In the first round, Jake Cody and Tony G played against Jason Mercier and Ben Lamb. Both teams got one stack and the players took betting in turns; at the first blind level, for instance, Cody spoke preflop on the European side, Tony G decided on the flop, the turn was Cody’s and the river Tony G’s. When the blind level moved up, they switched and Tony G got to speak preflop, and so on.

Caesars Cup 2011 Round 1
This round was won by the USA/Canada team. At Level 2 (2,000/4,000), Lamb raised preflop to 8,000, Tony G called and the flop came





USA/Canada – Europe: 1 – 0
In the second round, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu stood facing Gus Hansen and Max Lykov. The two players on each side shared a stack here as well but they played complete hands in turns. This basically meant two heads-up games running, one between Negreanu and Hansen, the other between Hellmuth and Lykov.
Team USA/Canada had the lead early into the game but Europe came back when Negreanu shoved preflop at Level 3,000/6,000 with 144,000 in chips and showed


















USA/Canada – Europe: 1 – 1
Johnny Chan and Captain Team Europe ‘ElkY’ played heads-up in round 3, the intense battle ending at Level 4,000/8,000. With an average stack of merely 12.5 BBs and the US slightly in the lead, Chan shoved pre-flop, ‘ElkY’ called.
Chan:


‘ElkY’:


Board:





The USA/Canada team won with a full house, 2 – 1.
In the fourth round, Hellmuth and Lykov clashed in a heads-up battle. Level 3,000/6,000 started with Europe in the lead but Hellmuth doubled up and, a couple of hands later, the USA/Canada team was free to celebrate. Hellmuth limped from the button, Lykov shoved and the ‘Brat’ called.
Lykov:


Hellmuth:


Board:





Team USA/Canada won with a top pair, setting the 3 – 1 result for the 2nd Caesars Cup and thus revenging their 2009 defeat.

Caesars Cup 2011 - The Winner Team: USA
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