2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

PokerNews Cup Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 PokerNews Cup - Australia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
300,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,800 AUD
Prize Pool
1,198,400 AUD
Entries
428
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Augusto Silva Eliminated in 39th Place ($4,790)

Augusto Silva moved all in for 84,500. Hyo Sun Son quickly called from the button. Silva exposed his hand thinking that they were heads up. He tabled the {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}. Will Cacuzza and Sam Khouiss were the blinds and had not yet acted. Cacuzza folded and Khouiss went into the tank. He eventually folded {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} face up. Hyo Sun Son flipped over {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}. The flop was {J-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. The turn was the {J-Clubs} and Khouiss slammed his fist on the table, because he would have turned trips and busted both players. The river was the {10-Hearts}. Son won the pot and busted Silva in 39th place.

Silva has had a ton of bad luck ever since he left his home country of Portugal. The online qualifier from Gnuf Poker had to fly from Portugal to London. Then London to Hong Kong. Then Hong Kong to L.A. and then finally L.A. to Melbourne, Australia. Not only did his travel agent botch up his flights... he also lost his lugagge and the airline took three days to find it. That's not all. He forgot that last night was Daylight Savings time in Australia and he showed up to the tournament one hour late. He got blinded down to 1,200 in chips when he eventually arrived. But he managed to hang on and make the money. This was a memorable trip to Australia for sure for Augusto Silva.

Tags: Hyo Sun Son