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 program 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 programs, Sky will also be repeating
the each show at various times the following day (every Thursday).