Whilst we're all excited about the upcoming UK Team Championship in Blackpool, we're also ecstatic to be hosting 33 bracelet events at the WCOAP 2018, and looking forward to our international friends adding their unique blend of friendship and competitiveness during the Team Championship.
It therefore gives us special pleasure to confirm that WCOAP 2018 will feature 14 countries for the Team Championship on 4th/5th April 2018, with Team Captains as follows:
Belgium - Yves Bormans
Canada - Craig MacInnes
England - Simon Brooke
Germany - Juergen Bachmann
Ireland - Frank Bailie
Italy - Luca Cannella
Luxembourg - Guy Overmann
Macedonia (FYROM) - Mike PopGonoff II
Netherlands - Bryan Backhaus
Poland - Seb Mi
Portugal - Jose Placido
Scotland - Tom Clark
Sweden - Ashleigh Cassidy (non-Playing)
Switzerland - Marianne Gerber
Wales - Warren Jones
The 'Team' schedule of events is as follows:
Wed 4th Apr 14:00: NLHE STTs (2 players each team)
Wed 4th Apr 14:00: PLO STT (1 player each team)
Wed 4th Apr 14:00: PLO8 STT (1 player each team)
Wed 4th Apr 18:00: NLHE Survivor Shootout STTs (4 players each team)
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Thu 5th Apr 12:00: NLHE STTs (4 players each team)
Thu 5th Apr 16:00: NLHE STTs (2 players each team)
Thu 5th Apr 16:00: PLO STT (1 player each team)
Thu 5th Apr 16:00: PLO8 STT (1 player each team)
Thu 5th Apr 20:00: NLHE MTT (4 players each team)
Points are awarded for each players' finishing position in each event (as below), and accumulated for each team to identify the Champions... with Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals awarded to all members of the top 3 teams:
STTs:
1st = 10
2nd = 8
3rd = 6
4th = 4
5th = 3
6th = 2
7th = 1
MTT:
1st = 30
2nd = 26
3rd = 23
4th = 21
5th = 19
6th = 17
7th = 15
8th = 13
9th = 12
10th = 11
11th = 10
12th = 9
13th = 8
14th = 7
15th = 6
16th = 5
17th = 4
18th = 3
19th = 2
20th = 1
Teams consist of 4 'eligible' players and are by invitation only, with a buyin of £110 pp and the prize pool is paid out to the top 3 teams as follows:
1st=£2800,
2nd=£1600,
3rd=£1200.