The Australian Poker Championship, better known as the Aussie Millions, is the ultimate Poker Tournament hosted down under. Held at the Crown Casino in Melbourne Australia, the Aussie Millions is the richest Poker tournament to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, with the cash prize exceeding Australian $7 million in totality. The tournament was introduced in the mid of 1997 and the first main event took place in July 1998. The buy in was pegged at $1000 and the tournament had attracted 74 of the most seasoned poker players from Australia and rest of the world. The cash prize for the first ever main event was pegged at $74,000. In the subsequent years, the buy in, as well as the prize limit was increased. By 2001, the prize limit has reached $200,000 and thus the name Aussie millions was crowned, round about that time itself. The January event required a buy-in of $5000 and attracted more than 40 players. It was in 2003 that the tournament went international, attracting a total of 122 players. The prize pool has exponentially increased this time around, and was pegged at $1,200,000. It was in 2006 that the headcount peaked and the Aussie millions started to grow to mammoth proportions. The buy-in value was set at $10,000 and the Aussie million saw more than 260 entrants that year, pushing the prize money to a hefty $2,630,000- Making it the richest Poker Tournament in the Southern Hemisphere. The $100,000 challenge is the most unique feature of the Aussie millions, imposing no limits Hold’em challenge. The 100,500 buy-in required for this event is the most expensive in the world and therefore, sets it apart from all the other independent Poker tournaments.