Matchroom Sport is delighted to announce that the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker is back. The second series was filmed in London for broadcast in the UK on Channel 4.

The prize pool has doubled to a cool $1 million and 12 of the world’s best players will battle it out in a unique league format in a bid to be crowned the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker II champion.

Last year’s winner Juha Helppi is back to defend his title, along with other returning players Phil Hellmuth, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliot, Roland De Wolfe, Andy Black, Tony G, Vicky Coren, Eddy Scharf and Ian Frazer – with new faces Annie Duke, Marcel Luske and Alex Kravchenko completing the formidable line-up.