Nations Cup 2017 - International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP)

Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire

4th – 6th December 2017

Ireland won the International Federation of Match Poker Nations Cup after seeing off the challenge of second placed Italy and third placed Spain in the final which capped three days of intensive high-level play Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire.

The tournament brought together some of the world’s leading match poker players representing eight nations along with a ‘Digital Nation’ invitational team.

Aside from the top three, The UK, India and Digital Nation qualified for the final session with Germany, Austria and Mexico failing to make the cut.

The Nations Cup is the leading international tournament organised by the International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) which was granted Observer Status of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) earlier this year.

Match Poker was devised and developed by IFMP as a team-based mind sport where the element of chance inherent in the “random draw of cards” has been removed. There is no gambling in Match Poker and the sport is available to players of all ages and genders worldwide.

IFMP has successfully developed the Match Poker technology including innovative use of smartphones in game-play and administration, making Match Poker a true 21st century mind sport.

“The tournament reflected how far we have come in every respect,” he said.
“The atmosphere created by the camaraderie among players from all over the world who were happy to compete for the honour of representing the countries was simply outstanding. Together with the levels of skills and commitment of the players this made for an event which celebrated all that is best in sport.”

The Nations Cup trophy was presented to Ireland captain Andy Black – also the tournament’s top player- at a dinner at Balliol College, Oxford.

“My thanks go to all the players and everybody involved in making this a milestone event,” said Patrick Nally.

IFMP plans to make the Nations Cup an annual event contested by the winners of regional contests in Asia, The Americas and Europe.

Final Results in full

Final

Position	Team	Chips	Points	Carryover	Total
1	Ireland	46250	273.5	686	959.5
2	Italy	-16275	264.5	633	897.5
3	Spain	-37050	234.5	654.5	889
4	UK	41550	244.5	636	880.5
5	India	-16450	251.5	621.5	873
6	Digital	-18025	243.5	620	863.5

Sessions

SESSION 1		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	-21688	201
2	Italy	16613	189.5
3	Spain	29825	188
4	India	-16638	183.5
5	Digital	-2789	181
6	Austria	2449	176
7	UK	43988	175
8	Mexico	-23361	169
9	Germany	-28399	157
SESSION 2		Chips	Points
1	UK	12975	215.5
2	Ireland	47438	195.5
3	Spain	6763	189.5
4	Italy	18350	189
5	Digital	4587	175
6	Germany	4201	174.5
7	Austria	-2164	172.5
8	Mexico	-36875	159
9	India	-55275	149.5
SESSION 3		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	16000	205
2	Italy	15375	198
3	Digital	12274	192.5
4	India	-7813	185.5
5	Mexico	-15250	175
6	Germany	-736	174
7	Spain	5900	168.5
8	UK	-35500	165.5
9	Austria	9750	156
SESSION 4		Chips	Points
1	UK	42725	210
2	Digital	-6176	198
3	India	10749	196
4	Ireland	4450	188.5
5	Austria	10451	187.5
6	Spain	-4825	169
7	Italy	675	168
8	Mexico	-19999	154
9	Germany	-38050	149
SESSION 5		Chips	Points
1	India	-22724	197
2	Digital	10850	196
3	Germany	-901	191.5
4	Italy	23013	181
5	Mexico	39563	179
6	Spain	-22925	174
7	Ireland	-24263	173.5
8	Austria	4125	168
9	UK	-6738	160
SESSION 6		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	43876	203.5
2	Austria	33391	193.5
3	Spain	3062	184.5
4	Digital	1087	180.5
5	Germany	23076	180
6	UK	-12491	179.5
7	Mexico	-11951	178.5
8	Italy	7425	174.5
9	India	-87475	145.5
SESSION 7		Chips	Points
1	Spain	-17625	197
2	Ireland	4850	195.5
3	Germany	33100	192.5
4	UK	-3775	189
5	Italy	26425	188
6	Austria	35350	187.5
7	India	-18225	170.5
8	Mexico	-550	169
9	Digital	-59550	131
SESSION 8		Chips	Points
1	Mexico	3750	211
2	Spain	24800	204
3	UK	-875	188.5
4	Germany	-8175	185
5	Digital	7825	182
6	Ireland	-7725	173
7	Italy	31075	168
8	Austria	18175	166
9	India	-68850	142.5
SESSION 9		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	19100	216
2	India	1575	200.5
3	Spain	-29425	188
4	Italy	-16775	182
5	Digital	29100	181
6	Germany	1550	177.5
7	Austria	-4425	168
8	UK	4700	159.5
9	Mexico	-5400	147.5
SESSION 10		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	41587	208.5
2	Spain	37875	207.5
3	India	31562	205
4	Germany	-1949	184.5
5	UK	-23675	175
6	Austria	25125	173.5
7	Italy	28725	170.5
8	Digital	-54000	154
9	Mexico	-85250	141.5

Sessions (Accumulated)

AFTER SESSION 1		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	-21688	201
2	Italy	16613	189.5
3	Spain	29825	188
4	India	-16638	183.5
5	Digital	-2789	181
6	Austria	2449	176
7	UK	43988	175
8	Mexico	-23361	169
9	Germany	-28399	157
AFTER SESSION 2		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	25750	396.5
2	UK	56963	390.5
3	Italy	34963	378.5
4	Spain	36588	377.5
5	Digital	1798	356
6	Austria	285	348.5
7	India	-71913	333
8	Germany	-24198	331.5
9	Mexico	-60236	328
AFTER SESSION 3		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	41750	601.5
2	Italy	50338	576.5
3	UK	21463	556
4	Digital	14072	548.5
5	Spain	42488	546
6	India	-79726	518.5
7	Germany	-24934	505.5
8	Austria	10035	504.5
9	Mexico	-75486	503
AFTER SESSION 4		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	46200	790
2	UK	64188	766
3	Digital	7896	746.5
4	Italy	51013	744.5
5	Spain	37663	715
6	India	-68977	714.5
7	Austria	20486	692
8	Mexico	-95485	657
9	Germany	-62984	654.5
AFTER SESSION 5		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	21937	963.5
2	Digital	18746	942.5
3	UK	57450	926
4	Italy	74026	925.5
5	India	-91701	911.5
6	Spain	14738	889
7	Austria	24611	860
8	Germany	-63885	846
9	Mexico	-55922	836
AFTER SESSION 6		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	65813	1167
2	Digital	19833	1123
3	UK	44959	1105.5
4	Italy	81451	1100
5	Spain	17800	1073.5
6	India	-179176	1057
7	Austria	58002	1053.5
8	Germany	-40809	1026
9	Mexico	-67873	1014.5
AFTER SESSION 7		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	70663	1362.5
2	UK	41184	1294.5
3	Italy	107876	1288
4	Spain	175	1270.5
5	Digital	-39717	1254
6	Austria	93352	1241
7	India	-197401	1227.5
8	Germany	-7709	1218.5
9	Mexico	-68423	1183.5
AFTER SESSION 8		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	62938	1535.5
2	UK	40309	1483
3	Spain	24975	1474.5
4	Italy	138951	1456
5	Digital	-31892	1436
6	Austria	111527	1407
7	Germany	-15884	1403.5
8	Mexico	-64673	1394.5
9	India	-266251	1370
AFTER SESSION 9		Chips	Points
1	Ireland	82038	1751.5
2	Spain	-4450	1662.5
3	UK	45009	1642.5
4	Italy	122176	1638
5	Digital	-2792	1617
6	Germany	-14334	1581
7	Austria	107102	1575
8	India	-264676	1570.5
9	Mexico	-70073	1542
AFTER SESSION 10	Chips	Points
1	Ireland	123625	1960
2	Spain	33425	1870
3	UK	21334	1817.5
4	Italy	150901	1808.5
5	India	-233114	1775.5
6	Digital	-56792	1771
7	Germany	-16283	1765.5
8	Austria	132227	1748.5
9	Mexico	-155323	1683.5
Points carried into final
1	Ireland	686
2	Spain	654.5
3	UK	636
4	Italy	633
5	India	621.5
6	Digital	620

Players

Rank	Player	Team	Adjusted Chips – 1	Adjusted Chips- FinalEvent	Adjusted Chips- Final
1	Andy Black	Ireland	47879.5	20465	68344.5
2	Patrick Clarke	Ireland	40829.375	19060	59889.375
3	Fintan Gavin	Ireland	46460	8105	54565
4	Mario Sfameni	Italy	38839.125	11705	50544.125
5	Juan Manuel Pastor	Spain	47539.375	875	48414.375
6	Daniel Eylenfeldt	Germany	45201.375	0	45201.375
7	Antonio Parlavecchio	Italy	30098.625	14795	44893.625
8	Robert Jelinek	Austria	44259	0	44259
9	Yossi Obadia	Spain	40534.25	1805	42339.25
10	Karen Muir	Ireland	38520	1325	39845
11	Tomas Geleziunas	Ireland	18869.25	16170	35039.25
12	Sarah Barg	Digital	36160.5	-1255	34905.5
13	Isidoro Alampi	Italy	69821.125	-36210	33611.125
14	Asher Leeks	UK	17965.75	15420	33385.75
15	Ollie Madelin	UK	39157.875	-9380	29777.875
16	Wolfgang Letocha	Austria	28502.75	0	28502.75
17	Andy Gallagher	Digital	40137.125	-12020	28117.125
18	Lukas Nahlik	Austria	23842	0	23842
19	Giuseppe Grimaldi	Italy	-2560.875	22900	20339.125
20	Ronak Gidwani	India	5379.25	14070	19449.25
21	Herbert Bieber	Austria	18507.875	0	18507.875
22	Javier Zarco	Spain	10059.625	5040	15099.625
23	Kai Rieche	Germany	14053.625	0	14053.625
24	Silvio Pizzarello	Italy	23121.625	-10585	12536.625
25	Nikunj Jhunjhunwala	India	-11358.25	23735	12376.75
26	Pascal Bose	UK	-4145.625	12635	8489.375
27	Sacheen Ramchandani	India	6568.75	550	7118.75
28	Oscar Perche	UK	15491.75	-8545	6946.75
29	Stas Tishkevich	Digital	18606.75	-14490	4116.75
30	Herwig Kager	Austria	1832.125	0	1832.125
31	Cesar Garciá	Spain	13929	-14305	-376
32	Alexander Long	UK	-34271.875	33455	-816.875
33	Harvey Darby	UK	-10125.25	6275	-3850.25
34	Alexander Bochmann	Germany	-5506.375	0	-5506.375
35	Oscar Estrada	Mexico	-6192.625	0	-6192.625
36	Harman Baweja	India	-19685.75	10505	-9180.75
37	Jorge Eduardo Morton	Mexico	-10342.375	0	-10342.375
38	Massimo Majolino	Italy	10375.25	-22135	-11759.75
39	Astrid Tancsics	Austria	-12060.875	0	-12060.875
40	Bernardo Crespo Del Toro	Mexico	-13863.75	0	-13863.75
41	Niklas Ehrenholz	Germany	-14850.375	0	-14850.375
42	Rene Luna	Mexico	-17232.875	0	-17232.875
43	Matic Makovec	Digital	-22767.875	4145	-18622.875
44	José Besalduch	Spain	-2800.25	-21110	-23910.25
45	Natalie Hof	Germany	-24374.875	0	-24374.875
46	Will Johnson	Digital	-42453.75	15155	-27298.75
47	Robert Solbach	Germany	-32835.5	0	-32835.5
48	Andres Gallardo	Mexico	-58495.75	0	-58495.75
49	Jorge Ufano	Spain	-44393.375	-16765	-61158.375
50	Jagdeep Singh	India	-25479.125	-36265	-61744.125
51	Chris Dowling	Ireland	-53376.875	-9625	-63001.875
52	Adrian Mariano Braverman	Mexico	-68611	0	-68611
53	Aditya Agarwal	India	-39426.75	-32335	-71761.75
54	Coman Adrian George	Digital	-82823.5	-13165	-95988.5

Stand-out Hand

Session 9 / Hand 27

Seat	Austria	Digital	Germany	India	Ireland	Italy	Mexico	Spain	UK
Flop								Turn	River
1	+2325	+550	0	-175	-125	0	+625	-150	-1225
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	-375	0	-550	+4100	0	0	0	-525
4	+725	-3900	-2275	+575	-575	+1275	+425	-500	+225
5	-50	-50	-50	-50	-50	-50	-50	-50	-50
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	+3000	-3775	-2325	-200	+3350	+1225	+1000	-700	-1575
Points	8	1	2	5	9	7	6	4	3