2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Champ Event 1 - $175 No-Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info

2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
79
Prize
16,615 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
150 AUD
Level Info
Level
15
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Early Eliminations

We missed the names of the players, but the first two bustouts involved one player with K-K running into pocket Aces. Another unknown player busted out with set over set.

Who's Here?

In the field today are several of Australia's best-known players. Mel Judah made an on-time arrival and is playing over on Table 22, dressed in a sharp lime green polo. Emad Tahtouh, however is going for the "Hellmuthian" approach and has yet to take his seat on Table 15. Also playing today are Lee "Final Table" Nelson, Billy "The Croc" Argyros, Maurie Pears, and Julius Colman (who recently made a deep run in the Main Event of the WSOP-Europe, finishing 30th).

Tags: Billy 'The Croc' ArgyrosEmad TahtouhJulius ColmanLee NelsonMaurie PearsMel Judah

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Cards Are in the Air

Gareth Edwards, marketing director from Poker News, kicked off Event #1 of the Poker News Cup by announcing the famous phrase, "Shuffle up and deal!"

Blinds for level 1 will start at 25/50. All levels are 25 minutes in length.

Over 510 Runners

We have confirmation that there are at least 510 players in today's event. Action will be starting very shortly. Stay tuned for live updates and chip counts.

PokerNews Cup Australia

The first PokerNews Cup event gets underway in less than 24 hrs, with over 600 players expected.

Join us from 12:30pm local time (GMT+9) today as we bring you all the action from the floor of the Crown Poker Room in Melbourne, Australia. We will be onsite bringing you all the live updates, including chip counts, our Live Reporting Blog, photos and our exclusive PokerNews Video Gallery. click here to see a teaser we prepared earlier

Stay tuned.......