888 Poker Open and Premier League III this week - 12/01/2009

The second shows of the 888 Poker Open V and PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker III air on TV this week.

Barnes holds his nerve to win first tour event

Tonight (Monday) sees the first heat proper of the 888 Poker Open V on Sky Sports Xtra at 10pm, where celebrity heat winner Willie Thorne faces Mike Ellis, Craig Young, Craig Burgess, Mohammed Al Aboud and Thomas Bell for a place in the semi-finals, with the runner up getting a second chance in the turbo heat.

The PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker III began last week with JC Tran picking up the first ten points on offer - in the second show on Channel 4 tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12.45am, with Phil Hellmuth, Tony G, Vicky Coren, Nenad Medic, Juha Helppi and Tom ‘Durrrr' Dwan taking to the table.