Coral Poker have teamed up with Premier League Champions and London football club Chelsea to offer Blues fans a chance to play poker against legends of the club.

The “Chelsea Legends” poker tournament, organized in conjunction with the team’s centenary will start on the 19th of February at CoralPoker.com and is open to any Coral customer who signed up through the Chelsea FC website.

The tourney will be divided into seven weekly qualifiers, and then a final ‘wild card’ heat for the regular players in the poker room. Players will have eight chances to win a seat at the final tournament. The final will be played in the Zola Suite at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea’s football stadium, on Saturday 24th of April 2006.

All qualifiers will receive accommodation and dinner at Chelsea Village on the night of the final. The winner will receive £1000, and the other seven runners will split another £1000 between them. Finally any player able to knock out a Chelsea legend will also receive top tickets to the Chelsea v Man United game on the 29th of April 2006.

“For any Chelsea fan this would be a great opportunity to meet and play their idols, but they will also have the chance to win a cash prize, and tickets to one of the best fixtures on the calendar” said Mark O’Donnell Poker Marketing Manager at Coral Eurobet. He also added “Any fan of Chelsea will know this is a great opportunity especially since all you need to do is open is a Coral account, download poker and there is no entry fee. We are proud to be associated with champions, and want to offer Blues fans even more to celebrate.”

The schedule for the Chelsea Legends of Poker tournament is as follows:

Qualifiers

Satellite for Seat 1: Sun 19/02/2006 8 pm - Free entry

Satellite for Seat 2: Sun 26/02/2006 8 pm - Free entry

Satellite for Seat 3: Sun 05/03/2006 8 pm - Free entry

Satellite for Seat 4: Sun 12/03/2006 8 pm - Free entry

Satellite for Seat 5: Sun 19/03/2006 8 pm - Free entry

Satellite for Seat 6: Sun 26/03/2006 8 pm - Free entry

Satellite for Seat 7: Sun 02/04/2006 8 pm - Free entry

Satellite for Seat 8 (wild card):< Sun 09/04/2006 8 pm - invitation only, entry limited to most regular poker players

Final

Chelsea ‘Legends’ Final Sat 22/04/2006