William Hill Poker Grand Prix
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The William Hill Poker Grand Prix is a poker tournament sponsored by William Hill plc shown on Sky Sports. It features a number of professional and amateur poker players competing against each other. There have been two tournaments to date, broadcast in 2006 and 2007.
The first tournament entry fee was £6,000 (≈$10,500.) An additional £114,000 (≈$200,000.) was added to the prize pool by William Hill. A limited number of entrants qualified through online satellite tournaments.
Jesse May commentates the broadcasts on Sky Sports, with alternating support from Andrew Black and Lucy Rokach.
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[edit] Format
Seven preliminary matches are played, with the winner of each going through to the Grand Final. The second-place finisher goes through to a semi-final round, the winner of which also advances to the Grand Final, which will feature the 7 heat winners and the semi-final winner.
[edit] 2006 Tournament
| Date | Episode | Winner | Runner-Up | Other Players |
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| 17-Jan-2006 | Heat 1 | Phil Laak | John Falconer |
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| 24-Jan-2006 | Heat 2 | Pascal Perrault | Roy Brindley |
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| 31-Jan-2006 | Heat 3 | Liam Flood | Peter Costa |
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| 7-Feb-2006 | Heat 4 | Ram Vaswani | Iwan Jones |
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| 14-Feb-2006 | Heat 5 | Ken Lennaárd | Ben Roberts |
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| 21-Feb-2006 | Heat 6 | Greg Hill | Barny Boatman |
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| 28-Feb-2006 | Heat 7 | Sean Murphy | Willie Tann |
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| 7-Mar-2006 | Semi-final | Roy Brindley | Barny Boatman |
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| 14-Mar-2006 | Grand final | Phil Laak (£150,000) |
Ram Vaswani (£95,000) |
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[edit] 2007 Tournament
| Date | Episode | Winner | Runner-Up | Other Players |
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| March 2007 | Grand final | Martin Wendt (£180,000) |
Wayne Hutchins (£100,000) |
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