The Aussie Millions is one of the most prestigious poker tournaments hosted in the Southern Hemisphere. Held in the luxurious Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, this event brings all tournament players from all around the world to compete for millions of dollars. The first official Aussie Millions was in 2001 where 40 players spent AUD$5,000 to compete for the $200,000 prize pool. Over the years the series have grown with popularity, as last year’s Main Event had 746 entrants spending $10,000 with local hero, Tyron Krost, winning AUD$2 million. The Aussie Millions is also famous for hosting the largest buy-in tournament in poker which is a No Limit Hold’em event which will set players back $100,000 to take a seat.
Starting from September 21st, Cake Poker will be holding satellites to the Main Event tournament where players can try to win their seat for as little as $1.10. Players at Cake Poker can compete for a package worth US $14,000 which gives them:
• Buy-in for the Main Event worth AUD$10,600
• Ten night accommodation at the Crown Promenade Hotel
• USD$2,500 travel allowance
• Entry to Aussie Millions welcome and farewell parties.
Lee Jones, cardroom manager of Cake Poker, said, “The Aussie Millions now has the sixth largest prize pool of all poker tournaments in the world. We expect that 800 players will take to the felt for the main event and Fox Sports Net will broadcast the tournament to more than 100 million homes worldwide. We are excited about this year’s Aussie Millions and are delighted to offer so many satellites to our players.”
For a full list of all satellites and running times see below. Times are EST.
$1.10 Satellites are daily at 3:00am, 7:00am, 11:00am, 3:00pm, 7:00pm and 11:00pm.
One Aussie Millions Quarter-Final seat per $11 in the prize pool. $7.70 Satellites with re-buy & add-on are daily at 4:00am, 10:00am, 4:00pm and 10:00pm.
One Aussie Millions Semi-Final seat per $77 in the prize pool, $11 Satellites are daily at 2:00am, 8:00am, 2:00pm and 8:00pm.
$77 Satellites are Sundays at 2:00pm with one Aussie Millions Final seat per $378 in the prize pool.
$374 Satellites are on the last Sunday of the month with one Aussie Millions prize pack per $14,000 in the prize pool.