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The History of Aussie Millions 2009-2011
Today Aussie Millions is celebrating its 10th Anniversary at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. So we would like to remind you about the history of this amazing event, how it became one of the best live poker event in the world and remember the champions of the past
2009 An Australian Takes the Aussie Millions Title
For the first six years of Aussie Millions history no Aussie has was the Main Event title despite Australian domination at the final tables. This was about to change in 2009. The mood of the local players became clear even at the side events when Australians won seven events. Former champions also had a good run with Lee Nelson, champion in 2006, won $1,100 Pot Limit Omaha event, and Alexander Kostritsyn, the defending champion, proved himself once again and took down 10,500 H.O.R.S.E. event.
2009 Aussie Millions Results
|
Event |
Winner |
|
$550 No-Limit Hold’em |
Stuart Barclay (U.K.) |
|
$550 Pot-Limit Omaha |
David Morton (U.K.) |
|
$1,100 No-Limit Hold’em |
Christian Heich (Germany) |
|
$1,050 PokerPro No-Limit Hold’em |
Mitchell Carle (Australia) |
|
$1,100 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo |
Mel Judah (Australia) |
|
$1,100 Limit Hold’em |
Zach Gruneberg (USA) |
|
$1,100 H.O.R.S.E. |
Jarred Solomon (South Africa) |
|
$1,150 No-Limit Hold’em w/$1,000 rebuys |
Mark Kassis (Australia) |
|
$1,650 Feature Event (Bounties) |
Saidal Wardak (Australia) |
|
$100,000 Hold’em Challenge |
David Steicke (Hong Kong) |
|
$5,300 Australian Heads-up Championship |
John Tabatabai (U.K.) |
|
$1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha |
Lee Nelson (NZ) |
|
$3,250 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ rebuys |
Michael Binger (USA) |
|
$1,100 Mixed Hold’em |
Adam Peck (Australia) |
|
$2,200 No-Limit Hold’em Six-handed |
Thomas Lindbjerg (Denmark) |
|
$2,200 No-Limit Hold’em Teams |
Nick & Effie Bouyioukos (Australia) |
|
$10,500 H.O.R.S.E. |
Alexander Kostritsyn (Russia) |
|
$1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo |
Matthew Dietrich (Canada) |
|
$1,100 Two-card Manila |
Billy Argyros (Australia) |
In 2009 the participation in the Main Event dropped down for the first time in Aussie Millions history. 681 players joined in creating the prize pool of $6.81 million AUD. Well-known players who entered the Main Event and finished in the money included Scotty Nguyen – 50th place, JP Kelly - 43rd, Annette Obrestad – 21st and Sorel Mizzi – 16th.
Three Australian players earned their seats at the final table and for the first time ever the trophy stayed at home when Australian Stewart Scott came on op of Peter Rho from the USA and won the top prize of $2 million AUD.
2009 Aussie Millions Main Event Results
|
Place |
Player |
Prize (AUD) |
|
1st |
Stewart Scott (Australia) |
$2,000,000 |
|
2nd |
Peter Rho (USA) |
$1,000,000 |
|
3rd |
Elliot Smith (Canada) |
$700,000 |
|
4th |
Raj Ramakrishnan (Australia) |
$400,000 |
|
5th |
Sam Capra (Australia) |
$300,000 |
|
6th |
Zach Gruneberg (USA) |
$210,000 |
|
7th |
Richard Ashby (U.K.) |
$150,000 |
|
8th |
Barny Boatman (U.K.) |
$100,000 |
|
9th |
Zac Fellows (Canada) |
$100,000 |
2010 Poker Pros Capture the Side Events Titles
2010 became the year when poker pros won the most number of titles in the side evens including Erik Seidel, won the top prize in the $10,500 PLO game, David Bach took down the $10,500 H.O.R.S.E. event and Annette Obrestad came first in the $1,100 PLO, collecting $40,000 AUD first prize.
2010 Aussie Millions Results
|
Event |
Winner |
|
Event #1: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em |
Matthew Ephraums (Australia) |
|
Event #2: $550 PokerPro No-Limit Hold’em |
Andrew Hinrichsen (Australia) |
|
Event #3: $1,100 Limit Hold’em |
Simon Morris (Australia) |
|
Event #4: $1,100 Po- Limit Omaha |
Annette Obrestad (Norway) |
|
Event #5: $1,650 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Bounties |
Jonathan Karamalikis (Australia) |
|
Event #6: $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. |
John Joannou (Australia) |
|
Event #7: $1,150 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys |
Mike Watson (Canada) |
|
Event #8: $100,000 Challenge |
Dan Shak (USA) |
|
Event #9: $10,500 Main Event |
Tyron Krost (Australia) |
|
Event #10: $550 PokerPro No-Limit Hold’em Shootout |
Peter Vratsidis (Australia) |
|
Event #11: $550 PokerPro Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo |
Eugene Portlen (Australia) |
|
Event #12: $550 PokerPro Seven Card Stud |
Leo Boxell (Australia) |
|
Event #13: $5,300 Australian Heads-Up Championship |
Kyle McMurphy (Canada) |
|
Event #14: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Teams Event |
Mel Judah & Mick Guttmann (Australia) |
|
Event #15: $10,500 Pot-Limit Omaha |
Erik Seidel (USA) |
|
Event #16: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em |
Vincent Van Der Fluit (The Netherlands) |
|
Event #17: $1,150 NLHE/PLO w/Rebuys |
Mark Segal (U.K.) |
|
Event #18: $10,500 H.O.R.S.E. |
David Bach (USA) |
|
Event #19: $2,200 6-Handed No Limit Hold’em |
Kristian Lunardi (Australia) |
|
Event #20: $550 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo |
Roland Hawkins (Australia) |
Obrestad went further and worked her way in the the final table of the Main Event in 2010 finishing 7th from the 746 player field. Sorel Mizzi, who finished 16th the year before, had a deep run and came 3rd that year. The heads up was between Tyron Krost from Australia and Frederick Jensen from Denmark. Krost was leading in chips 2 – 1 and he put this lead to good use and for the second year running the trophy stayed at home.
2010 Aussie Millions Main Event Results
|
Place |
Player |
Prize (AUD) |
|
1st |
Tyron Krost (Australia) |
$2,000,000 |
|
2nd |
Frederick Jensen (Denmark) |
$1,100,000 |
|
3rd |
Sorel Mizzi (Canada) |
$715,000 |
|
4th |
Kosta Varoxis (Australia) |
$450,000 |
|
5th |
Peter Jetten (Canada) |
$350,000 |
|
6th |
Steve Friedlander (USA) |
$250,000 |
|
7th |
Annette Obrestad (Norway) |
$175,000 |
|
8th |
Stephen Shelly (Australia) |
$125,000 |
2011 First Super High Roller $250,000 Event
|Last year Aussie Millions saw its first Super High Roller Event with $250,000 AUD buy-in. 20 players registered including Tom Dwan, Sam Trickett, Daniel Cates, John Juanda, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel and a group of Chinese businessmen. The even was run in turbo format. In the heads up it was Trickett, 2011 winner of $100,000 AUD High Roller Event, and Seidel. Although Tricket began heads up in a chip lead Seidel shwed his class once again and defeated his opponent in less than an hour taking down $2.5 million AUD beconing the winner of the largest buy-in tournament in poker history.
2011 Aussie Millions Results
|
Event |
Winner |
|
Event #1: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em |
Martin Drewe (Australia) |
|
Event #2: $550 PokerPro No-Limit Hold’em Shootout |
Jarred Solomon (South Africa) |
|
Event #3: $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha |
Sean Dunwoodie (Australia) |
|
Event #4: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout |
Soren Blanner (Denmark) |
|
Event #5: $1,100 8-Game Mixed Event |
Richard Ashby (U.K.) |
|
Event #6: $1,100 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em |
Tim O’Shea (Australia) |
|
$25,000 Shootout Invitational |
David Oppenheim (USA) |
|
Event #7: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys |
Oliver Speidel (Australia) |
|
Event #8: $100,000 Challenge |
Sam Trickett (U.K.) |
|
Event #9: $10,500 Main Event |
David Gorr (Australia) |
|
Event #10: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Teams Event |
Christian Svensen (USA) & Neil Stewart (Scotland) |
|
Event #11: $550 No-Limit Hold’em |
Age Spets (Norway) |
|
Event #12: $5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha |
Mike Shklover (USA) |
|
Event #13: $10,500 Australian Heads-Up Championship |
Carlos Mortensen (Spain) |
|
Event #14: $550 No-Limit Hold’em |
Hun Lee (Australia) |
|
Event #15: $10,500 8-Game Mixed Event |
Andy Bloch (USA) |
|
Event #16: $550 No-Limit Hold’em |
Rob Versluis (U.K.) |
|
Event #17: $2,200 6-Handed No Limit Hold’em |
Leo Boxell (Australia) |
|
Event #18: $550 No-Limit Hold’em |
Seonglee Ang (Australia) |
|
Event #19: $1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Bounties |
Gerasimos Deres (Sweden) |
|
Event #20: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo |
Antonio Fazzolari (Australia) |
|
Event #21: $250,000 Super High Roller |
Erik Seidel (USA) |
The Main Event of 2011 attracted 721 players creating the prize pool of $7.21 million AUD. Sorel Mizzi made into the final table for the second year and finished in the ninth place. The final table was dominated once again by a local Australian player David Gorr who sent packing opponents like Randy Dorfman and Chris Moorman.
2011 Aussie Millions Main Event Results
|
Place |
Player |
Prize (AUD) |
|
1st |
David Gorr |
$2,000,000 |
|
2nd |
James Keys |
$1,035,000 |
|
3rd |
Jeff Rossiter |
$700,000 |
|
4th |
Michael Ryan |
$450,000 |
|
5th |
Randy Dorfman |
$325,000 |
|
6th |
Samad Razavi |
$225,000 |
|
7th |
Chris Moorman |
$175,000 |
|
8th |
Patrik Antonius |
$130,000 |
|
9th |
Sorel Mizzi |
$130,000 |
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