Michael Pedley takes down Event 5, No-Limit Holdem with Rebuys, at the 2008 Aussie Millions.
With the chip stacks almost matched, it looked we were in for a length Headss Up battle. But Pedley pushed all in with A 3 on the very first hand of heads-up to set the tone. Wang called with his A 9. The flop saw A 3 8 Pedley's two pair stayed ahead as the 7and J completed the board eliminating Wang as the runner-up for $99,940. Michael Pedley's fortunate final-hand flop meant victory in Event #5 of the 2008 Aussie Millions and brought him the AUD $168,320 first-place prize.
Final Table:
Seat 1: Michael Pedley
Seat 2: Robert Wang
Seat 3 Larry Karambis :
Seat 4: Rayan Nathan
Seat 5: Julian Powell
Seat 6: David Steicke
Seat 7: Anna Wroblewski
Seat 8: David Bach –
Seat 9: Dane Lomas