$2,200 No Limit Holdem Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

10-02-2009 12:08 UTC+10

Two-Minute Call

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The players are scrambling to find their seats as the two-minute call has been given. The cards will be in the air shortly!

10-02-2009 11:19 UTC+10

Welcome To The 2009 PokerNews Cup Australia Main Event!

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Welcome to the PokerNews Cup Australia Main Event!

A cloudy and cool spring morning has greeted us here in Melbourne, but the action (and the central heating) is about to heat up to boiling point in the Crown Poker Room as we get set for the 2009 PokerNews Cup Australia Main Event!

Up to 200 of Australia's best poker players are expected to take to the felt for today's Day 1a flight, each ponying up AUD $2,200 for a shot at fame, fortune and glory.

Should anyone bust out of today's flight, they have the option of buying back in tomorrow - as well as taking new entrants, Day 1b is also a repechage.

Be sure to keep up with the Live Reporting updates here at PokerNews when the Main Event gets underway in 30 minutes's time. See you then!