Sydney Native Wins Aussie Millions

February 4 - For the second year running, an Australian has won the Aussie Millions Poker tournament which has become one of the most exciting events on the calendar.

Twenty three year old university student, Tyron Krost beat a particularly powerful final table to take home the title, as well as a cash prize of $2 million.

Krost met eight other finishers at the final table - out of a field of 746 players.

These included: Frederik Jensen, Sorel Mizzi, Kosta Varoxis, Peter Jetten, Steve Friedlander, Annette Obrestad and Stephen Shelly.

Other top pros were ousted in the earlier rounds of the competition, such as Howard Lederer and Barry Greenstein.

Mizzi was seen as a firm favorite to win the competition, entering the final table with a huge chip advantage - five times that of his next rival.

Annette Obrestad, another favorite, was disappointed with her seventh place win.

Krost entered one of the qualifiers at Party Poker which eventually won him a place in the competition.

"In total, I spent $700 trying to qualify for a package and I have managed to turn that into $2 million!" said Krost.

Another player who entered the competition on a qualifying package was Frederik Jensen, who come in second, winning himself $981,000.

Jensen also qualified through the Gibraltar based Party Poker.