Tournament Information

Date: Jan 4 - 26, 2009
Venue: Crown Casino Melbourne, Australia
Event: No Limit Hold'em Challenge (Jan 17 - 18, 2009)
Buy-in: AU$100,000 + AU$500
Prize: AU$2,300,000
Entries: 23

Other Events

Jan 5, 2009 Pot Limit Omaha AU$500 + 50
Jan 9 - 11, 2009 No Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 11, 2009 No Limit Hold'em - PokerPro Event AU$1,000 + 50
Jan 12, 2009 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 13, 2009 Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 14 - 15, 2009 H.O.R.S.E AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 15 - 16, 2009 No Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 150
Jan 16, 2009 No Limit Hold'em AU$1,100 + 150
Jan 17 - 18, 2009 No Limit Hold'em Challenge AU$100,000 + 500
Jan 18, 2009 No Limit Hold'em - Aussie Millions AU$10,000 + 500
Jan 20, 2009 Australian Heads Up Championship AU$5,000 + 300
Jan 21, 2009 Pot Limit Omaha AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 22, 2009 Pot Limit Omaha AU$3,000 + 250
Jan 22, 2009 Mixed Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 23 - 24, 2009 No Limit Hold'em AU$2,000 + 200
Jan 24, 2009 No Limit Hold'em AU$2,000 + 200
Jan 24 - 25, 2009 H.O.R.S.E AU$10,000 + 200
Jan 25, 2009 No Limit Hold'em AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 26, 2009 Australian 2 Card Manila Championship AU$1,000 + 100
Jan 4, 2009 No Limit Hold'em AU$500 + 50

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st David " Great Wall" Steicke $852,442 AU$1,200,000
2nd Tony "The Lizard" Bloom $426,221 AU$600,000
3rd Justin Cuong Van "J.C." Tran $213,111 AU$300,000
4th Dan Shak $142,074 AU$200,000