PKR Poker Announces Heads Up Grand Slam Draw
Online poker room PKR will be hosting the first ever PKR Heads Up Grand Slam tournament which will pit some of the best poker players in the world against each other. The stars will be battling for the $100,000 first place prize. PKR recently announced the first round draw for the competition.
After the pros compete the winners will be placed in another draw and those players will compete against each other in heads up play in the second round. Matchroom Managing Director Eddie Hearn commented "There are some really exciting clashes lined up for the first round of the PKR Heads Up Grand Slam, but it's also interesting to see what could happen as the tournament develops. In the top half of the draw, if Annette can overcome Ian Frazer and John Tabatabai can defeat the Devilfish, then they could meet in the second round for a rematch of the 2007 WSOPE final.”
“The winner could face WSOP Champ Peter Eastgate in the quarter finals whilst Tony G and Ilari 'Ziigimund' Sahamies could face off in the other quarter final. In the bottom half, Phil Laak or James Sudworth could face a tough test in the second round against Ivan Demidov, and Full Flush and Durrrr may well meet in the semis. The connotations are endless but each match will carry plenty of drama.”
Below is the first round matchups for the competition:
Peter Eastgate v Vicky Coren
Juha Helppi v PKR Qualifier
John Tabatabai v Devilfish
Ian Frazer v Annette Obrestad
Theo Tran v Ziigmund
PKR Qualifier v Antonio Esfandiari
Tony G V Jennifer Tilly
Sandra Naujoks v Sammy George
Nam Le v Lex Veldhuis
Luke Schwartz v Yevgeniy Timoshenko
PKR Qualifier v Ivan Demidov
Phil Laak v James Sudworth
Tom Dwan v John Duthie
Praz Bansi v J C Tran
PKR Qualifier v David Williams