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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

NB: Although other Wikipedia articles related to poker show flags based on players' birth country, the flags within this article show the country the player is representing. e.g.: below Andrew Black is identified with the Irish flag as that is the country he is representing, despite Black being born in Northern Ireland.

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-Apr-2006	Alan Ball	Tomas Brolin	Tony Cascarino Uli Stein Norman Whiteside Ray Stewart

Regular season

Date	Match	Winner	Runner-up	Remaining Finishing Order
13-Apr-2006	Heat 1: England vs Germany	Uli Stein	Alan Ball	Dave Ulliott (1) Ian Frazer Lothar Landauer Toni Vardjavand
20-Apr-2006	Heat 2: Scotland vs Sweden	Erik Sagström (2)	Rory Matthews	Tony Chessa Tomas Brolin Ken Lennaárd Ray Stewart
27-Apr-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-Jun-2006	Heat 8: Canada vs Australia	Mark Bosnich	Damon Rasheed	Tony G Daniel Negreanu Evelyn Ng Jason deVos
8-Jun-2006	Quarter-Final 1: Germany vs Sweden	Lothar Landauer	Toni Vardjavand	Tomas Brolin Ken Lennaárd Erik Sagström Uli Stein
22-Jun-2006	Quarter-Final 2: Northern Ireland vs The Netherlands	Noah Boeken	Marcel Lüske	Marty Smyth Glenn Helder Conor Tate Norman Whiteside
29-Jun-2006	Quarter-Final 3: Republic of Ireland vs Denmark	Gus Hansen	Theo Jørgensen	Tony Cascarino Andrew Black Kim Christofte Peter Roche
6-Jul-2006	Quarter-Final 4: U.S.A. vs Australia	Mike Sexton	Tony G	Mark Bosnich Carlos Bocanegra Kenna James Damon Rasheed
13-Jul-2006	Semi-Final 1: Germany vs The Netherlands	Lothar Landauer	Noah Boeken	Glenn Helder Uli Stein Toni Vardjavand Marcel Lüske
20-Jul-2006	Semi-Final 2: Denmark vs U.S.A.	Theo Jørgensen	Kenna James	Mike Sexton Kim Christofte Carlos Bocanegra Gus Hansen
27-Jul-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

External links

• Poker at five.tv
• I Made a Mistake (article by Daniel Negreanu)
• Wales vs U.S.A. (article by Dave Colclough)
• World Cup Australia vs Canada (article by Tony G)
• World Cup of Poker - London (2nd article by Tony G)