PHIL TAYLOR opens his challenge for a third successive PartyPoker.net European Championship title on Thursday, when he takes on Co Stompe as the £200,000 tournament begins in Dinslaken, Germany.
MATCHROOM SPORT can announce that tickets to the 2010 PartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup are now on sale from www.seetickets.com, one of the UK's major online ticketing agencies.
Tony Bloom reached his third Poker Million final after a stunning performance saw him overcome WSOP legend Erik Seidel heads-up in heat three to reach December's live Sky Sports final.
PHIL TAYLOR claimed his 11th StanJames.com World Matchplay title with an 18-12 win over Raymond van Barneveld at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on Sunday night.
THE Totesport.com Fish'O'Mania Champion of Champions features the 16 men who have won the main Fish'O'Mania competition.
FORMER PGA EuroPro Tour star Louis Oosthuizen is one round away from winning one of the biggest events in golf - The Open Championship.
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD produced another piece of history with a sensational nine-darter at the StanJames.com World Matchplay on Saturday night.
NEIL McKinnon has won the Totesport.com Fish'O'Mania XVII in the most dramatic style.
Premier League final set to be screened
Catch the drama from 12.25am on Channel 4 on Wednesday morning
POKER fans get to watch an exciting conclusion to the PartyPoker.com Premier League on Wednesday, July 2.
The final table, which features six of the best players in the world, will be shown at 12.25am on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland.
Tony G was chip leader going into the final table after finishing top of the league. Second in chips was Andy Black, followed by Russia's Alexander Kravchenko, Dutchman Marcel Luske, Roland De Wolfe and then Annie Duke.
This sees the end of a thrilling tournament that featured 12 poker stars playing in a unique league event format for a $1 million prize pool.
Commentary for the final will be provided by Jesse May and Phil Hellmuth. Each player took part in six six seater games in the preliminary stages and each player bought in for $60,000, with PartyPoker.com adding $280,000 to make the pool $1 million, up from $500,000 last year.
Nine of the 12 players from 2007’s successful event returned with the new faces being Luske, Duke and Kravchenko. As before, eleven-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth led a top field that also includes Dave ‘The Devilfish’ Ulliott, Tony G, Andy Black, Ian Frazer, Roland De Wolfe, Vicky Coren, Juha Helppi and Eddy Scharf.
PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker - Starting chip stacks - 1.5million on table.
Seat 1 Annie Duke (USA) 190,000, Seat 2 Andy Black (IRE) 330,000, Seat 3 Marcel Luske (HOL) 210,000, Seat 4 Roland De Wolfe (ENG) 200,000, Seat 5 Tony G (AUS) 380,000, Seat 6 Alexander Kravchenko (RUS) 260,000.
So make sure you do not miss out on any of the final action.
TO find out about broadcasting any of our poker programmes, contact Karen Manzi, Matchroom Sport's Head of Television Sales, on +44 1869 340940.
FOR more information about Matchroom Poker, visit the official website www.matchroompoker.com
Date posted: July 1, 2008
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