The inaugural event of World Team Poker kicked off Wednesday, May 19th at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.
World Team Poker features teams of pro poker players from around the world competing in nation-based teams for bragging rights… and cash.
Each team World Team Poker has a captain or co-captains, and five or more players. Each of the eight events will be five-table shootouts, with points awarded based on how a player finishes.
The first $50,000 event will have the following teams:
Team Australia
Captain: Jeff Lisandro, Tony G
Gary Benson, Mel Judah, David Saab, Steve Topakis, Marsha Waggoner
Team Brazil
Captain: Juliano Maesano
Rodrigo “Zidane” Caprioli, Christian Kruel, Leandro Pimentel, Felipe “Mojave” Ramos
Team China
Captain: Johnny Chan, David Chiu
Derek Cheung, Chau Giang, Maria Ho, Winfred Yu, Rich Zhu
Team England
Captain: Ben Roberts
Joe Beevers, Peter Costa, Surinder Sunar, David “Devilfish” Ulliott
Team Greece
Captain: George Kapalas, George Theofanopoulos
Dimitris Chatziriotis, Stavros Kalfas, Dimitris Lyritsis, Alex Zervos
Team Israel
Captain: Eli Elezra
Josh Arieh, Moshe Elezar, David Levi, Michael Mizrachi, Robert Mizrachi, Abe Mosseri
Team USA
Captain: Doyle Brunson
Phil Hellmuth, Jr., Annie Duke, Allen Cunningham, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow, and Eric Seidel
Team Vietnam
Captain: Men “The Master” Nguyen
Karina Jett, John Phan, Tim Pham, Scotty Nguyen, Van Nguyen, Kenny Tran
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