World Team Poker is a new concept that will field teams of five players chosen by country captains. The country teams will play each other in heads up matches of various forms of poker. Captains include Phil Hellmuth (USA), Men "The Master" Nguyen (Vietnam), and Johnny Chan (China). The first event, Vietnam vs. USA, is planned for November in Las Vegas, and they plan to stream it live over the internet.
Read more at PokerListings and Gaming Today.
Update, March 15, 2010: Their first event is planned for May 19 at the Golden Nugget. It will be filmed for TV and streamed over the internet. The format will be a $50,000 buy-in five table shoot out with rounds of Limit, Pot Limit, and No Limit Hold’Em. Kenna James will co-host.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
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World Team Poker announced their team captains:
1 USA Phil Hellmuth
2 China Johnny Chan
3 Vietnam Men "The Master" Nguyen
4 Philippines Toto Leonidas
5 Lebanon Freddy Deeb and Dany Joe Georges
6 Australia Jeff Lisandro
7 Iran Amir Vahedi
8 Israel Eli Elezra
9 Mexico Mario Esquerra
10 Korea Kevin Song
11 Egypt Mark Seif
12 Switzerland Chris Bigler
13 Greece Chris Tsiprailidis
14 Russia Ralph Perry
15 Germany Dan Heimiller
16 Armenia Chris Grigorian
Tracy Kay will be their host/spokesperson.
Update, March 15, 2010: World Team Poker's first event is planned for May 19 at the Golden Nugget. It will be filmed for TV and streamed over the internet. The format will be a $50,000 buy-in five table shoot out with rounds of Limit, Pot Limit, and No Limit Hold’Em. Kenna James will co-host.
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