Do we need a passport to go to Australia? (Official roll call thread)

[bismillahno]

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You need to bend over in order to recieve the rake they charge for cash games. Also I think they charge rake and time charge from what I remember. Anyway I'm traveling over from perth on the 5th and I'll be there till the 16th, longer if I win a seat in the ME. holla

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I've been here for a few days, and have been playing a little bit of 1/2 NL here (I'm a tourney donk, still getting my cash legs). The rake for that game is 10% up to $6, plus $5 hourly time. So yeah, you get shafted. Buy in is $60 max/min as well, not sure if the higher stakes games are deeper or not. On the plus side, the play is suitably awful.

If anyones here already, feel free to shoot me a PM or something, I'm going to play the first 2 day event ($1100 NLHE) before taking off for Thailand.