Crown Australian Poker Championship
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The Australian Poker Championship, commonly known as Aussie Millions is a poker tournament held at the Crown Casino, in Melbourne, Australia. It is the Southern Hemisphere's richest poker tournament with a prize pool in excess of AU$7 Million.
Poker at Crown was introduced in June 1997, with the first major championship held shortly after in July 1998. The Main Event was a AU$1,000 buy in Limit Holdem tournament that attracted 74 entries with a AU$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 AU$5,000 buy in for a prize pool of AU$200,000. January 2003 saw the event go international, attracting a field of 122 entrants and a AUD$1,200,000 prize pool.
In January 2005, the Aussie Millions continued to grow with 263 participants paying AU$10,000 each to enter the No Limit Holdem Main Event, generating the biggest prize pool ever in the Southern Hemisphere of AU$2,630,000. Over half the field was from overseas including players from New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, USA, Sweden, Holland, Canada, Italy and Lebanon.
In 2006, 418 players competed for a share of the AU$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 14th January, 2007 with the final table held on Friday 19th January, 2007. The buy-in was AU$10,500 (AU$10,000+AU$500). A record 747 players entered, which generated a prize pool of AU$7,470,000. The top 80 players were "in the money" and received between AU$15,000 and AU$1,500,000 each.
The 2008 championship concluded on Sunday 20th January, 2008 with the winner being the 21 year old Russian Alexander Kostritsyn. The buy-in was AU$10,500 (AU$10,000+AU$500). A record 780 players entered, which generated a prize pool of AU$7,800,000. The top 80 players were "in the money" and received between AU$15,000 and AU$1,650,000 each.
[edit] Main Event Results by Year
| Year | Winner | Prize | Runner-Up | Other Finalists |
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| 1998 | Alex Horowitz | AU$25,900 | Ken Eastwood |
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| 1999 | Milo Nadalin | AU$38,150 | Adam Haman |
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| 2000 | Leo Boxell | AU$65,225 | Gerry Fitt |
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| 2001 | Sam Korman | AU$53,025 | Eric Sclavos |
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| 2002 | John Maver | AU$150,000 | John Homann |
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| 2003 | Peter Costa | AU$394,870 | Leo Boxell |
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| 2004 | Tony Bloom | AU$426,500 | Jesse Jones |
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| 2005 | Jamil Dia | AU$1,000,000 | Mike Simkin |
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| 2006 | Lee Nelson | AU$1,295,800 | Robert Neary |
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| 2007 | Gus Hansen | AU$1,500,000 | Jimmy Fricke |
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| 2008 | Alexander Kostritsyn | AU$1,650,000 | Erik Seidel |
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