According to a press release from the top European poker site Ladbrokes
Poker.com Australian poker players are taking their British counterparts
to the cleaners.
"Australians have the best percentage return figures of
any nation at Ladbrokes Poker. Basically they are beating up the European
players who are running scared. It seems to be a strange combination
of aggression and patience that makes Australians stand out"
said Albert Tapper, General Manager of Ladbrokes.
Top Australian player at Ladbrokes Poker is Tino Lechich, whose screen name on ladbrokespoker.com is "Maxypaxy". His biggest victory so far is winning a seat worth US $26,875 in Europe's biggest poker tournament, 'The Poker Million' which carries a first prize of $1,000,000 and is open to a select field of 72 of Europe's finest Poker players. The event will be covered live on Sky Television in the UK this year and around the world to an estimated audience of 100 million.
Poker is booming in Australia, and the country's biggest event, the Aussie Millions, takes place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne from the 6th to the 20th January 2005.
Ladbrokes is now directly targeting this burgeoning local interest in poker. The firm staged a special 'freeroll' tournament for a seat at the Aussie Millions main poker event this week, with a A $10,000 seat and three nights accommodation at the Crowne Promenade Hotel on the 18th, 19th and 20th January. A further $1,700 USD was paid out to places 2-50th.