Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement that the Big Game was returning to TV screens this year PartyPoker has upped the ante with the news that the Premier League will return for its sixth renewal this spring.
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The $125,000 buy in event is set to run from March 17 to 23 at London’s swish Aspers Casino at Westfield Stratford City. Sixteen of the world’s top pros will be invited to take part in the event which will be filmed for TV broadcast later in the year.
The Premier League’s unique structure sees the 16 players split into two groups of eight. Each player plays four league matches to earn points worth $2,000 per point with the top three from each group progressing to the final table and fourth and fifth place in each group playing heads up for the final two spots.
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Aspers will also host the £1,500 buy in re-entry World Poker Tour National London from March 15 to 19.
John Scanlon of Aspers Casino Westfield Stratford City said: “We are all excited about the PartyPoker.com Premier League and PartyPoker.com WPT National London coming to Aspers Casino and believe we have something to offer poker players at all different levels.
“We will shortly publish a comprehensive schedule of events running in March very soon. We have cash games for all levels running 24/7 already and our standard tournament schedule has regular specials like Turbo and Triple Chance. It is easy to join in the fun.”
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The Premier League is the top tier of England's football pyramid, with 20 teams battling it out for the honour of being crowned English champions.
Home to some of the most famous clubs, players, managers and stadiums in world football, the Premier League is the most-watched league on the planet with one billion homes watching the action in 188 countries.
The league takes place between August and May and involves the teams playing each other home and away across the season, a total of 380 matches.
Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat, with the team with the most points at the end of the season winning the Premier League title.
The teams that finish in the bottom three of the league table at the end of the campaign are relegated to the Championship, the second tier of English football.
Those teams are replaced by three clubs promoted from the Championship; the sides that finish in first and second place and the third via the end-of-season playoffs.