With the GUKPT Main Event just around the corner, Blue Square and Grosvenor Casinos are making sure they finish the year with a bang by adding a penultimate event, the GUKPT Heads Up Championship.
A new, fresh idea for the UK circuit, this latest invention derives from the ever ticking brain of Jonathan Raab and his team and will involve some of poker's hottest properties.
The draw is as follows:
1 Michael McCool v James Dempsey
2 John Kabbaj v Adam Sharples
3 Barney Boatman v Jeff Duval
4 Woody Deck v Will Mitchell
5 T Bentham v N Ketul
6 Jeff Kimber v Marc Goodwin
7 Davood Mehrmand v Kevin O'Leary
8 Ash Hussain v Ben Roberts
9 K MacPherson v Manuel Palanca
10 Alan MacLean v Roberto Romanello
11 David Pomroy v Neil Channing
12 Chris Sokrati v Dan Carter
13 H Yilmaz v Praz Bansi
14 Daniel Smith v Adam Heller
15 Surinder Sunar v Mickey Wernick
16 Joshua Tyler v Vincent Mather
Of course, there are a few intriguing encounters such as Sunar versus Wernick and Boatman versus Duval, but the one I reckon we should be looking out for is between 'Mr Cool' himself, Marc Goodwin, and the current World Heads Up Champion, Jeff 'Jaffacake' Kimber.
"Is it like conquers," inquires Mr Cool, "If I beat Jeff, does that make me World Champion?"
These fearsome battles will take place on Saturday 24th November. 8 will commence at 1.30pm with the remaining matches starting on a rolling basis as seats become available.
There will be no official live updates, but be sure to keep an eye on the blonde forum for any updates as we receive them.