Aussie Millions January 2010

Starts in 125 days and is held each January at Crown Casino, Melbourne Australia, the schedule has just been released and for more information, please visit the official website:

http://www.aussiemillions.com/default.aspx?ID=225

This years Tournaments had 18 official events and had a guaranteed first place prize of AUD$2 Million, it is ranked as the 6th most prestigious Poker Tournament in the World and its accolade is that in 2009 it held the Worlds largest Cash game with a $1,000,000 AUD Buy in.

The Main Event will be televised by Fox Sports Net and broadcast internationally

After 2009s reports, 2010 should be over whelming with an expected average of 800 individual players in the $10,500 Buy-In No Limit Holdem Main Event in 2010, there is on average over 400 international visitors expected to attend and over 2,000 unique/individual entrants will participate in the championship events.

There is generally around 8,000 room nights across Melbourne and 5,000 of these rooms are held at the Crown Casino.

The first Aussie Millions was held in 1998 with a $1,000 buy-in and $74k prize, most people think that it started in 2001 as this was when players first remember hearing about it, since then, the tournament has grown year on year, it is now one of the 6th biggest events on the poker circuit.

In 2004, there were over 133 entrants, $1.33 million prize pool, and first prize was $426,500

In 2005, there were over 263 entrants, $2.63 million prize pool, and first prize was $1 million

In 2006 there were over 418 entrants, $4.18 million prize pool, and first prize was $1.3 million

2007 there were over 747 entrants, $7.47 million prize pool, and first prize was $1.5 million

2008 there were over 780 entrants, $7.80 million prize pool, and first prize was $1.65 million

2009 there were over 681 entrants, $6.81 million prize pool, and first prize was $2 million

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