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AARON LIM WINS ONE FOR THE AUSSIES IN THE 6-MAX
“It’s huge," Lim said following the win. It’s at my second home, Melbourne’s my second home. I’m incredibly honored to be the first Australian to take down a bracelet. I was a bit concerned when Americans took the first two, then Ivey took the third, so it is lucky number four for me I guess.
Lim might be Australia’s new breakout poker star after banking a bracelet for the host country. After three events where an Aussie got to heads-up action, the 26 year old poker pro managed to close the deal and pass the sugar. The victory earns him $233,800 and his first gold bracelet in what is his first WSOP cash.
The first cash is a feat in and of itself for Lim, who transitioned to tournaments from cash games a couple of years ago and found success in just about every tour but the WSOP. His WSOP Main Event track record includes three consecutive Day 4 appearances, but no in the money results.
After a long stint of unofficial final table play, the play down from six to heads-up went lightning fast, taking just 31 hands and a little over two hours. Once it got to heads-up action though, Lim and Malaysia's Andy Lee battled back and forth for a couple of hours.
“Andy’s a terrific player and I thought he played extremely well. It’s hard to tell who had the better of each other because we can’t see the cards, but I thought he played extremely well. I just run like God in all-in pots," Lim said of his formidable opponent.
Several non-Australian players did make the money, but missed out on the final table including bracelet winner Oleksii Kovalchuk (15th), Canadian pro Ben Wilinofsky (14th), Jonathan Karamalikis (13th), and bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche (10th).
This is the final bracelet event before today’s first-ever WSOP Asia Pacific AU$10,000 Main Event, which begins at 6pm local time this afternoon. Lim took a few minutes to take in his accomplishment, but did say he would be joining the growing Main Event crowd shortly to try to keep the hot streak going in the marquee event of the series.
Final table payouts for the $5,000 Six-Handed event:
1st: Aaron Lim - Australia - $233,800
2nd: Andy Lee - Malaysia - $144,530
3rd: Jan Suchanek – New Zealand - $103,766
4th: Brendon Rubie – Australia - $74,590
5th: Sam Higgs – Australia - $53,615
6th: Billy Seri - Australia - $38,545
