Australian Poker Championships – Melbourne, Australia.

Last year the winner of the Aussie Millions AUD $10,000 Main event won AUD $1,000,000. This year it could be even bigger. This is the biggest poker tournament in the southern hemisphere, where the best players meet to see who will be crowned the Australian Poker Champion.

The 2005 event attracted 263 players with the winner receiving 1 million Australian dollars.  This year the field is expected to reach 500 players with an estimated first place prize of 1 million US dollars.

During the coming weeks you can win a seat to the Aussie Million 2006, being held at the prestigious Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia from the 14th to 19th January 2006. The Aussie Millions main event is an AUD $10,000 entry No Limit Hold’em Freezeout played over five days.

IPN Poker are offering a $11,600 package, which comprises AUD $10,000 entry to the main event, 8 nights deluxe accommodation at the Crown Towers hotel and $2,000 travel expenses.  Win your way to this $11,600 package including 8 nights in Australia for just $10.

You can win one of these seats via the Satellites running 24/7 over the next few weeks starting on the 10^th October 2005 which give entry into the $780 online final.  

$10 satellites will run every day at 11:30, 14:30, 18:30, 21:30 and 02:00 GMT. Winners of these daily satellites will qualify into the Sunday weekly $85 final at 17:30 GMT to compete for a $780 seat in the online finals on the 6^th November or the 11^th December. Check the Multi Tourney lobby for further information.

Terms & Conditions – Australian Poker Championships

·  The Promoter of this promotion is IPN Poker.

·  The tourney event that represents the prizes is The Main Event of the Australian Poker Championships at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. (The tournament is No Limit freeze out, no Rebuys, AUD 10,000 entry) to take place on 14th – 19th January 2006. The prizes includes $2,000 travel/spending money and 8 nights double room accommodation at the Crown Towers hotel (all hotel extras, food, drink and additional charges are the responsibility of the player).

·  The minimum age limit for the tourney is 18.

·  In the event of a service crash or a disruption, the promotion for that day will be rerun at the discretion of IPN Poker. IPN Poker will be the sole arbiter as to whether a promotion will be rerun.

·  IPN Poker accepts no responsibility whatsoever for system or connection problems that might affect any player during any of these promotions, such as a fold / timeout.

·  The promoter reserves the right to refuse this offer to any player or to withdraw this / or part of this offer / promotion at any time. The Promoter cannot be held responsible for any 'fold / timeouts' or disconnects as per the general rules of the IPN Poker Poker service. If the game is disrupted by system or network issues IPN Poker reserves the right to resolve the issue as it sees fit.

·  IPN Poker reserves the right to amend the tournament rules at any time.

·  IPN Poker Tournament rules apply.

·  In the event of event cancellation or buy-in unavailability, cash equivalent will be awarded.

·  Any player who wins any of the promotions has the right not to participate. There is no cash alternative. In this instance, IPN Poker will usually pick the runner-up as the replacement, subject to their total discretion.

·  The winners will be required to wear IPN Poker.com branded clothing at the main event whenever they are playing, subject to event permissions.

·  By participating in the tournament you agree to reasonable publicity, including betting markets around the event. Event reports will also feature the name and alias of the winners.

·  Seats for the Aussie Millions are not transferable and there is no cash alternative. Should a player win two seats then he or she will forfeit one of them.

·  Players can only win one satellite entry to an Aussie Millions online qualifier, there is no cash alternative and seats are not transferable. Should any player win two seats then he or she will forfeit one of them.