Overview
- Malcolm Trayner claimed the title for A$1,382,198 after a three-way ICM deal that set payouts by chip stacks.
- Under the agreement, Dean Blatt and Dejan Boskovic each added A$25,000 to the chip leader, producing final payouts of A$1,382,198 for Trayner, A$1,000,072 for Blatt, and A$921,030 for Boskovic.
- The A$10,600 Main Event drew 770 entrants for about A$7.7 million in prize money, the fifth-largest field in the festival’s history.
- Trayner defeated Blatt heads-up in a swingy finish that ended when his pocket sevens held against ace-ten.
- The festival returned after a six-year pause and finished just 52 entries shy of the 2019 edition, a benchmark for its recovery.