Aussie Millions Poker Tournament
Sitting around in Australia and knocking a few rounds of beers and you are sure to find the discussion veering towards the Aussie Millions Poker Tournament at some point, especially if there are avid card players in the group.
If you are new to professional poker and have only played home poker games so far, or are a fresher to the card game that has practically ruled Australia’s big wins making up for the biggest poker wins in recent times anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere, then you’ve just got to keep with the beat and learn more.
Luckily for you, this doesn’t involve anything more than reading through this special feature on Aussie Millions Poker Tournament, which is the focus of our article today, so stick around and get the quick facts about the super wins possible at the Aussie Millions Poker tourneys!
Known officially by the name of Crown Australian Poker Championship, the Aussie Millions, are tagged thus because the event is hosted at Melbourne, Australia’s hippest gambling joint, the Crown Casino! It has poker lovers from all over the globe flocking to it in anticipation of winning something in the range of the cool $1.5 million that poker pro, Lee Nelson swept in 2006. (Nelson was part of the team PokerStars at the time).
With minimum age eligibility of 18 years, there are many opportunities for teens and older poker players to go professional in a big way by participating in one of many satellite level plays organized by Pokerstars for the Aussie Millions, leading up to the ultimate poker gaming event that includes a considerable travel facilitation as well as other incentives for players, in addition to the prize money.
For those who win the Satellite events organized under the banner of the Aussie Millions, there is a cool package of 11,000 USD awaiting them; out of this amount, there is a provision for US$9725 reserved for the event’s buy-in (for the Aussie Millions Main Event) as well as US$1,275 that the winner is free to spend on his or her travel, hotel and other expenses.
Players participating in this event must be aware that they have to play the first Aussie Millions seat that they win and if they are fortunate enough to win more seats, their satellite account will register an automatic credit of T$9,725.However, there are certain T&C involved at this level, so players are advised to read through this criteria on the event’s official website.
With this T$, winning players who are deemed loyal (that is, those players who have a minimum FPP – or frequent player points – amounting to 10,000 lifetime) can look forward to qualifying for purchasing an Aussie Millions seat. They can direct Buy-Ins for the AUD10, 500 event, (which is conducted at the current exchange rate – whatever is equivalent in T$ as per the registration time). Or, they can try to win their way into the Aussie Millions through a satellite event.
Players need to keep in mind though that all T$ buy-ins will be made available only until the last day of the satellites leading up to the event, so they should make an effort to contact the registrations email contact given by the organizers on the official site in order to get additional information about the Aussie Millions.