Talk about dominance. Phil Ivey (pictured) just won the Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge for the third time in four years and has now won the event in 2012, 2014, and 2015. According to PokerNews, “Ivey has done the unthinkable by defending his title to win the prestigious event for the third time in four years, not to mention the AU $2.205 million top prize. That means the three largest cashes of Ivey’s career have all come from the Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge.”

There were 25 total entries in this year’s $250,000 Challenge, so the field wasn’t too big, but the fact is Ivey won a tournament three times in four years despite facing off against the likes of Mike timexMcDonald, whom he beat heads-up, and high-stakes cash game player Doug WCGRiderPolk, who took third. Scott Seiver and Erik Seidel rounded out the five players who made the money in 2015.

In US Dollars, Ivey’s 2012 Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge win was worth $2.0 million. Last year, he took it down for $3.5 million, which remains his largest live tournament cash to date according to the Hendon Mob. His win over the weekend was worth $1.7 million. All told, Ivey has six million-dollar-plus scores to his credit over the course of his poker career.

With the win, Ivey moved into third place on the all-time money list at $23.1 million, passing Dan Colman ($22.8 million) and trailing only Daniel Negreanu ($29.9 million) and Antonio Esfandiari ($26.2 million).

Ivey was ahead 3:2 in chips entering heads-up play against McDonald. On the final hand, he drew out on A-Q with K-Q after flopping a cowboy to take the lead for good.

Congrats to Phil Ivey on his impressive run down under.

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