A lot have happened since my last blog but it has been so hectic that I haven't had time to blog. I have resigned from my position as CEO 2 weeks ago. 2 days ago I won the €1000 IPT side event and cashed €32,000 so there is a lot to tell...

 

...but more will follow in my next blog. This will just be an update about our football team before I forget the results and goal scores.

 

PowerPoker’s final pre-season match

We have been playing two matches since the last update. We have won both so we are the only team who have won all 5 pre-season matches . There is a total of 6 groups of 35 teams. The better half of each group will qualify to Division A and the other half will go to Division B. When the season is over there is a play-off where the top 8 teams from each group will join a knock-out phase and winner will take the Cup title which we did in the first season 3 years ago.

 

I suggested to Pentasia who arrange and sponsor the league that the pre-season matches would count towards the Division games. This means that that teams that ends up in same Division as in the pre-season do not have to play each other again. It saves us all time and makes the pre-season matches more interesting.

 

In our last two matches where against the 2nd and 3rd best team in our group. Neogames didn't cause much harm as their defensive players seems nervous and their attackers weren't sharp enough. We won 8-1 and for the first time one of our defensive players was nominated Man of the Match. Congrats to Martin Hilstrup for a solid effort!

 

The clash for the group title was as expected a very tough match against TAP. For the first time this year we were up against a strong team. They came 3rd last year in the Cup and weren't easy to beat. We won 5-2 in a rather poor performance by us where two players stood out from the rest. Our Dutch star-player Wim Bos with 4 goals and our solid keeper Jacob made the difference. There was a lot of arguing on the pitch and it was hard for me as coach to control my team. I didn't play as I have been having problems with my back but did what I could on the sideline to assure we got 3 points. This is the result of our group and going forward I will be reporting and updating from our Division A matches.

 

Group E Team Name Played Win Draw Lost GF GA Diff Points
1 PowerPoker.com 5 5 0 0 53 12 41 15
2 Tap 5 4 0 1 28 11 17 12
3 Neo Games 5 3 0 2 25 17 8 9
4 Youwin 5 1 1 3 9 30 -21 4
5 Betfair.com 5 1 0 4 11 34 -23 3
6 Wagerlogic 5 0 1 4 12 34 -22 1

See full schedule here

 

Team Statistics

Name Nationality Position Matches Goals MoM
Sander Benjamins Dutch Attacker 3 8 1
Erik Smith Danish Attacker 4 15 2
Johan Nyberg Swedish Defense 4 5  
David Barnwell Danish Attacker 5 12  
Thomas Tinglev Danish Defense 5 2  
Simon Hojbjerg Danish Defense 4 3   
Martin Hilstrup Danish Defense 3 2 1
Wim Bos Dutch  Attacker  2  8  1 
Thomas ChandlerDanish Defense 1 0  
      
        Clean sheets  
Jacob Nielsen Danish Keeper 5 1