Intercontinental Poker Championship to be filmed this weekend for CBS

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From ALL IN magazine's website this morning

CBS' Intercontinental Poker Championship On Deck
Author: Dennis Oehring

Just a couple of days after hosting the second season of High Stakes Poker, the Palms Casino plays host this weekend to another TV taping—that of the first-ever Intercontinental Poker Championship, or IPC, a No-Limit Hold ’Em freeroll with a $500,000 winner-take-all prize pool.

The IPC brings together 21 players representing 21 different countries, as designated either by country of original origin or current residence. Proving that NBC isn’t the only major network catching the poker bug, CBS will air all eight episodes of the IPC, beginning on Saturday, June 17.

Those competing and the countries they represent are as follows:

Australia: Tony G.
Canada: Daniel Negreanu
China: Johnny Chan
Costa Rica: Humberto Brenes
Denmark: Gus Hansen
England: David Ulliott
France: David Benyamine
Ireland: Donnacha O’Dea
Israel: Eli Elezra
Italy: Marco Traniello
Japan: Yosh Nakano
Lebanon: Sammy Farha
Mexico: Refugio Quintero
Norway: Thor Hansen
Russia: Ralph Perry
Spain: Carlos Mortensen
South Africa: Steve Wolf
South Korea: Jimmy Cha
Sweden: Chris Bjorin
Vietnam: Chau Giang
United States: Doyle Brunson

The format in this event is different from regular tournaments. In the first round, the 21 players are divided into three tables of seven players based on a random draw. Each table plays a freezeout, with the three winners advancing to the second round. The 18 players who did not advance then compete against the remaining players at their table in a second-chance first round, with those three winners also advancing to the second round. Those not advancing are eliminated.

In the second round, the 6 qualifying contestants play another freezeout, with the winner advancing to the final round. As in the first round, another second-chance freezeout with the remaining 5 players then commences, with the winner also advancing.

The two finalists will then compete in a best-of-three heads-up match to determine the winner. The champion receives the cool half-mil, a trophy, and intercontinental bragging rights for the year.

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Italy: Marco Traniello

Isnt that MR. Jennifer Harmon? wtf

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Seems like Marcel Luske would have been an easy choice.

RZ

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Russia: Ralph Perry ?!?!?!?!?! the hell

why not Kirill Gerasimov !?

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italy should've been max pescatori the italian pirate!
arrr!!

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Seems like Marcel Luske would have been an easy choice.

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He's not from the Netherlands, is he? I thought he was Dutch. Also, why isn't anyone representing Holland?

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Seems like Marcel Luske would have been an easy choice.

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He's not from the Netherlands, is he? I thought he was Dutch. Also, why isn't anyone representing Holland?

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Lol.. The Dutch are from the Netherlands and the Netherlands are also sometimes called Holland (even though North and South Holland are only 2 of the 12 provinces). It is kind of like calling all of Great Britian England.
So Marcel is Dutch from Holland and the Netherlands.
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Italy: Marco Traniello

Isnt that MR. Jennifer Harmon? wtf

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He started playing some tournaments in 2005 and seems to be doing pretty well. He had 7 cashs in the 2005 WSOP, tied for the most.

RZ

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Wha??? No Greek representation?

Where's George Paravoliasakis?

"The Island of Crete!!!"