{"id":25983,"date":"2013-02-18T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=25983"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:26:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:26:11","slug":"and-then-there-were-8-partypoker-com-premier-league-vi-adds-2-more-poker-legends-to-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/and-then-there-were-8-partypoker-com-premier-league-vi-adds-2-more-poker-legends-to-the-list.html","title":{"rendered":"And then there were 8 &#8211; PartyPoker.com Premier League VI adds 2 more poker legends to the list!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LukeAndDan590.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LukeAndDan590.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/LukeAndDan590-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The PartyPoker.com Premier League VI is getting nearer and nearer, today we\u2019ve got another two names for you, so just who will be taking seats 7 and 8 when we get to London? Well read on to find out\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Getting Up To Speed&#8230;.<\/h3>\n<p>As quick recap the PartyPoker.com Premier League VI will be taking place in London between Mar. 17-23 and you\u2019ll see 16 of pokers finest players literally battle it out on the felt for some staggering amounts of cash!<\/p>\n<p>So far we\u2019ve let you in on six names who\u2019ll heading to London to play in what looks like the best Premier<br \/>\nLeague ever. They are:<\/p>\n<h3>1) Scott Seiver<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/seiver-and-negreanu-join-partypoker-com-premier-league-vi.html\"><strong>The winner of Premier League V<\/strong><\/a> said, \u201cI really enjoyed the interesting format last year and it was great to win. I am looking forward to defending my title.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>2) Daniel Negreanu <\/h3>\n<p>The Canadian poker superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/seiver-and-negreanu-join-partypoker-com-premier-league-vi.html\"><strong>Daniel Negreanu<\/strong><\/a> said: \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be back playing the Premier League this year!\u201d we asked him about the format and he mentioned that \u201cI love the format and unique events like this are great for poker. I\u2019m honored to be invited and happily support the event and plan on winning it!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>3)Antonio Esfandiari<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/hellmuth-esfandiari-premier-league-vi.html\"><strong>The magician of poker<\/strong><\/a> said : \u201cFor years I have been hearing about Premier League Poker \u2013 it\u2019s nice to finally make it over there to play in it!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>4)Phil Hellmuth <\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/hellmuth-esfandiari-premier-league-vi.html\"><strong>13-time World Series of Poker bracelet<\/strong><\/a> said: \u201cI am looking forward to competing in the Premier League: 16 players, 1 winner!\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>5)Phil Laak<\/h3>\n<p>The Unabomaber told us: \u201cI like playing poker when mad cash is on the line. When will my next fix be? Soon! Where? London. And who will deliver it to me? The Premier Poker League! That\u2019s who! Nothing better than getting together with the best of the best of degen central! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/2-more-names-as-phil-laak-and-tony-g-join-the-premier-league-poker-vi.html\"><strong>Hello Premier League!<\/strong><\/a> It is that time of year!!! Let\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>6)Tony G<\/h3>\n<p>Went on to say that \u201cI have played every season of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/2-more-names-as-phil-laak-and-tony-g-join-the-premier-league-poker-vi.html\"><strong>PartyPoker.com Premier League<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 I would never miss it as it is one of the best events in poker in my eyes and I am going for the win. I am very happy that Phil Hellmuth is back this season \u2013 it still wouldn\u2019t surprise me if he pulls out once he knows I am in though as he said he never wanted to play poker with me again \u2013 can you blame him?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Drum Roll Please&#8230;.7 and 8 spots are<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Daniel \u2018Jungleman\u2019 Cates and Luke \u2018FullFlush1\u2019 Schwartz!<\/strong> Yes both confirmed<br \/>\nthey will be heading to London to play in this season of PartyPoker.com Premier League.<\/p>\n<h3>7)Daniel \u2018Jungleman\u2019 Cates<\/h3>\n<p>Told us that: \u201cI really enjoyed the Premier League last year and am really looking forward to its unique format and personalities. One thing I do want to change from last year though is I want to finish first not second!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>8)Luke \u2018FullFlush1\u2019 Schwartz<\/h3>\n<p>Told us that \u201cI cannot wait for the PartyPoker.com Premier League VI. From what I see there isn&#8217;t a single shark in the line-up yet so they\u2019ll all be getting completely steamrolled. I\u2019m a one man pigeon police.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>So Who Do You Want To See?<\/h3>\n<p>Who would you like to see in this year\u2019s PartyPoker.com Premier League? Let us know in the comments below and remember to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PartyPoker\"><strong>follow us<\/strong><\/a> on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PartyPoker\"><strong>like us<\/strong><\/a> on Facebook now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PartyPoker.com Premier League VI is getting nearer and nearer, today we\u2019ve got another two names for you, so just who will be taking seats 7 and 8 when we get to London? Well read on to find out\u2026 Getting Up To Speed&#8230;. As quick recap the PartyPoker.com Premier League VI will be taking place<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/and-then-there-were-8-partypoker-com-premier-league-vi-adds-2-more-poker-legends-to-the-list.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":25984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2182,300],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76717,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25983\/revisions\/76717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25983"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=25983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}