The World Heads-Up Poker Championship (WHUPC) was an annual elimination-format
poker tournament
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of
heads-up no limit
Texas hold'em
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matches. The tournament was co-created by
Late Night Poker
''Late Night Poker'' is a British television series that helped popularize poker in the 2000s. It used "under the table" cameras that enabled the viewer to see each player's cards.
The show originally ran for six series between 1999 and 2002 ...
's
Nic Szeremeta
Nic Szeremeta (1943 - 25 January 2021) was a poker player of English and Polish descent, the publisher of ''Poker Europa'' magazine, and creator of the ''Late Night Poker'' television series (and commentator with Jesse May during its first thr ...
, PokerInEurope's Jon Shoreman, and gaming journalist Rich Geller.
The event has run from 2001 to 2010 and was held in
Europe
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. Entry was open to all. Its success led to
America
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's creation of the
.
From 2001 to 2003, the event was held at the Concord Card Casino, Vienna, Austria.
From 2004 to 2008, the event was held at the Grand Casino, Barcelona, Spain.
In 2009 and 2010, the event was held at the Victoria Casino, London, England.
The event did not return in 2011 and its website has not been updated since 2010.
The event was filmed each year for TV broadcast around the world. In 2010 the event was broadcast live via the Internet for the first time at PokerInEuropeLive.com with commentary provided by
Mike Carlson
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, Pete Singleton, and
Neil Channing
Neil Andrew Channing (born 9 December 1967 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English professional poker player and author based in Maida Vale, London. He is the 2008 Irish Poker Open champion. He is also the Ambassador for Sky Poker.
Before turning ...
.
Results
External links
Official Site
{{Major Poker Tournaments
Poker tournaments in Europe