GIBRALTAR, January 22 /PRNewswire/ --     PartyPoker.com is excited to announce the return of PartyPoker.com
Premier League Poker in February. The groundbreaking format developed by
Matchroom Sport, features 12 of the world's best players playing in a unique
league for a US$1 million prize pool. The event takes place at 3 Mills Studio,
London between 10th - 16th February and will be first broadcast on Channel 4
in the UK in late March.

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With a system developed especially to showcase the legendary poker
prowess of each player, they 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. Each player
will buy-in for US$60,000, with PartyPoker.com adding US$280,000 to make the 
pool US$1 million, up from US$500,000 last year. Nine of the twelve players 
from 2007's successful event return with the new faces being "Flying 
Dutchman" Marcel Luske, Annie Duke and Russia's Alexander Kravchenko. As 
before, eleven-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth will lead a top field 
that also includes Dave 'The Devilfish' Ulliott, Tony G, Andy Black, Ian 
Fraser, Roland De Wolfe, Vicky Coren, Juha Helppi and Eddy Scharf.

Bookmakers http://www.partybets.com has opened a market on the tournament
and make Devilfish the 5-1 favourite. Last year, Finland's Juha Helppi won the
title on his birthday, with Scharf finishing second and Hellmuth third.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: "Premier League Poker was an outstanding
success last year with both players and viewers. Devilfish's recent form
makes him the favourite to win, a status that he is bound to embrace much to
the annoyance of Hellmuth and Tony G."

Eddie Hearn, Poker Director of Matchroom Sport said: "We are delighted
to announce the line up for Premier League Poker II. It's great to welcome
back the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Devilfish, Tony G and last year's champion
Juha Helppi and we are also thrilled that Annie Duke, Marcel Luske and Alex
Kravchenko will be joining the field. This is one of the strongest line up's
assembled in poker and with the buy in increased to US$60,000, coupled with
vast international tv distribution, Premier League Poker is now established
the as the world's leading televised poker event."

Before filming of the event gets underway on Sunday 10th February there
is a pre-tournament party on the evening of Saturday 9th February at the
Montague on the Gardens Hotel in Bloomsbury, London. PartyPoker.com and
Matchroom Sport also have a limited number of hotel rooms to give away to
media who are interested in attending.

2008 Prize Money Breakdown
    Final Table (US$520,000)

    Winner US$250,000
    Runner-Up US$120,000
    Third US$60,000
    Fourth US$40,000 Fifth US$30,000
    Sixth US$20,000

    2008 Prize Money Breakdown
    League Stage (US$480,000) 12 Matches

    Winner US$18000 x 12
    Runner-Up US$10000 x 12
    Third US$6000 x 12
    Fourth US$4000 x 12
    Fifth US$2000 x 12
    Sixth US$0



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