Aussie Millions

The Tournament

The Aussie Millions Poker Championship is held every year in January at Crown Casino, Melbourne Australia.

The 2011 championship saw 20 official events on the schedule, culminating in the AUD$10,600 No Limit Holdem Main Event and a first place prize of AUD$2 million.

The 2012 event is set to be bigger than ever with 26 official events, the return of the $100K Challenge and an estimated total prize pool of AUD$20 million.

Top Level Stats

As one of the largest poker tournaments in the world, the Aussie Millions sees over 2,000 local and international players go head to head over a two week period across 26 official events. 800 of these players will use their skills to out play each other in the 2012 Main Event, with some of them returning to play in one of the World’s Largest Cash Game with a AUD$1 Million buy-in.

Main Event History

• 2004 - 133 entrants, $1.33 million prize pool, first prize $426,500
• 2005 - 263 entrants, $2.63 million prize pool, first prize $1 million
• 2006 - 418 entrants, $4.18 million prize pool, first prize $1.3 million
• 2007 - 747 entrants, $7.47 million prize pool, first prize $1.5 million
• 2008 - 780 entrants, $7.80 million prize pool, first prize $1.65 million
• 2009 - 681 entrants, $6.81 million prize pool, first prize $2 million
• 2010 - 746 entrants, $7.46 million prize pool, first prize $2million
• 2011 - 721 entrants, $7.21 million prize pool, first prize $2million