Victor Chandler Poker Cup

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The Victor Chandler Poker Cup (often abbreviated to The Victor Poker Cup or The VC Poker Cup) was a poker tournament held in 2004 and 2005 in England for broadcast on Sky Sports.

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The £5,000 buy-in event commenced in 2004 and is played out in a no limit Texas hold 'em format.

2004

The event was held from 23-24 July in London. 100 competitors took part, with the following making the final table.

The event is noted for featuring three of the four members of The Hendon Mob at the same final table, together with John Kabbaj, who is considered their unofficial fifth member.

PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of England.svg Harry "Wise Owl" Demetriou £250,000
2nd Flag of England.svg Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani £125,000
3rd Flag of Ireland.svg Paul Leckey£50,000
4th Flag of England.svg "Rocky" Ross Boatman £30,000
5th Flag of England.svg Garry "The Whacker" Bush £15,000
6th Ulster Banner.svg Sean Murphy£10,000
7th Flag of England.svg Julian "The Kid" Gardner £5,000
8th Flag of England.svg Joe "The Elegance" Beevers £5,000
9th Flag of England.svg John "Large" Kabbaj £5,000
10th Flag of England.svg Rowan McIntyre£5,000

Other British players who played the event include Jac Arama, Bruce "Elvis Senior" Atkinson, "Barmy" Barny Boatman, Dave "El Blondie" Colclough, Victoria Coren, Zac Goldsmith, Vinnie Jones, John McCririck, Grub Smith, Willie "The Dice Man" Tann, Simon "Aces" Trumper, Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott, Mickey "The Worm" Wernick and "Mad" Marty Wilson.

Foreign players included "Gentleman" Liam Flood, Noel Furlong, Tony G, Mel "Silver Fox" Judah, "The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Lüske, "The Don" Donnacha O'Dea, Padraig Parkinson, Barry Shulman and Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos.

2005

The event was held from 1-5 August in London. 96 competitors took part, with the final 12 competitors progressing to semi-finals.

Semi-final 1

PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of Norway.svg Rolf Inge Kavikadvances to final
2nd Flag of Iran.svg "Gentleman" Ben Roberts advances to final
3rd Flag of South Vietnam.svg Xuyen "Bad Girl" Phamadvances to final
4th Flag of England.svg John "Large" Kabbaj£11,000
5th Flag of New Zealand.svg Lee "Final Table" Nelson, M.D. £9,000
6th Flag of England.svg Stuart Fox £7,000

Semi-final 2

PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of England.svg Tony "The Lizard" Bloom advances to final
2nd Flag of Norway.svg Jan Sjavikadvances to final
3rd Flag of England.svg Kevin O'Learyadvances to final
4th Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Gundersen£11,000
5th Flag of England.svg Robert Cooper£9,000
6th Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Holmes£7,000

Final

PlaceNamePrize
1st Flag of England.svg Tony "The Lizard" Bloom£200,000
2nd Flag of Norway.svg Rolf Inge Kavik£100,000
3rd Flag of Iran.svg "Gentleman" Ben Roberts£50,000
4th Flag of Norway.svg Jan Sjavik£35,000
5th Flag of England.svg Kevin O'Leary£25,000
6th Flag of South Vietnam.svg Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham£16,000

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