SKY Sports 2 Airs PKR Heads Up Grand Slam TonightThirty-Two Players Begin Battle for $100,000 Top Prize on SKY Sport 2 at 10 p.m. Tonight |
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The PKR Grand Slam Heads Up begins its run tonight on SKY Sports 2 and HD2 at 10 p.m. and features:
Luke Schwartz Vs. Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Lex Veldius Vs. Nam Le
Sandra Naujoks Vs. Sammy George
John Duthie Vs. Tom Dwan (pictured}
Annette Obrestad Vs. Ian Frazer
The 32-player event had a prize pool of $350,000 of which sponsor PKR added $30,000.
Eddie Hearn, whose Matchroom Sport produced the event for TV, said, “We have been looking at creating a heads-up event for a while now and I’m excited that we have the formula just right. The poker played throughout the tournament was of the highest calibre and it makes for must-see television.”
Other players who will feature over the coming weeks include Roland de Wolfe, Dave Ulliott, Juha Helppi, Tony G, Peter Eastgate, Vicky Coren, Neil Channing, Andrew Feldman, Phil Laak, Neil Channing, and Antonio Esfandiari.