Victor Chandler Poker Cup
The Victor Chandler Poker Cup (often abbreviated as The Victor Poker Cup or The VC Poker Cup ) was a poker tournament in London that was held twice and broadcast by Sky Sports .
2004
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Harry Demetriou (2005)
The tournament had a buy-in of £ 5,000 and was first held on July 23 and 24, 2004. 100 players took part in the event of the No Limit Hold'em variant , 10 of them reached the paid places. The tournament became famous for three out of four participants in the Hendon Mob, as well as their unofficial fifth member, John Kabbaj, playing at the same final table.
space | origin | player | Prize money (in £ ) |
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1 |
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Harry Demetriou | 250,000 |
2 |
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Ram Vaswani | 125,000 |
3 |
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Paul Leckey | 50,000 |
4th |
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Ross Boatman | 30,000 |
5 |
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Garry Bush | 15,000 |
6th |
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Sean Murphy | 10,000 |
7th |
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Julian Gardner | 5000 |
8th |
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Joe Beevers | |
9 |
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John Kabbaj | |
10 |
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Rory McIntyre |
2005
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Tony Bloom (2005)
The tournament was held from August 1st to 5th, 2005. Of the 96 participants, 12 reached the semi-finals. The six finalists were played in the two semi-finals.
Semi-final 1
space | origin | player | Prize money (in £) |
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1. |
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Rolf Inge Kavik | final |
2 |
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Ben Roberts | |
3 |
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Xuyen Pham | |
4th |
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John Kabbaj | 11,000 |
5 |
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Lee Nelson | 9000 |
6th |
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Stuart Fox | 7000 |
Semi-final 2
space | origin | player | Prize money (in £) |
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1 |
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Tony Bloom | final |
2 |
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Jan Sjavik | |
3 |
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Kevin O'Leary | |
4th |
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Thomas Gundersen | 11,000 |
5 |
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Robert Cooper | 9000 |
6th |
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Richard Holmes | 7000 |
final
space | origin | player | Prize money (in £) |
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1 |
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Tony Bloom | 200,000 |
2 |
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Rolf Inge Kavik | 100,000 |
3 |
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Ben Roberts | 50,000 |
4th |
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Jan Sjavik | 35,000 |
5 |
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Kevin O'Leary | 25,000 |
6th |
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Xuyen Pham | 16,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Victor Poker Cup (£ 5,000 Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 28, 2019.
- ↑ VC Poker Cup in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 28, 2019.