The poker world is full of facts, figures, stats and records. With so many numbers being crunched day in and day out, sometimes it is tough to see what they all add up to. That is why BLUFF brings you some of the more interesting numbers related to the big tournaments, big stories, and big personalities in the poker world. Some are factual, some are fun, some are both. This week, we’ll break down the headlines and highlights of the Aussie Millions by the numbers:

4 Number of seven figure scores for Phil Ivey so far in his career.  His $2 million win in the $250,000 Aussie Millions event was his largest score to date.  His other seven figure scores are his 2005 victory in the Monte Carlo Millions, his win at the LA Poker Classic in 2008, and his seventh place finish in the 2009 WSOP Main Event.  Ivey’s lifetime earnings are now in excess of $16 million.

10 Number of Aussie Millions winners who hail from Australia.  In the early years of the event, the Aussies dominated, but when the event gained international prominence, there was a stretch of three years where the Aussies were shut out.  Thanks to Oliver Speidel’s win in this year’s event, the Aussies have won the past four events.  What differentiates Speidel from the other recent winners is that he is the only one of the four to hail from the Crown Casino’s hometown, Melbourne.

11 Approximate number of hours it took for the 16 players in the $250,000 event to play down to a winner.  With a fast structure and forty minute levels, that puts victor Phil Ivey’s hourly rate in the event at $181,818.

13 Number of players who took part in the 2011 $100,000 Event who played it again in 2012.  Two-thirds of the 38 player field in the 2011 event did not take part in this year’s tournament.  Several of these players were the big names of Full Tilt Poker like Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson.  Others, like Aussie poker pros Jay Kinkade and James Obst, declined taking part as well.

25 Age of Aussie Millions Tournament of Champions winner Tyron Krost.  With 2008 Champ Alex Kostritsyn sitting out of the freeroll event, which promised a lifetime of Aussie Millions Main Event by-ins to the the winner, Krost was far and away the youngest player in the field.  The youngster defeated his more seasoned competitors and claimed a prize that could potentially be worth half a million dollars if the Aussie Millions continues to run throughout his lifetime.

90 Approximate number of minutes the start time of the $25,000 Semi Shootout was delayed.  When the 2pm start time rolled around, there were only a handful of players ready to take to the felt.  Many others were scoping out the field, waiting to see who was going to play.  The tournament, which was supposed to play like a regular freezeout, then switch to a shootout with three table remaining, had to delay the start time a while, otherwise they would be starting with the shootout immediately and there could be no late registration.  In the end, 20 players took part in the event, with Dominykas Karmazinas booking the win.

353 Duration in minutes of the Australian Open final round match between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.  Several notable poker pros like Daniel Negreanu were on hand to watch the longest match in the history of the Australian Open.  The major tennis event and the Aussie Millions always run at the same time, and each year many poker pros take some time away from the tables to take in some matches.

6,233 Dollars won by popular poker media contributor Kevin “KevMath” Mathers for his sixth place finish in the AUD$500 buy-in Terminator No Limit Hold’em event.  It is Mathers’ first career cash and his run generated one of the larger Twitter rails of the entire Aussie Millions series.

104,095 Dan Smith’s biggest score prior to winning the $100,000 Aussie Millions event for just over $1 million.  Smith’s third place finish in a £2,000 side event at EPT London that was his career-best score up to now just barely covers his buy-in into the high profile event he just took down.

6,200,000 Total combined prize pool of the $100,000 and $250,000 buy-in events.  There were 38 entrants between the two tournaments, fighting for their share of an amount of money that was just AUD$390,000 smaller than the prize pool of the 659-person Aussie Millions Main Event.

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