by Emma
4. December 2008 01:09
Once again, the attention of the tournament poker community will begin the new year focused on the Crown Casino in Melbourne as the 2009 Aussie Millions is just around the corner.
There are 18 championship events on tap, preceded by a batch of pre-championship events beginning on Sunday, January 4th. Event #1, $1,100 AUD buy-in $500,000 AUD guarantee NLHE, will kick off the first of two Day 1 flights on Friday, January 9th. The series will wrap on Monday, January 26th.
The Aussie Millions continues to offer one of the more unique tournament schedules in the world, and this year is no exception. In addition to the $10,500 AUD buy-in Main Event, the Crown will again be hosting the $100,000 No Limit Holdem Challenge, which was taken down by Howard Lederer last year. Other notable events on the schedule include a $1,650 NLHE Bounty event, a $3,250 PLO w/Rebuys event, a $1,050 NLHE event to be played on PokerPro automated tables and a $2,200 NLHE team event.
The Aussie Millions Main Event has become one of the more popular live poker events on every poker player's schedule. Last year, Alex Kostritsyn of Russia topped Erik Seidel heads-up for the title and $1.65 AUD. Seeing how the main event has increased every year since 2004, the Crown is banking on a bigger field than the 780 that showed up in this year. They're backing that up by promising a $2 million first-place prize.
Here's a look at the schedule (all amounts AUD):
Fri, 9 Jan -- Event 1 -- No Limit Holdem ($500,000 Guarantee) -- $1,100 buy-in
Sun, 11 Jan -- Event 2 -- PokerPro No Limit Holdem -- $1,050 buy-in
Mon, 12 Jan -- Event 3 -- Limit Omaha Hi-Lo -- $1,100 buy-in
Tue, 13 Jan -- Event 4 -- Limit Holdem $1,100 buy-in
Wed, 14 Jan -- Event 5 -- H.O.R.S.E -- $1,100 buy-in
Thu, 15 Jan -- Event 6 -- No Limit Holdem w/Rebuys -- $1,150 buy-in/$1,000 Rebuys
Fri, 16 Jan -- Event 7 -- No Limit Holdem w/Bounties -- $1,650
Sat, 17 Jan -- Event 8 -- $100,000 No Limit Holdem Challenge -- $100,500 buy-in
Sun, 18 Jan -- Event 9 -- Aussie Millions Main Event (5 day event) -- $10,500 buy-in
Mon, 19 Jan -- Event 10 -- Australian Heads Up Championship -- $5,300 buy-in
Wed, 21 Jan -- Event 11 -- Pot Limit Omaha -- $1,100 buy-in
Thu, 22 Jan -- Event 12 -- Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys -- $3,250 buy-in/$3,000 Rebuys
Thu, 22 Jan -- Event 13 -- Mixed Holdem -- $1,100 buy-in
Fri, 23 Jan -- Event 14 -- No Limit Holdem - 6 Handed -- $2,200 buy-in
Sat, 24 Jan -- Event 15 -- No Limit Holdem - Teams Event -- $2,200 buy-in
Sat, 24 Jan -- Evebt 16 -- H.O.R.S.E -- $10,200 buy-in
Sun, 25 Jan -- Event 17 -- Turbo No Limit Holdem -- $1,100 buy-in
Mon, 26 Jan -- Event 18 -- Australian 2 Card Manila Championship -- $1,100 buy-in/$1,000 Rebuys
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