Student Grabs Aussie Millions Title

Tuesday 2 February, 2010 18:50

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Tyron Krost, a university student from Sydney, has stunned the poker world with his amazing victory in this year's Aussie Millions Poker Championship.

The player, who had actually taken a year off poker to focus on his university studies, decided to take part in a satellite event that feeds the Aussie Millions at the last minute.

"I was looking for something else to do that night," said Krost.

Krost qualified on PartyPoker to make it through to the finals of the competition on Saturday night, where he beat 746 other players in the main event.

Krost beat the Dane Frederik Jensen heads up in a nail biting finish, making it the second time in a row that an Australian has taken the title of one of the biggest poker tournaments in the world.

Last year Stewart Scott win the 2009 Aussie Millions Championshio.

"I just ran really well and got really lucky," said Krost after his win. "I had a lot of big hands."

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Krost will be taking home a cool $2 million for his victory and is having a hard time believing that this is happening to him.

"It feels like a dream and I don't want to wake up," he said. "$2 million, it's amazing."

"In total, I spent $700 trying to qualify for a package and I have managed to turn that into $2 million! I got some really good spots on the final table. When I needed a hand I seemed to get it," said Krost.

Krost said that it still has not sunk in how much money he has won. "I have no idea what I am going to do with it. I cashed at the World Series in 2009 but nothing like this!"

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