Aussie Millions
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The Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, added poker in 1997. One year later, they held their first major live championship event, a $1000* buy-in Limit Hold’em tournament. The event was then called the Australasian Poker Championship and it had 74 players who competed for $74,000 in prize money. In 2001 the name of the tournament was changed to the Crown Australian Poker Championship, but it is more popularly known as the “Aussie Millions” event. The event was also moved to January instead of July, and the buy-in was increased to $5,000.
By 2006 the buy-in had increased to $10,000 and the number of entrants had grown to 418 and the field had become international in every sense of the word, as players came from across the globe to compete for the $4 million dollar prize pool. The tournament also includes a full slate of preliminary events covering the spectrum of poker games, beginning almost two weeks before the main event. The final event at Aussie Millions is actually a live satellite to the 2008 main event!
Many online poker rooms, such as Full Tilt Poker, have now added satellites to the Aussie Millions event to their tournament schedules. The winners of these satellites are usually given a full prize package which includes airfare and hotel, a buy-in to the main event, and cash for additional expenses. Watch for even more poker rooms to add satellites to this event. As poker continues to increase in popularity across the world, the Aussie Millions event will grow with it.
*The Aussie Millions event buy-ins are given in AUD$
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