Europe’s Million Dollar Cash Game

FullTiltPoker.com and London based sports producer, gaming and entertainment programming company Emblaze Productions, recently announced a three year partnership to produce Europe’s Million Dollar Cash Game, the television series. The partnership will cover the second through the fourth seasons.

The expressed format of the show puts the world’s top poker professionals against each other in a no holds barred, high states cash games. Each will have a minimum buy in of GBP £100,000 (about USD $200,000), and no specified maximum. The blind structure for the games starts at $300 to $600 with a $100 ante.

Emblaze said the anticipated line-up for the second series could include players such as Allen Cunningham, Tony G, Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson, John Juanda, Erik Seidel, Patrik Antonius, Marc Goodwin and Howard ‘The Professor’ Lederer.

Last year’s inaugural run of the show saw Full Tilt Professional, Phil Ivey become the first champion after hundreds of thousands of dollars had been exchanged several times over. Ivey is scheduled to return for the second series, which is to be filmed September 18 and 19 in an exclusive venue in Soho, London. Sky Sports has scheduled to launch the broadcast in January of 2008.

“We are delighted that Full Tilt Poker have continued to sponsor this unique high stakes cash game,” said James Hopkins, Founder and Managing Director of Emblaze Productions. “With hundreds of thousands of dollars being staked over two days of filming, viewers will be in for a thrilling second series when the shows broadcast on Sky Sports early next year.”

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