PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Final Table Starts on Channel 4 in UK Tomorrow Night

PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Final Table Starts on Channel 4 in UK Tomorrow Night

LONDON, August 20/PRNewswire/ -- The final table line-up for PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker is confirmed and the first of two shows showcasing the climax of the tournament gets underway on Channel 4 in the UK tomorrow night at 12.10am (early Wednesday). US 'Poker Brat' Phil Hellmuth enters as chip leader closely followed by Germany's Eddy Scharf. Finland's Juha Helppi and England's Ian Frazer automatically qualified for the final table through their positions in the final league table. There were two play-off heads-up matches for the last two spots on the final table with Liz Lieu beating Kenna James and Vicky Coren seeing off Andrew Black.

PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker has been one of the best received televised poker formats on UK television in years and has been acclaimed by both players and viewers and acknowledged as a ratings winner. There is also a significant buzz about the tournament on the internet and a snippet can be seen at: http://www.matchroompoker.com/promo.php .

The series started its run on Tuesday 22nd May and features 12 of the world's best players playing in a unique league format for a US$500,000 pot. Each player bought in for US$20,000, with PartyPoker.com adding US$260,000.

Blinds for the final table start at 1,000/2,000, with commentary provided by Jesse May with both Tony G and Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: "We are very pleased with the response to Premier League Poker and have been inundated by enquiries from pros from all over the world about how they can get involved in the future. It has the winning combination of having bags of personality and world class poker."

          FINAL TABLE LINE-UP      Phil Hellmuth (USA) 350,000 chips      Eddy Scharf (GER)   310,000 chips      Juha Helppi (FIN)   260,000 chips      Ian Frazer (ENG)    250,000 chips      Liz Lieu (USA)      230,000 chips      Vicky Coren (ENG)   200,000 chips      PARTYPOKER.COM PREMIER LEAGUE POKER FINAL POINTS TABLE      Phil Hellmuth (USA) 35 Pts     Eddy Scharf (GER)   31 Pts     Juha Helppi (FIN)   26 Pts     Ian Frazer (ENG)    25 Pts      Liz Lieu (USA)      23 Pts     Vicky Coren (ENG)   20 Pts     Andrew Black (IRE)  18 Pts     Kenna James (USA)   17 Pts      Kirill Gerasimov (RUS)          17 Pts     David 'Devlifish' Ulliott (ENG) 14 Pts     Tony G (AUS)                     7 Pts     Roland De Wolfe (ENG)            7 Pts  

A Selection of Quotes About the Tournament

"Premier League Poker featured a fantastic format filled with skill, twists and turns, great players and made for electric television." Phil Hellmuth

"This is a totally different concept and will make great television, it's like a poker Big Brother. It sets a new bar for televised poker." Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott

"The Premier League is the best poker event I have ever played in. A real breakthrough for poker." Tony G

"This is one of the most exciting events I have played in and I've picked up so much this week. The tournament really highlighted skill." Liz Lieu

"It's the most fun I've had in a room with a group full of men since the summer of 1976...but that is a different story." Vicky Coren

          For more information contact      Warren Lush     warrenl@partygaming.com     +44-7947307899  

Source: PartyPoker.com

For more information contact: Warren Lush, warrenl@partygaming.com, +44-7947307899

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