PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker III starts tonight - 05/01/09
The PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker III begins on Channel 4 on Tuesday night – the first of a 15 week run starting at 1.35am. The line up for the third instalment of the Premier League is boosted by five formidable new faces – the youngest WSOP Main Event winner Peter Eastgate, internet sensation Tom “Durrrr” Dwan, WSOPE champ Annette Obrestad, Asian Poker Tour ambassador JC Tran and WSOP bracelet winner Nenad Medic.
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Smyth's comback seals Poker Million VII crown - 14/12/08
Marty Smyth produced a brilliant comeback to win the Ladbrokes Poker Million VII and pocket $1million in Friday night’s live final on Sky Sports 3. The Belfast man was appearing in his third consecutive Poker Million final but found himself with just 15,000 in chips inside the first level after Liam Flood’s kings held up against Smyth’s ace-king hand. Smyth rode his luck as the short-stack to get back to parity then produced some fantastic poker to end up heads-up with Eoghan O’Dea and eventually win the big prize.
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JC Tran wins the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker III - 01/12/08
JC Tran is the PartyPoker.com Premier League III champion after taking down the most formidable final table in the event’s history! Tran, widely regarded as one of the finest and consistent tournament professionals on the circuit scooped the $300,000 first prize in the elite tournament organized by Matchroom Sport that saw 12 of the world’s finest players battle it out for a $1.25 million prize pool! The buy-in was $75,000, with $350,000 added by PartyPoker.com.
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PartyPoker.com Premier League III - LIVE ON THE FORUM - 24/11/08
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.
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Jesse May's Premier League III preview - 21/11/08
Stunned. Elated. Tingles in my hands and toes. These are the feelings that I’ve been having when contemplating the line-up for Premier League III. All I can say, is this tournament has finally arrived. Give credit where credit is due. The Premier League has reached this point because of Matchroom’s commitment that it will be for the best poker players in the world. This is harder than you think, because that goal must be balanced by demands of the broadcaster and sponsor. It’s not easy, but Eddie Hearn created a wish list and then went out and got those players personally. On the plus side, almost no invitations go rejected. The exposure of the tournament, its growing prestige, plus the value of the added prize money is such that you must be thick in the head not to want to play in the Premier League.
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Hellmuth completes PL III line-up - draw live today! - 20/11/08
The line-up for PartyPoker.com Premier League III is complete! The final spot could only really go to one person and that is 11 time WSOP bracelet winner and living legend Phil Hellmuth! The ‘Poker Brat’ joins Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan, JC Tran, Nenad Medic, Devilfish, Tony G, Vicky Coren, Annette Obrestad, Roland de Wolfe, Andy Black, Juha Helppi and the man who recently broke Hellmuth’s record as the youngest WSOP Main Event winner, Peter Eastgate. The draw for the heats takes place at 10am GMT today (Thursday 20th November) at the studios that are hosting the event. The draw will be blogged live on the forum. The event runs from the 24th – 30th November in London.
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PartyPoker.com World Open final on Five tonight... - 19/11/08
The PartyPoker.com World Open IV final is on Channel 5 at midnight tonight (Wednesday 19 November) where the winner will walk away with $250,000. The line-up for the final is as follows: Marty Smyth (444,000), Neil Channing (388,000), Andy Ward (192,000), Marc Goodwin (180,000), Dixie Dean (120,000) and Ryan Fronda (72,000).
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