A CHANCE TO PLAY THE PROS
6 November 2009
New television show will pit online players
against sports celebrities and poker aces
November 2nd will see he advent of a new poker show on
Sky Sports television in the UK, sponsored by the giant
online poker provider PokerStars.com.
Branded
'Bounty Stars of Poker' and filmed by Emblaze
Productions, the show takes amateur online qualifiers
from PokerStars.com into a live TV environment where
they will have to beat other members of the public to
progress to the next stage of the show.
If
successful, the online qualifier will then face either a
Team PokerStars pro or a sporting celebrity for a GBP 5
000 cash prize. Players won't know who they will face
until they take their seat at the table.
The
sportsmen who will be standing between the amateur
players and a cash windfall are ex-England test
cricketer and former 'King of the Jungle' Phil Tufnell,
England rugby star and talented poker player Mike
Tindall, and Welsh football legend Gary Speed.
The Team PokerStars pros include Peter Eastgate, 2008
WSOP Champion; Victoria Coren, the first woman to win a
European Poker Tour event and Marcel Luske, one of
Europe's most feared and respected players.
Commenting on the new show, Coren said, "This is an
excellent opportunity for previously unknown poker
players to make a name for themselves and play against
some of the best in the business.
"The
PokerStars Bounty Stars of Poker will expose these guys
to the unique pressures of playing in a live environment
with thousands watching."
The first episode airs
on Sky Sports 2 at 22h00 on Monday, 2nd November 2009.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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