Deadline for Early Registration APPT Sydney Nov 30

While the first ever live poker tournament held on Chinese soil is raging, registration is going on for the very next Asian Pacific Poker Tour, the Sydney Scorcher. If you want to play (and you do) the deadline for early registration is the end of this month.

The Asian Pacific Poker Tour is a new poker series brought to the world by PokerStars, the online poker site that knows a thing or two about poker series (European Poker Tour, anyone?) Their coup in getting an event in Macau is being played out as you read this, and the press is going to push more people to register for the APPT Sydney event, so take action now if you plan on attending.

The deadline applies to paying via wire transfer or bank draft, a convenient way of entering the event that allows you to use your home currency. If you wait till December 1st or later, you'll have to pay in cash at the door, and only AUD will be accepted.

The Sydney Scorcher will run December 12-16, 2007, and the early registration deadline is November 30th. You will still be able to register after, but run the risk of the event filling up. The cap is 600 players, and as of this readying close to 200 have signed up so far, pushing the prize pool already passed the AUD$1 Million mark.

The event will play at the Star City Casino in Sydney, and has a buy in of 6,000+300 AUD (Approximately $5,700 USD). Of course you can try to win your seat to the event as well, playing in the online qualifiers at PokerStars.com (read our PokerStars room review here).

Should you snag a seat to the Sydney Scorcher, PokerStars will pay USD $9,000 worth to get you in. The buy in is covered, five nights in the hotel, and two grand to pay for transportation.

(Editor's Note: If you miss the deadline to buy in directly, you might as well sign up with PokerStars and try to win your seat!)