Stars Line Up for the Shark Cage at EPT Grand Final
According to PokerStars, Heats 3 and 4 of the great new PokerStars TV show “Shark Cage” are going to be filmed at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final today. Shark Cage features qualifiers and poker legends from around the world competing in televised heats for a shot at a $1 million winner-takes-all prize. The first two heats were filmed at the PCA in January and rounds 3 and 4 are being shot today and rounds 5 and 6 at EPT Barcelona in August and the final at EPT London.
Each heat features one qualifier and five invited stars including celebrities and members of Team PokerStars Pro. Among those taking part in the Monaco heats are Victoria Coren Mitchell (who just became the first player in history to win two EPT titles when she won EPT Sanremo last week), fellow Team Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, PokerStars Team Online’s Ike Haxton and Full Tilt Poker Professional Gus Hansen. The two qualifiers were selected after making the final 50 in online tourneys, and then “auditioning” for the show via a two-minute YouTube video. Nearly 60,000 players took part in the online qualifier tourneys and the two winners - Fredrik “FiSHeYe1984“ Keitel from Germany and Canadian Matthew “squirthew“ Herminiano - have now won a fabulous trip to Monaco to take part.
Stars who competed at the PCA included Friend of PokerStars Jason Alexander and actress Jennifer Tilly as well as a roster of Team PokerStars Pros and other well-known players.