World Team Poker's inaugural event will be held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, May 19, 2010. This one day event will feature 40 of the world's top poker pros, representing eight different countries, on five-man teams. Each team will be captained by a poker star from their respective countries, including Phil Hellmuth, Jr. (Team USA), co-captains Johnny Chan and David Chiu (Team China), Men "The Master" Nguyen (Team Vietnam), Eli Elezra (Team Israel), Ben Roberts (Team England), co-captains Jeff Lisandro and Tony Guoga (Australia), Juliano Maesano (Team Brazil) and George Kapalas (Team Greece).
This filmed-for-television event will be a five table shoot-out format comprising rounds of limit hold 'em, pot-limit Omaha and no-limit hold 'em, with each team's buy-in set at $50,000. Viewers from around the world will be able to watch the live event for free by registering at www.worldteampoker.com.
US residents who register for the event will also be entered into a sweepstakes with a chance to win a trip to the event. The event is also open to the general public, based on seating availability. World Team Poker will introduce the teams at the Golden Nugget's Gold Diggers night club May 18, 2010, the night before the event.
