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PARTYPOKER.COM WOMEN’S WORLD OPEN III UNDERWAY IN LONDON

Mai 24, 2009

London — 24th May 2009 — The http://www.partypoker.com/ Women’s World Open III is underway in London! The popular Matchroom Sport organized tournament sees 36 players from around the world battle it out for a $108,000 prize pool in the $3,000 buy-in event and runs until Wednesday 27th May. The winner takes home a cool $50,000. Live reporting can be found at: http://www.matchroompokerforum.co.uk/

Favourites for the opening heat are PartyPoker.com Premier League III star and inaugural WSOP Europe winner Annette Obrestad and Germany’s Christine Klecz, while heat two sees Academy Award nominated actress and WSOP bracelet holder Jennifer Tilly and the UK’s Jen Mason in action.

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “We’re up and running and Annette is already making her presence felt. This third running of the tournament undoubtedly features its strongest line-up yet.”

Other players taking part in the event include EPT Dortmund champion Sandra Naujoks, UK Women’s Poker Tour Champion Lynne Beaumont, Late Night Poker finalist Maria Demetriou and Veronique Gordon. Recent additions to the line-up include European Ladies champion Liv Boeree, Sweden’s Cecilia Nordenstram, Japan’s Kim Wooka, France’s Lise ‘The Pink Lady’ Vigezzi, Ireland’s Colette Murphy and Polish boxing champion Agnieska Rylik. There are four specially invited players from PartyPoker.com’s VIP club, http://www.palladiumlounge.com/

Back to defend her title is Women’s World Open II champion Soraya Homam from Germany, who is joined by fellow 2008 final table participants Stefanie Bergener, Spain’s May Maceiras and Eliza Burnett. 46-year-old German poker professional Homam, a veteran on the circuit from Frankfurt, danced a jig with delight after she beat fellow German Bergener in an epic heads-up match to scoop $50,000 and the title. The UK’s Beverley Pace won the inaugural Women’s World Open I title.

The tournament features six six-seater heats with one six seat runner-up heat. The final table will feature seven players. Commentary will be led by Jesse May, who will be joined by Annette Obrestad. The action will be broadcast on Five in the UK later this year and then distributed internationally. A limited number of qualifiers took place with Equal Chance, International Club and the Eglinton Casino in Galway all running satellites.

PARTYPOKER.COM WOMEN’S WORLD OPEN II – London 3rd – 6th October 2008

1st – SORAYA HOMAM (GER) $50,000

2nd – STEFANIE BERGENER (GER) $22,000

3rd – MAY MACEIRAS (ESP) $14,000

4th – ELIZA BURNETT (UK) $10,000

5th – MICHELLE ORPE (UK) $7,000

6th – KYLA KALMAR (UK) $5,000

PARTYPOKER WOMEN’S WORLD OPEN I –  London –  7th -10th August 2007

1st BEVERLEY PACE (UK) $50,000

2nd JEN MASON (UK) $22,000

3rd MARIA DEMETRIOU (UK) $14,000

4th BRONWYN CAMPBELL (CAN) $10,000

5th JACKIE VASWANI (UK) $7,000

6th KARA SCOTT (UK) $5,000

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