PartyPoker Premier League Draw Announced
Monday, 24 November 2008
PartyPoker.com's Premier League III heats have been announced and the first begins early today.
The series features 12 of the world's best players playing in a league format. All 12 players will play six times in the preliminary stages. The leading four players will then progress to the final table with the next four battling it out in heads-up matches for the final two seats. Phil Hellmuth leads the strongest ever line-up that includes Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan, JC Tran, Nenad Medic, Devilfish, Tony G, Vicky Coren, Annette Obrestad, Roland de Wolfe, Andy Black, Juha Helppi and WSOP Main Event winner Peter Eastgate.
At the start of play season one winner Juha Helppi was the 6/1 outright favourite with PartyBets.com, with JC Tran 7/1, Nenad Medic 8/1, Tony G 8/1, Devilfish 8/1, Annette Obrestad 8/1, Tom Dwan 9/1, Phil Hellmuth 10/1, Roland de Wolfe 10/1, Peter Eastgate 12/1, Andy Black 14/1 and Vicky Coren at 16/1.
The first match today sees an interesting blend of characters including Roland De Wolfe, Peter Eastgate, Andy Black, Annette Obrestad, Dave Ulliott, and JC Tran. The other battle later this evening will see Phil Hellmuth, Tony G, Vicky Coren, Nenad Medic, Juha Helppi, and Tom Dwan come face to face.
The other 10 matches scheduled are:
Tuesday, Nov. 25 a.m.:
Roland De Wolfe
Phil Hellmuth
Nenad Medic
Annette Obrestad
Juha Helppi
Tony G
Tuesday, Nov. 25 p.m.:
Dave Ulliott
JC Tran
Peter Eastgate
Andy Black
Tom Dwan
Vicky Coren
Wednesday, Nov. 26 a.m.:
Annette Obrestad
Nenad Medic
Vicky Coren
Juha Helppi
JC Tran
Peter Eastgate
Wednesday, Nov. 26 p.m.:
Phil Hellmuth
Tony G
Dave Ulliott
Tom Dwan
Andy Black
Roland De Wolfe
Thursday, Nov. 27 a.m.:
JC Tran
Tony G
Nenad Medic
Tom Dwan
Roland de Wolfe
Phil Hellmuth
Thursday, Nov. 27 p.m.:
Dave Ulliott
Juha Helppi
Peter Eastgate
Andy Black
Annette Obrestad
Vicky Coren
Friday, Nov. 28 a.m.:
Juha Helppi
Nenad Medic
Phil Hellmuth
JC Tran
Dave Ulliott
Peter Eastgate
Friday, Nov. 28 p.m.:
Tony G
Vicky Coren
Annette Obrestad
Roland De Wolfe
Andy Black
Tom Dwan
Saturday, Nov. 29 a.m.:
Juha Helppi
Phil Hellmuth
Tony G
Annette Obrestad
Tom Dwan
Andy Black
Saturday, Nov. 29 p.m.:
Dave Ulliott
JC Tran
Nenad Medic
Peter Eastgate
Roland De Wolfe
Vicky Coren