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Team Championship
2010


@
Coco Beach Casino
Playa del Coco
Guanacaste, Costa Rica


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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