The PartyPoker.com Premier League Poke III kicks off in London today with 12 of the best players in the game battling for the title.

Andy Black is defending the title he won earlier this year and takes his place in the first heat alongside Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott, WSOP champ Peter Eastgate, Roland De Wolfe, Annette Obrestad, and JC Tran – we should be starting around 12.30pm. The second heat later this afternoon features Phil Hellmuth, Tony G, Nenad Medic, Juha Helppi, Tom Dwan and Vicky Coren.

Live reporting on the week’s action will start on our forum around noon.