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

14 September 2007

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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