FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION VIII OFF WITH A BANG TOMORROW
The first six heats of the FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million VIII take place on July 15-17 at Sky Sports studios – with some massive names in action and live reporting available on
www.MatchroomPoker.com.
The first two heats on Wednesday feature WSOPE bracelet winner Annette Obrestad, Women’s World Open II champion Soroya Homam and “Crazy Horse” Ram Vaswani in the opening heat with online sensation Luke “FullFlush1” Schwartz, the mouth from Down Under Tony G and inaugural Poker Million winner John Duthie taking part in heat two.
Day two sees Hendon Mob man Ross Boatman, Richard “Chufty” Ashby and former finalists Mel Judah (2006) and Tony Bloom (2000/2003) in heat three, followed by European Open V winner Roberto Romanello, 2007 WSOP final tablist Lee Watkinson and The Gentleman Liam Flood in heat four.
The final heats on Friday include 2007 champion Joe Beevers, WSOP bracelet winner Roland De Wolfe, Nam Le and John Tabatabai in heat five, with heat six featuring Chino Rheem, James Akenhead and Juha Helppi. The last action of this first round of heats is on Friday afternoon, where following the sixth heat, the six runners up from this week will get a second chance to make the semi-finals in a Turbo Heat.
The winners of the first six heats take each other on in the first semi-final on October 9, with the second semi-final made up of the winners of the second set of six heats, taking place on October 6-8 at Sky Sports studios, and the final televised live in December.
Eddie Hearn, Managing Director of Matchroom Sport commented: “This year’s Poker Million boasts an electric line up and an eclectic mix of the games great players and personalities. There isn’t one heat that doesn’t make the mouth water and TV viewers around the world are in for a real treat when the broadcast gets underway later this year.”
Heat One – July 15
Ram Vaswani, Mike McDonald, Julian Gardner, Annette Obrestad, Soraya Homam, Full Tilt Poker qualifier
Heat Two – July 15
Bill Edler, Mark Vos, Luke Schwartz, Tony G, John Duthie, Matthew Denmark (Full Tilt Poker Qualifier)
Heat Three – July 16
Ross Boatman, Ali Sarkeshik, Richard Ashby, Mel Judah, Tony Bloom, Full Tilt Poker qualifier
Heat Four – July 16
Roberto Romanello, Lee Watkinson, Marco Traniello, Paul Zimbler, Liam Flood, Adam Carey (Full Tilt Poker qualifier)
Heat Five – July 17
Joe Beevers, Joao Barbosa, Roland De Wolfe, Nam Le, John Tabatabai, Full Tilt Poker qualifier
Heat Six – July 17
Gavin Smith, Andy Bloch, James Akenhead, Chino Rheem, Juha Helppi, Full Tilt Poker qualifier
First Turbo Heat – July 17
Heats seven – twelve October 6-8
Second Turbo Heat – October 8
Semi-finals – October 9
Final – live in December
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