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The Crown Australian Poker Championship, or "Aussie Millions" is the biggest poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere. The tournament is staged annually at the Crown Casino complex in Melbourne, Australia. Crown Casino is the largest casino and poker room in Australia.

History

Poker at Crown was first introduced in June 1997 with the first major championship, then known as the Australasian Poker Championship, held shortly after in July 1998. The main event was a $1,000 buy-in Limit Holdem tournament that attracted 74 entries with a $74,000 prize pool.

The Crown Australian Poker Championship or the "Aussie Millions" as it has become known moved to January in 2001, attracting 40 entrants with a $5,000 buy in for a prize pool of $200,000. Since then it has continued to grow as more and more Australians have been attracted to the game of Poker and particularly Texas Hold'em. January 2003 saw the event go truly international, attracting a field of 122 entrants and a $1.2m prize pool.

In January 2005, the "Aussie Millions" reached new heights, with a record 263 participants paying $10,000 each to enter the No Limit Hold'em main event, generating the biggest prizepool ever in the Southern Hemisphere of $2,630,000. Over half the field was from overseas including players from New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, USA, Sweden, Holland, Canada, Italy and Lebanon.

2006 Aussie Millions

The schedule for the 2006 Aussie Millions at the Crown Casino in Melbourne has beeen announced - click here for details.