Play poker with Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor

To celebrate Boylesports.com becoming the official bookmakers of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League, Boylepoker.com is giving its online poker players the chance to play poker with the biggest names in darts this week.

The $ 10 buy in BoylePoker.com Premier League Darts Poker tournament this Wednesday at 8pm GMT sees online poker players go toe-to-toe with Premier League stars Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor, Wayne Mardle, Rod Harrington, and Dennis Priestly, as well as Matchroom Sports and PDC Darts supremo Barry Hearn, snooker legend Steve Davis, and poker icons Marty Smyth, Padraig Parkinson, Neil Channing and Jesse May.

Each of these players has a bounty of $ 100 on their head which will go to the player who knocks them out.

Players are also vying for one of three VIP packages to the first event on the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) calendar at Liverpool’s Echo Arena on February 5 as well as $ 500 expenses.

Living legend Taylor will be playing under the username “PowerTaylor” with Mardle using his “Hawaii501” moniker. Dennis Priestly (username DennisPriestly) is also taking part, along with PDC chairman Barry Hearn, Rod Harrington, and snooker giant Steve Davis.

Paul Spillane, head of poker at Bloylepoker.com, said “Not since the day that curry met chips, has there been a tastier combination than poker and darts! Not only do our players have the chance to put themselves in the poker history books knocking out one of our celebrity players, they can pick up a tidy $ 100 in the process and have a great story to tell their mates.”

Boylesports customers can enter the $ 10 no-limit Texas hold’em freeze-out by simply going to the tournaments section in the lobby and entering. New players should go to Boylepoker.com and register using the bonus word DARTS.