Melbourne, Australia. Tuesday 31 January 2017 – On the last day of the 2017 Aussie Millions, Crown Melbourne was still buzzing with poker players. The chip riffling must havebeen heard from across the Yarra River with cash games and multiple tournaments still running.

The closing party that was called the AUD$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha attracted a field of 65 entries, with a lot of them being re-entries from players that busted early and used their single re-entry option to give it another go.

After 14 hours of play, Espen Solaas from Norway came out as the victor, beating the likes of Dzmitry Urbanovich and title defender Daniel Demicki on the final table. Solaas walked away with AUD$100,815.

The $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event had a shot clock of just 20 seconds. Time breaker chips, like the high rollers had earlier this Aussie Millions, were nowhere to be seen. Every hand was quick, no one had time to ponder deep about decisions – 20 seconds and not a second more was what the player had to do with.