Poker Nations Cup


The Poker Nations Cup is an international poker tournament, televised on Channel 4 from March 2006 onwards.
The series is commentated by Jesse May and Barny Boatman. Padraig Parkinson covered for Boatman in preliminary match 2.
The series was filmed in Cardiff, Wales. Thomas Kremser was the tournament director, and the dealers were Marina Kremser and Stevie Pollak.
The event in 2006 was sponsored by 888.com. In 2007 888.com has been replaced by Partypoker as main sponsors. The event will also be televised on Channel 4.

Format

Six nations compete in the series, with six members to each team. Each team has a captain and an internet qualifier.
The captain chooses one player from the six available to compete in each of the six preliminary tournaments
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.

Teams

NB: The flags within this article show the country the player is representing. e.g.: below Scott Gray is identified with the Irish flag as that is the country he is representing, despite Gray being born in Canada.
Dave Ulliott 1Martin Wendt 1Michael Keiner 1
Joe BeeversChristian GrundtvigChristoph Haller
Tony BloomTheo JørgensenAndreas Krause
Julian GardnerRehne PedersenRoland Specht
Ram VaswaniJan Vang SørensenKatja Thater
Scott Griffiths 2Anders Jensen 2Sebastian Zentgraf 2

Noel Furlong 1Ken Lennaárd 1Robert Williamson III 1
Don FaganAyhan AlsancakAndy Bloch
Scott GrayFuat CanClonie Gowen
Rory LiffeyErik SagströmThomas Keller
Padraig ParkinsonBengt SonnertKathy Liebert
Mahala Maria Roche 2Jens Lekström 2Gregory Jennison 2

1: denotes Team Captain
2: denotes online qualifier

Results

Preliminary Rounds

Grand Final

Team captains chose three players to compete in the Grand Final. Only one player started, who then had to be substituted by the end of the third level. The second player had to be substituted for the third player at the end of the sixth level. Blind levels ran twice as long as in the preliminary heats.
Team captains were also entitled to call a 60-second time-out with any player in their team once per game.
The Grand Final's television broadcast spanned over two episodes.
Starting Lineup FirstPlayers after 1st substitutionsPlayers after 2nd substitutions
Rehne Pedersen Christian Grundtvig , Theo Jørgensen
Joe Beevers Ram Vaswani , Dave Ulliott
Katja Thater Roland Specht , Michael Keiner
Scott Gray Padraig Parkinson , Don Fagan
Ken Lennaárd Bengt Sonnert N/A
Andy Bloch Kathy Liebert Robert Williamson III

2007 Event

The 2007 event aired in March 2007 featuring teams representing Great Britain, USA, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands with the winning team receiving $100,000 prize money.