Party Poker.com’s latest tournament spectacular has been announced and will feature a televised series of games in which 12 of the world’s top players duke it out.
The groundbreaking series, developed by Matchroom Sport, will feature a unique league format for a mouth-watering US$500 000 pot.
With a system developed especially to showcase the legendary poker prowess of each player, each ace will play six times in the preliminary stages. The leading four players will then progress to the final table with the next four battling it out in heads-up matches for the final two seats.
Each player will buy-in for US$20 000, with PartyPoker.com adding US$260 000 to the final table prize pool.
Ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth will lead a top field that includes: Dave ‘The Devilfish’ Ulliott, Tony G, Andy Black, Kiril Gerasimov, Liz Lieu, Ian Fraser, Roland De Wolfe, Vicky Coren, Juha Helppi, Kenna James and Eddy Scharf.
Hellmuth commented: “I love the UK and feel at home there, so I am really looking forward to Premier League Poker. It’s always challenging to match wits with the world’s best poker players but I’m coming for the title – make no mistake about that!”
A PartyPoker.com spokesman said “Premier League Poker is an exciting new concept and is sure to make great television. The interest from pros on both sides of the Atlantic has been excellent.”
The league launches on 26th February in Maidstone, Kent, UK.