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Back in September 2011, a registered sex offender by the name of Michael DiVita was disqualified from the Epic Poker League after his background was discovered.

At that time, DiVita had just qualified for a $20,000 EPL Main Event seat via an 8th place finish at a $1,500 satellite EPL Pro-Am event.

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It took almost a week to complete, but home favourite Oliver Speidel triumphed at the $10,600 buy-in Aussie Millions main event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne for what completed an incredible few weeks for the Aussie.

The poker pro outlasted 658 other players to leave with $1,647,158 – his biggest cash prize ever – and title, while second placed Ken Wong, of Hong Kong, picked up $1,029,474 for his runner-up spot.

The Melbourne native’s previous biggest win arrived at last year’s Aussie Millions, when he left with $99,491 for winning the AUD$1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event, so this victory really is a massive leap forward for Speidel.

That’s not all, though, as Speidel enjoyed an astonishing fortnight that also saw him take second in the AUD$1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Shootout for $25,479 and sixth spot in the AUD$1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Bounty tournament for $16,472.

Aussie Mile Krstanoski Takes Third Place

A second Aussie filled third place, with Perth’s Mile Krstanoski cashing for $627,979 while Sweden’s Mohamad Kowssarie – a high stakes poker specialist – exited in fourth for $416,937 and another home player, Patrick Healy, hit the rail in fifth for $308,842.

The top 10 was completed by sixth-placed Hong Kong pro Yin Li for $236,779, Canadian duo Yann Dion (seventh for $175,011) and one-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Daniel Idema (eighth for $128,684), Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson (ninth for $128,684), of New Zealand, and a fourth Aussie in Janis Lesinskis (10th for $102,947).

Only seven players returned for Day 6 of the main event, resulting in one of the shortest conclusions to any final table recently – just seven hours – as Speidel accounted for an incredible five of the six eliminations.
Speidel enjoyed a fantastic final day, taking out his last three opponents to lift the title, secure a massive pay day and ensure that the crown stayed in Australia after he followed up fellow Melbourne pro David Gorr’s win last year with his own success.

Speidel Takes Out Ken Wong For Triumph

Having eliminated Krstanoski in third place, Speidel then faced Hong Kong’s Wong in a heads-up battle that would ultimately see the Aussie triumph.

The head-to-head began with Speidel – who had started the day second in chips – holding more than a 3 to 1 chip lead on 15.2 million to his opponent’s 4,675,000, although Wong did take the opening few hands to close the gap a little.

But then play slowed right down for a few more hands before a break arrived. That hiatus must have fired Wong up a

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Here’s a funny video for you. In a clumsy attempt to catch a foul ball, a father in Taiwan accidently dropped his toddler daughter into the stadium seats below his own and then yanked her up by the leg. The video isn’t in English, but there’s no translation needed for the look on his wife’s face.

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After Jean-Robert Bellandes embarrassing and fascinating stint on Survivor, producers once again dipped into the professional poker pool to cast the shows 23rd season. Since the game of Survivor is very much like playing a hand of poker with the ability to effectively deceive fellow players being the games winning skill it seems professional poker players would have a huge advantage in the game.

There is never a concerted effort to cast any specific type of profession on Survivor, but I dont think its a coincidence that poker players make for such great characters, Survivor host/executive producer Jeff Probst told ESPN. S

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