The 2015 Aussie Millions is underway with Vic Spadavecchia and Daniel Rudd taking the honors in the first two events.

The 2015 Aussie Millions is well underway and a hometown hero and bashful Brit have taken the first two titles.

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Event #1: $1,150 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) attracted 1,211 players and the final table bowed to the pressure of the home nation. In the end it would come down between an Aussie and an American, for the title, and the lesser-experienced Australian would take the honors.

The star attraction was Andrew Hinrichsen. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, and former Aussie Millions side event winner, had all the experience, but the American Derek Wolters had previous with a 2014 side event final table appearance, finishing fourth. This time it would be Hinrichsen taking fourth, and Wolters would nearly go all the way.

Spadavecchia held a 9.5m v 3.5m chip lead, at the start of heads-up, and the first all-in of that battle would be the last: Vic Spadavecchia raised to 520,000, on the button, Derek Wolters moved all-in for 2.5m, and Spadavecchia made the call. Wolters was in front with [As] [4d]; Spadavecchia held [Qh] [3h] and a queen on the flop gave the Australian his first title of any particular note.

Event #1 Final Table Results