The teams look unequal to me.  What do you think?
FullTilt boasts a very trim but elite team.  Phil Ivey, Jen Harman, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, and Allen Cunningham are among the best of a select few.
PokerStars tops out at Joe Hachem, Daniel Negreanu, and Greg Raymor who are surrounded by a plethora of scrubs including many no namers and one-hit wonders.  The whose-who isn’t includes John Duthie, Chris Moneymaker, Katja Thater, Raymond Rahme, Hevad Kahn, Chad Brown, Gavin Griffin, and the list goes on.  Obviously they’re valuing quantity over quality and just grabbing anybody whoever got TV time.  …read more

The World Cup of Poker is an event hosted by PokerStars featuring 10 poker teams representing their individual countries.  What I’m a little bit confused about is whether the PokerStars page is current or the 2009 WCP has already taken place.
If you look at the official WCP webpage, Germany is the 2008 WCP V Champions.  However, the clip I have is of Daniel Negreanu and his fellow Canadiens discussing the event as dated January 9, 2009.  I’ll go ahead and email PokerStars to get the official word.
Before Germany won in 2008, the United States took home the crown.  Typically each …read more