A $105,000 (£52,500) poker tournament will be hosted by 888.com this month, the online casino has announced.
On April 19th at 14:00 BST 888.com will host a satellite event with 100 places on offer to the World Poker Crown Bounty Tournament final event on April 26th.
Buy in for the initial event is $100 and those who knock out one of the 12 poker pros taking part will win themselves a seat in the final event, as will those who finish in the top 88 of the tournament.
At the World Poker Crown final there will be $3 million in prize money up for grabs.
Poker pros that players need to beat to make it to the big event include Andrew Feldman Ray Parlour, Julian Gardner and Dave Colclough from the UK.
Representing Australia is Shane Warne, while Michael Keiner and Thomas Brdaric are playing for Germany and Peter Swartling will fly the flag for Sweden.
Players from Ireland and Spain will also be battling it out at the table with 888.com players.
Online gaming firm 888.com was founded in 1997 and now has millions of members worldwide, who log onto its websites to play bingo, poker, blackjack and a whole host of other games.
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