Champ Event 1 - $175 No-Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

10-21-2007 13:16 UTC+10

Alternates

[user24788]

Among today's alternates are Jim Sachinidis, Sherif Derias, and Eric Assadourian (who won the NZ Poker Championships in April).

Tags: Jim Sachinidis

10-21-2007 13:18 UTC+10

Seated together at Table 15 are Paul Gianfriddo (who won the pot-limit Omaha event at the Victorian Championships), Maurie Pears (dozens of final table finishes in Australia and New Zealand) and Emad Tahtouh (who finished second to Vicky Coren at the EPT London in 2006).

Table 7 boasts two Aussie "young guns"-- Julian Powell (2 final tables at the Victorian Championships) and Dusan Stoevski.

Tags: Dusan Stoevski Emad Tahtouh Julian Powell Maurie Pears Paul Gianfriddo

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

10-21-2007 13:29 UTC+10

More Notable Aussies

[user25067]

Several players familiar to our Australian audience but perhaps new to our other readers around the world are in the field today:

Peter Aristidou (currently 1st in the Crown Casino's "Poker Player of the Year" competition, 2 final tables at this year's Victorian Championships)

Sam Khouiss (3 WSOP cashes in the last 2 years)

Leo Boxell (2nd place in the 2003 Aussie Millions, over 50 cashes and final table finishes)

Graeme Putt (nearly a quarter million in career tournament earnings)

Richard Holmes (2nd place in the $100,000 challenge at the '06 Victorian Championships)

Jozef Berec (just finished 2nd in the APPT-Seoul Main Event and won the Main Event at the 2007 Victorian Championships for over AU$250,000. He also currently leads the PokerNetwork.com rankings)

Eric Faccer (avid online player)

Tags: Eric Faccer Graeme Putt Jozef Berec Leo Boxell Peter Aristidou Richard Holmes Sam Khouiss