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• WCP VIII: Peru wins the World Cup of Poker

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Peru has won the World Cup of Poker, snatching the title away from the Netherlands and Japan in an exciting eight-way team battle. Peru had never been far from the lead but a strong finish in the final heads-up rounds powered them through to victory and the $90,000 winners purse. After six rounds of play over two ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Seeded matches set, Netherlands with one hand on the trophy

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  The final round robin heads up matches are over and its the Netherlands out ahead with just one set of high pressure seeded heads up matches to play. Bar a miraculous turn of events, which is always possible in the World Cup, it will be one of three countries lifting the trophy; the Netherlands (241), Peru (237) or ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Round five in the books, Tajikistan taking the reins

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  The World Cup of Poker always throws up some oddities. If its not the biggest slow roll ever then its having to deal with a team mate flying home early. This time weve just had to deal with the fact we had eleven winners out of ten sit-and-gos. Thankfully thats now been sorted and against all odds its Tajikistan that ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Johnson explains the final push

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Neil Johnson bounces round like he owns the place because, in a way, he does. Johnson is the EPT tournament host and is also the man in charge of the World Cup of Poker, a two-day team event which is approaching its final stages. This morning the team captains, including such luminaries as Team PokerStars Pros ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Germany and Japan dominant, Peru closing in (round four over)

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Japan and Germany are neck and neck after the first event of Day 2 of the World Cup of Poker with 133 points apiece, Peru just one point behind with 132. Humberto Brenes Costa Rica team along are yet to break the 100 point barrier and will have to mount the most stunning of comebacks if they are to get their hands on ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Day 2 begins with an international summit, talks succeed

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Welcome back to the World Cup of Poker. Its Day 2 and weve waved goodbye to Italy leaving eight teams to battle it out for the World Cup of Poker. Germany are top pipping Team Japan by one point with after taking top in round three late last night. As the team captains arrived today they were corralled in tournament ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Day 1 ends hopes of Italian double, resurgent Germany top

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Who would have thought it? Reigning champions Italy out with barely a whimper. After round one and two performances that left them languishing in ninth position on the leader board, Italy limped out of their title defence with a ninth-place exit in the multi-table madness of round three. An ignominious end to a ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Six remain as the tussle for the top continues

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  In the lead up to the final table of round three of the World Cup of Poker both Team Costa Rica (7th) and the catch-all Team Rest of the World (8th) were sent to the rail, maybe not happy, but certainly relieved due to the knowledge that they had already booked enough points to make Day 2. Italy had lagged behind in ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Multi-table madness in round three, Italy bust

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Admin, the world over its a nightmare. You base a decision on a document only to find out that youve been given incorrect information. The poker world is no different. It turns out that the email I received regarding the World Cup of Poker didnt have the final version attached. Pah. So, as it happens, the multi-table ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Japan leads, Italy facing the chop

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Entering the third and final round of the day its high stakes player Masaaki Kagawas Team Japan leading the World Cup of Poker with defending champions Italy currently facing the Day 1 chop. Only eight teams will make it through to Day 2 and Captain Luca Pagano is going to have to steel his squad if theyre going to ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Bring on the water boy, Jake Schwartz steps forward

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Humberto Brenes is one of the most expressive players on the poker circuit, particularly when TV cameras or an audience is nearby. So when he had both, albeit with the cameras pointing the other way towards the main event final table, you just knew that things were going to get lively. "OOOOOOeeeeee, la sharkeeeeee. ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: Japan bossing it after round one

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  Team Japan have got off to a flying start winning three of the five sit-and gos of first round, scoring 41 out of a possible 50 points. The league table shows that Japan and France are currently the teams to beat while defending champions Italy and poker powerhouse Germany are most in need for a good round two ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: How it works

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  The World Cup of Poker has become famed for its intricate and evolving formats and ranking systems. No one year has the tournament played out using the same rules as before but maybe, just maybe, this is the year the cup has been cracked. A series of turbo sit-and-gos followed by a MTT with a mega-stack principle in ...
  2 weeks ago

• WCP VIII: The World Cup begins

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 479
  The World Cup of Poker returns for its eighth outing returning to what wed like to think of as its spiritual home, the PCA. The two day event will pit nine teams, listed below, against each other in a fight to the death across a series of formats to settle for once and for all which nation deserves to be called ...
  2 weeks ago

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