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Tuesday 19th July 2005

William Hill Announce First Major Poker Table Tournament

Top British Bookmaker William Hill announced today that they are to launch the William Hill Grand Prix Poker Tournament, which is good news in an industry that is becoming swamped with 'fast and furious tournament' scheduling.

The William Hill Grand Prix, which will take place between 17th and 25th October, is William Hill's first move to a major table tournament. With over �100,000 of the sponsors money being added to the players stakes, it creates a prize pool of �450,000, with the winner scooping a clear �150,000.

Only the leading players in the poker world will be invited in to the William Hill Grand Prix, as the whole concept behind the tournament is to put the skill back into the technical game, and move away from a 'blind structure' that is made for speed.

The William Hill Grand Prix will be structured with 7 heats of 8 people at each table, comprising 8 online qualifiers and 48 top international poker professionals. All entrants will be allowed to wear logos and branded merchandise.

Presentable Ltd, responsible for the Late Night Poker series, has been contracted by William Hill to produce the programme which is scheduled for airing in early December 2005 on the Poker 425 programme on Sky TV.

Source: OnlineCasinoNews

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