Late Night Poker Returns to the UK on Tuesday 26th September at Midnight on Channel 4; Legendary Series to Run for 10 Weeks

PartyPoker.com is proud to announce that the tournament coverage that many believe kick-started poker on television is back. Late Night Poker will return to screens on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on the 26th September at midnight with coverage of PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Ace 2 and PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Masters.

GIBRALTAR (PRWEB) September 20, 2006

PartyPoker.com is proud to announce that the tournament coverage that many believe kick-started poker on television is back. Late Night Poker will return to screens on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on the 26th September at midnight with coverage of PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Ace 2 and PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Masters.

Late Night Poker Ace 2 is the search for the world’s best amateur poker player. 32 qualifiers make-up the final tournament tables from online qualifiers. Late Night Poker Masters pits the top eight amateurs from Late Night Poker Ace 2 against 24 specially invited top professionals, including players from the original Late Night Poker Series. Amongst those taking part are The Hendon Mob, Marcel Luske, Peter Costa, Tony G, Kenna James, Surinder Sunar and Ken Lennard.

The commentary team for both events is Jesse May, Simon Trumper and Barny Boatman and the programme is presented by Victoria Coren. The total prize pool for both Late Night Poker Ace 2 and the Masters is $410,000, with $50,000 going to the winner of Late Night Poker Ace 2 and $100,000 going to the eventual winner of the Masters.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said, “The gap between the abilities of the pros and amateurs is narrowing all the time. There are some truly remarkable hands, lay downs and table banter in this series.”

PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Ace (2nd series)

The search for the world’s best amateur poker player

The competition was open to any amateur poker player. Qualification was exclusively online at PartyPoker.com. The field was narrowed down to 32 players who won through to the televised tournament.

Tournament structure

4 heats. 8 players in each heat.

1 final. 8 players

The winner and runner-up from each heat win their buy-in to the Late Night Poker Masters and go through to the final of Late Night Poker Ace

The winner of Late Night Poker Ace wins $50,000

PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Masters

A new competition that pits the 8 best amateur poker players, who’ve won through from Late Night Poker Ace, against top professionals.

24 Professional poker players were chosen from amongst the best Late Night Poker stars, and current top international players. Buy-in of $5,000

Tournament Structure

4 heats. 8 players in each heat – 2 amateurs, 6 invited LNP professionals.

1 Grand Final of 8 players.

The winner and runner-up from each heat go through to the final of Late Night Poker Masters (the 4 winners take more chips than the runners-up).

The Grand Final champion wins $100,000 from a total prize pool of $410,000 and the Late Night Poker Masters trophy. All finalists win substantial cash prizes.

For more information or pictures contact Warren Lush on +35078700 or via e-mail.

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