Expanded from last year's 24-hour format, Big Game III has already been deeply appreciated by stars throughout poker world. Known players ready to attend are  Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Jon Kalmar, Sammy "Any Two" George, Roberto  Romanello, John Tabatabai, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Tony G, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Jamie Gold, Robert Williamson III, Roland de Wolfe, Neil Channing, Andrew Feldman, Brian "sbrugby" Townsend, Kirk Morrison, Jennifer Tilly, Anthony Hardy and a lot more. One of the stars of last year's Big Game II, Phil Hellmuth, has not yet decided to participate in  the event.

Each of the players will be buying in for a minimum of USD 10,000, with blinds starting at USD25/50. Players can leave the table at any time they want, so the lineup will continually change throughout the 36 hours of play. PartyPoker also offers the introduction of a USD 1,000 "Party Pot" bonus designed to add even more action to the play. The event will be filmed for broadcast on UK's Channel Five in early 2009, and then is slated for worldwide distribution. Jesse May is scheduled to anchor the broadcast commentator duties.