In 2011, Crown Melbourne’s Aussie Millions Poker Championship was the first event in the world to introduce a Super High-Roller Event, which saw an astounding 20 players enter the ‘$250,000 Challenge’, creating a prize-pool of AUD$5,000,000.
The success of this event has since been mirrored across the world at almost all the poker majors.
This year in 2017, more visitors have come to Crown to experience the Aussie Millions than ever before, including many of the highest ranked poker players in the world, making the net worth in the poker room a major talking point for spectators and players alike. However, there is a distinct lack of recreational players at the Super High-Roller level.
For this reason, Crown has added the $50,000 No Limit Holdem Shot Clock Six Max to offer choice and variation.
There is some risk that the $250,000 Challenge will not commence, and Crown Melbourne’s Tournament Director, Joel Williams had the following to say;
"Having identified the changing landscape of the High Roller market, Crown has decided early to put on an additional event on the schedule - a $50,000 No Limit Holdem Shot Clock Six Max. In consultation with an extensive group of players, the pro-active decision was made to put an additional event on the tournament schedule. At this point it looks like the $50,000 No Limit Holdem Shot Clock Six Max should get a pretty sizable and well-credentialed field, while the $250,000 Challenge unfortunately looks unlikely to commence."
It looks like the $50,000 NLHE Shot Clock Six Max will be getting underway shortly. Ben Tollerene is already seated at the table talking to Sam Greenwood and Stephen Chidwick and Charlie Carrell is wandering the poker room.
With a 20,000 starting stack and 40-minute levels, players will have 30-seconds to make a decision and start with four 30-second time breaker chips. Late registration is open for the first six levels and closes at 7:15 p.m. Watch this space as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will keep you informed of all the action when play begins.
