PokerStars in March Offering Dream Job

Top ranked online poker room, PokerStars, is offering the chance of a lifetime: a job playing poker on the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) for one year. The winner of Dream Job Australia will play their choice of stops on the ANZPT as a PokerStars sponsored player. The prize package - valued at $100,000 - provides $40,000 to be applied to tournament entry fees and a monthly salary of $5,000.

Free, daily online poker tournaments begin March 1st, running Saturday to Thursday through the 25th. On Fridays, March 5th through the 26th, weekly finals will be held. The top 18 contenders will earn a seat in the Grand Final, Saturday, March 27, which will determine the 10 finalists. All of the tournaments begin at 20:30 AEDT (4:30am ET).

Finalists of the Dream Job Australia competition will then take a quiz of their poker knowledge, be introduced to Team PokerStars Australia in Sydney at the ANZPT, and spend the next six weeks drumming up support from the voting poker community by blogging, tweeting and posting on Facebook about their experiences.

The PokerStars community determines the winner of Dream Job Australia by “voting” for their favorite finalist. Dedicated tournaments will be held for each finalist, with each registration counting as a “vote” for the associated finalist. The voting tournament with the most players will resolve who wins the 12 month PokerStars contract, and becomes a sponsored player in the ANZPT.