Australia are the latest team to confirm their roster for the inaugural World Team Poker event, to be held on May 19th at the Golden Nugget, Las Vegas.
Co-captains Tony G and Jeff Lisandro named a squad that blends youth with experience and one that covers a variety of poker disciplines. Billy “The Croc” Argyros, Gary Benson, Mel Judah and Marsha Waggoner have been playing poker at a high level for over twenty years, whilst David “Superman” Saab, Grant Levy and Stephen Topakas are from the younger, more aggressive generation of poker player.
Team Australia’s captains couldn’t be any more contrasting in style. Lisandro is known to the poker world as “The Iceman”, though that is as much for his choice of chewing gum, which he chews incessantly in order to reduce his facial tells, as his ice-cool manner at the table. Tony G on the other hand, is famous for his incredibly aggressive antics at the poker table, where he is no stranger to getting in his opponents faces (often quite literally) and shouting them down.
Despite the different approaches to the game, the two players do share common ground – they are both extremely talented poker players. With 46 World Series of Poker cashes and over $8 million in tournament earnings between them, this experienced and uncompromising pair will fear no one during the World Team Poker series and will be giving their all to win for their country.
In other World Team Poker news, Team Lebanon has announced that actress, model and part time poker player Shannon Elizabeth will be included in their roster. Elizabeth’s father is Lebanese, so the “American Pie” actress qualifies to play for the Middle Eastern team. With four World Series of Poker cashes to her name, Elizabeth is more than just a pretty face and will add depth to a squad already boasting World Series of Poker HORSE champion Freddy Deeb, as well as Dany Georges and Joe Awada.
Earlier this month, Team England confirmed its roster, with captain Ben Roberts announcing that his World Team Poker squad will consist of Dave “Devilfish” Ulliot, Ram Vaswani, Surinder Sunar, James Akenhead, Dave Colclough, Peter Costa and Joe Beevers.
The opening World Team Poker event will feature forty players from eight different countries, playing a variety of poker games and featuring innovations such as substitution and team tactics. Other confirmed names so far include Toto Leonidas, Johnny Chan, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson.
Watch this space for more updates.
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