PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Final Table Starts on Channel 4 in UK Tomorrow Night

PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Final Table Starts on Channel 4 in UK Tomorrow Night

LONDON, August 20/PRNewswire/ -- The final table line-up for PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker is
confirmed and the first of two shows showcasing the climax of the tournament
gets underway on Channel 4 in the UK tomorrow night at 12.10am (early
Wednesday). US 'Poker Brat' Phil Hellmuth enters as chip leader closely
followed by Germany's Eddy Scharf. Finland's Juha Helppi and England's Ian
Frazer automatically qualified for the final table through their positions in
the final league table. There were two play-off heads-up matches for the last
two spots on the final table with Liz Lieu beating Kenna James and Vicky
Coren seeing off Andrew Black.

PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker has been one of the best received
televised poker formats on UK television in years and has been acclaimed by
both players and viewers and acknowledged as a ratings winner. There is also
a significant buzz about the tournament on the internet and a snippet can be
seen at: http://www.matchroompoker.com/promo.php .

The series started its run on Tuesday 22nd May and features 12 of the
world's best players playing in a unique league format for a US$500,000 pot.
Each player bought in for US$20,000, with PartyPoker.com adding US$260,000.

Blinds for the final table start at 1,000/2,000, with commentary provided
by Jesse May with both Tony G and Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: "We are very pleased with the response
to Premier League Poker and have been inundated by enquiries from pros from
all over the world about how they can get involved in the future. It has the
winning combination of having bags of personality and world class poker."

FINAL TABLE LINE-UP

Phil Hellmuth (USA) 350,000 chips

Eddy Scharf (GER) 310,000 chips

Juha Helppi (FIN) 260,000 chips

Ian Frazer (ENG) 250,000 chips

Liz Lieu (USA) 230,000 chips

Vicky Coren (ENG) 200,000 chips

PARTYPOKER.COM PREMIER LEAGUE POKER FINAL POINTS TABLE

Phil Hellmuth (USA) 35 Pts
Eddy Scharf (GER) 31 Pts
Juha Helppi (FIN) 26 Pts
Ian Frazer (ENG) 25 Pts

Liz Lieu (USA) 23 Pts
Vicky Coren (ENG) 20 Pts
Andrew Black (IRE) 18 Pts
Kenna James (USA) 17 Pts

Kirill Gerasimov (RUS) 17 Pts
David 'Devlifish' Ulliott (ENG) 14 Pts
Tony G (AUS) 7 Pts
Roland De Wolfe (ENG) 7 Pts

A Selection of Quotes About the Tournament

"Premier League Poker featured a fantastic format filled with skill,
twists and turns, great players and made for electric television." Phil
Hellmuth

"This is a totally different concept and will make great television, it's
like a poker Big Brother. It sets a new bar for televised poker." Dave "The
Devilfish" Ulliott

"The Premier League is the best poker event I have ever played in. A real
breakthrough for poker." Tony G

"This is one of the most exciting events I have played in and I've picked
up so much this week. The tournament really highlighted skill." Liz Lieu

"It's the most fun I've had in a room with a group full of men since the
summer of 1976...but that is a different story." Vicky Coren

For more information contact

Warren Lush
warrenl@partygaming.com
+44-7947307899

Source: PartyPoker.com

For more information contact: Warren Lush, warrenl@partygaming.com, +44-7947307899

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