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31 August 2006
Russ Taylor Closes In On Poker
Immortality
Rookie poker player Russ
Taylor from Newcastle was in seventh heaven yesterday,
having qualified to take on the 'Gods of Poker' in the
£500,000 William Hill Grand Prix II tournament, one of
the most prestigious events on the poker circuit.
Russ (40) won his direct
seat to this exclusive tournament after beating 69 other
players in the first land based qualifier at Aspers Casino,
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on Tuesday night. He will now take on
the 'Gods of Poker' - forty four of the leading poker
professionals in the world, gathered together for this
unique tournament which will be fimed for broadcast on Sky
Sports TV and won last year by American Phil' The Unabomber
Laak.
Local businessman Russ
'The Suit' Taylor, whose ever-smart appearance has earnt him
his moniker, has only been playing poker for 2 years, mainly
online and at Aspers Casino but this is undoubtably his
biggest win so far. And although he is excited to soon be
facing some of the biggest names in poker in the Grand Prix
II, he doesn't think he will be fazed by his mighty
opposition. "This is a great thrill, I'm on a roll at the
moment, but I'll just go there and play my cards and do my
best. I've never even been on TV before so it is a fantastic
opportunity and many thanks to Aspers and William
Hill."
The William Hill Grand
Prix is unique from other televised poker tournament because
it incorporates a 'blind' structure designed to bring out
the true skill of poker instead of trying to fit with tight
production schedules. Russ will be one of only twelve 'mere
mortals' from land based and Online
Poker qualifiers
who will pit their wits against the forty four Gods of Poker
in a poker room, within a luxury penthouse TV set and will
experience how poker should truly be played. With the
original Grand Prix showing on Sky Sports to what turned out
to be the biggest TV audience for a UK tournament, viewers
will be able to follow Russ's progress on in early 2007 as
Sky Sports have again snapped up the rights to show this
event.
A review of the qualifier
at Aspers will be shown on William Hill's Poker programme
(Poker 425) on Sky Channel 854 from Wednesday 6th September
for a week, every night at 11pm.
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