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The 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship wrapped up only days ago, but already Crown Melbourne is looking ahead to the next series. Asia-Pacific’s most prestigious poker series, which is a part of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), will return in 2016 from Wednesday Jan. 13 through Monday Feb. 1.

1. Asian Poker Tour

The 2016 edition of the Aussie Millions will mark the 18th consecutive year the event has been held at Crown Melbourne, and to celebrate they plan to offer a jam-packed festival over the course of 20 days. The stop will culminate with the Asia-Pacific’s longest-running poker tournament, the AU$10,600 Aussie Millions Main Event, which will feature three starting flights and run from Jan. 24-31.

“The 18th year of the Aussie Millions will be the biggest and best to date, as effectively one of the top poker majors and a favorite amongst some of the most renowned players in the world, and the stage has never been brighter, and the team are all hard at work to make the 18th event the biggest and best yet,” said Aussie Millions Tournament Director Joel Williams.

The property will house nearly 100 tables to accommodate thousands of players from around the world who will come to compete for an expected 20-plus official gold ring events in different poker variations.

Asian Poker Tour

The 2015 Aussie Millions, which featured 21 events, proved to be a success right out of the gate as the AU$1,150 Opening Event attracted 1,211 entrants. Vic Spadavecchia emerged victorious in that event and walked away with a AU$215,000 first-place prize. Other winners from the series include Alex Trevallion, who topped a field of 104 entrants to win the $25,000 Challenge for AU$645,150 before going on to finish 33rd in the Main Event for Au$25,000 and seventh in the $100,000 Challenge for AU$310,000; Richard Yong, who won the $100,000 Challenge for AU$1,870,000; and of course Phil Ivey, who took down the $250,000 Challenge for the third time in four years.

Qualify now on Pokerstars.com and take part in one of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour events. Melbourne, Melbourne (14) 7. Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) All. Jul 29, 2011  Season 5 of the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour has officially opened its doors for business, debuting with a brand-new stop, the luxurious Crown Casino in Melbourne.

Crown Melbourne is expected to release the entire event schedule in the near future.

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Samad Razavi (born 25 September 1980), is an English professional poker player and actor based in Brighton, United Kingdom. He is the UK and Ireland Poker tour,^[1] Cork (Republic of Ireland) leg, champion 2012, Asia Pacific Poker Tour^[2] (ANZPT Melbourne leg) Grand Final Champion, 2012 Asian Poker Tour India leg Champion and Asian Poker Tour^[3] 2012 Player Of the Year.

Before turning professional, he worked and trained as an actor before finding a way to succeed in poker as a pro, Razavi himself will admit, that he can put his success down to a single goodwill payment, due to a technical problem from an online poker site, providing a catalyst for his good fortune, as he won his initial bankroll in a small tournament on that site 'with their money' in 2007. After this Razavi found himself playing medium stakes 'Heads Up' cash, no limit Texas hold 'em poker in volume to create a 'wage'.

Sponsorship[edit]

Attracted by the play-your-way-into-sponsorship ideals and fresh ideas set up by Neil Channing^[4] on http://blackbeltpoker.com,^[5] in 2010 Razavi set about gaining enough 'belt points' by playing a huge amount of volume on the 'Black Belt Poker' I-poker 'skin' with the intention of becoming a sponsored professional at 'blue belt' level. He succeeded doing this in October 2010 and quickly rose another level in the program to become 'Brown belt'.The next step in the sites program is the final one, as high as you can get, and was something not-yet achieved by a player and that was to become a 'Black Belt' sponsored player, Razavi was the first to achieve this by a 6th-place finish on 23 January 2011 at the Aussie Millions^[6] Main event, poker tournament for a cool A$225,000.

Humour[edit]

Razavi's reputation as the joker of the pack amongst the UK's poker fraternity was then confirmed when he won the Cork leg of the 2011 UKIPT^[7] (UK and Ireland poker tour) dressed in emerald Irish fatigues, beard and with a table mascot, a leprechaun named 'Seamus'. Razavi also went on to win the player-of-the-year in that series with numerous other cashes in the other legs which earned him free entry into all the next seasons tour legs http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2011/10/sam-razavi-wins-ukipt-leaderboard-7461.htm.

As the joker of the pack he has been noted by the website, poker news^[8] (UK) for his eccentric and fun filled antics both in person and on social media sites http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/11/sam-razavi-to-become-a-pop-star-9474.htm that are apparently frequently fuelled by Jagermiester and an imaginary friend called 'Gilly'.

This makes Razavi one of the most socially fabled advocates of having fun whilst playing poker which ultimately is a long drawn out game that requires patience and can prove quite boring in lengthy multi day events due to multi table tournaments events modern structures.

Notable Results[edit]

In 2012, Razavi notched up several notable live cashes on his hendon mob^[9] profile page totalling $550,000 USD http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=133737 the best of which was his first-place finish at the ANZPT grand final which is the Australian leg of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour^[10] for winning a mere $20 online satellite he came home with a return-of-investment of A$326,125 $339,745 USD and the trophy that carries a title in-line with EPT, WPT and WSOP status of being part of one of pokers recognised 'triple crown' achievements.

The latest achievement to date for Razavi was winning the India leg of the Asian Poker Tour (APT)^[11] in Goa, this also confirmed his status as Asian Poker tour (APT) player of the year 2012, which gives him free entry into all the next seasons events in 2013 http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/12/black-belt-sam-razavi-APT-Player-of-the-Year-9644.htmBy 2015 Sam had won the title of APT PLayer of the Year a record 4 times! http://somuchpoker.com/apt-player-of-the-year-sam-razavi-wins-his-4th-title/

References[edit]

1. ^UKIPT
2. ^APPT
3. ^Asian Poker Tour. 'APT'.
4. ^Neil Channing
5. ^'blackbelt poker'.
6. ^'aussie millions'.
7. ^UKIPT
8. ^'poker news'.
9. ^'the hendon mob'.
10. ^APPT
11. ^Asian Poker Tour. 'APT'.