Intercontinental Poker Championship
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy Template:Onesource Template:Infobox tournament The Intercontinental Poker Championship was a poker tournament featuring professional poker players representing various nations. 21 players competed in the inaugural event, which was taped at Palms Hotel and Casino April 14-16, 2006, and aired on CBS for seven weeks beginning June 17, 2006. Jeff Medders and Gabe Kaplan provided commentary.
Play
The field of 21 players was split into three groups of seven, each of which participated in a double elimination Texas hold 'em "shootout." The winner from each group of seven advanced to the semi-finals. The remaining six players from each group competed again, with the winner also advancing.
With the field narrowed to six, the remaining players played another double elimination round. The winner advanced to the final table and the remaining five players competed again, with the winner advancing to the heads up final match.
At the best of three heads up final table, Yoshio Nakano of Japan defeated Australia's Tony G two out of three to take down $350,000. Tony G won $150,000 for his second-place finish.[1]
Season 2006
Players
- David Benyamine (France)
- Chris Bjorin (Sweden)
- Humberto Brenes (Costa Rica)
- Doyle Brunson (USA)
- Jimmy Cha (South Korea)
- Johnny Chan (China)
- Eli Elezra (Israel)
- Sam Farha (Lebanon)
- Tony G (Australia)
- Chau Giang (Vietnam)
- Hasan Habib (Pakistan)
- Thor Hansen (Norway)
- Carlos Mortensen (Spain)
- Yosh Nakano (Japan)
- Daniel Negreanu (Canada)
- Donnacha O'Dea (Ireland)
- Ralph Perry (Russia)
- Refugio Quintero (Mexico)
- Marco Traniello (Italy)
- Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliot (England)
- Stephen Wolff (South Africa)
Results
Round 1
| Match | Winner | Runner-up | Remaining players |
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| Group A | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Tony G advance to semi-final Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Flag of England.svg EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Dave Ulliott | 3 - File:Flag of Ireland.svg IrelandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Donnacha O'Dea 4 - File:Flag of Russia.svg RussiaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Ralph Perry 5 - File:Flag of the United States.svg United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Doyle Brunson 6 - Template:Country data SPAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Carlos Mortensen 7 - File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Daniel Negreanu |
| Group B | File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Yoshio Nakano advance to semi-final Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Flag of Israel.svg IsraelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Eli Elezra | 3 - File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Johnny Chan 4 - File:Flag of Lebanon.svg LebanonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Sam Farha 5 - File:Flag of Pakistan.svg PakistanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Hasan Habib 6 - File:Flag of Norway.svg NorwayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Thor Hansen 7 - File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Chris Björin |
| Group C | File:Flag of France.svg FranceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - David Benyamine advance to semi-final Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Refugio Quintero | 3 - File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa RicaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Humberto Brenes 4 - File:Flag of South Korea.svg South KoreaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Jimmy Cha 5 - File:Flag of Italy.svg ItalyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Marco Traniello 6 - File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VietnamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Chau Giang 7 - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South AfricaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Stephen Wolff |
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Round 2
| Match | Winner | Runner-up | Remaining players |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | File:Flag of Russia.svg RussiaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Ralph Perry advance to semi-final Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Country data SPAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Carlos Mortensen | 3 - File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Daniel Negreanu 4 - File:Flag of Ireland.svg IrelandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Donnacha O'Dea 5 - File:Flag of the United States.svg United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Doyle Brunson 6 - File:Flag of England.svg EnglandScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Dave Ulliott |
| Group B | File:Flag of Lebanon.svg LebanonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Sam Farha advance to semi-final Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Flag of Pakistan.svg PakistanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Hasan Habib | 3 - File:Flag of Israel.svg IsraelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Eli Elezra 4 - File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Johnny Chan 5 - File:Flag of Norway.svg NorwayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Thor Hansen 6 - File:Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Chris Björin |
| Group C | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South AfricaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Stephen Wolff advance to semi-final Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa RicaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Humberto Brenes | 3 - File:Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Refugio Quintero 4 - File:Flag of Vietnam.svg VietnamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Chau Giang 5 - File:Flag of South Korea.svg South KoreaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Jimmy Cha 6 - File:Flag of Italy.svg ItalyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Marco Traniello |
Semi-Final
| Match | Winner | Runner-up | Remaining players |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Tony G advance to final Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Yoshio Nakano | 3 - File:Flag of Lebanon.svg LebanonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Sam Farha 4 - File:Flag of Russia.svg RussiaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Ralph Perry 5 - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South AfricaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Stephen Wolff 6 - File:Flag of France.svg FranceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - David Benyamine |
| Round 2 | File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Yoshio Nakano advance to final Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Flag of Russia.svg RussiaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Ralph Perry | 3 - File:Flag of Lebanon.svg LebanonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Sam Farha 4 - File:Flag of South Africa.svg South AfricaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Stephen Wolff 5 - File:Flag of France.svg FranceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - David Benyamine |
Final
| Match | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Match 1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Yoshio Nakano | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Tony G |
| Match 2 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Tony G | File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Yoshio Nakano |
| Match 3 | File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Yoshio Nakano | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Tony G |
| Final Result | File:Flag of Japan.svg JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Yoshio Nakano $350,000 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Tony G $150,000 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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References
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External links
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