UN of poker nearly decided

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FINAL 4 DECIDED IN WORLD CUP OF POKER 4 (Update)

Iceland, Romania, Canada and the U.S.A. to duke it out for top honours and cash

The Poker Stars sponsored World Cup of Poker IV is nearing the grand finale in Barcelona, Spain this weekend with Iceland, Romania, Canada and the U.S.A. remaining in contention and featuring many top world players.

The preliminary team scoring round of PokerStars WCP IV was completed just before the weekend, with the following results:

Iceland - 45 points

Romania - 44 points

Canada - 40 points

U.S.A. - 37 points

Portugal - 33 points

Ireland - 31 points

Germany - 21 points

Mexico - 19 points

40 top players from eight different countries have been competing for honour and a healthy cash prize. The top four teams will play a four-handed, tag-team tournament to determine which country wins the prestigious title

The four-player teams qualified earlier for the final rounds now taking place at the Casino de Barcelona. Each of the eight teams have been joined by a fifth team member selected by Poker Stars, including players of the calibre of Greg Raymer (USA), Daniel Negreanu (Canada), and Katja Thater (Germany).

At stake is a $220 000 prize-pool, with the winning team taking the lion's share of $100 000 for division among team members.The remainder of the pool will go to the second, third and fourth placed teams in the ratio $60 000, $40 000 and $20 000.

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WORLD CUP OF POKER IV WON BY U.S.A. TEAM


Captained by Greg Raymer, the Americans truimph

The Poker Stars.com World Cup of Poker IV championship in Barcelona has been decided, with the United States emerging as the top team and taking the main prize of $100 000.

Greg Raymer captained the victorious Americans in a final involving teams from the United States, Canada, Romania and Iceland (see previous InfoPowa reports).

But it wasn't all smooth sailing for the Yanks, who appeared to be in trouble in the early stages but recovered well. The Canadian team headed by Daniel Negreanu were the first to be bundled out of the final, leaving the US team of Raymer, Tyler Netter, Randy Principe, John Kenlan and Shaun Deeb to finish off the remaining two competing teams.

Romania finished second, sharing a prize of $60 000 among the four team members. Iceland was third and divvied up $40 000 whilst the Canadian four shared the fourth place prize of $20 000.