Team PokerNews was out in force for the 2008 Aussie Millions, with one lucky team member even making the cash at the Main Event. They all qualified through exclusive PokerNews Freerolls, enjoying a fantastic tournament and holiday combined. more
Seven players returned to the final table of the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, all chasing the champion's trophy and the $1.65 million first prize. From a former car salesman to an eight-time WSOP bracelet... more
Eight players returned on Saturday for the final three rounds of the 2008 Aussie Millions $5,300 Heads-Up Championship. The eight included both world-famous 'live' players and prominent online stars. Each of the eight, the survivors of three... more
22 players returned to the Crown Casino in Melbourne for Day 4 action in the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event. These survivors of an original 780-player field included local favorite Antonio Casale, who held the chip lead as the day began... more
32 more top-notch players joined the $5,300 Aussie Millions Heads-Up Championship on Day 1b, including Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow, who busted out of the Main Event in time for his Round 1 heads-up match. Also in the field were Terrence Chan... more
98 players returned to the Crown Casino in Melbourne on Friday for Day 3 of the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event, all striving for a spot in the top 80 paid slots and a shot at the $1.65 million first prize. Matthew LaGarde started the day atop... more
32 top pros each ponied up $5,300 on the first of two starting days of the 2008 Aussie Millions Heads-Up Championship (Event #13). Each round was played in a best-of-three format, where the first player to win twice progressed to the next... more
338 survivors from three 'first' days of the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event gathered at Melbourne's Crown Casino for Day 2 of the year's biggest tourney to date. 2007 third-place finisher Andy Black started Day 2 with a slight chip lead over... more
The final Day 1 of the Aussie Millions Main Event saw 270 players take to the felt, bringing the total number of participants to 780 and creating a $7.8 million prize pool. Joining poker stars such as Anna Wroblewski, 2007 WSOPE Main Event... more
294 players joined the field for the second Day 1 of the Aussie Millions Main Event. In the field on Day 1b were 2007 champion Gus Hansen, 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Joe Hachem, Phil Ivey, Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak... more
The field was stacked with stars for Day 1a of the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event. Gavin Smith, John Juanda, Karina Jett, Eli Elezra and Tony G were among the big names in the 215-player field, with 2007 third-place finisher Andy Black... more
13 players returned to the Crown Casino for Day 2 of the $2,200 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em/Omaha/Omaha Hi-Lo Event, including Event #4 winner Jamie Pickering, 18-year-old Josh 'JJProdigy' Field and chip leader Dag Martin Mikkelsen... more
The biggest names in poker took their seats around three tables as the largest-buyin event of the 2008 Aussie Millions kicked off, the $100,000 No-Limit Hold'Em event. Last year's winner, Erick Lindgren, joined 2007 Aussie Millions... more
Neatly bookending the 'mixed stud' style of Event #3 was Event #10, a $2,200 mixed 'Pot-Limit Flop Games' tournament. The event rotated through Pot-Limit Hold'Em, Pot-Limit Omaha and Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo. The game changed with every... more
97 players, including a former World Champion, an Oscar-nominated WSOP bracelet winner and a former WPT Player of the Year, took the field in the PokerPro No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship in Event #11 of the 2008 Aussie Millions. This year's... more
The field was smaller than last year, with only ten runners plunking down $3,250 each for a seat in the 2-card Manila Championship. That field, though, was stacked with some of Australia's toughest players, including several with deep... more
A star-studded field took to the felt at the Crown Casino in Melbourne for Event #7 of the Aussie Millions, $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys. Among the famous international players present were Steve Zolotow, Andy Black, Lee Watkinson... more
Michael Binger took the chip lead into the final table of Event #6 of the Aussie Millions, but it was local low-stakes player Marlon Goonawardne who took home the trophy in the $1,650 Bounty Tournament and the $155,400 first-place... more
Event #6 of the 2008 Aussie Millions had the most intriguing structure of any tournament so far this year. The $1,650 Bounty Tournament started off with a turbo format, where players had 20 seconds to make their action. To boost the action... more
Tony Dunst took the chip lead into the final 14 and missed the final table, Anna Wroblewski took a plethora of hits and double-ups before her day ended, the first elimination came on the first hand, and a local boy made good as Michael Pedley... more