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The Victor Chandler Poker Cup (often abbreviated to The Victor Poker Cup or The VC Poker Cup} is an annual poker tournament held in England for broadcast on Sky Sports. A poker tournament is a tournament at which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area â€“ Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 kmÂ² Population â€“ Total (mid-2004) â€“ Total (2001 Census) â€“ Density Ranked 1st UK... Sky Sports is a group of 5 channels - Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports Xtra, and Sky Sports News - operated by British Sky Broadcasting, mainly for their Sky Digital platform. ...

The £5,000 buy-in event commenced in 2004 and is played out in a no limit hold'em format. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article describes the common terms, rules, and procedures in the game, but does not cover the strategic impact of betting. ... Texas hold em (or simply hold em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ...

2004

The event was held from 23-24 July in London. 100 competitors took part, with the following making the final table. (Redirected from 23 July) July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The event is noted for featuring three of the four members of The Hendon Mob at the same final table, together with John Kabbaj, who is considered their unofficial fifth member. The Hendon Mob are a group of four professional poker players from London, England. ...

Other British players who played the event include Jac Arama, Bruce "Elvis Senior" Atkinson, "Barmy" Barny Boatman, Dave "El Blondie" Colclough, Victoria Coren, Zac Goldsmith, Vinnie Jones, John McCririck, Barry Paskin, Grub Smith, Willie "The Dice Man" Tann, Simon "Aces" Trumper, Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott, Mickey "The Worm" Wernick and "Mad" Marty Wilson. Large sized chicken tender of England/St Georges Cross/State flag of Guernsey, 1936-1985 File links The following pages link to this file: The Ashes Arsenal F.C. Cornwall Cambridgeshire Charlton Athletic F.C. City of London London Borough of Croydon Cheshire Chelsea F.C. Devon England Essex... Charidimos (Harry) Wise Owl Demetriou is an English professional poker player, based in London. ... Large sized chicken tender of England/St Georges Cross/State flag of Guernsey, 1936-1985 File links The following pages link to this file: The Ashes Arsenal F.C. Cornwall Cambridgeshire Charlton Athletic F.C. City of London London Borough of Croydon Cheshire Chelsea F.C. Devon England Essex... Ram Crazy Horse Vaswani is an English professional poker player and the youngest member of The Hendon Mob. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Austria Arsenal F.C. Belgium Czech Republic Cyprus Economy of the Czech Republic Charlton Athletic F.C. Chelsea F.C. European Union Estonia European Parliament Talk:European Union European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party European Peoples Party (Christian Democrats) and... Large sized chicken tender of England/St Georges Cross/State flag of Guernsey, 1936-1985 File links The following pages link to this file: The Ashes Arsenal F.C. Cornwall Cambridgeshire Charlton Athletic F.C. City of London London Borough of Croydon Cheshire Chelsea F.C. Devon England Essex... Rocky Ross Boatman is an English actor, professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob. ... 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Julian Gardner is a poker player from Manchester, England. ... Large sized chicken tender of England/St Georges Cross/State flag of Guernsey, 1936-1985 File links The following pages link to this file: The Ashes Arsenal F.C. Cornwall Cambridgeshire Charlton Athletic F.C. City of London London Borough of Croydon Cheshire Chelsea F.C. Devon England Essex... Joe The Elegance Beevers (born 9 December 1967 in London) is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob. ... Large sized chicken tender of England/St Georges Cross/State flag of Guernsey, 1936-1985 File links The following pages link to this file: The Ashes Arsenal F.C. Cornwall Cambridgeshire Charlton Athletic F.C. City of London London Borough of Croydon Cheshire Chelsea F.C. Devon England Essex... John Large Kabbaj is an English professional poker player, referred to by The Hendon Mob as their unofficial fifth member. ... 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Zac Goldsmith has been editor of The Ecologist magazine since 1998. ... Vinnie Jones as Juggernaut Vincent Peter Jones (born January 5, 1965 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England) is a British footballer turned actor. ... John McCririck (born 17 April 1940, Surbiton) is a television horse racing pundit from the United Kingdom. ... Barry Paskin is a British comedian and actor who participated in the 2005 World Series of Poker where he reached Day 2 of the Main Event. ... Journalist for FHM, TV Presenter and co-host of Celebrity Poker Club. ... Willie The Dice Man Tann is an English professional poker player. ... Simon Trumper (b. ... Dave Devilfish Ulliott (born January 4, 1954 in Hull, England) is a professional poker player. ... Mickey The Worm Wernick (also known as Mickey The Legend Wernick) (born 2 July 1944) is an English retired bookmaker and professional poker player from Birmingham. ... Mad Marty Wilson is an English professional poker player from Wolverhampton. ...

Foreign players included "Gentleman" Liam Flood, Noel Furlong, Tony G, Mel "Silver Fox" Judah, "The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Luske, "The Don" Donnacha O'Dea, Padraig Parkinson, Barry Shulman and Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos. Liam Flood, nicknamed The Gentleman is an Irish professional poker player. ... Noel Furlong (born in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional poker player. ... Tony G (born Antanas Guoga in Melbourne, Australia on 28 April 1975) is a professional poker player. ... Professional Australian poker player, also known as The Silver Fox, with several noticable finished in the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. ... Marcel Luske. ... Donnacha ODea is a former Irish Olympian swimmer turned professional poker player. ... Professional poker player from Ireland. ... Barry Shulman (born May 8, 1946 in Seattle, Washington) is an American poker player and the Chief executive officer of CardPlayer Magazine. ... Charalambos Xanthos (also known as Bambos) is a Cypriot hotel and restaurant owner based in London, England. ...

2005

The event was held from 1-5 August in London. 96 competitors took part, with the final 12 competitors progressing to semi-finals. (Redirected from 1 August) This article is in need of attention. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ...

Semi-Final 1

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Semi-Final 2

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Final

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