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

England	USA	Canada	Australia
Template:Flagicon Dave Ulliott	Template:Flagicon Mike Sexton	Template:Flagicon Daniel Negreanu	Template:Flagicon Tony G
Template:Flagicon Ian Frazer	Template:Flagicon Kenna James	Template:Flagicon Evelyn Ng	Template:Flagicon Damon Rasheed
Template:Flagicon Alan Ball	Template:Flagicon Carlos Bocanegra	Template:Flagicon Jason deVos	Template:Flagicon Mark Bosnich

Ireland	Russia	Germany	France
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

Italy	Netherlands	Sweden	Denmark
Template:Flagicon Michael Greco	Template:Flagicon Marcel Lüske	Template:Flagicon Ken Lennaárd	Template:Flagicon Gus Hansen
Template:Flagicon Alan Vinson	Template:Flagicon Noah Boeken	Template:Flagicon Erik Sagström	Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen
Template:Flagicon Wesley Garcia	Template:Flagicon Glenn Helder	Template:Flagicon Tomas Brolin	Template:Flagicon Kim Christofte

Norway	Northern Ireland	Wales	Scotland
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
6 April 2006	Template:Flagicon Alan Ball	Template:Flagicon Tomas Brolin	Template:Flagicon Tony Cascarino Template:Flagicon Uli Stein Template:Flagicon Norman Whiteside Template:Flagicon Ray Stewart

Regular season

Date	Match	Winner	Runner-up	Remaining Finishing Order
13 April 2006	Heat 1: England vs Germany	Template:Flagicon Uli Stein	Template:Flagicon Alan Ball	Template:Flagicon Dave Ulliott (1) Template:Flagicon Ian Frazer Template:Flagicon Lothar Landauer Template:Flagicon Toni Vardjavand
20 April 2006	Heat 2: Scotland vs Sweden	Template:Flagicon Erik Sagström (2)	Template:Flagicon Rory Matthews	Template:Flagicon Tony Chessa Template:Flagicon Tomas Brolin Template:Flagicon Ken Lennaárd Template:Flagicon Ray Stewart
27 April 2006	Heat 3: Northern Ireland vs Italy	Template:Flagicon Conor Tate	Template:Flagicon Marty Smyth	Template:Flagicon Norman Whiteside Template:Flagicon Wesley Garcia Template:Flagicon Alan Vinson Template:Flagicon Michael Greco
4 May 2006	Heat 4: The Netherlands vs Norway	Template:Flagicon Noah Boeken	Template:Flagicon Henning Granstad	Template:Flagicon Espen Baardsen Template:Flagicon Torstein Iversen Template:Flagicon Glenn Helder Template:Flagicon Marcel Lüske
11 May 2006	Heat 5: Republic of Ireland vs Russia	Template:Flagicon Andrew Black	Template:Flagicon Tony Cascarino	Template:Flagicon Olesya Kabbaj Template:Flagicon Alex Kuzmin Template:Flagicon Peter Roche Template:Flagicon Sergei Baltacha
18 May 2006	Heat 6: France vs Denmark	Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen	Template:Flagicon Anthony Lellouche	Template:Flagicon Kim Christofte Template:Flagicon Claude Cohen Template:Flagicon Lauren Charvet Template:Flagicon Gus Hansen
25 May 2006	Heat 7: Wales vs U.S.A.	Template:Flagicon Carlos Bocanegra	Template:Flagicon Neville Southall	Template:Flagicon Kenna James Template:Flagicon Mike Sexton Template:Flagicon Iwan Jones Template:Flagicon Dave Colclough
1 June 2006	Heat 8: Canada vs Australia	Template:Flagicon Mark Bosnich	Template:Flagicon Damon Rasheed	Template:Flagicon Tony G Template:Flagicon Daniel Negreanu Template:Flagicon Evelyn Ng Template:Flagicon Jason deVos
8 June 2006	Quarter-final 1: Germany vs Sweden	Template:Flagicon Lothar Landauer	Template:Flagicon Toni Vardjavand	Template:Flagicon Tomas Brolin Template:Flagicon Ken Lennaárd Template:Flagicon Erik Sagström Template:Flagicon Uli Stein
22 June 2006	Quarter-final 2: Northern Ireland vs The Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Noah Boeken	Template:Flagicon Marcel Lüske	Template:Flagicon Marty Smyth Template:Flagicon Glenn Helder Template:Flagicon Conor Tate Template:Flagicon Norman Whiteside
29 June 2006	Quarter-final 3: Republic of Ireland vs Denmark	Template:Flagicon Gus Hansen	Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen	Template:Flagicon Tony Cascarino Template:Flagicon Andrew Black Template:Flagicon Kim Christofte Template:Flagicon Peter Roche
6 July 2006	Quarter-final 4: U.S.A. vs Australia	Template:Flagicon Mike Sexton	Template:Flagicon Tony G	Template:Flagicon Mark Bosnich Template:Flagicon Carlos Bocanegra Template:Flagicon Kenna James Template:Flagicon Damon Rasheed
13 July 2006	Semi-final 1: Germany vs The Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Lothar Landauer	Template:Flagicon Noah Boeken	Template:Flagicon Glenn Helder Template:Flagicon Uli Stein Template:Flagicon Toni Vardjavand Template:Flagicon Marcel Lüske
20 July 2006	Semi-final 2: Denmark vs U.S.A.	Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen	Template:Flagicon Kenna James	Template:Flagicon Mike Sexton Template:Flagicon Kim Christofte Template:Flagicon Carlos Bocanegra Template:Flagicon Gus Hansen
27 July 2006	Grand Final: Germany vs Denmark	Template:Flagicon Theo Jørgensen	Template:Flagicon Gus Hansen	Template:Flagicon Uli Stein Template:Flagicon Toni Vardjavand Template:Flagicon Lothar Landauer Template:Flagicon Kim Christofte

⁽¹⁾ received yellow card
⁽²⁾ won match in extra time

External links

• Poker at five.tv
• I Made a Mistake (article by Daniel Negreanu)
• Wales vs U.S.A. (article by Dave Colclough)
• World Cup Australia vs Canada (article by Tony G)
• World Cup of Poker – London (2nd article by Tony G)