Victor Chandler Poker Cup

The Victor Chandler Poker Cup (often abbreviated to The Victor Poker Cup or The VC Poker Cup) was a poker tournament held in 2004 and 2005 in England for broadcast on Sky Sports.

The £5,000 buy-in event commenced in 2004 and is played out in a no limit Texas hold 'em format.

2004

The event was held from 23-24 July in London. 100 competitors took part, with the following making the final table.

The event is noted for featuring three of the four members of The Hendon Mob at the same final table, together with John Kabbaj, who is considered their unofficial fifth member.

Place Name Prize
1st Harry "Wise Owl" Demetriou £250,000
2nd Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani £125,000
3rd Paul Leckey £50,000
4th "Rocky" Ross Boatman £30,000
5th Garry "The Whacker" Bush £15,000
6th Sean Murphy £10,000
7th Julian "The Kid" Gardner £5,000
8th Joe "The Elegance" Beevers £5,000
9th John "Large" Kabbaj £5,000
10th Rowan McIntyre £5,000

Other British players who played the event include Jac Arama, Bruce "Elvis Senior" Atkinson, "Barmy" Barny Boatman, Dave "El Blondie" Colclough, Victoria Coren, Zac Goldsmith, Vinnie Jones, John McCririck, Grub Smith, Willie "The Dice Man" Tann, Simon "Aces" Trumper, Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott, Mickey "The Worm" Wernick and "Mad" Marty Wilson.

Foreign players included "Gentleman" Liam Flood, Noel Furlong, Tony G, Mel "Silver Fox" Judah, "The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Lüske, "The Don" Donnacha O'Dea, Padraig Parkinson, Barry Shulman and Charalambos "Bambos" Xanthos.

2005

The event was held from 1-5 August in London. 96 competitors took part, with the final 12 competitors progressing to semi-finals.

Semi-Final 1
Place Name Prize
1st Rolf Inge Kavik advances to final
2nd "Gentleman" Ben Roberts advances to final
3rd Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham advances to final
4th John "Large" Kabbaj £11,000
5th Lee "Final Table" Nelson, M.D. £9,000
6th Stuart Fox £7,000

Semi-Final 2
Place Name Prize
1st Tony "The Lizard" Bloom advances to final
2nd Jan Sjavik advances to final
3rd Kevin O'Leary advances to final
4th Thomas Gundersen £11,000
5th Robert Cooper £9,000
6th Richard Holmes £7,000

Final
Place Name Prize
1st Tony "The Lizard" Bloom £200,000
2nd Rolf Inge Kavik £100,000
3rd "Gentleman" Ben Roberts £50,000
4th Jan Sjavik £35,000
5th Kevin O'Leary £25,000
6th Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham £16,000
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