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It was crazy enough that not one, but two PartyPoker qualifiers managed to make it to the Aussie Millions Final Table. Now, the new tournament champion has been named: PartyPoker's Tyron Krost.

Krost was one of 27 rounders that managed to win their way to the Aussie Millions via PartyPoker qualifiers. Alongside him at the Final Table was fellow PartyPoker member Frederik Jensen.

With a top prize of $2 million on offer for the ultimate winner, Krost and Jensen faced the likes of Canadian Sorel Mizzi, Steve Friedlander, and even WSOPE bracelet-winning Annette Obrestad. After days of intense play, the 23-year-old university student finally came out on top.

Amazingly, even up against Sorel Mizzi's chip lead of $6 million, both PartyPoker qualifiers were the last remaining competitors. Krost ended up taking the honors, but Jensen didn't walk away empty-handed, pocketing $1.1 million for his efforts.

Krost managed to turn a meager satellite entrance fee into $2 million thanks to PartyPoker, and it's intriguing to see just how many satellite qualifiers are managing to pull off remarkable finishes in the big tournaments.

It's not the first time that something like this has happened; who could forget the way Chris Moneymaker - arguably the man that popularized mainstream poker - managed to win his way from an online satellite all the way to the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2003.

It's a familiar story, and one we will doubtless hear time and time again as the popularity of online poker and online gambling in general increases.

Have you taken part in - or even won - any satellite events such as PartyPoker's Aussie Millions promotion? What are you thoughts on the way that qualifiers are bridging the gap between at-home poker players and well-known professionals? Have your say in the comments below!