Team Europe storm victory at the first Caesars Cup

Team Europe captained by Betfair Poker Pro Annette Obrestad won the first ever Caesars Cup which took place recently at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square in central London at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe.

Rakebackpoker was lucky enough to pop in to the WSOPE and what a great atmosphere it was!

Team Europe beat Team Americas 4 to 1 in a best of seven set up.

The teams were split into pairs with two players from each team sat at one end of the table.

Each team was then dealt one hand and before the flop player 1 made the decision. After the flop the two hole cards were placed face down over to player 2 who then played the next street. On the turn, it was player 1 again and the river was back to player 2.

Team Europe was captained by Annette Obrestad and included players from all over Europe. Those included on the team were: Peter Eastgate, Dario Minieri, Bertrand Grospellier, Ilari Sahamies, Patrik Antonius and Gus Hansen. Rounding out the team was John Harvey of Scotland who won a qualifier at Betfair Poker to play on Team Europe.

The Caesars Cup was filmed by Poker Productions and will air on ESPN in North America as a two hour program and ESPN International as well. The first broadcast of the event is set to air in February 2010.

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