Crown Australian Poker Championship

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Crown Australian Poker Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2020
Aussie millions.jpg
Game Texas Hold 'em
Founded26 July 1998;25 years ago (1998-07-26)
Ceased2020
Owner(s) Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
Organising body Crown Casinos
Country Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Last
champion(s)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vincent Wan
Official website www.aussiemillions.com

The Australian Poker Championship, commonly known as Aussie Millions, is a series of poker tournaments held at the Crown Casino, in Melbourne, Australia. The Main Event of the series is the Southern Hemisphere's richest poker tournament with a prize pool in excess of A$7 million.

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History

Poker at Crown was introduced in June 1997, with the first major championship held shortly after in July 1998. The Main Event was a $1,000 buy in Limit Holdem tournament that attracted 74 entries with a $74,000 prize pool. The Crown Australian Poker Championship, or the 'Aussie Millions' as it became known, moved to January in 2001, attracting 40 entrants with a $5,000 buy in for a prize pool of $200,000. January 2003 saw the event go international, attracting a field of 122 entrants and a $1,200,000 prize pool. In January 2005, the Aussie Millions continued to grow with 263 participants paying $10,000 each to enter the No Limit Hold'em Main Event, generating the biggest prize pool ever in the Southern Hemisphere of $2,630,000. Over half the field was from overseas including players from New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, the US, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada, Italy and Lebanon. In 2006, 418 players competed for a share of the $4,180,000 prize pool, including some of the biggest names in the Poker world such as WSOP Champion Joe Hachem, along with Phil Ivey, John Juanda and Daniel Negreanu. The 2007 championship commenced on Sunday 14 January 2007 with the final table held on Friday 19 January 2007. The buy-in was $10,500 ($10,000+$500). A record 747 players entered, which generated a prize pool of $7,470,000. The top 80 players were "in the money" and received between $15,000 and $1,500,000 each.[ citation needed ]

The 2008 championship concluded on Sunday 20 January 2008 with the winner being the 21-year-old Russian Alexander Kostritsyn. The buy-in was $10,500 ($10,000+$500). A record 780 players entered, which generated a prize pool of $7,800,000. The top 80 players were "in the money" and received between $15,000 and $1,650,000 each. The 2009 event will feature a total of 15 tournaments. The Main Event will have a guaranteed $2 million first prize. It will also feature ten players taking part in the first Million Dollar Poker Cash Game, the largest poker game of its kind anywhere in the world. Ten players will be required to stake a minimum of $1 million, though it is expected that some players will bring more to the table. The Aussie Millions is now regarded as the largest poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere and the sixth-largest internationally (by prize pool).[ citation needed ]

Television

In 2013, Crown's Aussie Millions Poker Championship television coverage, produced by McGuire Media in conjunction with Poker PROductions, was a nine-episode series broadcast on One HD and ESPN Australia. The series was hosted by Lynn Gilmartin, with commentary by Joe Hachem and Jonno Pittock, as well as pro analysis by Antonio Esfandiari. [1]

Main Event structure

The structure of the Main Event is slightly different from that of most other major tournaments. While most major Hold 'em tournaments, including the World Series of Poker Main Event, play at nine-handed tables throughout, the Aussie Millions Main Event begins with eight-handed tables. Play continues eight-handed until the field is reduced to 36 players, at which point all tables are six-handed. The 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event structure will see Day 1 divided into three flights, with blind levels of 90 minutes' duration. From Day 2 until the completion of the tournament, the blind levels are 120 minutes long. [2]

High roller events

The Aussie Millions is also known for its high roller tournaments, which have featured some of the highest buy-ins in history.

$100,000 Challenge

The high roller trend began in 2006 when the Aussie Millions launched its $100,000 No Limit Holdem Challenge (actual buy in is $100,500, including the $500 entry fee), at that time billed as the highest buy-in of any poker tournament in history. It has a particularly unusual structure: [2]

The $100,000 Challenge was first played in 2006, with 10 entrants. Eighteen entered the Challenge in 2007, 25 in 2008, [2] and 24 in 2010. Daniel Shak won the 2010 tournament for a total prize of A$1,200,000. [3] A record field of 38 played in the 2011 edition. [4]

$250,000 Super High Roller

With a number of other poker events adding tournaments with buy-ins comparable to that of the $100,000 Challenge, the Aussie Millions added a tournament with a $250,000 buy-in in 2011, which the organisers again claimed as the world's highest. (Since then, the World Series of Poker has held an official event with a US$1 million buy-in.) It was originally scheduled to be a heads-up no-limit event, but the organisers changed the format twice, settling on what they thought would be a single-table no-limit hold 'em tournament. However, 20 players entered the inaugural $250K tournament, including major stars Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel, Tom Dwan, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, David Benyamine and Annette Obrestad, plus Sam Trickett, who had just won that year's $100K event. Seidel, who had finished second in the $100K event, won the $2.5 million first prize, defeating Trickett in heads-up play. [5] [6]

The 2012 event was won by Ivey, who defeated 15 other players to win $2 million, the largest prize of his career. [7] Trickett won the 2013 event, also winning $2 million after defeating 17 other players. [8]

Results

Main Event Winners

1998 Australian Poker Championships (Limit Hold'em)

  • Buy-in: $1,000
  • Date: 26 July 1998
  • Number of buy-ins: 74
  • Total Prize Pool: $74,000
  • Number of Payouts: 9
Final Table [9]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Horowitz$25,900
2nd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Eastwood $14,800
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Gorr$7,400
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leo Boxell$4,810
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Ivin$3,700
6th Flag of England.svg Jason Gray$2,960
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Marcos$2,220
8th Flag of the United States.svg Vince Oliver$1,850
9th Flag of Slovakia.svg Emilia Garvenovak$1,480

1999 Australian Poker Championships (Pot-Limit Hold'em)

  • Buy-in: $1,000
  • Date: August 1999
  • Number of buy-ins: 109
  • Total Prize Pool: $109,000
  • Number of Payouts: 18
Final Table [10]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Milo Nadalin$38,150
2nd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Haman$21,800
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Meissner$10,900
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Khouiss$7,085
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Jones$5,450
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Argyros $4,360
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Mulvihill$3,270
8th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vic Thornton$2,725
9th Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Maver$2,180

2000 Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $1,500
  • Date: Sunday, 27 August 2000
  • Number of buy-ins: 109
  • Total Prize Pool: $173,500
  • Number of Payouts: 18
Final Table [11]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leo Boxell$65,225
2nd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gerry Fitt$32,700
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Benson$16,350
4th Flag of England.svg Jason Gray$10,628
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martin Comer$8,175
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charles Cuschieri$6,540
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Humunicki$4,905
8th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Boxell$4,088
9th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Newton$3,270

2001 Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $1,500
  • Date: Friday, 24 August 2001
  • Number of buy-ins: 101
  • Total Prize Pool: $151,500
  • Number of Payouts: 18
Final Table [12]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Korman$53,025
2nd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eric Sclavos$30,300
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Potter$15,150
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Toby Atroshenko$9,848
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Maitland$7,575
6th Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamil Dia$6,060
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gerry Fitt$4,545
8th Flag of New Zealand.svg Lee Nelson $3,787
9th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mick Anderson$3,030

2002 Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $5,000
  • 2-Day Event: Friday, 11 January 2002 to Saturday, 12 January 2002
  • Number of buy-ins: 66
  • Total Prize Pool: $330,000
  • Number of Payouts: 10
Final Table [13]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Maver$150,000
2nd Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Homann$63,000
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Szetho$35,000
4th Flag of New Zealand.svg Lee Nelson$24,500
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Newton$17,500
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Toby Atroshenko$10,500
7th Flag of Ireland.svg Frank Callaghan$9,625
8th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Guttman$7,875
9th Flag of New Zealand.svg Constantin Harach$7,000

2003 Crown Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • Date: Sunday, 12 January 2003
  • Number of buy-ins: 122
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,220,000
  • Number of Payouts: 18
Final Table [14]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of England.svg Peter Costa $394,870
2nd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leo Boxell$225,640
3rd Flag of England.svg Harry Demetriou $124,102
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Khouiss$101,538
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Cabret$78,974
6th Flag of England.svg Ram Vaswani $67,692
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martin Comer$56,410
8th Flag of Austria.svg Erich Kollmann$45,128
9th Flag of England.svg Joe Beevers $33,846

2004 Crown Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • Date: Thursday, 15 January 2004
  • Number of buy-ins: 133
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,330,000
  • Number of Payouts: 18
Final Table [15]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of England.svg Tony Bloom $426,500
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Jones$243,700
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Kenna James $134,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Hatzis$109,700
5th Flag of England.svg Mark Banin$85,300
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Hull$73,100
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Ivin$60,900
8th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Han Luu$48,700
9th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tino Lechich$36,600

2005 Crown Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 3-Day Event: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 to Thursday, 20 January 2005
  • Number of buy-ins: 263
  • Total Prize Pool: $2,630,000
  • Number of Payouts: 40
Final Table [16]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamil Dia$1,000,000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Mike Simkin$465,000
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Mamacas$250,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Martin Comer$170,000
5th Flag of Ireland.svg Stephen McLean$110,000
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warwick Dunnett$80,000
7th Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Paul$70,000
8th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Benson$60,000
9th Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marcel Lüske $50,000

2006 Crown Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 6-Day Event: Saturday, 14 January 2006 to Thursday, 19 January 2006
  • Number of buy-ins: 418
  • Total Prize Pool: $4,180,000
  • Number of Payouts: 48
Final Table [17]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of New Zealand.svg Lee Nelson$1,295,800
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Robert Neary$689,700
3rd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nenad Medic $376,200
4th Flag of the United States.svg Shannon Shorr $271,700
5th Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sealey$209,000
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Davies$167,200
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wes Bugiera$125,400

2007 Crown Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 6-Day Event: Sunday, 14 January 2007 to Friday, 19 January 2007
  • Number of buy-ins: 747
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,470,000
  • Number of Payouts: 80
Final Table [18]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Denmark.svg Gus Hansen $1,500,000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Fricke $1,000,000
3rd Flag of Ireland.svg Andy Black $700,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Julius Colman$500,000
5th Flag of Germany.svg Hans Vogl$400,000
6th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marc Karam $300,000
7th Flag of the United States.svg Kristy Gazes $220,000

2008 Crown Australian Poker Championships

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 6-Day Event: Sunday, 14 January 2008 to Friday, 19 January 2008
  • Number of buy-ins: 780
  • Total Prize Pool: A$7,758,500
  • Number of Payouts: 80
Final Table [19]
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kostritsyn $1,650,000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Erik Seidel $1,000,000
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Chrisanthopoulos$700,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Ling$500,000
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nino Marotta$400,000
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Antonio Casale$300,000
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Mobbs$225,000

2009 Crown Australian Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 7-Day Event: Saturday, 17 January 2009 to Friday, 23 January 2009
  • Number of buy-ins: 681
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,810,000
  • Number of Payouts: 64
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stewart Scott$2,000,000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Peter Rho$1,000,000
3rd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elliot Smith$700,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rajkumar Ramakrishnan$400,000
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Capra$300,000
6th Flag of the United States.svg Zach Gruneberg$210,000
7th Flag of England.svg Richard Ashby $150,000

2010 Crown Australian Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 7-Day Event: Sunday, 24 January 2010 to Saturday, 30 January 2010
  • Number of buy-ins: 746
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,460,000
  • Number of Payouts: 72
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tyron Krost$2,000,000
2nd Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Jensen$1,100,000
3rd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sorel Mizzi $715,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kosta Varoxis$450,000
5th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Peter Jetten $350,000
6th Flag of the United States.svg Steven Friedlander$250,000
7th Flag of Norway.svg Annette Obrestad $175,000

2011 Crown Australian Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 7-Day Event: Sunday, 23 January 2011 to Saturday, 29 January 2011
  • Number of buy-ins: 721
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,210,000
  • Number of Payouts: 72
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Gorr$2,000,000
2nd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Keys$1,035,000
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Rossiter$700,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Ryan$450,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Randy Dorfman$325,000
6th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Samad Razavi$225,000
7th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Moorman $175,000

2012 Crown Australian Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 7-Day Event: Sunday, 22 January 2012 to Saturday, 28 January 2012
  • Number of buy-ins: 659
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,590,000
  • Number of Payouts: 72
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oliver Speidel$1,600,000
2nd Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kenneth Wong$1,000,000
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mile Krstanoski$610,000
4th Flag of Sweden.svg Mohamad Kowssarie$405,000
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patrick Healy$300,000
6th Flag of Hong Kong.svg Bjorn Li$230,000
7th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Yann Dion$170,000

2013 Crown Australian Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 7-Day Event: Sunday, 27 January to Saturday, 2 February 2013
  • Number of buy-ins: 629
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,290,000
  • Number of Payouts: 64
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Malaysia.svg Mervin Chan$1,600,000
2nd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joseph Cabret$1,000,000
3rd Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Antonius $600,000
4th Flag of the United States.svg Dan Shak $400,000
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Glennon$290,000
6th Flag of New Zealand.svg David Yan$220,000
7th Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jay Tan$150,000

2014 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,600
  • 7-Day Event: Sunday, 2 February to Sunday, 9 February 2014
  • Number of buy-ins: 668
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,680,000
  • Number of Payouts: 72
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ami Barer$1,600,000
2nd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sorel Mizzi $1,000,000
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Jake Balsiger$650,000
4th Flag of the United States.svg Darren Rabinowitz$450,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Vincent Rubianes$335,000
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Phaedonos$250,000
7th Flag of the United States.svg Scott Seiver $170,000

2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,600
  • 7-Day Event: 25 January–1 February
  • Number of buy-ins: 648
  • Total Prize Pool: $6,480,000
  • Number of Payouts: 72
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Manny Stavropoulos$1,385,500
2nd Flag of Germany.svg Lennart Uphoff$1,214,500
3rd Flags of New Caledonia.svg Joel Douaglin$630,000
4th Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Rann$430,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Brian Rast $315,000
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Legg$235,000
7th Flag of the United States.svg Richard Lyndaker$160,000

2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,600
  • 6-Day Event: 25–31 January
  • Number of buy-ins: 732
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,320,000
  • Number of Payouts: 81
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ari Engel$1,600,000
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Tony Dunst $1,000,000
3rd Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Abernathy$624,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Lynskey$445,000
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dylan Honeyman$340,000
6th Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kitty Kuo$270,000
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Apostolidis$210,000

2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,000
  • 9-Day Event: 22–30 January
  • Number of buy-ins: 725
  • Total Prize Pool: $7,685,000
  • Number of Payouts: 80
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shurane Vijayaram$1,600,000
2nd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Heath$1,000,000
3rd Flag of Germany.svg Tobias Hausen$620,000
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Rossiter$440,000
5th Flag of Germany.svg Fedor Holz $335,000
6th Flag of the United States.svg David Olson$270,000
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Roberts$210,000

2018 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,600
  • 8-Day Event: 28 January–4 February
  • Number of buy-ins: 800
  • Total Prize Pool: $8,000,000
  • Number of Payouts: 88
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of England.svg Toby Lewis $1,458,198
2nd Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Huber$909,699
3rd Flag of Norway.svg Espen Solaas$1,177,103
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chul-Hyon Park$470,000
5th Flag of the United States.svg Mike Del Vecchio$370,000
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Richardson$300,000
7th Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johan Schumacher$235,000

2019 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,600
  • 7-Day Event: 28 January–3 February
  • Number of buy-ins: 822
  • Total Prize Pool: $8,220,000
  • Number of Payouts: 88
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of the United States.svg Bryn Kenney $1,272,598*
2nd Flag of the United States.svg Mike Del Vecchio$1,272,162*
3rd Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Hinrichsen$1,098,739*
4th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clinton Taylor$483,000
5th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Wakeman$380,300
6th Flag of South Korea.svg Gyeong Byeong Lee$309,000
7th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hamish Crawshaw$242,000

*-The final three players made a deal, with Kenney being crowned champion

2020 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

  • Buy-in: $10,600
  • 7-Day Event: 17–24 January 2020
  • Number of buy-ins: 820
  • Total Prize Pool: $8,200,000
  • Number of Payouts: 88
Final Table
PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vincent Wan$1,318,000*
2nd Flag of Vietnam.svg Ngoc Tai Hoang$1,318,000*
3rd Flag of New Zealand.svg Gareth Pepper$1,000,000*
4th Flag of Germany.svg Nino Ullmann$480,160
5th Flag of the United States.svg Erik Seidel $378,660
6th Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Weis$307,820
7th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicolas Malo$240,080

* - Denotes deal between the final three players

2021 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

POSTPONED due Covid-19 - The popular annual Australian poker extravaganza is officially postponed. But organizers for the popular event hope to reschedule it for later in the year. "Crown will continue to monitor and review the situation, working closely with the Victorian Government and health authorities to determine if and when such events can be safely revisited. We look forward to scheduling these long-standing annual events when it is deemed safe for us to do so." [20]

2022 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

A new responsible gambling policy released in 2021 make Crown Melbourne rethink poker tournament and live tables ath their Casino. According Crown, the new policy have a "12 Hour Daily Visit" for all guests, and this will make poker tournaments unvaliable at Crown Casino. "It doesn’t look like the Aussie Millions will be back anytime soon" – PMAunderstands Crown Melbourne has yet to appoint a new tournament director, no surprise given the pandemic-related issued of the past two years. [21]

2023 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

Poker Tournaments will no longer be running at Crown [22] - The popular Australian tournament series last ran in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live poker at many casinos around the world. Three years later, it seems unlikely the Aussie Millions will be returning because Victoria recently announced a package of reforms for Crown Melbourne stemming from a royal commission inquiry which found the casino unfit to hold a license. [23]

High Roller Winners (A$100,000 Challenge)

YearWinnerPrizeEntriesTotal Prize Pool
2006 Flag of Indonesia.svg John Juanda A$1,000,00010A$1,000,000
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Erick Lindgren A$1,000,00018A$1,800,000
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Howard Lederer A$1,250,00025A$2,500,000
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Steicke A$1,200,00023A$2,300,000
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Shak A$1,200,00024A$2,400,000
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Trickett A$1,525,00038A$3,800,000
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Smith A$1,012,00022A$2,200,000
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Robl A$1,000,00022A$2,200,000
2014 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yevgeniy Timoshenko A$2,000,00047 (29 Rebuys)A$7,486,000
2015 Flag of Malaysia.svg Richard Yong A$1,870,00070A$6,860,000
2016 Flag of Germany.svg Fabian QuossA$1,446,48041 (11 Rebuys)A$4,018,000
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Petrangelo A$882,00018A$1,764,000
2018 Flag of Malaysia.svg Michael LimA$931,00019A$1,862,000
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Cary Katz A$1,481,76042A$4,116,000
2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kahle BurnsA$1,746,36054A$5,292,000

Super High Roller Winners (A$250,000 Challenge)

YearWinnerPrizeEntriesTotal Prize Pool
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Erik Seidel A$2,500,00020A$5,000,000
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Ivey A$2,000,00016A$4,000,000
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Trickett A$2,000,00018A$4,500,000
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Ivey A$4,000,00030 (16 Rebuys)A$11,270,000
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Ivey A$2,205,00025A$6,105,000
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Steve O'Dwyer A$951,96016 (1 Rebuy)A$3,920,000

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The 2007 World Series of Poker was the 38th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series featured 55 poker championships in several variants. As a WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners receive a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money. The series culminates with the $10,000 No-Limit hold'em "Main Event", which has attracted thousands of entrants since 2004. The winner of the WSOP Main Event, who wins a multimillion-dollar prize, is considered to be the World Champion of Poker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2007 World Series of Poker Europe</span>

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants have had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Although the WSOP held circuit events in other locations, the main tournaments, which awarded bracelets to the winners, were exclusively held in Las Vegas. The inaugural WSOPE, held in 2007, marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 World Series of Poker Europe</span>

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, participants have had to travel to Las Vegas if they wanted to compete in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Although the WSOP held circuit events in other locations, the main tournaments, which awarded bracelets to the winners, were exclusively held in Las Vegas. The inaugural WSOPE, held in 2007, marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas.

Below are the results of the first season of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT). All currency amounts are in US dollars.

Below are the results of season seven of the World Poker Tour (2008-2009). The WPT Celebrity Invitational had the first female winner of the WPT.

Below are the results of the second season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. All currencies are US dollars unless otherwise stated.

Below are the results of the second season of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT). All currency amounts are in US dollars.

The Super Bowl of Poker was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."

The Super Bowl of Poker was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."

The Super Bowl of Poker was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."

The Super Bowl of Poker was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."

The Super Bowl of Poker was the second most prestigious poker tournament in the world during the 1980s. While the World Series of Poker was already drawing larger crowds as more and more amateurs sought it out, the SBOP "was an affair limited almost exclusively to pros and hard-core amateurs."

Below are the results for season 2 of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT).

For the card game of poker for 2012, below are the results of the fifth season of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT). All currency amounts are in US dollars.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Big One for One Drop</span> Texas hold em poker tournament

The Big One for One Drop is a $1,000,000 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold 'em poker tournament hosted at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). It became the highest buy-in poker tournament in history as well as the largest single payout offered. The event was hosted again in 2014, 2016 and 2018. The Big One will return in 2023 and will be hosted by the World Poker Tour (WPT) during the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December 2023.

The PokerStars Championship was a series of global poker tournaments which began in 2017. The formation of the series was announced in August 2016, when PokerStars revealed that the European Poker Tour and other poker tours were being rebranded. Seven tournament festivals were played in the inaugural season, in the Bahamas, Panama, Macau, Monte Carlo, Sochi, Barcelona and Prague. PokerStars also announced another series of tournaments, PokerStars Festival, which features lower buy-in events. The series was discontinued after the inaugural season.

The PokerStars Festival was a series of global poker tournaments which began in 2016. The formation of the series was announced in August 2016, when PokerStars revealed that the European Poker Tour and other poker tours were being rebranded. Thirteen tournament festivals were played in the inaugural season, in the North America, Europe, South America and Asia. PokerStars also announced another series of tournaments, PokerStars Championship, which features higher buy-in events. The series was discontinued after the second season.

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