Poker Nations Cup

The Poker Nations Cup was an international poker tournament that was played once a year in Cardiff from 2006 to 2008 .

Game system

At the tournament in the variant No Limit Texas Hold'em six nations took part with six players. One player acted as captain in each team, and each team had an online qualifier . The respective team captain determined the order of which players of his team took part in which of the six preliminary round matches. Depending on how a player performed at a preliminary round table, points were credited to their own team, with the rating varying from year to year. The total number of points achieved by a team in the preliminary round ultimately 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 final round; substitutions had to be made by the end of the third and sixth blind level. In addition, the team captains were allowed to call a one-off 60-second time-out for consultation with the team member currently playing at the table. The levels in the Grand Final were twice as long as in the preliminary round. The winning team of the final round received a total of 100,000 US dollars .

Events

2006

The first edition ran from March 15th to April 5th, 2006 and was sponsored by 888.com . Thomas Kremser served as director of the tournament, while Marina Kremser and Stevie Pollak served as dealers . The Original 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 . The German sports television broadcast the highlights in eight parts from August 30, 2006 to September 10, 2006. Michael Körner and Michael Keiner, who took part in the tournament himself, commented for German television .

Attendees

Dave Ulliott , captain of the winning team

The first named player was the team captain, the last named player was the online qualifier.

•  United Kingdom : Dave Ulliott , Joe Beevers , Tony Bloom , Julian Gardner , Ram Vaswani , Scott Griffiths
•  Germany : Michael Keiner , Christoph Haller, Andreas Krause , Roland Specht , Katja Thater , Sebastian Zentgraf
•  Ireland : Noel Furlong , Don Fagan, Scott Gray, Rory Liffey, Padraig Parkinson , Mahala Maria Roche
•  United States : Robert Williamson III , Andy Bloch , Clonie Gowen , Thomas Keller , Kathy Liebert , Gregory Jennison
•  Denmark : Martin Wendt , Christian Grundtvig , Theo Jørgensen , Rehne Pedersen , Jan Sørensen , Anders Jensen
•  Sweden : Ken Lennaárd , Ayhan Alsancak, Fuat Can , Erik Sagström , Bengt Sonnert , Jens Lekström

Results

round	Beginning	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th
Preliminary round 1	March 15, 2006	Theo Jørgensen	Padraig Parkinson	Andy Bloch	Scott Griffiths	Erik Sagström	Christoph Haller
Preliminary round 2	March 17, 2006	Jens Lekström	Gregory Jennison	Scott Gray	Jensen is different	Sebastian Zentgraf	Dave Ulliott
Preliminary round 3	March 19, 2006	Mahala Maria Roche	Katja Thater	Christian Grundtvig	Thomas Keller	Tony Bloom	Fuat Can
Preliminary round 4	March 22, 2006	Roland Woodpecker	Rehne Pedersen	Robert Williamson III	Ken Lennaárd	Julian Gardner	Rory Liffey
Preliminary round 5	March 26, 2006	Joe Beevers	Don Fagan	Clonie Gowen	Andreas Krause	Bengt Sonnert	Martin Wendt
Preliminary round 6	March 29, 2006	Ram Vaswani	Kathy Liebert	Jan Sørensen	Ayhan Alsancak	Noel Furlong	Michael None
Grand Final	Apr 5, 2006	United Kingdom	Germany	Ireland	United States	Denmark	Sweden

2007

The second event took place in May 2007 and was sponsored by PartyPoker .

Attendees

The first named player was the team captain, the last named player was the online qualifier. For the United States, Jennifer Tilly took on the role of online qualifier.

•  Sweden : Bo Sehlstedt, William Thorson , Mats Rahmn , Anders Henriksson , Johan Storakers , Hans Isoz
•  United States : Robert Williamson III , Kevin O'Donnell , Phil Laak , Clonie Gowen , Antonio Esfandiari , Jennifer Tilly
•  England : Dave Ulliott , Ram Vaswani , Joe Beevers , John Kabbaj , Jon Hewston, Paul Gardner
•  Netherlands : Marcel Lüske , Rob Hollink , Arthur van der Meeren , Thierry van den Berg , Jorryt van Hoof , Tim Moddermann
•  Denmark : Theo Jørgensen , Mads Andersen , Tune Sedelin, Lars Bonding , Martin Vallo, Nicolai Vivet
•  Germany : Michael Keiner , Roland Specht , Eduard Scharf , Benjamin Kang, Philipp Marmorstein, Simon Münz

Results

round	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th
Preliminary round 1	Paul Gardner	Not so Henriksson	Theo Jørgensen	Arthur van der Meeren	Kevin O'Donnell	Benjamin Kang
Preliminary round 2	Jon Hewston	Johan Storakers	Thierry van den Berg	Phil Laak	Philipp Marmorstein	Tune Sedelin
Preliminary round 3	Simon Münz	John Kabbaj	Mats Rahmn	Tim Moddermann	Jennifer Tilly	Mads Andersen
Preliminary round 4	Dave Ulliott	Martin Vallo	Roland Woodpecker	Clonie Gowen	Rob Hollink	Hans Isoz
Preliminary round 5	Jorryt van Hoof	Joe Beevers	Michael None	Nicolai Vivet	Antonio Esfandiari	William Thorson
Preliminary round 6	Robert Williamson III	Ram Vaswani	Lars Bonding	Marcel Lüske	Bo Sehlstedt	Eduard Scharf
Grand Final	Sweden	United States	England	Netherlands	Denmark	Germany

2008

The third and final edition was played from April 7th to 10th, 2008, sponsor was again PartyPoker .

Attendees

Roland De Wolfe , captain of the winning team

The first named player was the team captain, the last named player was the online qualifier.

•  England : Roland De Wolfe , Ian Frazer , Surinder Sunar , Neil Channing , Joe Beevers , Francis Durbin
•  Ireland : Padraig Parkinson , Marty Smyth , Ciaran O'Leary , Donnacha O'Dea , Liam Flood , Darren O'Brien
•  Netherlands : Marcel Lüske , Daan Ruiter, Thierry van den Berg , Eric van der Burg, Hans Ritburg, Quirijn Van-der-Peet
•  Germany : Michael Keiner , Sebastian Ruthenberg , Andreas Krause , Thomas Bihl , Benjamin Kang, Thomas Potzel
•  Sweden : Bo Sehlstedt , William Thorson , Mats Rahmn , Anders Henriksson , Johan Storakers , Jonas Ocklind
•  United States : Robert Williamson III , Jamie Gold , Chris Ferguson , Chad Brown , Thomas Keller , Montel Williams

Results

round	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th
Preliminary round 1	Neil Channing	Johan Storakers	Thomas Bihl	Padraig Parkinson	Chad Brown	Hans Ritburg
Preliminary round 2	Quirijn Van-der-Peet	Ian Frazer	Jamie Gold	Johan Ocklind	Thomas Potzel	Marty Smyth
Preliminary round 3	Daan Ruiter	Darren O'Brien	Michael None	Thomas Keller	Francis Durbin	Bo Sehlstedt
Preliminary round 4	Surinder Sunar	Mats Rahmn	Sebastian Ruthenberg	Thierry van den Berg	Donnacha O'Dea	Chris Ferguson
Preliminary round 5	Andreas Krause	Not so Henriksson	Eric van der Burg	Montel Williams	Liam Flood	Joe Beevers
Preliminary round 6	Benjamin Kang	Ciaran O'Leary	William Thorson	Marcel Lüske	Roland De Wolfe	Robert Williamson III
Grand Final	England	Ireland	Netherlands	Germany	Sweden	United States

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 888.com Poker Nations Cup in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 12, 2020.
2. ↑ Poker Nations Cup II in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 12, 2020.
3. ↑ PartyPoker Poker Nations Cup in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on June 12, 2020.