Plan Your Trip to the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship

The Aussie Millions Poker Championship has grown from a small 40-entry AUD $5,000 buy in event in January 2001 called the the Crown Australian Poker Championship to an international poker festival on the ‘must play’ list for most pros and the bucket list for poker players of all bankroll sizes and skill levels.

The event went truly international in 2005 when 263 entries created a record prize pool in the Southern Hemisphere of $2,630,000 and more than half the field had traveled from outside of Australia to play.

The Aussie Millions truly peaked over the next three years as some of the best players on the planet turned up to play. In 2006, the Main Event drew 418 players creating an AUD $4,180,000 prize pool. It almost doubled in 2007 when 747 entries turned up and Danish pro Gus Hansen won the title and an AUD $1.5 million first prize. Russian high-stakes hero Alexander Kostritsyn topped that in 2008, winning AUD $1.65 Million and beating Poker Hall of Fame member Erik Seidel heads up to claim the crown.

The Aussie Millions remained a highlight on the international poker circuit for the next few years with four straight Aussies keeping the title on home soil. Local chef Stewart Scott was the first to do it, before local university student Tyron Krost made it two years in a row in 2010. A 67-year-old Melbourne grandfather named David Gorr made it three years in a row in 2011 and 26-year-old Melbourne banker Oliver Spiedel did it again the next year.

Malaysian Mervin Chan broke the streak of Aussie winners in 2013 and Canadian Ami Barer won the title in 2014, getting the best of a 668-entry field.

The Aussies came back in 2015 when local rounder Manny Stavropoulos booked a win at home and the title went back to Canada last year when Toronto’s Ari Engel captured his first major title and it’s AUD $1.6 million first-place prize.

With satellites running on the property year-round, the $10,600 Aussie Millions Main Event has maintained its worldwide reputation as one of the biggest and most attractive fields at that buy in level. However, the full Aussie Millions Poker Championship schedule is filled with close to three weeks worth of poker tournaments and mid-to-high-stakes action with something for everyone.

Setting Your Schedule

The Aussie Millions kicks off Jan. 11 with one of the biggest, most attractive and affordable events on the schedule. The AUD $1,150 Opening Event features four starting flights, every day through Jan. 14, and an AUD $1 million prize pool guarantee. For anyone planning to attend the full festival, the Opening Event provides a great opportunity to boost the bankroll right out of the gate and get your feet wet at the series’ lowest price point.

The first week of events continues with a variety of tournaments including an $1,150 No Limit Holdem Shot Clock Shootout, $1,150 Pot Limit Omaha and a pair of $1,150 short-handed events.

Mixed game specialists can get in on the AUD $2,500 8 Game Mixed Event Jan. 18 and the schedule moves into the weekend with three flights of the AUD $1,150 No Limit Holdem Accumulator Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The first in a series of increasingly large high roller events also …

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