The top 80 players were 'in the money' and received between $15,000 and $1,650,000 each. A record 780 players entered, which generated a prize pool of $7,800,000. The 2008 championship concluded on Sunday 20 January 2008 with the winner being the 21-year-old Russian Alexander Kostritsyn. The top 80 players were 'in the money' and received between $15,000 and $1,500,000 each. A record 747 players entered, which generated a prize pool of $7,470,000. The 2007 championship commenced on Sunday 14 January 2007 with the final table held on Friday 19 January 2007. In 2006, 418 players competed for a share of the $4,180,000 prize pool, including some of the biggest names in the Poker world such as WSOP Champion Joe Hachem, along with Phil Ivey, John Juanda and Daniel Negreanu. Over half the field was from overseas including players from New Zealand, England, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, the US, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada, Italy and Lebanon. In January 2005, the Aussie Millions continued to grow with 263 participants paying $10,000 each to enter the No Limit Hold'em Main Event, generating the biggest prize pool ever in the Southern Hemisphere of $2,630,000. January 2003 saw the event go international, attracting a field of 122 entrants and a $1,200,000 prize pool. The Crown Australian Poker Championship, or the 'Aussie Millions' as it became known, moved to January in 2001, attracting 40 entrants with a $5,000 buy in for a prize pool of $200,000. The Main Event was a $1,000 buy in Limit Holdem tournament that attracted 74 entries with a $74,000 prize pool.

Poker at Crown was introduced in June 1997, with the first major championship held shortly after in July 1998. The Main Event of the series is the Southern Hemisphere's richest poker tournament with a prize pool in excess of A$7 million. The Australian Poker Championship, commonly known as Aussie Millions, is a series of poker tournaments held at the Crown Casino, in Melbourne, Australia.

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