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	Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani	Juan Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen	Greg "Fossilman" Raymer (4th) Julian "The Kid" Gardner (5th) John Juanda (8th) Korosh Nejad (12th)
Episode 2	James Vogl	Erick Lindgren	Allen Cunningham (5th) Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen (10th) Tony "The Lizard" Bloom (13th) Padraig Parkinson (15th)
Episode 3	Joe "The Joker" Grech	Jon Rommen	Phil Hellmuth Jr (3rd) Blair Rodman (6th) Noel Furlong (11th) Surinder Sunar (12th) Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (14th) Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott (16th)
Episode 4	Rory Liffey	Rumit Somaiya	"Barmy" Barny Boatman (3rd) Roy "The Boy" Brindley (4th) Lucy "Golden Ovaries" Rokach (6th) Dave "El Blondie" Colclough (13th)
Episode 5	Jan Sjavik	Cy Jassinowsky	Chris Moneymaker (10th) "Smokin'" Steve Vladar (11th) Clonie Gowen (16th)
Episode 6	Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham	Jesse Jones	Barry Shulman (4th) Peter "The Poet" Costa (7th) Robert Williamson III (11th) "Gentleman" Ben Roberts (12th) "Miami" John Cernuto (13th) "Mad" Marty Wilson (14th) David Benyamine (15th) "Gentleman" Liam Flood (16th)
Episode 7	Joe "The Elegance" Beevers	Matt Dean	Paul Phillips (5th) "Happy" Jeff Shulman (6th) Steve "Stevie Z" Zolotow (7th) Simon "Aces" Trumper (8th) Mimi Rogers (10th) Garry "The Whacker" Bush (11th) Alan Smurfit (13th)
Episode 8	Frank Callaghan	Graeme Putt	John Duthie (3rd) Bruce "Elvis Senior" Atkinson (5th) Jimmy "Whirlwind" White (6th) "Rocky" Ross Boatman (8th) Andy Bloch (9th) "The Don" Donnacha O'Dea (12th)
Semi-Final	Graeme Putt	Rumit Somaiya	Erick Lindgren (7th) Juan Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen (8th)
Grand Final	Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham	Joe "The Elegance" Beevers	Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani (9th)