46-year-old chauffeur driver Pete Moore, from Orpington, Kent got the ride of a lifetime after he ate a dodgy prawn sandwich before a job. Halfway through the job, Pete became very sick and had to pull over at the side of the road. His passenger offered to drive but there was no need to ask if they had a licence as his passenger was F1 ace Giancarlo Fisichella!

Italian ace Fisichella was on his way to play in the PartyPoker.com Sports Stars Challenge IV poker event in London, joining the likes of Jacques Villeneuve and French World Cup winner Frank Leboeuf.

"I felt a right prawn," said Pete, who was working as a driver for Matchroom Sport, "but it's not everyday you get an F1 driver driving your car. I picked up a sandwich from a local shop before I took the job and felt really sick half way through my journey between Central and East London. Fisichella was very nice about it and didn't even drive that fast because of all the traffic. When my mates saw him pull up at the studio driving the car they couldn't believe it!"

Fisichella is a driver for Force India and has taken part in 220 F1 races. He has also been a driver for Jordan, Benetton, Minardi, Sauber and Renault in an F1 career that started in 1996. His car of choice in rescuing the taxi driver was a 3.3 V6 silver Chrysler Voyager people carrier.

"I had no choice but to help Pete - he suddenly came over all sick. At least I got to get a drive in Britain before the British Grand Prix," said Fisi

** The poker tournament winner was 34-year-old unemployed road builder Jason Brennan from Archway, London. He qualified to play poker with his sporting heroes for absolutely nothing and took home £27,000. Amongst the players he beat included darts legend Phil 'The Power' Taylor and former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance.**

Photographs courtesy of Simon O'Connor.

SEXTON, 'DURRRR' AND 'FULLFLUSH' AMONGST THOSE CONFIRMED SO FAR

Gibraltar - 26th August 2009 - www.partypoker.com and Matchroom Sport are pleased to announce the dates and details for the PartyPoker.com World Open V! The event will take place from Sunday 11 October - Thursday 15 October 2009 in London. For the very first time the action will all take place in the prestigious Palm Beach Casino in the heart of Mayfair. The main changes this year are that the starting stacks have been tripled, with the tables now being eight seat in the heats and seven players in the final. The buy-in is $10,000, with a total prize pool of $480,000 - the winner scooping $250,000.

The 48 player field is yet to be fully confirmed with more details released in the near future but already lined-up is Mike Sexton, who was recently endorsed by Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu and most recently, Johnny Chan, for this year's Poker Hall of Fame. Also in attendance will be PartyPoker.com's newly sponsored grassroots players Remy Biechel from France, Felipe 'Mojave' Ramos from Brazil, the UK's Ian Frazer and Germany's Bodo Sbrzesny. The emphasis for the grassroots team is on VIPs, player loyalty and historic links to PartyPoker.com.

They will join a top field including Tom 'Durrrr' Dwan, who is set to revive his rivalry with Luke 'Fullflush' Schwartz. In addition, James Akenhead from the WSOP Main Event November Nine® takes to the felt as well as the Asian Poker Tour's 'Poker Pack' players JC Tran and Steve Sung. Other names confirmed at this stage include Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak, Scott Fischman, Neil Channing, European Open V winner Roberto Romanello, defending World Open champion Marty Smyth, Andy Black, Neil Channing and Liam Flood.

This year there is the chance to qualify online for the prestigious tournament, coverage of which is shown on television in countries all over the world. Without full details being confirmed until now, the packages have already been incredibly popular and sought after on PartyPoker.com! The packages are worth $13,000 and include the buy-in, seven night's accommodation and $1,000 spending money. The main $650+$50 satellite takes place every Sunday at 14.15 ET where a package will be awarded for every 20 players. Daily qualifiers start from as little as $3 while there is a satellite into Sunday's main only satellite every day at 14.25 ET (except Sunday's which is at 12.55 ET and is Speed).

For more details see: www.partypoker.com/news/items/world_open2009.html

Eddie Hearn, Director of Matchroom Sport said: "Poker players have been crying out for a deeper stack TV tournament and now they've got their wish. With such a strong structure we will be hand-picking a dream line-up for the PartyPoker.com World Open V. We are also delighted to announce that it will be held at the Palm Beach Casino in the heart of Mayfair. With the change in structure and this amazing venue, the players are in for a real treat - now it's over to them to show the world just what they can do."

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: "The online qualifiers for packages have already been extremely popular and that's without firm details being confirmed! The opportunity for guaranteed television exposure and the fantastic field is without doubt very appealing."

Belfast's Marty Smyth scooped $250,000 after winning the PartyPoker.com World Open IV in May 2008. The final table featured a strong line-up that included Neil Channing, Marc "Mr Cool" Goodwin, Andy "The Spider" Ward, Dixie Dean and Ryan Fronda. The PartyPoker.com World Open III was won by 45-year-old former Sidcup betting shop owner Anthony Hardy, who triumphed over a final table that also featured Ian Cox, Ram Vaswani, David Rudling, Ian Frazer and eventual runner-up Ian Woodley. The winner in 2006 was Pippa Flanders, while in 2005 Lee Nelson won the inaugural event.

Commentary will be provided by Jesse May and the action will be first broadcast on Five in the UK later this year and then distributed internationally.

PARTYPOKER.COM WORLD OPEN IV - LONDON 25th APRIL - 2ND MAY 2009-05-02

• 1st - $250,000 - MARTY SMYTH
• 2nd - $100,000 - NEIL CHANNING
• 3rd - $60,000 - MARC GOODWIN
• 4th - $30,000 - ANDY WARD
• 5th - $25,000 - DIXIE DEAN
• 6th - $20,000 - RYAN FRONDA

PARTYPOKER.COM WORLD OPEN IV FINAL TABLE CHIP STACKS

• 444,000 MARTY SMYTH
• 388,000 NEIL CHANNING
• 192,000 ANDY WARD
• 180,000 MARC GOODWIN
• 120,000 DIXIE DEAN
• 76,000 RYAN FRONDA

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