PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates The PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup is a televised poker tournament, airing in the United Kingdom on Five from April 2006 onwards, in the lead-up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Format
Each team consists of three players: two poker professionals, and one former or current professional football (soccer) player. Elimination matches take place between two countries, with the table winner progressing along with the rest of his team to the next round of the tournament.
Three hours are allowed for each match. If a result does not occur within that time limit, a one-hour period of extra time takes place. If there is still no result, a penalty shootout then takes place.
If the tournament director, "Mad" Marty Wilson notices any attempts at collusion, he administers a yellow card to that player, with the result of half of that players' chips being distributed evenly to the opposition team. If a second infraction is noticed, a red card is shown to the player, eliminating the player from the tournament immediately, with all of that players' chips being distributed evenly to the opposition team.
The idea that collusion could be used as a tactic to gain an advantage meant that the format of the competition was widely criticised.
Commentary was provided by Jesse May and Padraig Parkinson.
Teams
| Ireland | Russia | Germany | France |
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| Template:Flagicon Andrew Black | Template:Flagicon Alex Kuzmin | Template:Flagicon Toni Vardjavand | Template:Flagicon Claude Cohen |
| Template:Flagicon Peter Roche | Template:Flagicon Olesya Kabbaj | Template:Flagicon Lothar Landauer | Template:Flagicon Anthony Lellouche |
| Template:Flagicon Tony Cascarino | Template:Flagicon Sergei Baltacha | Template:Flagicon Uli Stein | Template:Flagicon Laurent Charvet |
| Norway | Northern Ireland | Wales | Scotland |
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| Template:Flagicon Henning Granstad | Template:Flagicon Conor Tate | Template:Flagicon Dave Colclough | Template:Flagicon Tony Chessa |
| Template:Flagicon Torstein Iversen | Template:Flagicon Marty Smyth | Template:Flagicon Iwan Jones | Template:Flagicon Rory Matthews |
| Template:Flagicon Espen Baardsen | Template:Flagicon Norman Whiteside | Template:Flagicon Neville Southall | Template:Flagicon Ray Stewart |
Results
Pre-season friendly match
| Date | Winner | Runner-up | Remaining Finishing Order |
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| 6 April 2006 | Template:Flagicon Alan Ball | Template:Flagicon Tomas Brolin |
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Regular season
| Date | Match | Winner | Runner-up | Remaining Finishing Order |
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| 13 April 2006 | Heat 1: England vs Germany | Template:Flagicon Uli Stein | Template:Flagicon Alan Ball |
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| 20 April 2006 | Heat 2: Scotland vs Sweden | Template:Flagicon Erik Sagström (2) | Template:Flagicon Rory Matthews |
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| 27 April 2006 | Heat 3: Northern Ireland vs Italy | Template:Flagicon Conor Tate | Template:Flagicon Marty Smyth |
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| 4 May 2006 | Heat 4: The Netherlands vs Norway | Template:Flagicon Noah Boeken | Template:Flagicon Henning Granstad |
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| 11 May 2006 | Heat 5: Republic of Ireland vs Russia | Template:Flagicon Andrew Black | Template:Flagicon Tony Cascarino |
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| 18 May 2006 | Heat 6: France vs Denmark | Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen | Template:Flagicon Anthony Lellouche |
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| 25 May 2006 | Heat 7: Wales vs U.S.A. | Template:Flagicon Carlos Bocanegra | Template:Flagicon Neville Southall |
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| 1 June 2006 | Heat 8: Canada vs Australia | Template:Flagicon Mark Bosnich | Template:Flagicon Damon Rasheed |
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| 8 June 2006 | Quarter-final 1: Germany vs Sweden | Template:Flagicon Lothar Landauer | Template:Flagicon Toni Vardjavand |
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| 22 June 2006 | Quarter-final 2: Northern Ireland vs The Netherlands | Template:Flagicon Noah Boeken | Template:Flagicon Marcel Lüske |
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| 29 June 2006 | Quarter-final 3: Republic of Ireland vs Denmark | Template:Flagicon Gus Hansen | Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen |
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| 6 July 2006 | Quarter-final 4: U.S.A. vs Australia | Template:Flagicon Mike Sexton | Template:Flagicon Tony G |
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| 13 July 2006 | Semi-final 1: Germany vs The Netherlands | Template:Flagicon Lothar Landauer | Template:Flagicon Noah Boeken |
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| 20 July 2006 | Semi-final 2: Denmark vs U.S.A. | Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen | Template:Flagicon Kenna James |
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| 27 July 2006 | Grand Final: Germany vs Denmark | Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen | Template:Flagicon Gus Hansen |
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(1) received yellow card
(2) won match in extra time