The Gaming Club World Poker Championship

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The Gaming Club World Poker Championship was held at the Merrion Casino Club in Dublin, Ireland during 2004.

The international field included 6 World Champions (Phil Hellmuth Jr, Noel Furlong, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Juan Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen, Chris Moneymaker and Greg "Fossilman" Raymer) together with numerous other professionals and celebrities.

The tournament was competed in pot limit hold'em format.

[edit] Format

8 preliminary matches were held, each with 16 players. The winner advanced directly to the Grand Final, and the runner-up advanced to the Semi-Final. The Semi-Final featured the 8 runners-up, who played each other for the one remaining seat in the Grand Final. The winner received €250,000 from the €720,880 prize pool.

Episodes were broadcast during 2004 on Sky Sports.

[edit] Results

Event Winner Runner-Up Other Notable Entrants 1
Episode 1 English Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani Ecuadorian Juan Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen
Episode 2 English James Vogl American Erick Lindgren
Episode 3 Maltese Joe "The Joker" Grech Norwegian Jon Rommen
Episode 4 Irish Rory Liffey English Rumit Somaiya
Episode 5 Norwegian Jan Sjavik South African Cy Jassinowsky
Episode 6 South Vietnamese Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham American Jesse Jones
Episode 7 English Joe "The Elegance" Beevers American Matt Dean
Episode 8 Irish Frank Callaghan New Zealander Graeme Putt
Semi-Final New Zealander Graeme Putt English Rumit Somaiya
  • American Erick Lindgren (7th)
  • Ecuadorian Juan Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen (8th)
Grand Final South Vietnamese Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham English Joe "The Elegance" Beevers
  • English Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani (9th)

1 "Notable" is defined here as a player with an existing WIkipedia article who competed in that episode.

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