Gute Nachrichten aus dem Crown Casino in Melbourne. Beim $1.150 Opening Event der Aussie Millions gab es den ersten Sieg für einen deutschsprachigen Spieler. Der Österreicher Benedikt Eberle schnappt sich den Aussie Millions Goldring samt einer Siegprämie von $315.295. Das Turnier lockte insgesamt 1.538 Entries an, die zusammen für einen Preispool von $1.576.450 sorgten. Im Heads-Up bekam es der Wiener mit dem australischen Profi Michael Adamo zu tun, der sich bei seinem Heimspiel geschlagen geben musste. Als Runner-Up kassierte er dennoch ein stolzes Preisgeld von $194.690. Ebenfalls eine starke Turnierleistung zeigte Marlon Plaumann aus Deutschland, der es bei dem Turnier auf den 14 Platz schaffte.
Des Weiteren fand im Crown Casino Tag 1 des $1.150 Shot Clock Shootout Events statt. Hier schaffte es Thomas Mühlöcker als Einziger der deutschsprachigen Riege in den zweiten Turniertag. Für Tag 2 konnten sich bei Event #3 der Aussie Millions 22 Spieler qualifizieren.
Aussie Millions AU$1.150 Opening Event #1
Entries: 1.538
Bezahlte Plätze: 153
Preispool: $1.576.450
| Place | Prizemoney | Name | City/State | Country |
| 1st | $ 315,295 | Benedikt | Vienna | Austria |
| 2nd | $ 194,690 | Michael Adamo | Melbourne | Australia |
| 3rd | $ 115,875 | Benjamin Jee | Sydney | Australia |
| 4th | $ 83,715 | James Bills | Adelaide | Australia |
| 5th | $ 56,755 | Jeron Tan | Melbourne | Australia |
| 6th | $ 40,990 | Benjamin Richardson | Melbourne | Australia |
| 7th | $ 34,685 | Davor Derek | Melbourne | Australia |
| 8th | $ 29,955 | Mai Ha | Melbourne | Australia |
| 9th | $ 25,230 | Glenn Swalling | Brisbane | Australia |
| 10th | $ 21,285 | Benjamin Benoit | Noumea | France |
| 11th | $ 17,340 | Qiu Wenjian | Auckland | New Zealand |
| 12th | $ 17,340 | Moustafo Haidary | Sydney | Australia |
| 13th | $ 14,190 | Thomas Grigg | Melbourne | Australia |
| 14th | $ 14,190 | Marlon Plaumann | Germany | |
| 15th | $ 14,190 | Karam Bahi | Sydney | Australia |
| 16th | $ 11,035 | Chin S. Tan | Malaysia | |
| 17th | $ 11,035 | Jim Michael Kanan | Sydney | Australia |
| 18th | $ 11,035 | Bruno Portano | Melbourne | Australia |
| 19th | $ 9,460 | Josh Yeomans | Perth | Australia |
| 20th | $ 9,460 | Wan Gaw | Melbourne | Australia |
| 21st | $ 9,460 | David Bonadio | Melbourne | Australia |
| 22nd | $ 8,195 | Steven Baker | Melbourne | Australia |
| 23rd | $ 8,195 | Chenyun Zhang | Shanghai | China |
| 24th | $ 8,195 | Ashley N. Sleeth | Las Vegas | Usa |
| 25th | $ 6,935 | Yow Hui Ng | Singapore | |
| 26th | $ 6,935 | Hun Lee | Sydney | Australia |
| 27th | $ 6,935 | Ray Walter | Merimbula | Australia |
| 28th | $ 5,675 | Yan Shing Tsang | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 29th | $ 5,675 | Stephen Smith | Auckland | New Zealand |
| 30th | $ 5,675 | Bradley Mcgarrity | Sydney | Australia |
| 31st | $ 5,675 | Joer Raemaekers | Swieqi | Malta |
| 32nd | $ 5,675 | Scott Wilson | Melbourne | Australia |
| 33rd | $ 5,675 | James Clarke | Brisbane | Australia |
| 34th | $ 5,675 | Minh Tran | Melbourne | Australia |
| 35th | $ 5,675 | Yew Tong Khaw | ||
| 36th | $ 5,675 | Paul J. Alfis | Melbourne | Australia |
| 37th | $ 5,045 | Matt Rolfe | Sydney | Australia |
| 38th | $ 5,045 | Jonathan Karamalikis | Adelaide | Australia |
| 39th | $ 5,045 | Michael Madden | Geelong | Australia |
| 40th | $ 5,045 | Majid Saab | Sydney | Australia |
| 41st | $ 5,045 | Andrew Michael | Adelaide | Australia |
| 42nd | $ 5,045 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Vilnius | Lithuania |
| 43rd | $ 5,045 | Joshua Duce | Brisbane | Australia |
| 44th | $ 5,045 | Chris Cannon | Geelong | Australia |
| 45th | $ 5,045 | Igor Zhurek | Melbourne | Australia |
| 46th | $ 4,415 | Hamish Crawshaw | Wanganui | New Zealand |
| 47th | $ 4,415 | Nicholas Dallimore | Melbourne | Australia |
| 48th | $ 4,415 | Jan Suchanek | Nelson | New Zealand |
| 49th | $ 4,415 | Qang Fu | Auckland | New Zealand |
| 50th | $ 4,415 | Kahle Burns | Melbourne | Australia |
| 51st | $ 4,415 | Eyad Shalabi | Sydney | Australia |
| 52nd | $ 4,415 | James Ong | Melbourne | Australia |
| 53rd | $ 4,415 | David White | Melbourne | Australia |
| 54th | $ 4,415 | Robin Hegele | Vienna | Austria |
| 55th | $ 4,100 | Damian Tonkin | Adelaide | Australia |
| 56th | $ 4,100 | Mark Bonsack | ||
| 57th | $ 4,100 | John Thomson | Sydney | Australia |
| 58th | $ 4,100 | Michael Harb | Auckland | New Zealand |
| 59th | $ 4,100 | Reece Webb | Sydney | Australia |
| 60th | $ 4,100 | Nicolas Haidaris | Melbourne | Australia |
| 61st | $ 4,100 | Eugene Poudel | Melbourne | Australia |
| 62nd | $ 4,100 | Cale Treacy | Melbourne | Australia |
| 63rd | $ 4,100 | Alexandre Rodriguez | Noumea | New Calendonia |
| 64th | $ 4,100 | Jack Sinclair | London | England |
| 65th | $ 4,100 | Navid King | Sydney | Australia |
| 66th | $ 4,100 | Ryan Otto | Auckland | New Zealand |
| 67th | $ 4,100 | Alex Hwaa | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 68th | $ 4,100 | Christopher Moussa | Sydney | Australia |
| 69th | $ 4,100 | Michael Mihelakis | Melbourne | Australia |
| 70th | $ 4,100 | Peter Dykes | Sydney | Australia |
| 71st | $ 4,100 | Shawn Twidale | Queensland | Australia |
| 72nd | $ 4,100 | Matthew Smith | Coconut Creek | Usa |
| 73rd | $ 3,785 | Yang Zhang | Beijing | China |
| 74th | $ 3,785 | George Giannulidis | Melbourne | Australia |
| 75th | $ 3,785 | Michael K. Tchong | Melbourne | Australia |
| 76th | $ 3,785 | Billy V. Laguda | Melbourne | Australia |
| 77th | $ 3,785 | Salvatore Fazzino | Perth | Australia |
| 78th | $ 3,785 | Rodrigo Meneses | Sydney | Australia |
| 79th | $ 3,785 | Tong Tan | Singapore | Singapore |
| 80th | $ 3,785 | Raviindran M. Maravar | Melbourne | Australia |
| 81st | $ 3,785 | Stephen Woodhead | Chesterfield | England |
| 82nd | $ 3,785 | Jason J.G. Giuliano | Melbourne | Australia |
| 83rd | $ 3,785 | Gideon I. Max | Melbourne | Australia |
| 84th | $ 3,785 | Yuri Mamistavalov | Melbourne | Australia |
| 85th | $ 3,785 | Duff J. Charette | Ottawa | Canada |
| 86th | $ 3,785 | Joshua S. Abady | New York | Usa |
| 87th | $ 3,785 | Bridges R. Roe | Melbourne | Australia |
| 88th | $ 3,785 | Robert J. Goodwin | Adelaide | Australia |
| 89th | $ 3,785 | Kristen D. Bicknell | Toronto | Canada |
| 90th | $ 3,785 | Andrew J. White | Sydney | Australia |
| 91st | $ 3,470 | Xixiang Luo | China | |
| 92nd | $ 3,470 | Nurlan Boobekov | Sydney | Australia |
| 93rd | $ 3,470 | Michael I. Russell | Melbourne | Australia |
| 94th | $ 3,470 | Kan Lin | Melbourne | Australia |
| 95th | $ 3,470 | Benjamin J. Vanderveen | Melbourne | Australia |
| 96th | $ 3,470 | Kevin Lallut | Noumea | New Caledonia |
| 97th | $ 3,470 | John Robert Barker | Sunshine Coast | Australia |
| 98th | $ 3,470 | Greg Katsaros | Melbourne | Australia |
| 99th | $ 3,470 | Kevin M. Fraser | Boston | Usa |
| 100th | $ 3,470 | Samuel D. Butters | Wanganui | New Zealand |
| 101st | $ 3,470 | Scott Sanders | Santa Clara | Usa |
| 102nd | $ 3,470 | Jack Brown | Sunshine Coast | Australia |
| 103rd | $ 3,470 | Maximilian R. Lehmanski | Innsbruck | Austria |
| 104th | $ 3,470 | Gino Provezano | Melbourne | Australia |
| 105th | $ 3,470 | David R. Roberts | Sydney | Australia |
| 106th | $ 3,470 | Timonthy G. English | Melbourne | Australia |
| 107th | $ 3,470 | Vasco M. Zapantzis | Melbourne | Australia |
| 108th | $ 3,470 | Jun Jia | Melbourne | Australia |
| 109th | $ 3,150 | Sung Joo Hyun | Seoul | Korea |
| 110th | $ 3,150 | Peter Karam | Sydney | Australia |
| 111th | $ 3,150 | Joseph Lorusso | Sydney | Australia |
| 112th | $ 3,150 | Adrian R. Bolzonello | Melbourne | Australia |
| 113th | $ 3,150 | Max K. Chin | Melbourne | Australia |
| 114th | $ 3,150 | Stephan P. Graner | Kaneohe | Usa |
| 115th | $ 3,150 | Tristan R. Bain | Melbourne | Australia |
| 116th | $ 3,150 | Thomas Gleeson | Melbourne | Australia |
| 117th | $ 3,150 | Dennis Wilke | Wolgast | Germany |
| 118th | $ 3,150 | Chris Ozer | Melbourne | Australia |
| 119th | $ 3,150 | David Wang | Kangaroo Point | Australia |
| 120th | $ 3,150 | Chris Colaneri | Melbourne | Australia |
| 121st | $ 3,150 | Andreas Klatt | Vienna | Austria |
| 122nd | $ 3,150 | Blake J. Lockwood | Sydney | Australia |
| 123rd | $ 3,150 | Ben David Chinner | Rocksby Downs | Australia |
| 124th | $ 3,150 | Peter M. Natoli | Sydney | Australia |
| 125th | $ 3,150 | Tatjana Zizic | Nelson | New Zealand |
| 126th | $ 3,150 | Benn A. Skender | Melbourne | Australia |
| 127th | $ 2,835 | Damian Walsh | Melbourne | Australia |
| 128th | $ 2,835 | Stefan Huber | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 129th | $ 2,835 | Murray Chick | Sydney | Australia |
| 130th | $ 2,835 | Voytek Clab | Chicago | Usa |
| 131st | $ 2,835 | Mathew Stafa | Muswelbrook | Australia |
| 132nd | $ 2,835 | Patrick D. Fletcher | Sydney | Australia |
| 133rd | $ 2,835 | Michael Courmadias | Melbourne | Australia |
| 134th | $ 2,835 | Leigh A. Warne | Melbourne | Australia |
| 135th | $ 2,835 | Martyn Christopher Ward | Perth | Australia |
| 136th | $ 2,835 | Joshua Tomich | Melbourne | Australia |
| 137th | $ 2,835 | Denis Jankovic | Brisbane | Australia |
| 138th | $ 2,835 | Toby Meredith | Melbourne | Australia |
| 139th | $ 2,835 | Peter Vujic | Melbourne | Australia |
| 140th | $ 2,835 | Lawrence B. Bayley | London | England |
| 141st | $ 2,835 | Dylan M. Kii | Perth | Australia |
| 142nd | $ 2,835 | Yee W. Wong | Adelaide | Australia |
| 143rd | $ 2,835 | David Moxon | Melbourne | Australia |
| 144th | $ 2,835 | Florian Geiger | Germany | |
| 145th | $ 2,835 | Jacob L. Balsiger | Phoenix | Usa |
| 146th | $ 2,835 | Naveen Kumar | Melbourne | Australia |
| 147th | $ 2,835 | John V. Lombardo | Melbourne | Australia |
| 148th | $ 2,835 | William H. Overmire | Melbourne | Australia |
| 149th | $ 2,835 | Kevin Mcc | Sydney | Australia |
| 150th | $ 2,835 | Thinh C. Nguyen | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam |
| 151st | $ 2,835 | Christopher D. Kostoulas | New York | Usa |
| 152nd | $ 2,835 | Toby Lewis | South Hampton | England |
| 153rd | $ 2,835 | Ling Wei Zhi | Taipei | Taiwan |
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Aussie Millions Event #3 – $1.150 Shot Clock Shootout – Ergebnisse für Tag 2
| Table | Seat No | Player | Chips |
| 7 | 1 | ZAPANTZIS, VASCO M | 90000 |
| 7 | 2 | KOYAMA, KEITA | 90000 |
| 7 | 4 | MUHLOCKER, THOMAS R | 100000 |
| 7 | 5 | SCHUMACHER, JOHAN D | 100000 |
| 7 | 6 | OHTA, TOMOE | 90000 |
| 7 | 8 | GIVOTOVSKY, ALEK | 90000 |
| 7 | 9 | WOLTERS, DEREK L | 90000 |
| 8 | 1 | ZHOU, JIANG | 90000 |
| 8 | 2 | SEQUENZIA, DANIEL | 90000 |
| 8 | 3 | HOCKIN, PAUL D | 90000 |
| 8 | 4 | LOWRIE, ZACKERY TAKERE KIRITO | 90000 |
| 8 | 6 | LANDRY, CRAIG | 90000 |
| 8 | 7 | COOK, GREGORY S | 100000 |
| 8 | 9 | LEE, ALEX | 80000 |
| 16 | 1 | MARCH, ANTHONY | 90000 |
| 16 | 2 | ZHANG, YANG | 90000 |
| 16 | 3 | WRIGHT, NICHOLAS HARRY | 90000 |
| 16 | 4 | BROWN, JASON NICHOLAS | 90000 |
| 16 | 5 | SPERANZA, GIANLUCA | 90000 |
| 16 | 7 | SCHMIDT, HAROLD | 100000 |
| 16 | 9 | FOXEN, WILLIAM A | 90000 |
Aussie Millions Schedule 2018
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