Aussie Millions Poker Tourney Final In Sight
Published: Thursday, January 19, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
AUSSIE MILLIONS POKER TOURNEY FINAL IN SIGHT
36 poker players left....and world champ Hatchem is out
Australian press reports have be en following the progress of the Aussie
Millions poker tournaments, currently being fought at the Crown Casino In
Melbourne.
On day 4, 36 players were battling toward the final table with more than
$660,000 separating the lowest trailing contestant from US chip leader Kenna
James, who resumed play with $700,500.
The players are competing for a share of more than $US4 million ($A5.32 million)
in the main event prize pool and the $US1 million ($A1.33 million) championship
title.
Just over 50 percent of the remaining field are Australians, minus reigning
WSOP poker champion Joe Hachem, who bowed out on day 2 in position number
56.
The field numbered 418 ambitious players at the start, each worth a buy-in of
$10 500 to play in the No Limit Texas Hold 'Em competition and the endurance
to play up to 10 hours a day
Fox Sports Net has been packaging the highlights for a 10-week television
series to be beamed into 81 million homes in the US from March.
Poker in Australia is growing at an impressive pace, with some estimates that
two million people or more play in some form. In the US, there are 88 million
people who play Texas Holdem including TV, film, music and sporting celebrities
who add glamour to the game.
Only 5 per cent of the world's players make a substantial living from the game.
There is at least one million-dollar event each month somewhere in the world
- in Europe, the US, South America or in the Asia-Pacific region. Travelling
12 months of the year can cost a player between $300,000 and $500,000 in entry
fees and expenses.
