Gibraltar – 20th March 2008 — PartyPoker.com is excited to announce the return of coverage from the PartyPoker.com Premier League to Channel 4 in the UK at 12.10am on Tuesday 25th March/Wednesday 26th March. The groundbreaking event developed by Matchroom Sport, features 12 of the world’s best players playing in a unique league for a $1 million prize pool.
All 12 players 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 bought in for $60,000, with PartyPoker.com adding $280,000 to make the pool $1 million, up from $500,000 last year. Nine of the twelve players from 2007’s successful event return with the new faces being “Flying Dutchman” Marcel Luske, Annie Duke and Alexander Kravchenko. As before, eleven-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth will lead a top field that also includes Dave ‘The Devilfish’ Ulliott, Tony G, Andy Black, Ian Frazer, Roland De Wolfe, Vicky Coren, Juha Helppi and Eddy Scharf.
Coverage of the event will be shown for 15 weeks on Channel 4 in the UK. The opener is a cracker with Phil Hellmuth, Tony G, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Juha Helppi, Annie Duke and Marcel Luske at the table. Commentary is provided by Jesse May and Roland de Wolfe.
2008 Prize Money Breakdown
Final Table ($520,000)
Winner $250,000
Runner-Up $120,000
Third $60,000
Fourth $40,000
Fifth $30,000
Sixth $20,000
2008 Prize Money Breakdown
League Stage ($480,000) 12 Matches
Winner $18000 x 12
Runner-Up $10000 x 12
Third $6000 x 12
Fourth $4000 x 12
Fifth $2000 x 12
Sixth $0
Jerry
