Aussie Millions Begins Today

The first event at the 2009 Aussie Millions tournament series began today with the start of $1,100 no-limit hold’em opening event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. There will be 18 events featured in all, running from today until Jan. 26 at the fourth edition of this tournament. A collection of professionals are expected to make the trip to the land down under, but numbers are slated to be down without the sponsorship of Full Tilt behind the event. The series will feature a robust collection of tournaments to kick off the year in the following games: limit and no-limit hold’em, limit Omaha eight-or-better, H.O.R.S.E., pot-limit Omaha, heads-up no-limit hold’em, and six-handed no-limit hold’em. Hometown world champion Joe Hachem is sure to make appearances in tournament fields throughout the series and kiwi Lee Nelson has mentioned that he will be playing many events as well. The highlights are sure to be the $100,000 no-limit hold’em challenge (Jan. 17-18), and the $10,500 no-limit hold’em main event (Jan. 18-24). Card Player will feature news stories about these two marquee events.

Here is a look at the full schedule of events and the full schedule for the main event:

Note: All dollar amounts are AUD

Event No. 1 ($1,100 no-limit hold’em): Jan. 9-11

Event No. 2 ($1,050 no-limit hold’em event): Jan. 11

Event No. 3 ($1,100 Omaha eight-or-better): Jan. 12

Event No. 4 ($1,100 limit hold’em): Jan. 13

Event No. 5 ($1,100 H.O.R.S.E.): Jan. 14-15

Event No. 6 ($1,150 no-limit hold’em w/rebuys): Jan. 15-16

Event No. 7 ($1,650 bounty event): Jan. 16-17

Event No. 8 ($100,000 no-limit hold’em challenge): Jan. 17-18

Event No. 9 ($10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event)

Day 1A: Jan. 18 (all tournament days begin at 12:30 p.m. local time)
Day 1B: Jan. 19
Day 1C: Jan. 20
Day 2: Jan. 21
Day 3: Jan. 22
Day 4: Jan. 23
Final Table: Jan. 24

Event No. 10 ($5,300 heads-up championship): Jan. 20-22

Event No. 11 ($1,100 pot-limit Omaha): Jan. 21

Event No. 12 ($3,250 pot-limit Omaha w/rebuys): Jan. 22

Event No. 13 ($1,100 mixed hold’em): Jan. 22

Event No. 14 ($2,200 six-handed no-limit hold’em): Jan. 23-24

Event No. 15: ($2,200 no-limit hold’em teams event): Jan. 24

Event No. 16: ($10,200 H.O.R.S.E.): Jan. 24-25

Event No. 17: ($1,100 no-limit hold’em turbo): Jan. 25

Event No. 18: ($1,100 2 card Manila championship w/rebuys): Jan. 26

2008 Aussie Millions:

Main Event

Buy-in: $10,500
Number of Entries: 750
Total Prize Pool: $7,800,000
First-Place Prize: $1,650,000
Places Paid: 81

Final-Table Results:

1: Alexander Kostritsyn -- $1,650,000
2: Erik Seidel -- $1,000,000
3: Michael Chrisanthopoulos -- $700,000
4: Peter Ling -- $500,000
5: Nino Marotta -- $400,000
6: Antonio Casale -- $300,000
7: Peter Mobbs -- $225,000
8: Nico Behling -- $175,000
9: Robert Akery -- $175,000

$100,000 no-limit hold’em challenge 

Buy-in: $100,000
Number of Entries: 25
Total Prize Pool: $2,500,000
First-Place Prize: $1,250,000
Places Paid: 5

Final-Table Results:

1: Howard Lederer -- $1,250,000
2: Mark Teltscher -- $650,000
3: Michael Sampoerna -- $350,000
4: Jeffrey Lisandro -- $150,000
5: Nikolaus Jedlicka -- $100,000

Related Articles

Mike Gorodinsky Captures Fourth WSOP Bracelet

Chidwick Wins Second Career WSOP Bracelet

$725K Stack: Jared Bleznick Dominates Heads-Up PLO Game

Most Viewed Articles