While the football World Cup boils away nicely over in scorching Germany, two other international teams of eleven players are lining up, this time over the green poker felt.

In a first-of-a-kind event 22 poker players from Ireland and Great Britain will compete in the International Charity Heads Up Council (ICHUC) tournament on Saturday 8 July 2006 at 2pm in the Fitzwilliam Card Club, Dublin for the benefit of the Poker 4 Charity and OnePercentPledge charities.

And if you’re not lucky enough to make the final line-ups, there will be a €20 rebuy charity tournament after the Main Event.