PokerNews CUP Australia 2008

Augusto is another Team PokerNews Member you want to watch out for at the felt...

Augusto da Silva has proven that he has the will and determination to succeed. In only his first few months of playing poker, he has won himself packages that have allowed him to fly across the world to play in various poker tournaments. Additionally, this $7,000 PokerNews Cup Australia Package win will bring his total Team PokerNews appearances to three – the first two being the 2007 PokerNews Cup Australia and the 2008 Aussie Millions. The full time Engineer started playing poker because he always had a love for card games. “A friend of mine made me understand that in order to start playing poker, there was no need for any initial investment… that from scratch we could earn a decent amount of money,” says Augusto. “I loved that idea and thus, started playing.” Currently, Augusto’s favourite poker variant is No Limit Texas Holdem. He prefers to play multi-table tournaments and sit-n-gos. How does he feel about this recent package win? “I felt very proud to be able to represent Team PokerNews again,” explains Augusto. “I started running and yelling all over my house and called all my friends to spread the good news.” Augusto finished in the money at the 2007 PNC Australia, and we are expecting an even bigger result this year. He is definitely another Team PokerNews Member you want to look out for at the felt – and you’ll only be able to catch all that action on PokerNews.com, so stay tuned…