The Television Coverage of the Gaming Club World Poker Championship
Poker fans and aficionados were surely glad to see their favorite card game on television. After the game's resurgence in recent years, poker can now be seen in almost everywhere. Poker has been distributed pretty well in the different kinds of media particularly on the Internet and on television. Approximately, there are more or less 30 known televised poker events today.
In Europe alone, there is already a wide selection of exciting poker events on television. These world class events provide quality entertainment for everyone to enjoy. Aside from the prestigious European Poker Tour, there was another good poker event that was conducted in the region. The Gaming Club World Poker Championship is another excellent televised poker event that was held in 2004. It was aired on TV by the Sky Sports network.
The event was indeed a certified international sports spectacle as top rank players of the world graced the competition. Among the renowned professional poker players who suited up for the occasion were Juan Carlos Mortensen, Chris Ferguson, and Phil Hellmuth Jr. Also present were World Series of Poker champions Greg Raymer and Chris Moneymaker. There where also celebrities who signed up at the event to spice up the competition.
The format used in the different poker games of the Gaming Club World Poker Championship was Texas Holdem. Meanwhile, the betting structure was pot-limit. All in all, there were eight qualifying events that were held before the semifinal round. The winners of these eliminations rounds were international poker stars Ram Vaswani and James Vogl of England, Joe Grech of Malta, Rory Liffey of Ireland, Jan Sjavik of Norway, Xuyen Pham of Vietnam, Joe Beevers of England, and Frank Callaghan of Ireland.
The game pretty much intensified in the semifinal round especially when Graeme Putt of New Zealand defeated Rumit Somaiya of England. Poker greats Juan Carlos Mortensen of Ecuador and Erick Lindgren of the U.S. were also defeated. At the grand finale, Pham defeated Beevers and Vaswani for the win. The game was indeed a classic as the whole world witnessed another very exciting finish.
Seeing poker on TV is definitely a lot of fun. Numerous people who have seen these events on television can support this very fact. All the viewers out there would definitely feel the tension and the excitement as it rises in the various parts of the games and tournaments. It is somehow unimaginable how these televised poker games have touched the lives of aspiring poker players and enthusiasts all over the globe.