Structures 2004 Australasian Champs

Hello, my name is Danny McDonagh, Poker Tournament Director at Crown Casino. Below are the proposed structures for the 2004 Australasian Poker Championship. Crown has always released structures early for the Aussie Millions so you can make an informed decision about deciding to come to Melbourne and participate in our tournaments. Be they small or large buy-in tournaments, I trust you will find the structures value for money! As always feedback is welcome on these structures. Click here to send me your comments. Championship Event No 1 - No Limit Hold em Saturday 3rd January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $100(70+30) Rebuys & Addon $100 Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 25 25 2nd level 25 50 3rd level 50 100 End of rebuy period 4th level 100 200 5th level 200 400 6th level 300 600 7th level 500 1000 8th level 800 1600 9th level 1300 2600 10th level 2000 4000 11th level 3000 6000 12th level 5000 10000 13th level 7000 14000 14th level 10000 20000 15th level 15000 30000 16th level 25000 50000 Start bank 1000. Re buys are allowed for the first three levels (75 minutes). To rebuy during level 1 players must have less than 1000 in chips. During level 2 less than 1500 in chips and level 3 less than 2000 in chips. A 2 for 1 add on (2000 in tournament chips) will be allowed at the end of the re buy period, regardless of a player’s bank. Both re buys and the add ons are $100. The duration of each level is 25 minutes during the rebuy period and 30 minutes thereafter.

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Championship Event No 2 - Limit Hold em Sunday 4th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $500(450+50) Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 25 50 2nd level 50 100 3rd level 100 200 4th level 150 300 5th level 200 400 6th level 300 600 7th level 400 800 8th level 600 1200 9th level 800 1600 10th level 1000 2000 11th level 1500 3000 12th level 2000 4000 13th level 3000 6000 14th level 4000 8000 15th level 6000 12000 16th level 8000 16000 17th level 10000 20000 18th level 15000 30000 Start bank 3000. The duration of each level is 30 minutes.

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Championship Event No 3 - Limit Omaha Monday 5th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $500(450+50) Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 25 50 2nd level 50 100 3rd level 100 200 4th level 150 300 5th level 200 400 6th level 300 600 7th level 400 800 8th level 600 1200 9th level 800 1600 10th level 1000 2000 11th level 1500 3000 12th level 2000 4000 13th level 3000 6000 14th level 4000 8000 15th level 6000 12000 16th level 8000 16000 17th level 10000 20000 18th level 15000 30000 Start bank 3000. The duration of each level is 30 minutes.

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Championship Event No 4 - Pot Limit Holdem Tuesday 6th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $500(450+50) Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 15 30 2nd level 25 50 3rd level 50 100 4th level 100 200 5th level 150 300 6th level 200 400 7th level 300 600 8th level 400 800 9th level 600 1200 10th level 800 1600 11th level 1000 2000 12th level 1500 3000 13th level 2000 4000 14th level 3000 6000 15th level 4000 8000 16th level 6000 12000 17th level 8000 16000 18th level 10000 20000 19th level 15000 30000 Start bank 3000. The duration of each level is 30 minutes.

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Championship Event No 5 - Pot Limit Omaha Wednesday 7th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $575(500+75) Rebuys $500 Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 25 25 2nd level 25 50 End of rebuy period 3rd level 50 100 4th level 100 200 5th level 200 400 6th level 300 600 7th level 400 800 8th level 600 1200 9th level 800 1600 10th level 1000 2000 11th level 1500 3000 12th level 2000 4000 13th level 3000 6000 14th level 4000 8000 15th level 6000 12000 16th level 8000 16000 17th level 10000 20000 18th level 15000 30000 Start bank 2000. Re buys are allowed for the first two levels (80 minutes) at which time players must have less than 2000 in chips. An add on (2000 in tournament chips) will be allowed at the end of the re buy period, regardless of a player’s bank. Both re buys and the add ons are $500. The duration of each level is 40 minutes.

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Championship Event No 6 - Limit Hold em Thursday 8th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $1600(1500+100) Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 25 50 2nd level 50 100 3rd level 100 200 4th level 150 300 5th level 200 400 6th level 300 600 7th level 400 800 8th level 600 1200 9th level 800 1600 10th level 1000 2000 11th level 1500 3000 12th level 2000 4000 13th level 3000 6000 14th level 4000 8000 15th level 6000 12000 16th level 8000 16000 17th level 10000 20000 18th level 15000 30000 Start bank 3000. The duration of each level is 40 minutes.

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Championship Event No 7 - Limit 7 Card Stud Friday 9th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $1600(1500+100) Limits Ante L/card Call or Complete to Limits 1st level 10 20 20 50 50/100 2nd level 15 30 30 100 100/200 3rd level 25 50 50 150 150/300 4th level 50 100 100 250 250/500 5th level 50 100 100 400 400/800 6th level 100 200 200 600 600/1200 7th level 150 300 300 800 800/1600 8th level 200 400 400 1000 1000/2000 9th level 300 600 600 1500 1500/3000 10th level 400 800 800 2000 2000/4000 11th level 500 1000 1000 3000 3000/6000 12th level 1000 2000 2000 4000 4000/8000 13th level 1000 2000 2000 6000 6000/12000 14th level 1500 1500 3000 8000 8000/16000 15th level 2000 4000 4000 10000 10000/20000 16th level 2500 5000 5000 15000 15000/30000 17th level 3500 7000 7000 20000 20000/40000 Start bank 3,500. The duration of each level is 40 minutes.

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Championship Event No 8 - Heads Up No Limit Hold em Saturday 10th January at 12.30pm (finalists to play Sunday 11th January) Cost to enter $5200(5000+200) Based on maximum field of 32 players. 1st Round - 5,000 start bank Level 1 50-100 Level 2 75-150 Level 3 100-200 Level 4 150-300 Level 5 200-400 Round 2 - 10,000 start bank Level 1 100-200 Level 2 150-300 Level 3 200-400 Level 4 300-600 Level 5 400-800 Quarter-Finals - 20,000 start bank Level 1 200-400 Level 2 300-600 Level 3 400-800 Level 4 500-1,000 Level 5 700-1,500 Semi-Finals - 40,000 start bank Level 1 400-800 Level 2 500-1,000 Level 3 700-1,500 Level 4 1,000-2,000 Level 5 1,500-3,000 Final - 80,000 start bank Level 1 700-1,500 Level 2 1,000-2,000 Level 3 1,500-3,000 Level 4 2,000-4,000 Level 5 2,500-5,000 The duration of all levels are 1 hour with no increase beyond level 5.

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Championship Event No 9 - Limit Omaha Hi Lo Sunday 11th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $2100(2000+100) Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 25 50 2nd level 50 100 3rd level 100 200 4th level 150 300 5th level 200 400 6th level 300 600 7th level 400 800 8th level 600 1200 9th level 800 1600 10th level 1000 2000 11th level 1500 3000 12th level 2000 4000 13th level 3000 6000 14th level 4000 8000 15th level 6000 12000 16th level 8000 16000 17th level 10000 20000 18th level 15000 30000 Start bank 3,500. The duration of each level is 40 minutes.

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Championship Event No 10 - Pot Limit Holdem Monday 12th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $1100(1000+100) Rebuys $1000 Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 10 20 2nd level 15 30 3rd level 25 50 End of rebuy period 4th level 50 100 5th level 100 200 6th level 150 300 7th level 200 400 8th level 300 600 9th level 400 800 10th level 600 1200 11th level 800 1600 12th level 1000 2000 13th level 1500 3000 14th level 2000 4000 15th level 3000 6000 16th level 4000 8000 17th level 6000 12000 18th level 8000 16000 19th level 10000 20000 20th level 15000 30000 Start bank 2500. $1000 Re buys are allowed for the first three levels (90 minutes) at which time players must have less than 2500 in chips. There is no add on for this tournament. The duration of each level is 30 minutes during the rebuy period and 40 minutes thereafter.

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Championship Event No 11 - Pot Limit Omaha Tuesday13th January at 12.30pm(finalists to play Wednesday 14th January) Cost to enter $5200(5000+200) Limits 1st blind 2nd blind 1st level 10 20 2nd level 15 30 3rd level 25 50 4th level 50 100 5th level 100 200 6th level 150 300 7th level 200 400 8th level 300 600 9th level 400 800 10th level 600 1200 11th level 800 1600 12th level 1000 2000 13th level 1500 3000 14th level 2000 4000 15th level 2500 5000 16th level 3500 7000 17th level 4500 9000 18th level 6000 12000 19th level 8000 16000 20th level 10000 20000 Start bank 5000. The duration of each level is 50 minutes.

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Championship Event No 12 - No Limit Hold em Main Event Day One Thursday 15th January at 12.30pm Cost to enter $10300(10000+300) Limits 1st blind 2nd blind Ante Cost per round(9 plyrs) % inc. 1st level 25 50 75 2nd level 50 100 150 100 3rd level 100 200 300 100 4th level 100 200 25 525 75 5th level 150 300 25 675 29 6th level 150 300 50 900 33 7th level 250 500 50 1200 33 8th level 300 600 75 1575 31 9th level 400 800 100 2100 33 10th level 600 1200 100 2700 29 11th level 600 1200 200 3600 33 12th level 1000 2000 200 4800 33 Start bank 10,000 (5,000 up front and other 5,000 anytime in first 3 hours) The duration of each level is 60 minutes. Play will cease upon reaching the final 27 players or at the end of level 12 if over 27 players. The blinds will double for levels 2 & 3, increase for level 4 is 75% and from level 5 the increase falls within the band of 29% to 33%. Day Two level % increases are proposed to average only 25%.

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