Huss Hassan wins the fifth running of the Main Event and takes home $100,000 in cash and prizes, including tickets to next year’s Aussie Millions and Main Event VI.
It was a thrilling few days at the Crown Casino Poker Room as 425 players from across the nation battled it out for a whopping $425,000 in cash and prizes.
The Main Event V was a special weekend for players from 888 Poker League, Australian Poker League and Pub Poker. Good friends from across the nation had the opportunity to catch up and many new friendships were formed all thanks to the fun times on offer at Crown.
The Saturday night Player Party was an eventful evening as Groove Bar hosted an exciting night full of fun and dancing, with Battlestar Acoustica and Boom Box both putting on a show for all in attendance!
All fun and social events aside, however, there was poker to be played and with the bubble bursting on Saturday evening every player on the final day was guaranteed some cash! There was a good mix of guys and girls on the final day and all the states were well represented!
However, it was the sheer numbers of New South Wales players that increased the likelihood of the title returning back over the border. In the end it was Victorian Matt Kozole, who won the event last year, presenting New South Wales’ Huss Hassan with the Main Event V bracelet. Huss scored over $100,000 in cash and .
Coming into the Final Day our chip leaders were as follows:
DAY 2 TOP TEN CHIP LEADERS:
1,012,000 – Ricky Lim
644,000 – Andrew Marcos
641,000 – Huss Hassan
579,000 – Che Nicholson
570,000 – Charlie Rouse
555,000 – Brian Mullens
493,000 – Joseph Chamoun
422,000 – Jamie Dropucic
420,000 – Ben French
410,000 – Andrew Dales
After a heap of excitement on the final day and some huge hands we worked our way down to the Final Table. With chip counts as follows:
Brain Mullins 675,000
John Yianni 620,000
Andrew Marcos 1,100,000
Che Nicholson 1,885,000
Joseph Chamoun 380,000
Nicola Wintle 785,000
Sergio Kacanas 1,195,000
Rory Cummins 1,475,000
Huss Hassan 3,420,000
The final table took just over two hours to crown a winner and it was New South Wales Huss Hassan who edged out Western Australia’s Rory Cumins to take down Main Event V. Huss was honoured to receive his trophy from last year’s winner Matt Kozole!
The Full House Group would like to thank Joel Williams, his Assistant Tournament Directors Frank Bianco and John Waters and the supervisors and dealers who helped to make this event run like clockwork. We'd also like to thank our FHG Licensees, Regional Managers, Tournaments Directors and staff who bring you our daily APL/888PL and Pub Poker League events. Without these guys our events would not be possible.
Last but not least, the team at Full House Group would like to thank each and every person who stepped into the Crown Poker Room to take part in Main Event V - both in the event or supporting from the rail. Without your ongoing support none of this would be possible! |
