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PARTYPOKER.COM SPORTS STARS CHALLENGE IV UNDERWAY! ‘THE POWER’ FAILS TWICE IN A WEEK!

London – 29^h May 2009 – The http://www.partypoker.com/ Sports Stars Challenge in London is underway and runs until 1^st June. Sports stars, both past and present, have taken their seats in the hope of being crowned the ultimate sporting poker champion in the strongest and most international line-up to date. For the first time in the Matchroom Sport organised event’s history there are heats for motorsport professionals, top golfers and an online qualifier element. Live reporting can be found at: http://www.matchroompokerforum.co.uk/

The motorsport table will feature Italian F1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella and Jacques Villeneueve, while the golf heat will include both 2008 European Ryder Cup team member Graeme McDowell and Jean Van Der Velde. The international flavour permeates throughout the other heats. Football’s list of legends includes Holland’s Ronald De Boer, French World Cup winner Frank Leboeuf, Germany’s European Championship winner Thomas Helmer, Romania’s Florin Radiciou and Denmark and Liverpool legend Jan Molby. The boxing tear-up on the felt features Germany’s former unbeaten World Champion Sven Ottke, while the rugby heat will feature union’s former France and Wasps captain Raphael Ibanez.

The darts heat has already taken place with living legend Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor locking horns with the likes of Russia’s ladies champ Anastasia Dobromyslova. Taylor finished runner-up for the second time in a week after being sunk by 34-year-old unemployed road builder Jason Brennan from London. Earlier in the week Taylor lost his Premier League semi-final to Mervyn King in a result that shocked the sport.

Brennan, who came through a field of a staggering 140,000 players online to win his freeroll seat in the tournament picked up £7,000 for winning the heat and a place at the final table. “This is a godsend,” he said. “I’m going to buy some fish and a fish tank, Phil certainly wasn’t one though.”

‘The Power’ was gracious after being sunk for the second time in a week “Two defeats in a week is hard to take! I’m also gutted about this one! It was a good game and fair play to Jason, it was his first time on TV and he was great so good luck to him.”

PartyPoker.com players had the chance to win a seat through a freeroll in the sports heat of their choice. The sports were football (two heats), rugby (union and league combined), motorsport, boxing, darts and golf. Motorsport and boxing are on Saturday and there’s a football double-header on Sunday.

The winner of Sports Stars Challenge I was former rugby union star Austin Healey, while the second instalment saw victory for Irish snooker champion Ken Doherty. Last year’s winner was television presenter Kara Scott, who used the tournament as the starting point for a breakthrough successful year on the circuit that also included big cashes at the WSOP Main Event and Irish Open. Scott won £20,000 after defeating Manchester United football legend Norman Whiteside heads-up. There is no presenter heat in the new format this year.

The winner of each of the seven heats will take their seat at the final table, where seven players will battle it out until one of them walks away with the title. Each player sits down with 2,000 chips with the heat winner getting £7,000. The overall winner receives £20,000 with second getting £10,000 and third receiving £5,000.

Coverage of the event will be aired in the UK later this year on Sky Sports and then distributed internationally. Jesse May leads the commentary.

PARTYPOKER.COM SPORTS STARS CHALLENGE III – Three Mills Studios – February 2008

1^st Kara Scott (Presenter) £20,000

2^nd Norman Whiteside (Football) £10,000

3^rd Gladstone Small (Cricket) £5,000

4^th Steve Davis (Snooker)

5^th Brad Drew (Rugby League)

6^th Wayne Mardle (Darts)

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