The Poker Nations Cup is coming to Wales this week, pitting country against country in a battle of wits. The competition further pushes poker into the realm of traditional sports, which have international competitions of their own, such as the World Cup and the Davis Cup for soccer and tennis, respectively. While the $100,000 prize pool may pale to that of other international poker competitions like the WSOP, it affords the winning team bragging rights for its entire country. And that is priceless.

In the running for the Poker Nations Cup are Denmark, England, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and naturally, the US of A. Each country's team will be comprised of six players. Each player will play in one of six sit-and go tournaments, and each team's starting final table chip stack will be determined by the cumulative performance of all team members in these tournaments. At the final table, the poker competition will adopt a sort of relay race format, with team captains having the options of switching team members at the table.

Each team will consist of five pros and one online qualifier sent by online poker room Pacific Poker. Some of the poker stars joining in the competition are Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Robert Williamson, Julian Gardner, David "Devilfish'' Ulliott, Hendon "Mobster" Ram Vaswani, Jan Sorenson, and Noel Furlong. The Poker Nations Cup kicks off on February 16th and runs through the 19th.

Source:  Poker777 Staff

Saturday, 11 February 2006