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saw all the chips go into the middle. Malaine held 
for top set to be in great shape against his opponent's 
for two pair.The turn was the
and river the 
to send his opponent to the rail and jump Malaine up to 3,400.
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
$230 NL Hold'em - $75k Guar.
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
Buy-in
200 AUD
Prize Pool
84,400 AUD
Entries
422
Level
20
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0
saw all the chips go into the middle. Malaine held for top set to be in great shape against his opponent's for two pair.The turn was the
and river the to send his opponent to the rail and jump Malaine up to 3,400.
against two opponents holding 
and 
.The board fell
to give Cakici a huge triple up to now sit with over 9,000 chips
Crown's Director of Poker Operations Jonno Pittock has just delivered the opening address, aided by PokerNews Editor in Chief John Caldwell, and the cards are officially in the air!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 0
Fast forward one year later and we find ourselves less than 24 hours away from the opening event of the 2008 PokerNews Cup Championships in Melbourne, Australia. The first event -- a $230 buy-in no limit hold'em tournament -- is set to kick off at 10:10 a.m. on Sunday, October 12th at the Crown Poker Room.
Two additional tournaments have been tacked on to this year's eight-event schedule -- one of which being the Tony G Celebrity Shootout Bounty tournament, scheduled for October 15th at 7:10 p.m. The series' $2,200 buy-in Championship Main Event begins Friday, October 17th and expects to attract over 400 runners.
Main Event satellites are still being held daily at the Crown. For more information, visit the PokerNewsCup website.
Live coverage of Event 1 begins on Sunday at 10:10 a.m. We hope to see you then!