Despite a low turnout for high rollers at the 2018 Aussie Millions, the organisers have added another $25k buy-in event to the schedule this time in the art of Pot-Limit Omaha, and Dominik Nitsche has Sam Greenwood wetting his pants.

Seven years ago, US Special Forces killed Osama Bin Laden, the United Nations declared that the world’s population had breached the seven billion mark, and Erik Seidel went on the heater of the century, winning $6.5m in a calendar year without cashing in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.

Seidel’s heater began at the Aussie Millions where he topped a field of 20 entrants to win the AUD 250,000 Challenge for AUD 2,500,000 (USD 2,472,555) and finished 3/38 in the AUD 100,000 Challenge for AUD 625,000 (USD 618,139).

Today, the modern-day heroes win $6.5m in a single sitting, but back then it was a big deal.