Poker Ocean and PokerNews.com To Host Two $12,000 Aussie Millons Freerolls

PokerNews.com and Poker Ocean have announced two $12,000 Team PokerNews Aussie Millions freerolls which will take place on September 15 20:00 EST and December 9 15:00 EST. Each freeroll winner will receive a $12,000 Aussie Millions package which consists of entry to the 2007 Aussie Millions Main Event, 10 nights accommodation at the Crown Promenade hotel, and approximately $2,800USD for travel and spending money. The winners will also get to be a part of Team PokerNews, and receive exclusive benefits such as Team PokerNews gear, and invites to special team functions.

To be eligible for this freeroll, players must download Poker Ocean through the PokerNews.com links, create a new account, and make a deposit (minimum $20 USD). There are no raked hand or points requirements, making this one of the best value freerolls for players. As an added bonus, players only need to deposit once to be eligible for both freerolls.

In order to be able to enter the freeroll, players must fulfil all requirements (download Poker Ocean through PokerNews.com, create new account, and deposit) before 11am two days prior to the start of each tournament. Players are encouraged to sign up and deposit early to avoid any confusion.

PokerNews.com is sending 22 players to this year's WSOP as part of the Team PokerNews promotion, and helped give away over $250,000 in WSOP packages. Expect Team PokerNews to be even bigger at the 2007 Aussie Millions next January.

About Aussie Millions

The 2007 Aussie Millions will be held at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia from January 6-19. The six-day Main Event, 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), PokerNews Bingo (http://bingo.pokernews.com) and PokerNewsBackgammon (http://backgammon.pokernews.com) and will look to establish these sites in the PokerNews.com tradition.


2006-07-24