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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