A lot of people have told me that their dream is to travel to
Australia. Unfortunately, it is very expensive (I went there last year,
so believe me, I know how long it takes to get from Europe to Melbourne
and how much it costs). And in this case traveling is not the only
issue, as you would also need to stay somewhere which would increase
the expenses. Moreover, it is not possible to see Australia in 5 days,
you would have to stay for at least 2 weeks. Therefore most of the
people usually just leave this dream behind. However, I'll try to
consider some options on how it may still be fulfilled.
One of the ways to go to Australia is to win the lottery and buy the
trip. The problem is that winning big money at the lottery is almost
impossible (I have calculated that there is a higher chance of becoming
the President of the state rather than winning 1,000,000 in a local
lottery).
Another way is to save money for a year (or even longer). I can't save that much. Can you?
There is also the possibility to take part in some contest that offers
a trip to Australia as the main prize. Do you know such a contest? I
don't :( Travel agencies sometimes offer some quite cheap vacations at
the nearby resort as prizes in various competitions, but such exotic
and far away country as Australia are never on the list.
So probably the easiest way to get to this dream country is to visit
Pokernews.com as they send a group of European and American poker fans
to Melbourne every year (this year is the 3rd in a row). Even if you do
not have a penny or a credit card, you can still win your place there.
Just follow 3 simple steps:
Get some cash at the PokerNews and Partypoker promotion ($25 is transferred after you register)
Do not loose the cash with the 10th hand and collect at least 49
PartyPoker points (the required amount for the qualification freeroll).
Win qualification freeroll (August 30th) or one of few sattelites.
The details of the Party Poker freerolls can be found at the
Pokernews.com freeroll page, so please read it and consider if the
tournament's terms and conditions suite your expectations. Both
freerolls are for the new players only so the competition will not be
higher than 1000 players, which means that the chances of winning are
really good.
The last way to get to Australia is to pray and hope that the Almighty will help you. :)
Marius is working PokerNews.com as internet marketing manager with the PartyPoker $50 Free promotion.
One of Marius' interests is poker in various social medias. Besides the work in Pokernews, he is the author of Poker 2.0 Blog, which analyzes various poker tools and services for poker players in global and poker social networks.
