LATE NIGHT POKER BACK ON YOUR SCREENS THIS MONTH

(488) (21-September-2006)

Late Night Poker Ace 2 and Late Night Poker Masters the features

Top online poker company Party Poker.com will be entertaining Channel 4 viewers in the UK with some hot action poker later this month when the Late Night Poker program returns to television screens.

Party Poker announced this week that the tournament coverage that many believe kick-started poker on television in Britain is back. Late Night Poker will return to screens on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on the 26th September at midnight with coverage of PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Ace 2 and PartyPoker.com Late Night Poker Masters.

Late Night Poker Ace 2 is the search for the world's best amateur poker player. 32 qualifiers make-up the final tournament tables from online qualifiers. Late Night Poker Masters pits the top eight amateurs from Late Night Poker Ace 2 against 24 specially invited top professionals, including players from the original Late Night Poker Series. Amongst those taking part are The Hendon Mob, Marcel Luske, Peter Costa, Tony G, Kenna James, Surinder Sunar and Ken Lennard.

The commentary team for both events is Jesse May, Simon Trumper and Barny Boatman and the programme is presented by Victoria Coren. The total prize pool for both Late Night Poker Ace 2 and the Masters is $410 000, with $50 000 going to the winner of Late Night Poker Ace 2 and $100 000 going to the eventual winner of the Masters.