Despite being known as a high-stakes cash game player with over $11.5 million in winnings at Full Tilt, Antonius is also an accomplished tournament player, too. The Finn has won around $3 million in live tournaments since 2003, his biggest score coming in 2005 at the $15k Five Diamond World Poker Classic, where he placed 2nd for $1,046,470.
All final tablists are guaranteed AUD$130k, not a bad return on their AUD$10,600 buy-in, but all will be chasing after the massive AUD$2million first prize, or the not too shabby AUD$1.05 million second place prize. Each player will want to join the prestigious list of former winners that includes Gus Hansen, Tony Bloom, Lee Nelson, Alexander K and Tyron Kost.
Standings going into Saturday's final table:
1. Randy Dorfman - 3.895m
2. James Keys - 2.395m
3. David Gorr - 2.37m
4. Sam Razavi - 1.36m
5. Patrik Antonius - 1.3m
6. Jeffrey Rossiter - 1.235m
7. Michael Ryan - 960k
8. Chris Moorman - 955k
The final eight will resume play at 12:30 P.M. local time in Melbourne.
