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Below you'll find regular updates from the final table of the PokerStars World Cup of Poker which you can also see for yourselves, live on EPTLive, with every hand, including hole cards, shown from start to finish. Click refresh for latest updates here as the final progresses and for...more

Below you'll find regular updates from the final table of the PokerStars World Cup of Poker which you can also see for yourselves, live on EPTLive with every hand, including hole cards, shown from start to finish. Click refresh for latest updates as the final progresses and for a...more

Players are enjoying a break before the final gets underway. From the five tables top points went to Italy, Poland, Mexico, Great Britain and USA winning tables. But there remains everything to play for with Canadian captain Daniel Negreanu, his team in last place, the most buoyant and optimistic....more

Great Britain captain Vicky Coren sent Malthe Strothmann to the rail with ace-king, helping her stack sour to more than 6,000. At her table is Lee Nelson, still in contention and supported by his team mates cheering his every play. Then Italian player Valeriano Bilancetti moved all-in, called by...more

"That's how we do it!" This was Daniel Negreanu railing a teammate who doubled up with K-J, hitting a king on the flop and turn. Negreanu made it sound easy, something his buddy at the table was having trouble believing. "Yeah, sure!" The eliminations are starting to happen. Negreanu...more

A casual atmosphere on Vicky Coren's table who passes the early levels talking about the benefits of busting from the PCA in the first few levels with Lee Nelson and German player Malthe Strothmann. All seem to be in agreement that if you going to bust out early this...more

Introductions are being made, some between team mates, with the opening sit and goes about ready to start. Blinds start at 25-50, increasing every 15 minutes for a quick paced battle royale in this first stage. Nine countries in the chase for a first prize of $100,000. Time then...more

It's World Cup of Poker final day - let your hair down, unplug the phone, send the kids to the movies and sit back with EPTLive on screen. It comes but once a year and start to finish it will all be done with today. The lights were down...more

The closing stages of the World Cup of Poker started this morning. No cards were dealt but team uniforms and patience were required for the pre-tournament photo shoot, each team marching on stage in turn with the table draped in the relevant national colours, flashing their best smile before...more

Team Poland has been here before. Led by Philip Hilm, Poland took down the 2006 World Cup of Poker at the live finals in Barcelona, defeating the Tom McEvoy-captained Team USA for the title. Two years later, they're back after overcoming challenges from Austria, Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, the...more

Team New Zealand had to, quite literally, top the rest of the world to win their way into the World Cup of Poker finals. Competing in the "Rest of the World" division, the Kiwis topped teams from Armenia, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, the Philippines, South Africa, and Taiwan to...more

Just a little more than four weeks ago, the Europe III Divisional Finals ended in a tie, with Team Latvia and Team Spain both putting up 43 points each. The decision would lie with a tiebreaker, a winner-take all heads-up match played by one member from each team. It was...more

Team Ireland landed in the finals of the World Cup of Poker IV, England did it the year before, and Scotland did it the year before that. 2009, however will see these nations gathered together under the banner of Team United Kingdom as they go for the gold in the...more

Joined by Team PokerStars Pro Katja Thater, Team Germany made the finals of last year's World Cup of Poker, but unfortunately had to say "Auf Weidersehen" in seventh place. Now, after plowing through five teams of their fellow countrymen, Team Germany 1 is set to make a repeat appearance with...more

In the poker year that was 2008, Italy made a lasting impression. Luca Pagano was voted the EPT Player of the Year. Dario Minieri won his first World Series of Poker bracelet and Max Pescatori won his second. San Remo hosted their first EPT event, and though American Jason Mercier...more