News ALERT, ALERT, ALERT: AUSSIE MILLIONS MAIN EVENT
MELBOURNE Australia, January 13, 2007 – The largest and most anticipated day of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship, the ‘No Limit Holdem Main Event’ will be launched by Australia’s King of Spin, Shane Warne, who will also play in the event tomorrow – Sunday January 14 at 12.30pm in the Crown Poker Room.
Warne will be accompanied by World Poker Champions Joe Hachem and Howard Lederer, American Pie Starlet Shannon Elizabeth and Tennis Ace Mark Philippoussis who will all be playing and competing in the $10,500 No Limit Holdem Main Event. Over 700 players all vying for a slice of the expected AUD$8 Million plus prize pool which will include a guaranteed first prize of AUD$1 Million are expected in tomorrow’s ‘No Limit Holdem Main Event’.
| Event: | 2007 Aussie Millions Poker Championship 'Main Event' | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | Friday January 12, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location: | Crown Poker Room Level B2, Crown Entertainment Complex (Entry Via Clarendon Street, opposite Jeff’s Shed) |
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| News Crews: | Please Note: All Media Crews must wear their AUSSIE MILLIONS Media Accreditation Lanyards. If your News or Pictorial Departments have not yet received their passes please contact Natasha Stipanov, Media Relations Manager on 0434 187 828 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visuals: | See the World’s best poker players today in the Crown Poker Room including: - Joe Hachem, 2005 WSOP and 2006 Five Diamond Classic Champion - Howard “The Professor” Lederer, WSOP and WPT Champion - Phil Ivey, America’s ‘Tiger Woods of Poker’ - Daniel Negreanu, 2004 Card Player Magazine Player of the Year - Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson, 2000 World Series of Poker Champion - Gus Hansen, World Poker Tour Champion - Lee ‘Final Table’ Nelson, Defending Aussie Millions Champion |
