Those of you who have been following Phil 'bobby1' Quayle's William Hill Poker Grand Prix diary (click here to view) will no doubt be aware that this year's Event is turning into one of the most highly anticipated televised poker competitions in history, and, after the appearances of Antonio Esfandiari, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliot and defending champion, Phil 'Unibomber' Laak were confirmed, you'd be forgiven for being rather excited at the prospect of some of the biggest names in poker locking horns.
And with Phil informing us of the confirmed entrants in his last diary entry, this week he brings us the long awaited full heat draw.
Of particular note is the sharing of tables of Johnny Lodden & Willie Tann, Roland de Wolfe & Stuart Fox, and Ram Vaswani, Anotnio Esfandiari & JP Kelly.
And how about this for a potential fireworks' display? Devilfish, Tony G and Brian Wilson all on the same table, how will that pan out?? Only one way to find out, and that's to watch the Grand Prix when it is telvised in a few months time.
But for now, check out who the players will be facing to whet your appetite. Quite a line-up, I'm sure you'll agree!
HEAT A Mon 16th
1 Andy Black (IRE)
2 Joe Beevers (GB)
3 Mickey Wernick (GB)
4 Tore Lagerborg (NOR)
5 Roy Brindley (GB)
6 Vicky Coren (GB)
7 Kevin Poast (GB) Qual
8 Wayne Hutchins (GB) Qual
HEAT B Tue 17th
1 Barny Boatman (GB)
2 Surinder Sunar (GB)
3 Liam Flood (IRE)
4 Jeff Lisandro (ITA)
5 Julian Thew (GB)
6 Paul Jackson (GB)
7 Anthony McConnell (IRE) Qual
8 Brian Cassidy (GB) Qual
HEAT C Wed 18th
1 Pascal Perrault (FRA)
2 Ross Boatman (GB)
3 Dave Colclough (GB)
4 Johnny Lodden (NOR)
5 Xuyen Pham (GB)
6 Willie Tann (GB)
7 Voitto Rintala (FIN) Qual
8 Marcus Bebb-Jones (GB) Qual
HEAT D Thur 19th
1 Antonio Esfandiari (USA)
2 Ram Vaswani (GB)
3 Keith Hawkins (GB)
4 JP Kelly (GB)
5 Sean Murphy (IRE)
6 Ben Grundy (GB)
7 Shelley Mullett (GB) Qual
8 Sami Yusuf (GB) Qual
HEAT E Fri 20th
1 Phil Laak (USA)
2 Ken Lennaard (SWE)
3 Marc Goodwin (GB)
4 Julian Gardiner (GB)
5 Harry Demetriou (GB)
6 John Kabbaj (GB)
7 Jeff Kimber (GB) Qual
8 Oliver Puhr (AUT) Qual
HEAT F Sat 21st
1 Tony G (AUS)
2 Juha Helppi (FIN)
3 Devilfish (GB)
4 Peter Costa (GB)
5 John Shipley (GB)
6 Brian Wilson (USA)
7 Steve Vladar (GB)
8 Bo Sehlstedt (SWE) Qual
HEAT G Sun 22nd
1 Tony Bloom (GB)
2 Ben Roberts (GB)
3 Robert Williamson III (USA)
4 Martin Wendt (DEN)
5 Christer Johansson (SWE)
6 Roland de Wolfe (GB)
7 Stuart Fox (GB)
8 Russ Taylor (GB) Qual