PartyPoker has announced today the schedule and the list of participants for the 2008 edition of the already famous PartyPoker Nations Cup. The tournament will be taking place from April 7^th to the 10^th and the teams invited are Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Germany, Holland and the United States. All the teams will be competing for a $100,000 first prize and the international recognition as the tournament champs. Every team will feature a total of five players, four professional poker players and a VIP qualifier. The tournament will consist of six heats and each team will demonstrate which representation is the best before going to the final round in where the chip counts directly depends on the previous results.

"The array of talent on display for the 2008 Party Poker Poker Nations Cup is brilliant. Sweden have to be favorites to retain their title as their line-up of pros is unchanged and are used to the format and they are arguably strengthened by their online qualifier representative. That said, the USA will take some stopping with the likes of Gold, Ferguson Deeb and Brown on board while Great Britain boasts so many form players in their team. Ireland is a bit of a wildcard but there is little doubt that they have strength in depth in their side while Germany appear much stronger than previous years. The Dutch side led by Marcel have to be seen as the underdogs – the names don't jump out as much at you as they do with the other line-ups." a PartyPoker.com spokesman said.

Each team will have a captain who’ll guide the rest of the players during the challenge; the UK team is commanded by the famous poker player Roland de Wolfe but also counts with other experienced players including Joe Beevers and Ian Frazer. Nederland's representation will count with Marcel Luske and Thierry Van den Berg among others. The German team has also summoned the best of the best including the experimented Michael Keiner and Andreas Krause. Finally the U.S team is probably the strongest team and will count with the participation of Robert Williamson III, Jamie Gold, Chris Ferguson, Freddy Deeb and Chad Brown.