Full Tilt Poker has acquired the right to present the televised action of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, played in January, 2013 in the United Kingdom and other countries in the rest of the world. A total of twelve episodes have been shot, one hour long each, of the $20,000 invitational tournament, held at Caesars Palace.
64 of the most renowned players entered the game, including Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom, Phil Hellmuth, Huck Seed and Erik Seidel. Their clashes will be able to be re-watched not only in the UK (via Channel 5) but also in Russia (TV3), Canada (Sportsnet), Germany (Sport1), Latin America (ESPN), the Ukraine (Mega TV), the Czech Republic (Nova Sport), Poland and Hungary (both via SportKlub).
FTP Pro Viktor Blom commented on the news of the worldwide broadcast as follows: “It really is great news that Full Tilt Poker is getting involved in helping this popular tournament reach such a global audience. This year was my first NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and it immediately became one of my favourite events [because] it involves all the big names and the format is also very challenging. One-on-one is the purest form of poker in my opinion because it's all one big mind game.”
“This is just the start of many exciting and unique television products from Full Tilt Poker and plenty of these will have the opportunity for players to qualify for and take part in, too. To complement the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship shows, we will be running a series of promotions this summer on Full Tilt Poker allowing players to win the opportunity to compete heads-up against our professionals and play for a share of over $100,000 in prize money,” said FTP’s Sarne Lightman.
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64 of the most renowned players entered the game, including Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom, Phil Hellmuth, Huck Seed and Erik Seidel. Their clashes will be able to be re-watched not only in the UK (via Channel 5) but also in Russia (TV3), Canada (Sportsnet), Germany (Sport1), Latin America (ESPN), the Ukraine (Mega TV), the Czech Republic (Nova Sport), Poland and Hungary (both via SportKlub).
FTP Pro Viktor Blom commented on the news of the worldwide broadcast as follows: “It really is great news that Full Tilt Poker is getting involved in helping this popular tournament reach such a global audience. This year was my first NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and it immediately became one of my favourite events [because] it involves all the big names and the format is also very challenging. One-on-one is the purest form of poker in my opinion because it's all one big mind game.”
“This is just the start of many exciting and unique television products from Full Tilt Poker and plenty of these will have the opportunity for players to qualify for and take part in, too. To complement the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship shows, we will be running a series of promotions this summer on Full Tilt Poker allowing players to win the opportunity to compete heads-up against our professionals and play for a share of over $100,000 in prize money,” said FTP’s Sarne Lightman.
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