Vince Wan

Winner of Event 1 - $1,100 No Limit Holdem (2-Day Event)

Vince Wan from Melbourne outlasted a field of 537 players to win the first event at the 2008 Aussie Millions. He had a tough heads up battle against Michael "Timex" McDonald, which lasted 61 hands as the two traded the lead back and forth several times.

Christopher Chronis

Winner of Event 2 - $1,100 Pot Limit Holdem (2-Day Event)

After coming back from the brink of defeat on multiple occasions during the tournament, Australian fashion designer Chris Chronis stormed to the lead late on Day 1 and dominated today's final table to capture the trophy and AU$60,398 in prize money. His patience was rewarded in the heads-up battle with a determined David Gorr, when his queen-high club flush was too good for Gorr's trip sevens.

Jimmy Fricke

Winner of Event 3 - $550 Limit 7C Stud/7C Stud Hi-Lo/Razz

Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke was the runner-up at last year's Aussie Millions main event championship after losing to Gus Hansen heads up. Although his victory tonight does not come close to his feat last year, this was pretty close. With about three tables to go, Gobboboy emerged as the chipelader and began to distance himself from the rest of the pack. Once the final table began, he kept adding to his already big stack. The feeling in the poker room was not one of "if" Gobboboy was going to win... rather "when" he was going to take it down. And exactly at 2am local time, he did just that.

Jamie Pickering

Winner of Event 4 - $1,100 Limit Holdem (2-Day Event)

Jamie Pickering made his second final table at the 2008 Aussie Millions. He started Day 2 of this event second place in chips and eventually overtook James Potter for the chiplead, never to look back. When asked when he thought he could win it all he replied, "I was trying not to think about it."

Michael Pedley

Winner of Event 5 - $1,150 No Limit Holdem w/ $1,000 rebuys (2-Day Event)

Congratulations to Michael Pedley who has just captured the trophy in Event #5: $1,150 No Limit Holdem with Rebuys Event. Michael is a very popular local player, who has received fantastic support from friends and family that have gathered on the rail during this final table. After his victory leap, Michael celebrated with hugs all around, showing genuine emotion at what he had just achieved.

Marlon Goonawardne

Winner of Event 6 - $1,650 Bounty Event (2-Day Event)

"I did this for all the $2-5 donks out there!" said Marlon Goonawardne as he posed for his winners photo, hoisting his winning A-Q aloft. Goonawardne is a popular local player, who comes to the Crown Casino to play $2-5 NLHE nearly every day. It seemed like everyone in the casino wandered away from their tables to congratulate him and shake his hand after he won. Goonawardne seized the chip lead on the second hand of play when he eliminated Kim Pearl and never had to look back. Despite some serious competition from 2006 WSOP Main Event 3rd place finisher Binger, Goonawardne never backed down and rode that big stack all the way to victory.

Lee Watkinson

Winner of Event 7 - $3,250 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys

With his win here today, Lee Watkinson makes a strong case for recognition as the world's best tournament Omaha player. He now has career earnings of over $1 million dollars in Omaha and ranks first atop the all-time WSOP Omaha money list. Watkinson was patient throughout the day, picking all the right spots to get his money into the middle. Lee collected $180,600 AUD in prize money for his win and another Omaha trophy to add to his already impressive resume.

Atonis Kambouroglou

Winner of Event 8 - $3,250 2 Card Manila Championship w/Rebuys

Howard Lederer

Winner of Event 9 - $100,000 No Limit Holdem

Howard Lederer mounted an impressive victory. He spent the majority of the day at the back of the pack and sat on a short stack. He patiently waited to make a move as dozens of runners busted out before him. He outlasted the young guns and several of the established Las Vegas veterans en route to his $1,250,000 first place victory.

Michael Pesek

Winner of Event 10 - $2,200 PLH/Omaha/Omaha Hi-Lo

Another day at the 2008 Aussie Millions and another young gun takes down a title. 21-year-old Michael Pesek bested a field of 114 total runners to claim 1st place in the $2,200 PLH/Omaha/Omaha Hi-Lo tournament, earning $79,800.

Mike 'Timex' McDonald

Winner of Event 11 - $1,050 PokerPro No Limit Holdem

Congratulations to Mike "Timex" McDonald for reaching his second final table of the 2008 Aussie Millions and for winning his first ever "live" title.

Alexander Kostritsyn

Winner of Event 12 - $10,500 Aussie Millions Main Event

After a week of grueling poker, Alexander Kostritsyn outlasted a field of 780 players to win the 2008 Aussie Millions. He had to beat one of the toughest NL Hold'em tournament players in the world in Erik Seidel for the victory. The young Russian collected $1,650,000 for his first place finish. Congrats to Alexander Kostritsyn for making his mark in poker history.