World Cup of Poker

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The World Cup of Poker , or WCP for short , is a team-based poker tournament in which eight national teams have participated every year since 2004. At the beginning, 46 teams in regional groups will play online to participate in the live event that will take place in Barcelona . The tournament is sponsored by PokerStars . The tournament was broadcast on Sport1 .

Winners list

Humberto Brenes won the World Cup of Poker with his team twice
year Winning team captain
2004 Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica Humberto Brenes
2005 Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rica Humberto Brenes
2006 PolandPoland Poland Maciek Gracz
2007 United StatesUnited States United States Greg Raymer
2009 GermanyGermany Germany Jan Heitmann

Live event 2006

Stand after the preliminary rounds

  1. Team USA (in the final)
  2. Team Canada (in the final)
  3. Team Poland (in the final)
  4. Team Israel (in the final)
  5. Team Brazil
  6. Team Iceland
  7. Team England
  8. Team Ireland

Final table

  1. Team Poland
  2. Team USA
  3. Team Israel
  4. Team Canada

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