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PREMIER LEAGUE
EUROPEAN OPEN
POKER MILLION
POKER OPEN
WORLD OPEN
WOMEN'S WORLD OPEN
SPORTS STARS CHALLENGE
POKER DEN - THE BIG GAME
POKER DOME
WINNING POKER
SUPERSTARS OF POKER
PARTYPOKER.COM PREMIER LEAGUE POKER
Event:
Premier League Poker.
Dates:
February.
TV Hours:
15 x 2 Hour Highlights.
Format:
The ground-breaking Premier League Poker is back bigger and better with twelve of the best players in the World competing in a unique league format for a whopping $1,000,000 prize fund.
Each player plays six times and at the end of the league matches the top four progress to the final and the next four battle it out heads up and the two winners take the final two players at the final table.
The buy-in is set at $60,000, making a total of $480,000 to play for in the group match stages and each player plays six times in tables of six. There are 9 points for a win, 5 for a second place finish, 3 for third, 2 for fourth, 1 for fifth and nothing for being first man out, with each point being worth $2,000.
The top four players move onto the final table and the next four will battle it out in heads up matches for the remaining two final table spots. This is where over $500,000 comes into play. The winner’s share is $250,000, the runner up receives $120,000, third place is worth $60,000, fourth takes $40,000, the fifth placed finisher gets $30,000 and the first man out receives $20,000.
Prize Fund:
$1,000,000.
Nations Represented:
England, Ireland, USA, Australia, Finland, Russia, Holland, Germany.
Venue:
Stratford, London UK.
Inaugural Year:
2007.
Previous Winners:
Juha Helppi (FIN), Andy Black (IRE)
PARTYPOKER.COM EUROPEAN OPEN
Dates:
February.
TV Hours:
17 x 2 hour highlights.
Format:
One of Matchroom Sport’s marquee poker events, the European Open sees 72 players play in 12 heats with a $7,000 buy in. The winners advance to the semi-finals, and the top three from each semi progress to the final. The European Open has always proved a big hit with the players and the $200,000 first prize helps.
Prize Fund:
$504,000.
Nations Represented:
Over 20 countries from around the world.
Venue:
3 Mills Studios, London.
Inaugural Year:
2005.
Previous Winners:
A Manfredini, Ian Frazer, Liam Flood, Nick Slade.
Archive:
2005 to 2007, 96 Hours.
FULLTILTPOKER.COM POKER MILLION
Dates:
July to December.
TV Hours:
17 x 2 Hour Highlights, 3 x 4 Hours Live Semis and Final.
Format:
Europe’s most prestigious tournament returns for the eighth time as 74 of the world’s leading players hope to land the bank-breaking $1,000,000 first prize. Players in all 12 heats will receive a second chance whereby the runners-up will go into the turbo heat and the winners advance into the semi-finals.
The final is played out live with coverage coming from the gala dinner to which all beaten finalists and eventually the winner return.
Prize Fund:
$1,940,000.
Nations Represented:
Over 20 countries from around the world.
Venue:
Sky Sports Studios, Isleworth.
Inaugural Year:
2000.
Previous Winners:
John Duthie, Jimmy White, Donnacha O’Dea, Tony Jones, Raj Modha, Joe Beevers.
Archive:
2000 to 2006, 146 Hours.
888.COM POKER OPEN
Dates:
October and November
TV Hours:
24 x 2 hour highlights.
Format:
The 888.com Poker Open returns for its fifth year with 108 players all battling out for the $250,000 first prize. With a $6,000 entry fee, the field is made up of 64 top professional poker players from across Europe, 36 online qualifiers and eight poker-crazy celebrities. The mix of professionals, online qualifiers and celebrities certainly produces some excellent poker which makes it one of the most exciting tournaments on the calendar.
Prize Fund:
$648,000.
Nations Represented:
Over 20 countries from around the world.
Venue:
Maidstone, Kent, UK.
Inaugural Year:
2004.
Previous Winners:
Matthew Stevens, Ian Frazer, Marek Kolk, Andrew Feldman.
Archive:
2004 to 2007, 142 Hours.
PARTYPOKER.COM WORLD OPEN
Event:
World Open.
Dates:
April/May 2009.
TV Hours:
17 x 2 hour highlights.
Format:
Since its inception, the World Open has proved a big hit with the players. With the growth of the game online now reaching epidemic levels, the field for the World Open features computer-based qualifiers and top pros from all four corners of the globe.
72 players compete in 12 heats with each winner progressing to the semi finals. The runners-up in each heat then have a second chance to make the semi finals, as they take part in the runners-up turbo heat with the winner from both heats going to the semis. Successful players then moved forward to the semi-final tables and with $250,000 going to the winner from the total prize fund of $576,000, the World Open is establishing itself as one of the leading televised poker events in the world.
Prize Fund:
$576,000.
Nations Represented:
Great Britain, Ireland, USA, Finland, Germany, Denmark.
Venue:
3 Mills Studios, London.
Inaugural Year:
2004.
Previous Winners:
Lee Nelson, Pippa Flanders, Anthony Hardy, Marty Smyth.
PARTYPOKER.COM WOMEN'S WORLD OPEN
Dates:
October.
TV Hours:
8 x 2 hour highlights.
Format:
36 of the finest female players from around the world battle to see who will be the queen of poker. The winner will pick up a cool $50,000 from the $108,000 total prize fund.
Prize Fund:
$108,000.
Nations Represented:
Great Britain, USA, Ireland.
Venue:
3 Mills Studios, London.
Inaugural Year:
2007.
Previous Winners:
Beverly Pace, Aisling Collins.
PARTYPOKER.COM SPORTS STARS CHALLENGE
Dates:
May, 2009.
TV Hours:
8 x 2 hour highlights.
Format:
One thing that unites the many strata of professional sports is the stars’ enduring love of poker, which is why Matchroom Sport brought them all together for an exciting concept in poker programming. Stars from the worlds of football, snooker, cricket, darts, rugby and TV presenters play at the famous Poker Den and try to win the £20,000 first prize. Initially, six players from each sport compete with the winner of each table moving forward to the big money final game.
Prize Fund:
£77,000.
Nations Represented:
England, Australia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Holland.
Venue:
3 Mills Studios, London.
Inaugural Year:
2006.
Previous Winners:
Austin Healey, Ken Doherty, Kara Scott.
Archive:
2006 to 2007, 32 Hours.
PARTYPOKER.COM POKER DEN - THE BIG GAME
Dates:
October
TV Hours:
8 x 2 hour highlights.
Format:
Ground-breaking programming from the Matchroom Sport stable, the Poker Den Big Game is real poker from the back streets of London’s East End as a colourful cast of characters play Texas Hold ‘Em for the strictly cash only winner-takes-all pot. This is poker returning to its roots.
Nations Represented:
England, Australia, Ireland, Italy, Holland, USA.
Venue:
3 Mills Studios, London.
Inaugural Year:
2006.
MANSION.COM POKER DOME
Dates:
March 2006.
TV Hours:
16 x 2 hour highlights.
Format:
A mixture of online qualifiers and professional take to the table where time is of the essence – it’s all about speed. The eventual winner will pick up a cheque for $1,000,000.
Prize Fund:
$1,450,000.
Nations Represented:
England, Australia, Canada, Scotland.
Venue:
Las Vegas.
Inaugural Year:
2006.
Previous Winners:
Rodal Tuazon.
PARTYPOKER.COM WINNING POKER
TV Hours:
6 x 30 Minute Highlights.
Format:
Poker has never been bigger. Millions of players of all levels of ability try their hands regularly online and the world wide tournament circuit offers tens of millions of dollars in prize money to the successful players.
In addition television producers like Matchroom Sport create ever more exciting TV tournaments with prize funds going through the roof. The big question then for poker players all over the world is how to become a poker millionaire.
Top professionals Tony G and Noah Boeken attempt to show you how in this innovative series that takes you through the A to Z of becoming a high stakes poker professional.
Introduced by the ‘Voice of Poker’ Jesse May, this instructional programming looks at how to play all the major hands as well as avoiding the pitfalls as you seek to build your stack.
All major strategies are examined as G and Boeken, with a wealth of top level experience between them, attempt to give you the arsenal required to become a poker millionaire.
SUPERSTARS OF POKER
TV Hours:
Superstars of Poker I – 12 x 1 Hour Highlights
Superstars of Poker II – 36 x 1 Hour Highlights
Superstars of Poker III – 36 1 Hour Highlights
Format:
Doyle Brunson, TJ Cloutier, Johnny Chan – these are the legendary names of
tournament poker. World Series winners and players who made millions from poker before the game exploded into the mainstream over the past five years.
The Superstars of Poker series brings them all together in a high stakes televised series that showcases these icons of poker at their best.
Barry Greenstein, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer and Gus Hansen are some of the other genuine superstars of the game that make this series compelling viewing.
With a $1.6 million prize-fund, including $500,000 going to the winner, the Superstars of Poker is not for the faint-hearted as the very best players in the world pull off every move, bluff and raise to gain an advantage and edge their way towards the winner’s pot.
The Superstars of Poker totals 84 x one-hour shows but comes as three separate series.
TO find out about broadcasting any of our poker programmes, contact Karen Manzi, Matchroom Sport's Head of Television Sales, on +44 1869 340940