One of the most anticipated poker tournaments, The Aussie Million Poker Championship, has already begun. Yes, the championship event for the year 2012 kicked off this week. Without any doubt, the event has turned out to be the prime meeting point for the poker pros around the world. And, so poker fans did spot the winner of Aussie Million Poker Main Event of the year 2012. Yes, we are talking about Peter Costa, who is also known as “The Silver Fox” and “The Poet”. Long before he grabbed Aussie Millions, Peter Costa was scoring tournament money all through the United Kingdom.

Costa has been playing poker since 1995; however things really turned out to be exciting for him in the year 2002 when he won around $728,982 all through the year. In addition, he was also nominated for the title of European Poker Player of the Year. Though he has won number of titles and huge prizes, but some of his prime victories can be summarized as California State Poker Championship ($115,662) for Limit Hold’em event; Bellagio’s ($112,000) for Limit Hold’em;  Hall of Fame Poker Classic ($101,520) for Championship Event; and, couple of wins at the Four Queens Poker Classic.