As if the Fall Classic and the second WPT Montreal weren’t enough, this week we’re also hosting the taping of the Premier League VII which starts today in the massive set that has been built in the Tournament Hall.
The Premier League is one of the greatest TV poker formats ever invented. Take a huge buy-in, a small roster of star players and a series of one-table tournaments and put them together and you get an amazing event with a huge prize pool guaranteed to entertain.
This year’s roster includes a few greats we know well at Playground: our friends (and Players Club members) Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, Brian Rast and Jeff Gross are all in the lineup and ready to play for the championship. There are also some legendary players we haven’t seen before: Vanessa Selbst, Scott Seiver, and Daniel “Jungleman” Cates, each of whom brings their best every time they sit at a table.
Rounding out the lineup are Montreal’s reigning crown prince Jonathan Duhamel, Super-Rec player Daniel Shak (a so-called “recreational” player with almost $6M in career tourney winnings), Jason Koon, Sorel Mizzi, and wunderkind Dan “mrGR33N13” Colman. If there’s one thing this format has proven in the past it’s that anyone can win, and there are likely to be fireworks along the way!
Action gets started at 6pm tonight when Match 1 gets underway featuring Gross, Esfandiari, Jungleman, Mizzi, Koon, Rast, Colman and Seiver. “League” matches will continue every day through Monday November 25.
For highlights of the Matchup Draw and launch party last night, plus a full list of the league matches, check out the story at CanadaPoker.com: PartyPoker Hosts WPT Montreal Party as Premier League VII Matchups are Drawn.