Team Championship
2010

@
Coco Beach Casino
Playa del Coco
Guanacaste, Costa Rica


Please support our Official Sponsors:

The best team of Round 1 wins a free dinner for the entire team + guests at



The best team of Round 2 wins a 2-night stay for the team + guests at



The best team of round 3 wins 100 beers at Zi Lounge and the Team Champion medals + a bottle of victory champagne are sponsored by



The Lowest scoring team overall wins a free snorkel trip (worth $250) with
 


The MVP (Most Valuable Player) wins a free dinner for four persons at the Four Seasons Resort sponsored by Mark Bingle, free "personerias" for an entire year, trophy and champagne sponsored by



The "bubble" team (3rd place finisher overall) wins 100 free chicken wings at Sharky's Sports Bar in Tamarindo!

The Classic Team Championship is back!

It's time to hook up with your best poker buddies, colleagues, friends, fellow countrymen etc. etc.  
and display your team spirit - Pura Vida Poker is here again!

Build a team of 3-5 players and compete over 3 rounds (+ the Final)
One-time buy-in per team is $300

3 players will represent their team each round, you can have 0, 1 or 2 reserves on your team.

The first three rounds will be played as single-table knock-out tournaments, where you will be competing with players from other teams. You will earn points for your team as well as for yourself in your pursuit to qualify your team for the semifinals - and maybe you will become the MVP of the Pura Vida Poker Team Championships!

players per table	6	7	8	9	10
places awarded	5	6	7	8	9
points at stake	600	700	800	900	1,000
1st	270	308	320	333	340
2nd	138	154	168	180	180
3rd	90	91	96	108	120
4th	60	63	72	81	100
5th	42	49	56	63	80
6th	0	35	48	54	60
7th		0	40	45	50
8th			0	36	40
9th				0	30
10th					0

The Final will be played heads-up, 3 players per team facing the other team.

Playing dates:
1st round Sunday August 22nd
2nd round Sunday September 12th
3rd round Sunday November 7th
Final Friday November 19th


Cash Prizes
Champions - $1,560
Runner-ups - $600



Teams:

Team Villa Del Sueño
Tyler Correll (C)
Richard Correll
Claude Laferriere
Hugh McMillan

3 Kings Coco Beach Casino
Henrik Bodholdt (C)
Cesar Matamoros
Keith Dennison

Donkas
Omar Ayales (C)
Juan Carlos Ruiz
Jayson Matthews
Cesar Gallardo

Team Echo
James Aubertin (C)
Harry Larson
Ed Ayales
Zi
Sonya Cruz

Team Coco Bay Estates
Julian Rembert (C)
Karen Rembert
Brad Martin
Mike Schaefer

Team WTF
Rhett Schubert (C)
Ryan MacCaughan
Matt McDermott
Mark Bingle

Team Tamarindo
Rick Nicastro (C)
Ben Ziegler 
Jeff Herrman
Patrick Tigue

Team Nice Pair
Alex Bidorini (C)
Andrew Virtuoso
Antonio Ramirez
Giovanni Pilurzu
Emanuele Territo


Standings after Round 1

Rank	Team	score
1	Coco Bay Estates	472
2	Echo	432
3	Nice Pair	392
4	3 Kings Coco Beach Casino	336
5	Villa del Sueño	264
6	WTF	240
7	Donkas	144
8	Tamarindo	120

Individual ranking (MVP)

rank	player	score
1	Ed Ayales	320
2	Julian Rembert	320
3	Andrew Virtuoso	320
4	Henrik Bodholdt	168
5	Cesar Matamoros	168
6	Claude Laferriere	168
7	Mike Schaefer	96
8	Matt McDermott	96
9	Mark Bingle	96
10	Harry Larson	72
11	Patrick Tigue	72
12	Antonio Ramirez	72
13	Hugh McMillan	56
14	Brad Martin	56
15	Jayson Matthews	56
16	Rhett Schubert	48
17	Juan Carlos Ruiz	48
18	Ben Ziegler	48
19	James Aubertin	40
20	Richard Correll	40
21	Omar Ayales	40
22	Keith Dennison	0
23	Rick Nicastro	0
24	Alex Bidorini	0