Victor Chandler Poker Cup

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The Victor Chandler Poker Cup (often abbreviated to The Victor Poker Cup or The VC Poker Cup} is an annual poker tournament held in England for broadcast on Sky Sports.

The £5,000 buy-in event commenced in 2004 and is played out in a no limit hold'em format.

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2 2005
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[edit] 2004

The event was held from 23-24 July in London. 100 competitors took part, with the following making the final table.

The event is noted for featuring three of the four members of The Hendon Mob at the same final table, together with John Kabbaj, who is considered their unofficial fifth member.

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Harry "Wise Owl" Demetriou	£250,000
2nd	Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani	£125,000
3rd	Paul Leckey	£50,000
4th	"Rocky" Ross Boatman	£30,000
5th	Garry "The Whacker" Bush	£15,000
6th	Sean Murphy	£10,000
7th	Julian "The Kid" Gardner	£5,000
8th	Joe "The Elegance" Beevers	£5,000
9th	John "Large" Kabbaj	£5,000
10th	Rory McIntyre	£5,000

Other British players who played the event include Jac Arama, Bruce "Elvis Senior" Atkinson, "Barmy" Barny Boatman, Dave "El Blondie" Colclough, Victoria Coren, Zac Goldsmith, Vinnie Jones, John McCririck, Barry Paskin, Grub Smith, Willie "The Dice Man" Tann, Simon "Aces" Trumper, Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott, Mickey "The Worm" Wernick and "Mad" Marty Wilson.

Foreign players included "Gentleman" Liam Flood, Noel Furlong, Tony G, Mel "Silver Fox" Judah, "The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Lüske, "The Don" Donnacha O'Dea, Padraig Parkinson, Barry Shulman and Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos.

[edit] 2005

The event was held from 1-5 August in London. 96 competitors took part, with the final 12 competitors progressing to semi-finals.

[edit] Semi-Final 1

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Rolf Inge Kavik	advances to final
2nd	"Gentleman" Ben Roberts	advances to final
3rd	Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham	advances to final
4th	John "Large" Kabbaj	£11,000
5th	Lee "Final Table" Nelson, M.D.	£9,000
6th	Stuart Fox	£7,000

[edit] Semi-Final 2

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Tony "The Lizard" Bloom	advances to final
2nd	Jan Sjavik	advances to final
3rd	Kevin O'Leary	advances to final
4th	Thomas Gundersen	£11,000
5th	Robert Cooper	£9,000
6th	Richard Holmes	£7,000

[edit] Final

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Tony "The Lizard" Bloom	£200,000
2nd	Rolf Inge Kavik	£100,000
3rd	"Gentleman" Ben Roberts	£50,000
4th	Jan Sjavik	£35,000
5th	Kevin O'Leary	£25,000
6th	Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham	£16,000