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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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An amateur poker tournament in progress. ... The William Hill logo William Hill plc is one of the two largest bookmakers in the United Kingdom alongside Ladbrokes, which is owned by Hilton Group plc. ... Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of 9 channels. ... A game of Texas holdem, currently the most popular form of poker, in progress. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...


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. Jesse May (born July 28th 1980) is a poker commentator. ... Andrew (Andy) Black (born 20 July 1965) is a poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who presently resides in Dublin. ... Lucy Rokach is a professional poker player, regarded as one of the top female players in Europe. ...

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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.


2006 Tournament

Date Episode Winner Runner-Up Other Players
17-Jan-2006 Heat 1 Phil Laak John Falconer
24-Jan-2006 Heat 2 Pascal Perrault Roy Brindley
31-Jan-2006 Heat 3 Liam Flood Peter Costa
7-Feb-2006 Heat 4 Ram Vaswani Iwan Jones
14-Feb-2006 Heat 5 Ken Lennaárd Ben Roberts
21-Feb-2006 Heat 6 Greg Hill Barny Boatman
28-Feb-2006 Heat 7 Sean Murphy Willie Tann
  • Steve Vladar
  • Carmy Banin
  • Stuart Nash
  • Donato Di Bellonia
  • Roy Silvester
  • Peter Gunnarson
7-Mar-2006 Semi-final Roy Brindley Barny Boatman
  • Peter Costa
  • Iwan Jones
  • John Falconer
  • Ben Roberts
  • Willie Tann
14-Mar-2006 Grand final Phil Laak
(£150,000)		 Ram Vaswani
(£95,000)
  • Roy Brindley (£65,000)
  • Pascal Perrault (£45,000)
  • Ken Lennaárd (£35,000)
  • Sean Murphy (£25,000)
  • Liam Flood (£20,000)
  • Greg Hill (£15,000)

Phil The Unabomber Laak (pronounced lock; born September 8, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional poker player, now residing in San Francisco, California. ... Burnley John Falconer is an English professional poker player. ... Juha Helppi (born March 4, 1977) is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki. ... David (Dave) E. El Blondie Colclough (born 4 March 1964 in Carmarthen, South Wales) is a Welsh professional poker player, now living in Birmingham, England. ... Pascal Triple P Perrault is a French professional poker player, who specialises in tournament play. ... Roy The Boy Brindley is an English professional poker player, now living in Dublin, Ireland. ... Roland De Wolfe (bottom centre) after winning the Grand Prix de Paris 2005. ... This article is about the poker player. ... Donnacha ODea is a former Irish Olympian swimmer turned professional poker player. ... Thuan Scotty Nguyen (born October 28, 1962 in Nha Trang, Vietnam) [1] is a Vietnamese American professional poker player. ... Liam Flood, nicknamed The Gentleman is an Irish professional poker player. ... Peter The Poet Costa (born January 17, 1956 in Cyprus) to Greek Cypriot parents is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Charalambos Bambos Xanthos is a Greek Cypriot hotel and restaurant owner based in London, England. ... Antonio The Magician Esfandiari (born Amir Esfandiari, December 8, 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a professional poker player. ... Xuyen Bad Girl Pham (born in Vietnam) is an English professional poker player. ... John Shipley is an English professional poker player from Solihull, West Midlands. ... Ram Crazy Horse Vaswani (also known as Ram The Looks Vaswani) (born c. ... Julian Yo-Yo Thew is an English professional poker player based in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. ... Andrew (Andy) Black (born 20 July 1965) is a poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who presently resides in Dublin. ... Joe The Elegance Beevers (born 9 December 1967 in London) is an English professional poker player and a member of The Hendon Mob. ... John Large Kabbaj is an English professional poker player, referred to by The Hendon Mob as their unofficial fifth member. ... Ken Richard Douglas Top Hat Lennaárd (born May 29, 1971) is a Swedish professional poker player, based in Stockholm. ... Gentleman Ben Roberts (born 3 November 1956) is an English professional poker player based in London. ... Surinder Sunar (born April 1, 1959 in Dhinpur Punjab, India) is an English professional poker player based in Wolverhampton, who first gained fame as a two-time finalist (seasons 1 and 5) in the Late Night Poker television series. ... Tony The Lizard Bloom (born 20 March 1970) is a professional poker player from London, England. ... Neil Bad Beat Channing (born 9 December 1967) is an English professional poker player and author based in London. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Christer Johansson (born July 30 in Stockholm) is a Swedish professional sports better and poker player, based in Malmö. Johansson started by playing draw poker with his family, but now concentrates on texas hold em. ... Brian Rookie Wilson (born 1968?) is an American real estate developer and poker player, originally from Rockford, Illinois, now based in Fort Myers, Florida. ... Jani Sointula is a Finnish professional poker player from Helsinki. ... Patrik Antonius (born December 13, 1980) is a Finnish professional poker player, former tennis player/coach, and model from Vantaa. ... Willie The Dice Man Tann is an English professional poker player. ... Smokin Steve Vladar is an English professional poker player. ...

2007 Tournament

The 2007 event was won by Martin Wendt, who took the top prize of £170,000, beating Wayne Hutchins (£100,000) in the final heads-up. Martin Wendt is a professional poker player famous for losing the plot in the Poker Million 2005. ...


External links

  • Official site for the first season
  • Second season
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