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Published: January 18th 2007
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Crown Casino
Crown Casino is the home to the Australian World Poker Championship. It was chosen one of the top 10 casinos in the world by the Travel Channel. Poker fans,
This week, Australia is hosting the 2007 Australian World Poker Tournament at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. It is exactly like the U.S. World Series of Poker Tournament in Las Vegas, except the grand prize is a measly $5 million. The Tournament started on the 14th and goes until the 19th of January. The Crown Casino is about a 10 minute walk from where I am living, so I went to check it out last night. I arrived at the Casino and stood front row (leaned up against the railing) directly in front of the "main table" where I watched Australian hero Joe Hachem (2006 U.S. World Series of Poker Tournament Champion) tear up the table. In addition, I watched both Phil Ivey and Gus Hansen play for several hours. Although my interests in poker have subsided in the past few years, I must admit, it is extremely exciting and intense live! In addition, the players were incredibly friendly.....check out the pictures.....
Happy gambling.
Andy
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jake
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sweet
i bet that was very cool seeing that tournament in person. that's awesome you got to meet all those professionals. sounds like you are having a blast over there. keep taking tons of photos.