The main tournament has ended within Crown Australian Poker Championships 2006held in Melbourne, for which the contribution was 10,000$. The main intrigue of this tournament was that everyone wanted to see what place the World Poker Champion could take - Joe Hachem... Out of 418 participants, Hachem took 61st place without entering the paid places, thereby proving that even the World Champion cannot win if fortune is not on his side.
Final results:
1st place - Lee nelson + $949,694
2nd place - Robert Neary + $505,482
3rd place - Nenad Medic + $275,718
4th place - Shannon shorr + $199,129
5th place - Jeff sealey + $153,176
6th place - Russell Davies + $122,541
7th place - Wes bugiera + $91,906
8th place - Mark vos + $61,271
9th place - Kenna james + $61,271
...
23rd place - Phillip matthews + $18,381
...
28th place - Maciek gracz + $15,318
The next, most significant and largest event will be the championship within EPT in Copenhagen.