Luck has skills at the 2008 Aussie Millions!
Posted by CarbonPoker on 6th January 2008

The annual Aussie Millions is underway right now, with thousands of players making their way Down Under to take part in the various tournaments on offer. We are sending several players to the Main Event this year, but even the preliminaries have plenty of action.

CarbonPoker’s very own Alex Luck is one of our staff members tirelessly working in the Fraud department to maximise security and process payments correctly. This year, he travelled to Melbourne, Australia and found success in the very first event of the schedule, a $1100 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event.

Alex was just one in a field of approximately 530 players, and eventually made it to the final table and a seventh place finish, good for a prize of $16,110. This feat also includes busting WSOP Bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro along the way!

Alex’s final hand was a coinflip against player Michael McDonald, who raised pre-flop with a pair of fours. Alex pushed all in with his AK, and was called. The flop came down KQ4, giving Alex a pair but a set for McDonald. A queen and a jack followed, meaning Alex failed to improve and was unfortunately eliminated.

An outstanding result, and everyone here at CarbonPoker extends their highest congratulations! Well done Alex!

– Phil @ CarbonPoker

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The Aussie Millions Grand Final has crowned a champion!
Posted by CarbonPoker on 25th November 2007


After a lengthy period of Satellites, buy-ins and all-out poker action, 115 players sat down on the 24th of November to compete in the Aussie Millions Grand Final tournament, with the prize for the winner being a $15,000 live tournament package to the Aussie Millions Championship in Melbourne, Australia.

Three players remained after four hours of play, and the tournament was to be over within 30 minutes. Despite clearly having the skills to make it all the way, both unclefestor and puppyfoot eventually fell to Bartyuk‘s uncanny ability of picking up pocket pairs.

First to go was unclefestor, who pushed all in pre-flop with AQ, very strong hole cards in any situation. However, Bartyuk was holding pocket Kings the whole time and making the call couldn’t have been easier. The flop brought two Tens, giving Bartyuk an incredibly strong hand and a desperate situation for his opponent. The turn and river failed to bring any strong cards for unclefestor, and he was eliminated in third place.

Less than ten minutes later, Bartyuk faced another easy call with pocket Jacks when puppyfoot went all in pre-flop holding K3d. A huge flop came down, with two Aces on the board. puppyfoot needed a King or runner-runner flush draw to take the win, but luckily for Bartyuk neither showed up and he emerged as the Aussie Millions Grand Final Champion, outplaying 114 entrants to take the top prize!

For winning the Aussie Millions Grand Final, Bartyuk has picked up the $15,000 tournament package, which means we’ll be flying him all the way from the United Kingdom to participate in the Crown Casino Aussie Millions tournament in Melbourne. CarbonPoker representatives will be accompanying our winner to Australia, where we will all take in the sights and sounds of the biggest poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.

We fell just short of picking up enough entrants to send two players to the Aussie Millions, but the Satellites are still running for our many large buy-in events, so the more players involved, the more chances of scoring a live tournament entry! Stay tuned over the coming months for all our live tournament coverage and Satellite opportunities.

– Phil @ CarbonPoker

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Don’t back out of the outback
Posted by CarbonPoker on 18th November 2007

Ah yes, the Aussie Millions. Throw another shrimp on the barbie and practice your boomerang throwing, because it’s that time of year once more. The world poker phenomenon is no exception in Australia, thanks to hearty local support and the success of 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem who calls Australia his home.

Perhaps its a little too early to speculate, but the prize pool is going to be huge, and I expect Aussie Millions to become a crucial event for many of the world’s greatest players. The 2007 event was won by Gus Hansen who defeated youngster Jimmy Fricke, a previously unknown online player. The winnings have been consistently increasing every year, and 2008 should be no different.

Australia is a nation with a small population and massive popularity. I’ve played at the Crown Casino before, and it truly is an epic establishment beyond anything seen elsewhere around the country. The local support is immeasurable, with the Australians giving it all they have for the love of the game. We’ll be accompanying a number of our elite players Down Under, and to take your own shot at becoming a Carbon Poker legend, the satellites are running daily.

For an indication of the local action, here’s a hand featuring the last remaining final table Australian player at the 2007 event, Julius Colman.

Holding A6o, Colman moved all in pre-flop against Andrew Black’s pocket Queens. Colman flopped a set of Aces, which is about as good as anyone can really expect at that point. The third flop card, however, was a Queen which gave Black the nut full house and eliminated Colman from the tournament. This was a high-stakes hand with good chances for both players, and represents a powerful situation like many seen throughout the week at the Aussie Millions.

There’s something else I just realised. Playing poker in Melbourne is the closest you will probably ever get to playing high-stakes in Antarctica. I would certainly watch a final table being played at the summit of, coincidentally enough, Mount Melbourne in Antarctica. Emperor Penguin Millions? It could happen.

– Phil @ Carbon Poker

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