I’ve often been told thatthe Aussie Millions isone of the best eventson the poker calendar.And given that Britain inJanuary is cold and wet –while Melbourne is a lovely30C most days – I thoughtit only natural to find outhow good it is for myself.

Badbeatpoker.com andBetfairpoker.com jointlysponsored me for the $10,000Aussie Millions main eventand put me up in CrownTowers, a glamorous hotelthat every year in Januaryplays host to the aristocratsof the poker world and theroyalty of the tennis world.

The tournament schedulewas pretty good and the mainevent ended up attracting afield of 780 runners, with thetop 80 finishing in the moneyand the winner set to bagAU$1,650,000.