On Thursday night, a very special poker tournament take place in the United Kingdom. With the Coronavirus outbreak restricting movement across Britain, the poker-playing public will get another chance to donate much-needed funds to the National Health Service by playing in the £50 buy-in UK NHS Charity Tournament.

Taking place tonight, Thursday April 16th at 8.30pm BST, the no-limit hold’em event will have no registration fees and a minimum of 50% of the prizepool will be matched by partypoker then donated to the NHS.

While the event has no guarantee, hundreds of players will be expected to take part at the last minute, with £5-entry satellites each guaranteeing five seats into the action taking place around the clock in the build-up.

There is a minimum threshold of 50% for donations to the NHS from the prizepool, but it could end up as high as 56% , with between 44%-50% being paid out to players as usual. Everyone at partypoker is excited, none more so than their illustrious President, former Poker Million winner, John Duthie: