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Title: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: TightEnd on January 05, 2007, 02:48:16 PM THE WILLIAM HILL GRAND PRIX II SCREENS ON SKY SPORTS FROM WEDNESDAY 17TH JANUARY
The William Hill Grand Prix II had arguably the greatest ever line up of poker players to gather for a UK tournament and now the viewing public will be able to watch all the action as the exclusive broadcast of the £500,000 event begins on Sky Sports on Wednesday 17th January. Including some of the worlds best poker players, such as Americans Phil 'Unabomber' Laak and Antonio Esfandiari and top Europeans Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Andy Black, Pascal Perrault and Mickey Wernick, the tournament consists of 7 heats, the semi final and grand final and the action will unfold over 10 weeks every evening at 10pm. With forty four of the 'Gods of Poker' pitted against just 12 'mere mortal' qualifiers from on-line and land based tournaments, the William Hill Grand Prix owes it's popularity to it's virtually unique TV structure. Designed to bring out the true skill of poker rather than crammed around tight television production schedules, and with it's stunning luxury penthouse location and extra £164,000 added to the pot by sponsors William Hill, the Grand Prix II aims to be the 'creme de la creme' of poker tournaments. With such a terrific line up of players even the heats look ultra competitive, with just the winner from each of the seven heats qualifying to the final. The semi-final will be played by the second placed players from each heat, giving one of them another opportunity to make it to the final table. The programme begins on 17th January 2007 with the William Hill GPII Final schedule to be shown on Wednesday 14th March. And if you miss the Wednesday broadcast of any of the programmes, Sky will also be repeating the each show at various times the following day (every Thursday). HEAT 1 Broadcast Wednesday 17th January 2007 Sky Sports 2 Digital 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 2 Broadcast Wednesday 24th January 2007 Sky Sports 2 Digital 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 3 Broadcast Wednesday 31st January 2007 Sky Sports 3 Digital 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 4 Broadcast Wednesday 7th February 2007 Sky Sports 2 Digital 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 5 Broadcast Wednesday 14th February 2007 Sky Sports 2 Digital 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 6 Broadcast Wednesday 21st February 2007 Sky Sports 2 Digital 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 7 Broadcast Wednesday 28th February 2007 Sky Sports 2 Digital 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 SEMI FINAL Broadcast Wednesday 7th March 2007 Sky Sports 2 Digital FINAL Broadcast Wednesday 14th March 2007 Sky Sports 2 Digital Tighty note: If you know the results please don't post them publically..firstly so as not to spoil the broadcast for most of us and secondly cos we'd have to delete it! Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Jim-D on January 05, 2007, 02:58:46 PM 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 Dont think that will be a quiet table!! Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Royal Flush on January 05, 2007, 02:59:33 PM I went and watched that heat, most amusing.
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: littlemissC on January 05, 2007, 03:01:38 PM did peter play flushy? he told me he might be back in vegas.
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Royal Flush on January 05, 2007, 03:04:41 PM he was a no show. As was Brian Wilson.
Peter Roche played as did.....i can't remember. Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: TightEnd on January 05, 2007, 03:07:42 PM well thats the last time I copy and paste a Hills press release, harrumph....quoting the wrong players playing....harrumph
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: byronkincaid on January 05, 2007, 03:09:08 PM Quote stunning luxury penthouse location really? Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: AndrewT on January 05, 2007, 03:21:35 PM Quote stunning luxury penthouse location really? That should actually have read 'industrial estate on the outskirts of Cardiff done up to look like Frasier's apartment'. Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: TightEnd on January 05, 2007, 03:24:14 PM but on the top floor, right?
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: ifm on January 05, 2007, 03:30:48 PM Whatever happened with the Ken Lennaard saga?
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Ginger on January 05, 2007, 03:33:32 PM Quote stunning luxury penthouse location really? That should actually have read 'industrial estate on the outskirts of Cardiff done up to look like Frasier's apartment'. We were lucky enough to be shown around the set and it is quite a remarkable, very detailed. Speaking of luck, there was a certain person (that I won't name, see for yourself) that seemed to have borrowed Flushys coin for the show, talk about outdraws!!! Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Ginger on January 05, 2007, 03:34:39 PM And if I remember correctly, Brian didn't show as he lost his passport! LOL
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Acidmouse on January 05, 2007, 04:02:04 PM I do hope Jeff Lisandro puts his ante in each round :P *sorry wsop joke*
Those look some awsome lineup's. Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Indestructable on January 05, 2007, 05:45:42 PM Can't wait, looks some great line ups on this.
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Canuck on January 05, 2007, 08:32:25 PM I do hope Jeff Lisandro puts his ante in each round :P *sorry wsop joke* Those look some awsome lineup's. as long as prahlad isnt there, he will get away with it "Ill take your head off buddy" lol, I loved it Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: dan on January 05, 2007, 08:36:42 PM I went and watched that heat, most amusing. who won, who won? Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: bobby1 on January 05, 2007, 10:03:03 PM I'm sorry that info is incorrect Tighty,
The replacements were, John Duthie for Sean Murphy Luke Patten for Peter Costa and instead of the passport-less Rookie was Peter Roche. Im biased of course but the structure let the players play great poker, thats all as a viewer I would want to see. In fact I think one of the heats lasted over 300 hands and took around 10 and a half hours. If the shows are shown in full chronological order then next weeks heat shows how sick poker can be. Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Royal Flush on January 05, 2007, 10:22:04 PM I went and watched that heat, most amusing. who won, who won? Well i beat you in that SNG......and tikay made that horrible call vs you! Then couldn't take the banter! Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: sharpy on January 16, 2007, 09:02:18 PM Is this still going to be shown at the times stated because I can't see them on Sky sports listings? Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: booder on January 16, 2007, 09:08:12 PM 1st heat jan 30th
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: bobby1 on January 17, 2007, 03:37:30 PM Hi guys.
Just to clarify the schedule for the TV coverage has changed with the following being correct. The programme begins on 30th January 2007 and if you miss the Tuesday broadcast of any of the programmes, Sky Sports will also be repeating the each show at various times the following day (every Wednesday). The broadcast times for the Semi Final and the Final are yet to be confirmed. PROGRAMME 1: Broadcast Tuesday 30th January 2007 @ 22:15 Sky Sports 2 Digital 1 Peter Roche 2 Tony G AUS 3 Juha Helppi FIN 4 John Shipley GB 5 Bo Sehlstedt SWE Qual 6 Luke Patten 7 Dave Ulliott GB 8 Steve Vladar GB PROGRAMME 2: Broadcast Tuesday 6th February 2007 @ 22:00 Sky Sports 2 Digital 1 Marcus Bebb-Jones GB Qual 2 Johnny Lodden NOR 3 Voitto Rintala FIN Qual 4 Dave Colclough GB 5 Xuyen Pham GB 6 Willie Tann GB 7 Ross Boatman GB 8 Pascal Perrault FRA PROGRAMME 3: Broadcast Tuesday 13th February 2007 @ 22:00 Sky Sports 2 Digital 1 Marc Goodwin GB 2 Harry Demetriou GB 3 Julian Gardiner GB 4 Phil Laak USA 5 Jeff Kimber GB Qual 6 Ken Lennaard SWE 7 Oliver Puhr AUT Qual 8 John Kabbaj GB PROGRAMME 4: Broadcast Tuesday 20th February 2007 @ 22:30 Sky Sports 2 Digital 1 Liam Flood IRE 2 Surinder Sunar GB 3 Julian Thew GB 4 Brian Cassidy GB Qual 5 Jeff Lisandro ITA 6 Barny Boatman GB 7 Anthony McConnell IRE Qual 8 Paul Jackson GB PROGRAMME 5: Broadcast Tuesday 27th February 2007 @ 22:00 Sky Sports 2 Digital 1 Mickey Wernick GB 2 Joe Beevers GB 3 Wayne Hutchins GB Qual 4 Tore Lagerborg NOR 5 Andy Black IRE 6 Roy Brindley GB 7 Vicky Coren GB 8 Kevin Poast GB Qual PROGRAMME 6: Broadcast Tuesday 6th March 2007 @ 22:00 Sky Sports 2 Digital 1 Ram Vaswani GB 2 Sami Yusuf GB Qual 3 Ben Grundy GB 4 John Duthie 5 Shelley Mullett GB Qual 6 Antonio Esfandiari USA 7 JP Kelly GB 8 Keith Hawkins PROGRAMME 7: Broadcast Tuesday 13th March 2007 @ 22:00 Sky Sports 2 Digital 1 Martin Wendt DEN 2 Robert Williamson III USA 3 Roland de Wolfe GB 4 Tony Bloom GB 5 Christer Johansson SWE 6 Stuart Fox GB 7 Ben Roberts GB 8 Russ Taylor GB Qual regards Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: AndrewT on January 17, 2007, 04:01:21 PM Will there be any non-Sky broadcast of this at any time, for us Freeview people?
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: bobby1 on January 17, 2007, 04:05:23 PM Will there be any non-Sky broadcast of this at any time, for us Freeview people? Sorry Andrew, I don't know the answer to that. Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: AndrewT on January 17, 2007, 04:10:27 PM Will there be any non-Sky broadcast of this at any time, for us Freeview people? Sorry Andrew, I don't know the answer to that. It probably won't be as good this year anyway - the line up's not quite as interesting for me as last year's... Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: bobby1 on January 17, 2007, 04:30:04 PM Will there be any non-Sky broadcast of this at any time, for us Freeview people? Sorry Andrew, I don't know the answer to that. It probably won't be as good this year anyway - the line up's not quite as interesting for me as last year's... We missed you mate, next year its yours i reckon. Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Royal Flush on January 17, 2007, 05:28:25 PM Phil i finally watched that DVD you gave me the other day (both my dvd drives were broken so new laptop it was) great game it was, would love to watch this years but i have no sky, will have to nick the final of you again in a few months!
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: booder on January 17, 2007, 05:34:39 PM perhaps ironside will provide a link to download the shows
Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: Ironside on January 18, 2007, 02:08:45 AM perhaps ironside will provide a link to download the shows i can only do that with the copyright owners permission as i dont want to get into legal trouble if bobby1 can get me that permission then i would be more than willing Title: Re: Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week.... Post by: bobby1 on January 18, 2007, 07:03:19 AM I will ask mate.
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