NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 888.com Poker Nations Cup

The 888.com Poker Nations Cup is an international poker tournament, televised on Channel 4 from March 2006 onwards. Cassava Enterprises, Ltd is a limited company which operates several high-profile gambling websites. ... A poker tournament is a tournament at which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ...

The series is commentated by Jesse May, "Barmy" Barny Boatman and Padraig Parkinson. Jesse May (born July 28th 1980) is a poker commentator. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Professional poker player from Ireland. ...

Format

Six nations compete in the series, with six members to each team. Each team has a captain and an internet qualifier. Adverts for Online poker on the London Underground Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet (online). ...

The captain chooses one player from the six available to compete in each of the six preliminary tournaments (each player on the team plays once, and once only.)

Points are awarded for the finishing position of each player in each preliminary event. These points are totalled and used to calculate chips in the Grand Final. Points are awarded as follows:

Team captains can choose to substitute team members during the Grand Final, where the winning team receives $100,000.

(NB: As members of a nation's team never face other members of the same team, there is no possibility of collusion, as is possible in other team-format poker tournaments.)

Teams

¹: denotes Team Captain
²: denotes online qualifier Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Dave Devilfish Ulliott (born January 4, 1954 in Hull, England) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Joe The Elegance Beevers (born 9 December 1967 in London) is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Tony The Lizard Bloom (born 20 March 1970) is a professional poker player from London, England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Julian Gardner is a poker player from Manchester, England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Ram Crazy Horse Vaswani is an English professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Jan Sorensen (born Jan Hansen in 1960?) is a Danish professional poker player from Odense. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Noel Furlong (born in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Robert Williamson III (born 7 November 1970) is an American professional poker player from Dallas, Texas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Andy Bloch is a poker player who started playing seriously in 1992, entering some small $35 weekly tournaments once a month. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Clonie Gowen at the 2004 World Series of Poker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Professional poker player from Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Kathy Liebert (born October 1, 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ...

Results

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