PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup

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
Dave Ulliott Mike Sexton Daniel Negreanu Tony G
Ian Frazer Kenna James Evelyn Ng Damon Rasheed
Alan Ball Carlos Bocanegra Jason deVos Mark Bosnich
Ireland Russia Germany France
Andrew Black Alex Kuzmin Toni Vardjavand Claude Cohen
Peter Roche Olesya Kabbaj Lothar Landauer Anthony Lellouche
Tony Cascarino Sergei Baltacha Uli Stein Laurent Charvet
Italy Netherlands Sweden Denmark
Michael Greco Marcel Lüske Ken Lennaárd Gus Hansen
Alan Vinson Noah Boeken Erik Sagström Theo Jørgensen
Wesley Garcia Glenn Helder Tomas Brolin Kim Christofte
Norway Northern Ireland Wales Scotland
Henning Granstad Conor Tate Dave Colclough Tony Chessa
Torstein Iversen Marty Smyth Iwan Jones Rory Matthews
Espen Baardsen Norman Whiteside Neville Southall Ray Stewart

Results

Pre-season friendly match

Date Winner Runner-up Remaining Finishing Order
6 April 2006 Alan Ball Tomas Brolin
  • Tony Cascarino
  • Uli Stein
  • Norman Whiteside
  • Ray Stewart

Regular season

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

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

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