Wm Hill GP 2 Comes to your TV next week....

[TightEnd]

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!

[Jim-D]

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!!

[Royal Flush]

I went and watched that heat, most amusing.

[littlemissC]

did peter play flushy? he told me he might be back in vegas.

[Royal Flush]

he was a no show. As was Brian Wilson.

Peter Roche played as did.....i can't remember.

[TightEnd]

well thats the last time I copy and paste a Hills press release, harrumph....quoting the wrong players playing....harrumph

[byronkincaid]

stunning luxury penthouse location

really?

[AndrewT]

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'.

[TightEnd]

but on the top floor, right?

[ifm]

Whatever happened with the Ken Lennaard saga?

[Ginger]

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!!!

[Ginger]

And if I remember correctly, Brian didn't show as he lost his passport! LOL

[Acidmouse]

I do hope Jeff Lisandro puts his ante in each round *sorry wsop joke*

Those look some awsome lineup's.

[Indestructable]

Can't wait, looks some great line ups on this.

[Canuck]

I do hope Jeff Lisandro puts his ante in each round *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