Taiwan poker pro wins biggest Aussie Millions prize yet

January 22, 2017

Taiwan poker pro James Chen has emerged victorious in the $25,000 buy-in Aussie Millions Challenge event after besting a field of 133 at the Crown in Melbourne. Included in the field, in which only 14 cashes were available, were big names like Dan Shak, defending champion Chance Cornuth, Stephen Chidwick, Antoine Saout, Nick Petrangelo, Manig […]

Belgian victory in Aussie Poker Millions event

January 19, 2017

Event six of the Aussie Millions poker festival currently running in Melbourne, Australia attracted a star-studded field of 516, creating a prize pool of A$528,900, the lion’s share of which went to Belgian pro Thomas Boivin, who had already claimed a cash of A$6,000 in an earlier event. Heads up, Boivin faced local pro Joel […]

Aussie Millions events 2, 3 and 4

January 17, 2017

Tuesday at the 2017 Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne, Australia saw the culmination of events 2, 3 and 4. Taiwan’s James Chen bested Australian Rainer Quel heads up to win the first championship ring of the series in which he defeated a field of 48 players in Event 2: $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. earning the top […]

Aussie Millions Poker off to a good start

January 17, 2017

Local Aussie pro Robert Raymond scored a well-earned A$320,830 this week by taking down the first event in the latest iteration of the popular Aussie Millions annual live tournament series. The Melbourne-based player bested a field of 1,565 entries – 245 up on last year’s equivalent – to end up in the heads up with […]

Aussie Millions schedule released

July 2, 2016

The schedule for the twentieth edition of what is arguably the southern hemisphere’s biggest poker festival – the Aussie Millions – has been released, offering 26 events over 20 days with buy-ins from A$1,150 to A$250,000 and more than A$1.5 million to the winner of the main event. The spectacular will take place at Crown […]

O’Dwyer takes Aussie Millions LK Boutique title

February 1, 2016

Steve O’Dwyer has bested a field of 16 in the rich AU$250,000 buy-in high roller event to take the Aussie Millions LK Boutique Challenge title for AU$1,051,959 ($744,829). O’Dwyer has had a storming start to 2016, having made deep runs in the WPTN Triton Super High Roller Series and the Aussie Millions No Limit Hold’em […]

Engel takes 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event

February 1, 2016

American poker pro Ari Engel bested a 732-strong field to win the Aussie Millions AU$10,600 no-limit hold’em main event over the weekend. Entering the final table with a huge advantage over his competitors in terms of chips, Engel ultimately took the title after defeating Tony Dunst in heads-up play, earning AU$1.6 million for his trouble, […]

Quoss wins Aussie Millions 2016

January 31, 2016

German poker pro, Fabian Quoss, has emerged victorious, winning the Aussie Millions 2016 $100,000 Challenge title and AU$1,446,480 (GBP 719,462) in prize money. Quoss bested a field of 41, and a final table of six, ultimately defeating American Ben Tollerene in heads-up play just 4-hours after the final table resumed play following a four-day hiatus. […]

Aussie Millions 2017 save the date

January 29, 2016

As the Aussie Millions 2016 final table is set to play out this weekend, organisers have released 2017 dates as the tournament anticipates its 20th anniversary to be held again at the Crown Melbourne from January 11, 2017 until Monday, January 30, 2017. PokerStars will partner the main event as part of its Asia-Pacific Poker […]

Six survivors in Aussie Millions $100,000 buy-in poker challenge

January 26, 2016

Online high stakes poker legend Ben Tollarene looks like a good bet to win the $100,000 buy-in Challenge event at the Aussie Millions championships unfolding in Melbourne this week; the US player has the chip advantage on a final table of six, but still faces some formidable opponents in Connor Drinan, Fedor Holz, Jason Mercier, […]