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The Caesars Cup is a poker tournament, inspired by golf's Ryder Cup, which pitches the greatest poker players from Europe and The Americas against each other in a series of heads-up and team-based poker matches across a single day. It is contested annually, with the venue alternating between venues in Europe and North America. The inaugural Caesars Cup will take place in London on September 25, 2009, as part of the Betfair sponsored World Series of Poker Europe. Format The Caesars Cup consists of a series of poker matches between individuals and pairs selected from two teams of eight. Tournament organisers have not yet announced the exact running schedule, but have confirmed that it will include heads-up action, team competitions and non-traditional components such as alternate betting. The whole event takes place over the course of one day. Team selections Caesars Cup teams are selected by team captains that have been pre-chosen by the World Series of Poker Europe organisers. 2009 Caesars Cup The inaugural Caesars Cup will take place on September 25 at Casino at the Empire in London, England, as part of the . Teams At a press conference at the 2009 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, it was announced that the players chosen as captains were 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Annette Obrestad (Europe) and Daniel Negreanu (The Americas). They each get to select the remaining players in their teams apart from one place on the European team, which will go to the winner of the online WSOPE Caesars Cup leaderboard, hosted at the site of event sponsors Betfair. ; Team Europe Captain: Annette Obrestad * Peter Eastgate * TBC * TBC * TBC * TBC * TBC * TBC ; Team Americas Captain: Daniel Negreanu * Phil Ivey * TBC * TBC * TBC * TBC * TBC * TBC
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