STAR POKER: Sydney Champs kick-off in impressive fashion

The 2013 Sydney Poker Championships kicked-off in impressive fashion at The Star on Wednesday night with the first flight of the $330 No Limit Hold’em Opening Event. A capacity field of 318 runners took their seats for 12 levels of 40 minutes with 53 players earning a spot on the day two starters’ list. The Opening Event continued  last night with a third flight scheduled for 12.30pm today (Friday).

PokerMedia Australia is proud to enter the third year of our association with Star Poker with the seventh running of the PMA Special Event. For the first time, our $1100 No Limit Hold’em Event will be a six-handed affair, and we’re hoping to again have a field in the vicinity of 100 players. Our live reporting team will also again be covering the Main Event.

The Main Event buy-in has been increased to $3000, with the battle for the 2013 Sydney Champs title scheduled to kick-off next Thursday evening. Other events on the schedule include the $550 No Limit Hold’em Semi-Shootout; $440 Mixed No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha; $440 No Limit Hold’em Teams Event; $550 Pot Limit Omaha w/ re-entry and $440 Turbo No Limit Hold’em with the series culminating once again with the high stakes $5000 No Limit Hold’em Challenge.

2013 Sydney Champs schedule

July 31

6.15pm Event 1: $330 No Limit Hold’em Opening Event day 1 flight 1 (40-minute levels, starting stack 10,000)

August 1

6.15pm Event 1: $330 No Limit Hold’em Opening Event (repechage) day 1 flight 2 (40-minute levels, starting stack 10,000)

August 2

12.30pm Event 1: $330 No Limit Hold’em Opening Event (repechage) day 1 flight 3 (40-minute levels, starting stack 10,000)
10pm $330 Sydney Champs Mega Satellite (25-minute levels, starting stack 6000)

August 3

12.30pm Event 1: $330 No Limit Hold’em Opening Event (repechage) day 2

August 4

12.30pm Event 2: $1100 PokerMedia Australia Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em (40-minute levels, starting stack 15,000)
4pm Event 1: $330 No Limit Hold’em Opening Event final table

August 5

12.30pm Event 3: $550 No Limit Hold’em Semi-Shootout (30-minute levels, starting stack 8000)
4pm Event 2: $1100 PokerMedia Australia Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em final table
6.15pm $300 Sydney Champs Mega Satellite (25-minute levels, starting stack 6000)

August 6

12.30pm Event 4: $440 Mixed No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha (30-minute levels, starting stack 8000)
4pm Event 3: $550 No Limit Hold’em Semi-Shootout final table
6.15pm Event 5: $440 No Limit Hold’em Teams Event (20-minute levels, starting stack 8000)

August 7

12.30pm Event 6: $550 Pot Limit Omaha w/ re-entry (40-minute levels, starting stack 10,000)
6.15pm $300 Sydney Champs Mega Satellite (25-minute levels, starting stack 6000)

August 8

12.30pm $300 Sydney Champs Last Chance Mega Satellite (25-minute levels, starting stack 6000)
6.15pm Event 7: $3000 Sydney Champs Main Event No Limit Hold’em day 1 flight 1 (60-minute levels, starting stack 20,000)

August 9

12.30pm Event 7: $3000 Sydney Champs Main Event No Limit Hold’em day 1 flight 2 (60-minute levels, starting stack 20,000)

August 10

12.30pm Event 7: $3000 Sydney Champs Main Event No Limit Hold’em day 2
6.15pm $550 $5K Challenge No Limit Hold’em Satellite (25-minute levels, starting stack 6000)

August 11

12.30pm Event 8: $440 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (20-minute levels, starting stack 8000)
2pm Event 7: $3000 Sydney Champs Main Event No Limit Hold’em day 3/final table
4pm: Event 9: $5000 No Limit Hold’em Challenge (45-minute levels, starting stack 15,000)