On Sunday night in Melbourne, Australia, Bryn Kenney pulled off a feat that most tournament poker players would think is impossible. Kenney won the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event and didn’t eliminate a single player from the final table – including the runner-up, Mike Del Vecchio.

Kenney, Del Vecchio, and third place finisher Andrew Hinrichsen agreed to a deal that awarded Kenney the title. The deal, which included Kenney getting the biggest share of the prize money, ended the tournament with no further hands played. The final table took just over eight hours to complete included a show of dominance from Andrew Hinrichsen.

It took a little over an hour before the seven-handed final table saw an elimination. From the button, Hinrichsen raised to 140,000 with before Hamish Crawshaw re-raised to 575,000 with . Hinrichsen announced he was all in and Crawshaw called all in. The flop moved Hinrichsen in front with top pair and neither the turn or river were of any help and the 26-year-old New Zealander was eliminated in seventh place.

Hinrichsen went back to work in whittling down the field a little over an hour later in another all-in preflop spot. Hinrichsen raised to 200,000 from the cutoff with before Gyeong Byeong Lee moved all in for 320,000 from the button with . Hinrichsen called and then moved ahead after the flop. Lee could only watch as the turn and river offered him no relief and he was eliminated in sixth.

Another hour passed by before the next elimination and this time, Hinrichsen wasn’t involved. From UTG, Matthew Wakeman raised 160,000 with and Clinton Taylor re-raised to 300,000 with from the button. The blinds folded and Wakeman shoved all in for 2,670,000 and Taylor called. The board ran out to give Taylor the pot and send Wakeman to the rail in fifth place.

Over the next 23 hands, things went south for Taylor and a confrontation with Hinrichsen ended his misery. Action folded to Taylor on the button and he moved all in for 1,905,000 with and Hinrichsen called from the big blind with . The flop didn’t improve Taylor and after the hit the turn, Taylor was officially eliminated in fourth. The river was a meaningless needle for Taylor.

Thanks to his work eliminating three of the last four players, Hinrichsen began three-handed play with just over 60% of the chips in play. Over the course of the next 4.5 hours and 109 hands of play, Hinrichsen saw his fortunes change dramatically and he ended up with just 25% of the chips in play when the final three players began discussing a chop.

It took just a few moments for them to agree to an adjusted payout that resulted in not playing another hand. Thanks to one of the final hands of play, Del Vecchio actually had a slight lead over Kenney but Kenney was still able to negotiate a deal that paid him the most and awarded him the official title of Main Event champ.

Final Table Payouts

1. Bryn Kenney – $1,272,598 AUD
2. Mike Del Vecchio – $1,272,162 AUD
3. Andrew Hinrichsen – $1,097,739 AUD
4. Clinton Taylor – $483,000 AUD
5. Matthew Wakeman – $380,300 AUD
6. Gyeong Byeong Lee – $309,000 AUD
7. Hamish Crawshaw – $242,000 AUD