After the successful tournament last year in Austria, the PokerNews Cup returns, this time at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia from the 12th until the 20th of October, 2008.

Vice-president of PokerNews, Justin Huxley, said: “PokerNews and Crown Casino are thrilled to announce the return of the most successful event of PokerNews. With a guaranteed prize of over $250.000, this year’s event will attract the best poker players from around the world to the spectacular Crown Casino.”

The tournament will have a total of eight events; entry tickets for the Main Event are available for $175 up to $2.200. The tournament held in 2007 in Austria, managed to mount up a bag of prizes worth $1.100.000, from which $300.000 were given to the winner.

At Full Tilt Poker Host, there is a free tournament that gives away to the winner $5.000, an entry ticket worth $2.200 to the Main Event, six nights of accommodation at the Crown Promenade Hotel and $1.500 cash for expenses, among other prizes. In order to participate in the tournament and have the possibility of attending one of the most exciting tournaments of the southern hemisphere, log into the site and begin to play.