Watch the PKR Heads Up Grand Slam Live on Pokernews

The fantastic month of poker in London has by no means come to an end, as from today one of the TV spectacles of the year comes to the 3 Mills Studio in Maidstone. The PKR Heads Up Grand Slam will see 32 of the biggest names in world poker battle for the $100,000 first prize. There are some fantastic round one matches, including WCOOP winner "JovialGent" Yevgeniy Timoshenko taking on controversial Brit Luke "_FullFlush1_" Shwartz. Tom "Durrrr" Dwan will take on WSOP Heads Up runner up John Duthie, while an all-British clash sees poker legend Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott battle it out with young gun John

Tabbatabai.

"Europe has been waiting for a major heads up tournament and the PKR Heads Up Grand Slam is a groundbreaking format with a stunning line-up," said Matchroom Sport Managing Director Eddie Hearn.

"There are some electric first round matches and, as the tournament progresses, the possible quarter-final and semi-final clashes may bring together some much-anticipated clashes. Among the 32 will be four lucky PKR online qualifiers, who will come head-to-head with some of their heroes as they look to make a name for themselves in the poker world."

We know that this is a railbird's dream, that's why we had to get in on the action. From the very first hand, Pokernews will be bringing you exclusive Live Updates from this event starting today. That's right, we do not sleep at Pokernews and we will have all the gossip from what will no doubt be a controversial and high octane affair.

The first round draw looks like this:

1st Session
Luke Schwartz v Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Sandra Noujoks v Sammy George
Juha Helppi v Jonas Vesterback (O/Q)
Annette Obrestad V Ian Frazer

2nd Session
Tom Dwan v John Duthie
Antonio Esfandiari v Andreas Johansson (O/Q)
Nam Le v Lex Velduis
Peter Eastgate v Vicky Coren

3rd Session
John Tabatabai v Devilfish
Alex Keating v Vladimir Geshkenbein
Ivan Demidov v Massimo Mele (O/Q)
Alec Torreli v Ilari Sahamies

4th Session
Jennifer Tilly v Tony G
Phil Laak v James Sudworth
Neil Channing v Brahim Hajji (O/Q)
JC Tran v David Steicke

Check out our updates starting this morning in our Live Reporting Section.

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