Chili Plays with the Big Boys......TONIGHT.

Pardon me for not having the time to "de-corporate-ise" this incoming e-Mail from the aptly named Warren Lush, but the gist of the message is this - Chili takes on the Big Boys in the Late Night Poker Semi-Final, TONIGHT, on TV.

Does she have the minerals? that's the question. The winner - & ONLY the winner - advances to the Final.

Those that know the result, please keep schtum, until after it's been broadcast, thanks.

SEMI-FINAL OF PARTYPOKER LATE NIGHT POKER ON TUESDAY NIGHT

Gibraltar – 2nd March 2008 -- PartyPoker Late Night Poker is approaching the end of its run on screens on Channel 4 in the UK and Tuesday night/Wednesday morning at 12.10am sees the semi-final of the event followed by two episodes covering the final on March 11th and March 18th.

The semi-final features the runners-up from all seven heats vying for one place in the Grand Final. The line-up features top UK player Maria Demetriou, ‘Flying Dutchman’ Marcel Luske, WSOP bracelet holder Praz Bansi, Polish television presenter Agnieszka Rylik, Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin, France’s Pascal Perrault and former champion Simon Trumper.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The semi-final line-up is very strong. Every single player was desperate to gain the prestige of making the final of the event that started it all.”

The heat winners who have already secured their place in the final include serial televised tournament winner Ian Frazer, German bracelet holder and 2007 Premier League runner-up Eddy Scharf, Surinder ‘The Cobra’ Sunar, WPT and EPT champion Roland de Wolfe, Swedish online qualifier Andreas Jörbeck, 2008 Premier League winner Andy Black and 2007 Late Night Poker Masters champion David Tighe. Amongst those who failed to make the final or semi-final include Dave “The Devilfish” Ulliott, man of the moment Julian Thew, WSOP Europe winner Annette Obrestad, Ram Vaswani, Padraig Parkinson, Barny Boatman, Joe Beevers, Donnacha O’Dea, Robert Williamson III, Jen Mason and Jon Kalmar.

Late Night Poker revolutionised people’s perception of poker when the tournament was first broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999 and was the first to use under the table cameras. The total prize pool for 2008 is $335,000 ($90,000 added by PartyPoker) with $125,000 going to the eventual winner. There were 49 players paying a $5000 including ten online qualifiers who won their seats in exclusive online tournaments on PartyPoker.

Coverage of the event was filmed by Presentable and is presented by Vicky Coren, with Thomas Kremser the Tournament Director. Presentable also produced the coverage of the successful PartyPoker Poker Nations Cup event for Channel 4 which takes place again in April.

PP.com LNP 2008 – THE LINE UP

HEAT 1 15/1

Ian Frazer

Simon Trumper

Roy Brindley

Karl Mahrenholz

Jen Mason

Bo Sehlstedt

Tom O’Shea ( Qualifier )

HEAT 2 22/1

Eddy Scharf

Jac Arama

Julian Thew

Kevin O’Connell

Maria Demetriou

Martin Wendt

Ketul Nathwani ( Qualifier )

HEAT 3 29/1

Marcel Luske

Koroush

Surinder Sunar

Jon Kalmar

Annette Obrestad

Robert Williamson III

Henric Olander ( Qualifier )

HEAT 4 5/2

Roland de Wolfe

Marc Goodwin

Michael Keiner

Padraig Parkinson

Dave Colclough

Erik Andrén ( Qualifier )

Marian Thissen ( Qualifier )

HEAT 5 12/2

Joe Beevers

Liam Flood

Rene Mouritsen

Agnieszka Rylik

Dave Ulliott

Andreas Jörbeck ( Qualifier )

Jon Parsons ( Qualifier )

HEAT 6 19/2

Ram Vaswani

Andy Black

Paul Jackson

Maud Mulder

Praz Bansi

Anders Henriksson

Tobias Reinkemeier ( Qualifier )

HEAT 7 26/2

Barny Boatman

Donnacha O’Dea

David Tighe

Pascal Perrault

Xuyen Pham

James Close ( Qualifier )

Paul Kristoffersson ( Qualifier )

SEMI-FINAL 4/3

Simon Trumper

Maria Demetriou

Marcel Luske

Marc Goodwin

Agnieszka Rylik

Praz Bansi

Pascal Perrault