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Aussie Millions:Quality Qualifiers
In the picture below, you can see two of the Full Tilt online qualifiers for the Aussie Millions. On the far right of the picture is diplomat, and on the far left is shaniac.
diplomat is a poker hobbiest. An improv actor form LA, he plays the occasional live tournament at the Bike or Commerce. This is his second big buy-in tournament; his first was the 2006 WSOP, for which he qualified through Full Tilt. He got into the Aussie Millions through player points. He didn’t spend a dime to get here.
shaniac is a full-time pro. He’s one of the highest-rated online tournament players, and he’s well-respected on the tournament circuit. He had a WSOP final table in 2005, and he’s had several deep finishes in big tournaments. He also writes a blog about his poker experiences.
These are two players who both play on Full Tilt, but poker means very different things to these guys. One’s a hobbiest, and one’s a pro. And here they are.
How these and other qualifiers doing? Let’s have a look:
shaniac just won a massive pot, cracking Kings with a set of tens. As of this writing, he has over 400k and is the chip leader.
janpo_banon has had the misfortune of spending his day short-stacked while one of the tournament’s chip leaders, Haralabos Voulgaris, sits to his left.
phuta has been quietly working a medium stack for most of the afternoon. A little bad luck came his way when Andrew Black was moved to his immediate left.
thebryguy5 (left) and rob479974 ended up at a table with no top pros. rob479974 is fairly active, but hasn’t seem much movement in his stack.
There sure to be a lot of action as the day comes to an end.
