POKER NATIONS CUP WINNERS
Gibraltar – 10th November 2008 –The final episode of coverage from the PartyPoker.com Poker Nations Cup is broadcast on Tuesday 11th/Wednesday 12th at 00.10 on Channel 4 in the UK. Who will be crowned poker’s ultimate team champions?
The prestigious team event features line-ups from Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Holland and the United States. The winning team will scoop $100,000 in this unique tournament that sees players pursuing personal and team glory, along with the honour of representing their home nation. The tournament sees one PartyPoker.com VIP qualifier on each team playing alongside five world class poker professionals from the same participating nations, except the USA who feature celebrity player Montel Willams. Each player paid a buy-in of $5,000 making a total prize pool of $280,000 ($100,000 added by PartyPoker.com).
A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “At the start of the final episode there are five teams remaining after the USA busted out in sixth. Great Britain holds the chip lead but it is all to play for as none of the teams have short stacks. “
Last year Sweden triumphed over the USA in a rollercoaster tag-final, while the year before there was glory for Great Britain. Coverage of the 2008 event was produced by Presentable and is presented by Vicky Coren. Commentary is provided by Vicky Coren and Simon Trumper.
TEAMS
GREAT BRITAIN
Roland de Wolfe Capt.
Joe Beevers
Ian Frazer
Surinder Sunar
Neil Channing
Francis Durbin - qualifier
GERMANY
Michael Keiner Capt.
Andreas Krause
Benjamin Kang
Sebastian Ruthenberg
Thomas Bihl
Thomas Potzel - qualifier
HOLLAND
Marcel Luske Capt.
Thierry Van den Berg
Hans Ritburg
Eric Van der Berg
Daan Ruiter
Quirijn Van der Peet - qualifier
IRELAND
Padraig Parkinson Capt.
Donnacha O’Dea
Ciaran O’Leary
Liam Flood
Marty Smith
Darren O’Brien - qualifier
SWEDEN
Bo Sehlstedt Capt.
Anders Henriksson
Mats Rahmn
Johan Storakers
William Thorson
Johan Ocklind - qualifier
USA
Robert Williamson III Capt.
Jamie Gold
Chris Ferguson
Thomas Keller
Chad Brown
Montel Williams – Celebrity Player
November 10, 2008