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The inaugural PKR Heads Up Grand Slam kicks off tomorrow in London with a stellar line-up in Europe's premier heads up tournament.

The invitational event, held at 3 Mills Studios, will see 32 of the world’s best players battling it out for the $100,000 first prize from a prize pool of $350,000 – with PKR adding $30,000 to the pot.

The draw has thrown up some mouth-watering first round clashes and the event gets under way with recent 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 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."

The PKR Heads Up Grand Slam will be filmed in front of a live audience and will be presented by Kara Scott, while Jesse May will lead the way in the commentary booth.

PKR Heads Up Grand Slam

1st round matches - Thursday 08 October 2009

1st Session
Luke Schwartz v Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Sandra Noujoks v Sammy George
Juha Helppi v Jonas Vesterback (LaiBin - PKR qualifier)
Annette Obrestad V Ian Frazer

2nd Session
Tom Dwan v John Duthie
Antonio Esfandiari v Andreas Johansson (ltsplypkr - PKR qualifier)
Nam Le v Lex Velduis
Peter Eastgate v Vicky Coren

3rd Session
John Tabatabai v Devilfish
Alex Keating v Vladimir 'Beyne' Geshkenbein (Friend of PKR)
Ivan Demidov v Massimo Mele (thekabalist - PKR qualifier)
Alec Torreli v Ilari Sahamies

4th Session
Jennifer Tilly v Tony G
Phil Laak v James 'james666' Sudworth (Team PKR Pro)
Neil Channing v Brahim Hajji (Brahimh - PKR qualifier)
JC Tran v David Steicke