Poker.com and PokerNews.com to Host Two $15,000 Aussie Millions Freerolls

Poker.com (http://www.pokernews.com/ext/325) and PokerNews.com (http://www.pokernews.com) are set to host two $15,000 Aussie Millions Freerolls. The winner from each freeroll will receive a $15,000 Team PokerNews package and will travel to compete in the 2007 Aussie Millions (http://www.pokernews.com/aussie-millions-2007/team/) in January for a share of over AUD$5,000,000.

(PRWEB) September 22, 2006 -- PokerNews.com (http://www.pokernews.com) and Poker.com (http://www.pokernews.com/ext/325) have announced two $15,000 Team PokerNews Aussie Millions freerolls. These free online poker tournaments are scheduled for September 30 15:00 EST, and December 3 15:00 EST. Each freeroll winner will receive an amazing $15,000 package which includes eight nights accommodation at the Crown Towers hotel, airfares and travel expenses to the value of AUD$3,000, tickets to the Australian Open, entry to a special freeroll tournament warm up event at Crown Casino. The package also includes entry to the 2007 Aussie Millions Main Event (value AUD$10,500) where the prizepool is expected to exceed AUD$5,000,000.

In addition to this, each winner will get to be a part of Team PokerNews, and will receive exclusive benefits such as Team PokerNews gear, invites to special team functions, and the opportunity to meet Team PokerNews professional players such as Tony G.

To be eligible to play these freerolls, players must download Poker.com through the special links at PokerNews.com and register a new account (or have signed up to Poker.com through PokerNews.com in the past). Players must then earn 2000 comp points in the 60 days before the tournament starts to be able to register.

Team PokerNews gave away more than $250,000 and sent 22 players to this year’s WSOP. Expect TeamPokerNews to be even bigger at the 2007 Aussie Millions in January.

About Aussie Millions

The 2007 Aussie Millions (http://www.pokernews.com/aussie-millions-2007/team/) will be held at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia from January 6-19. The six-day Main Event (entry AUD$10,500), which commences on January 14 and will be filmed by Fox Sports Net, is expected to generate a prizepool in excess of AUD$5,000,000. Taking place in the middle of the Australian summer, and located alongside the Yarra River, the Aussie Millions has previously attracted a number of prominent players such as Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, Erik Seidel and many more.

About PokerNews Ltd

PokerNews Ltd incorporates PokerNews.com (http://www.pokernews.com) which is considered to be the independent online poker authority, having been picked by Forbes as "Best of Web" for the Poker category. PokerNews features daily news, reviews of the major poker rooms, live feeds of tournaments available online as well as special bonuses and freerolls, and is available in a number of different languages. PokerNews Ltd has also recently launched PokerNewsCasino (http://casino.pokernews.com), PokerNewsSportsbetting (http://sportsbetting.pokernews.com), PokerNewsBingo (http://bingo.pokernews.com) and PokerNewsBackgammon (http://backgammon.pokernews.com) and will look to establish these sites in the PokerNews.com tradition.

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