Suddenly, Australia’s premier poker event the Aussie Millions (played in the nation’s largest poker room at Crown in Melbourne) was feeling some pressure from a major event that was played only weeks earlier at Sydney’s Star City Casino.
Taking the fun out of poker. - The Star Sydney, Sydney.
Sydney poker feels coronavirus pain as The Star cancels all weekly tournaments and Marconi Cup Carnival at Poker Palace called off March 16, 2020 Ben Blaschke 0 The coronavirus pandemic sweeping across Australia is being felt the local poker industry with The Star Sydney announcing the cancellation of all weekly tournaments until further notice.Live Casinos in New South Wales Sydney boasts one of the best casinos in the country, The Star (known as Star City in a previous life). While it enjoyed the monopoly of gambling action in Sydney, in 2019 it sets to lose its exclusivity as James Packer (CEO of Crown) opens his latest Crown casino.The Star management has established a Poker Code of Conduct to establish and maintain a pleasant environment for our guests and employees. The management reserves the right to refuse any person from participating in any game and may ask any player to leave a game, if their conduct is considered to be unacceptable.
Not only can you meet regulators, operators and service providers from across Australia at the 10th Annual Gaming, Racing and Wagering Australia (GRWA), but you can also participate in a poker tournament with them at the end of conference day one. GRWA invites all attendees to join the Poker Tournament hosted by The Star Sydney. Event details Date: Monday, 12 August 2019.Salvatore Fazzino, the player who dipped out in the end, took to the twoplustwo forum to set the record straight.Many players made it clear this was not acceptable for such an event and eventually the director went to phone the poker room manager for some advice on how to handle the unusual situation. Surprisingly, the answer the players received was that they could email the poker operations.
