The Aussie Millions Poker Championship has grown from a small 40-entry AUD $5,000 buy in event in January 2001 called the the Crown Australian Poker Championship to an international poker festival on the 'must play' list for most pros and the bucket list for poker players of all bankroll sizes and skill levels.
The event went truly international in 2005 when 263 entries created a record prize pool in the Southern Hemisphere of $2,630,000 and more than half the field had traveled from outside of Australia to play.
The Aussie Millions truly peaked over the next three years as some of the best players on the planet turned up to play.