888 Poker Open V LIVE BLOGGING - 27/10/2008

The 888 Poker Open V is about to get underway in Maidstone with the Celebrity Heat kicking things off shortly.

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Cricketer Rob Key, former Darts pro and pundit Rod Harrington, Snooker legend Willie Thorne, Poker presented Michelle Orpe, DJ Brandon Block and Radio presenter Caroline Feraday are first up this morning to start the tournament.

The first heat proper will begin around 3pm this afternoon and the winner of the Celeb Heat enters that heat. 888Sport.com have priced up the heats, with Mike Ellis the favourite for heat one at 3/1 - the celeb winner at 9/2. Visit this link for the full list - http://www.888sport.com/bet?action=go_events&type_id=4912

We're blogging every heat live on the forum - click on the link in the top right corner to follow the action.