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Anders Berg (Team Norway)VS Alex Brenes (Team Costa Rica)In one of the best London matches of the World Cup of Poker, Norway's Anders Berg trounced Costa Rica's Alex Brenes to force a fifth and final match for the championship.The match promised to be a good one, as both players...more

Terrence Chan (Team Costa Rica)VS Age Spets (Team Norway)In the minds of some players, the championship final was already over. As Age Spets and Terrence Chan moved into what might've been the final heat of the of World Cup of Poker Championship Final, bettors had their money on Chan....more

World Cup of Poker Playoffs: Scotland Clinches third place; Austria takes fourth Thomas Pratter (Team Austria)VS Andy Richmond (Team Scotland)After a week of battling across the felt with no match shorter than 11 hands, the deciding contest for third place set a new record here in London. After Teams Austria...more

Tony Stewart (Team Scotland)VS Dietmar Wegerer (Team Austria)Team Scotland had survived falling behind 2-0 in the first two heats of the third place final when Diamond Dave Veich scored a victory in the third heat. Still, the onus remained. If Scotland were to survive, Tony Stewart had to win...more

Sigi Stockinger (Team Austria)VS Dave Veitch (Team Scotland)In the third and possibly final heat of the third place playoff, Team Austria looked to put the contest away. Noted European player Sigi Stockinger faced off against Diamond Dave Veitch.It proved to be a short contest. In one of the two...more

Manrique Quesada (Team Costa Rica)VSAnne Lovmo (Team Norway) After a stunning and quick defeat in the first heat of the finals, Norway needed to stop the Costa Rican tide from running away with the contest. Heat #2 pitted Manrique Quesada, the man who sealed the deal for Costa Rica's...more

NATAN WAGER (Team Costa Rica)VSReidar Monsen (Team Norway)Last night as I departed Riverside Studios, I happened upon the Costa Rican team. They stood at curbside, speaking in rapid-fire Spanish with tense looks on their faces. My rudimentary understanding of the language allowed me an ever-so-simple understanding of the conversation....more

Ian Millar (Team Scotland)VS Bernd Stadlbauer (Team Austria)In the second heat of this third place playoff, two winners from the semi-finals faced off. With Scotland already behind by one game in the playoff, it was up two Ian "Two-Outer" Millar to fend off pilot and poker player Bernd Staldbauer....more

Florian Oberauer (Team Austria )VS Steven McCorquodale (Team Scotland ) As the teams begin play on this Wednesday, Teams Austria and Scotland are fighting for third place after failing to make the finals.The first match of the day pitted Austria's Florian Oberauer against Scotland's Steven McCorquodale.McCorquodale moved out to...more

If you're one of those people who gets up and leaves a sporting event when it seems like a blowout, you would've missed a lot of good action today. It was a day of two-outers, gutty play, and championship brawls at the semi-finals of the World Cup of Poker.In the...more

NORWAY TO FACE COSTA RICA IN WCP FINALS Thomas Pratter (Team Austria) Don't mess with Thomas Pratter. He owns a three-table card casino in Salzburg. That is, he knows cards pretty well. Not only that, but it provides him enough of an income to allow him to play poker online...more

Costa Rica Advances to WCP FinalsSteven McCorquodale (Team Scotland) Steven McCorquodale, beyond having a fairly difficult last name to spell, is a pretty easy going guy. He'd be just as happy in a North Scotland cabin as on some island paradise. He's afraid of flying but doesn't shy away from...more

Florian Oberauer (Team Austria) Call Florian Oberauer the Magic Man. Like a lot of the young up and coming poker players, Oberauer got his start in the game Magic: The Gathering. The strategy card game has led him to poker success, although he still considers poker to be just a...more

Alex Brenes (Team Costa Rica) If the name Brenes sounds familiar, it should. Alex Brenes comes from likely the most well-known poker playing family in Costa Rica. His brothers Humberto and Eric are both well-known players. Alex Brenes is quite well known in poker tournament circuits as well, having scored...more

Anne Lovmo (Team Norway) Funny thing about Anne Lovmo. At one time, she wasn't the biggest fan of the game. In fact, she'll tell you, "I used to hate poker until I learned it." Shy and afraid of heights, the Norwegian woman isn't afraid of playing high-level poker. In her...more