Party Poker Premier League Starts SundayTony G Favourite to Win $60,000 Buy-In TV Event |
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The $1 million PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker starts this Sunday in London with 12 of the world’s top players vying to take down the title and $250,000 first prize.
Player’s returning from the 2007 event — which was won by Juha Helppi — are 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner 
Phil Hellmuth, cardplayereurope.com European Player of the Year Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Tony G, Andy Black, Ian Frazer, Roland De Wolfe, Vicky Coren, Juha Helppi, and Eddy Scharf.
Joining them this year are “Flying Dutchman” Marcel Luske, Annie Duke, and Russian WSOP bracelet winner Alexander Kravchenko.
The format of the tournament, devised by organier Matchroom Sports, sees the players play six times in the preliminary stage, with the top four players moving on to the final table and the next four playing heads-up matches for the final two places.
The buy-in for the event is $60,000. Tony G has been made favourite by bookmakers PartyBets.com which cut his odds from 9/1 into 6/1.
Tony said, “Premier League is something I look forward to for months. It’s the best event in poker, in my book. Last year was a disaster for me, and I want to prove it was a freaky event. Only winning this year will make things right for me, and I want to bust Hellmuth so… so… hard to get him on a boat back to the U.S.”
The event will be filmed for broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK in late March.
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