SOURCE: William Hill

A Poker Tournament sponsored by William Hill will take place from October 17th to October 25th 2005 inclusive. This Tournament will have a total prize fund of £450,000 with £150,000 going to the overall winner. Presentable Ltd. based in Cardiff will film the show for television.

Basic Tournament Outline

The Tournament will be structured with 7 heats of 8 people at each table making the total number of players 56. The players will be made up from:

* 8 on-line qualifiers from the William Hill site - satellites to begin July 18th
* 48 Top international poker professionals

The player buy-in is £6k with William Hill adding an additional £114k to make the total prize pool £450k. The winner will take home £150k.

The winner of each heat will earn a place at the final table. A semi-final table will host the runners up from each of the heats. The winner of the semi-final will earn a place at the final table hence the final will be for 8 players. The filming of the heats, semi-final and final will take place within a continuous period during October 2005 from the 17th to 25th with one event filmed per day. The venue will be a studio location near Cardiff in the UK specially tailored to the filming of a poker tournament.

William Hill Grand Prix On-Line Qualifier Key Dates

On-line Satellites will commence from 18th July The First Qualifying Event will be 31st July Qualifiers run until 18th September