Poker Nations Cup

The Poker Nations Cup is an international tournament in the variant Texas Hold'em.

2006

The first edition was sponsored by 888.com and staggered in eight parts in Germany on 30 August 2006 to 10 September 2006 at the German Sports Television (DSF ) broadcast.

The first broadcast by Jesse May and Barny Boatman ( in the second preliminary round encounter Padraig Parkinson ) commented mission took place in March 2006 on the British television station Channel 4 for the German television commented Michael grains and participating in the tournament even Dr. Michael Keiner, what lies in the fact that it was a recording.

Thomas Kremser was that recorded in Cardiff, Wales as tournament director, while Marina Kremser and Stevie clothed the function as a dealer.

Game system

Six countries participated, each with six players, one of whom served as team captain and another had acquired his participation through an online qualification in the tournament.

The respective team captain of the teams determined the order in which each of the six players of their own team which took part in the six preliminary round games. Depending on the performance of a player at one preliminary round table of their team points have been added:

The achieved in the first round total score of a team eventually determined the number of chips in the " Grand Final", the final round to determine the tournament winner.

The team captains named three players who eventually competed in the Grand Final; This Substitutions until the end of the 3rd and 6th levels had to be made. In addition, it was the team captains allowed, once convened a 60 -second time-out for advice, with the current at the table playing team member. The levels in the Grand Final were twice as long as in the previous round. The winning team of the Grand Finals was awarded $ 100,000.

The final round was broadcast separated into two episodes.

Due to the game system it was not possible that a player hit a crew member and thus collusion could have been taken, as it can happen with other team - based poker tournaments.

Team

Results

Preliminary round

  • United States Andy Bloch
  • England / Scotland Scott Griffiths
  • Sweden Erik " The Salmon " Sagström
  • Germany Christoph Haller
  • Ireland Scott " The Iceman " Gray
  • Germany Sebastian Zentgraf
  • England / Scotland Dave " The Devilfish " Ulliott
  • United States Thomas " Thunder" Keller
  • England / Scotland Tony " The Lizard " Bloom
  • Sweden Fuat Can
  • Robert Williamson III, United States
  • Sweden Ken " Top Hat " Lennaárd
  • England / Scotland Julian "The Kid" Gardner
  • Ireland Rory Liffey
  • Clonie Gowen United States
  • Germany Andreas Krause
  • Sweden Bengt Sonnert
  • Denmark January Sørensen
  • Sweden Ayhan Alsancak
  • Ireland Noel Furlong
  • Germany Michael Keiner

Grand Final

2007

From 29 January to 2 February 2007 took the tournament, this time sponsored by Party Poker, returns to Cardiff instead. The participating countries were Germany, Denmark, Sweden, England and the United States. For the third-ranked nation in 2006, Ireland, in 2007 took the Dutchman. The German team consisted of Michael Keiner, Phillip marble stone, Roland Specht, Benjamin Kang, the two-time world champion Omaha Eddy Scharf, as well as the online qualifiers Simon Münz. In addition, the scoring system was modified. Otherwise, the format remained the same as the previous year.

Participant

  • Dave Ulliott
  • Joe Beevers
  • John Kabbaj
  • Jon Hewston
  • Paul Gardner
  • Michael Keiner
  • Roland Specht
  • Eddy Scharf
  • Benjamin Kang
  • Philipp marble stone
  • Simon Münz
  • Marcel Luske
  • Rob Hollink
  • Arthur Van der seas
  • Thierry Van den Berg
  • Jourry Van Hoof
  • Tim Moddermann
  • Theo Jørgensen
  • Mads Andersen
  • Tune Sedelin
  • Lars bonding
  • Martin Vallo
  • Nicolai Vivet
  • Bo Sehlstedt
  • William Thorson
  • Mats Rahmn
  • Anders Henriksson
  • Johan Stroakers
  • Hans Isoz
  • Fat: Team Captain
  • Italic: online qualifier or celebrity players (USA)

Results

  • Sweden Anders Henriksson (11 )
  • Denmark Theo Jørgensen ( 7)
  • Netherlands Arthur Van the seas ( 4)
  • United States Kevin O'Donnell ( 2)
  • Germany Benjamin Kang ( 1)
  • Sweden Johan Stroakers (11 )
  • Netherlands Thierry van den Berg ( 7)
  • United States Phil Laak ( 4)
  • Germany Philipp marble stone ( 2)
  • England John Kabbaj
  • Sweden Mats Rahmn
  • Netherlands Tim Moddermann
  • United States Jennifer Tilly
  • Germany Roland Specht
  • Clonie Gowen United States
  • Netherlands Rob Hollink
  • Sweden Hans Isoz
  • England Joe Beevers
  • Germany Michael Keiner
  • United States Antonio Esfandiari
  • Sweden William Thorson
  • Marcel Luske Netherlands
  • Sweden Bo Sehlstedt
  • Germany Eddy Scharf

Level after 6 preliminary rounds

Final

2008

Final

  • Roland de Wolfe (Captain)
  • Ian Frazer
  • Surinder Sunar
  • Neill Channing
  • Joe Beevers
  • Patrick Durbin ( qualifier )
  • Padraig Parkinson (Captain)
  • Marty Smyth
  • Ciaran O'Leary
  • Donnacha O'Dea
  • Liam Flood
  • Denny O'Brien ( qualifier )
  • Marcel Luske (Captain)
  • Marc Ruiter
  • Thierry Van den Berg
  • Marco Van der Berg
  • Noah Boeken
  • Thierry Van der Peet ( qualifier )
  • Bo Sehlstedt (Captain)
  • William Thorson
  • Mats Rahmn
  • Anders Henriksson
  • Johan Storakers
  • Jonas Ocklind ( qualifier )
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