$1.6 Million for the Winner
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Registration has been closed for some time now, and the numbers are in. A total of 732 players registered for the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event, resulting in a total prize pool of AU$7.32 million. The top 80 players (10.9%) will make the money, with a minimum pay-out of AU$15,000.
Making the top 12 will earn a player a six-figure payday, and making the final table of seven will net you a minimum of AU$210,000. The runner-up will take home AU$1 million, the champion walks away with AU$1.6 million.
| Position | Prize | Position | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AU$1,600,000 | 10 - 12 | AU$120,000 |
| 2 | AU$1,000,000 | 13 - 18 | AU$85,000 |
| 3 | AU$625,000 | 19 - 24 | AU$60,000 |
| 4 | AU$445,000 | 25 - 30 | AU$40,000 |
| 5 | AU$340,000 | 31 - 36 | AU$30,000 |
| 6 | AU$270,000 | 37 - 48 | AU$25,000 |
| 7 | AU$210,000 | 49 - 64 | AU$20,000 |
| 8 - 9 | AU$160,000 | 65 - 80 | AU$15,000 |
| Year | Players | Buy-In | Variant | Champion | Country | Prize (AU$) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 732 | AU$10,000 | NLH | --TBD-- | --TBD-- | AU$1,600,000 | $1,122,825 |
| 2015 | 648 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Manny Stavropoulos | Australia | AU$1,385,500 | $1,094,737 |
| 2014 | 668 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Ami Barer | Canada | AU$1,600,000 | $1,399,739 |
| 2013 | 629 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Mervin Chan | Malaysia | AU$1,600,000 | $1,689,118 |
| 2012 | 659 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Oliver Speidel | Australia | AU$1,600,000 | $1,647,158 |
| 2011 | 721 | AU$10,000 | NLH | David Gorr | Australia | AU$2,000,000 | $1,978,044 |
| 2010 | 746 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Tyron Krost | Australia | AU$2,000,000 | $1,845,921 |
| 2009 | 681 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Stewart Scott | Australia | AU$2,000,000 | $1,420,737 |
| 2008 | 780 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Alexander Kostritsyn | Russia | AU$1,650,000 | $1,450,396 |
| 2007 | 747 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Gus Hansen | Denmark | AU$1,500,000 | $1,192,919 |
| 2006 | 418 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Lee Nelson | New Zealand | AU$1,295,800 | $949,694 |
| 2005 | 263 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Jamil Dia | New Zealand | AU$1,000,000 | $777,442 |
| 2004 | 133 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Tony Bloom | United Kingdom | AU$426,500 | $323,456 |
| 2003 | 122 | AU$10,000 | NLH | Peter Costa | United Kingdom | AU$394,870 | $221,862 |
| 2002 | 66 | AU$5,000 | NLH | John Maver | Australia | AU$150,000 | $78,030 |
| 2001 | 101 | AU$1,500 | NLH | Sam Korman | Australia | AU$53,025 | $28,368 |
| 2000 | 109 | AU$1,500 | NLH | Leo Boxell | Australia | AU$65,225 | $38,483 |
| 1999 | 109 | AU$1,000 | PLH | Milo Nadalin | Australia | AU$38,150 | $24,801 |
| 1998 | 74 | AU$1,000 | LH | Alex Horowitz | Australia | AU$25,900 | $15,693 |