Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006

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PartyPoker.com brings world-class athletes to the poker table

By Sarah Polson

PartyPoker.com brought some of the world's best extreme sports athletes to compete in the Grand Final of the PartyPoker.net Big ThrowDown in Las Vegas Monday night.

Final table competitors included wakeboarder Josh Sanders, snowboarder Danny Kass, BMX competitor Dennis McCoy, skater Sergie Ventura, FMX competitor Jeff Tilton, and surfer Pat O'Connell. Each won their seat into the Grand Finale through earlier Big ThrowDown rounds.

The players at the final table all received a $10,000 appearance fee. There is also a $5,000 buy-in for the final, creating a $30,000 winner-take-all prize.

The Grand Finale was filmed to be made into a one-hour telecast which will air Oct. 21 on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN). Each of the six qualifying events will also be featured in 12-minute shorts on "Fusion TV." These segments are scheduled to run from July through September and October through December on the OLN.

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