button in SafariFormer Champion Stavropoulos: "Show Me Someone Who Predicted This, I'll Show You a Liar"
2015 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Manny Stavropoulos is as astounded by the numbers in this year's Aussie Millions Main Event.
"Anyone who would have said we'd get these numbers for the Main Event - show me that person and I'll show you a liar," he said to PokerNews on break in the Main Event. "Nobody predicted this."
Eleven years ago, Stavropoulos defeated a 648-player field to win A$1,385,500.
"It's a long time ago now," he said. "Crossed over the decade mark now so definitely a while ago. Those 10-11 years are really hard, because we didn't have everything since 2020, right? So it's 11 years but it's more like six years."
Like many, he's just glad the festival is back.
"It's good that the Aussie Millions is back. There are a lot of poker events on these days. Every weekend there's now an event of some kind, but I don't need to say anymore; just look at the numbers."