme Putt
5th: Max Donnelly
6th: David Steicke
7th: Markas Salkanovic
8th: Fred Bart
9th: Mark Scott
10th: Karib Karib
