Poker Pro Mike Sexton to Headline the World Open IV Poker Tournament

On April 7th, 2008, it was announced that starting on April 25th, 2008 until May 2nd, 2008, poker player Mike Sexton, who is widely known as the "Ambassador of Poker" will be the headliner for the PartyPoker World Open IV poker tournament. Although Sexton will be the headliner for the event, the bets at PartyBets shows a 16-1 odds in favor of Irish Poker Open champion Neil Channing, while Mike Sexton has 28-1 odds in his favor.

A spokesperson for PartyBet commented said that they have made Neil Channing the favorite to win the title because of his recent performance in the Irish Poker Open. The event, which will feature an $8,000 buy-in cost will place seventy-two players in contention to win the $250,000 1st place cash prize. The winner of the twelve preliminary events will compete in the semi-final event.

The runners-up from the twelve qualifying events will have a chance to qualify for the last two remaining qualifying spot. Forty-five year old former Sidcup wagering shop owner Anthony Hardy was the champion for last year's event. Some of the members of the final table last year include Ian Cox, Ram Vaswani, David Rudling, Ian Frazer and Ian Woodley, who finished in 2nd place behind Hardy.

Some of the poker players that poker fans should watch out for are Nick Slade, the champion of the PartyPoker.com European Open IV event, Theo Jorgensen, Ian Frazer, Ross Boatman, Marty Smyth, Roberto Romanello, Jon Kalmar, Jon Margil and others.

The event, which was organized by Matchroom Sport will be shown on Channel Five in Britain later this year and will be shown all over the world.

04/29/2008, Tuesday
Sherry Barlow

Poker Pro Mike Sexton to Headline the World Open IV Poker Tournament

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