The Brat is back while it’s a disaster for DevilfishDay three at the PartyPoker.com Premier League III saw a reverse of the previous day’s results as both Peter Eastgate and Phil Hellmuth picked up the maximum 10 points from their heats. Eastgate completely dominated his heat while Hellmuth finally found some form to bring him [...]
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The Brat is back while it’s a disaster for Devilfish
Day three at the PartyPoker.com Premier League III saw a reverse of the previous day’s results as both Peter Eastgate and Phil Hellmuth picked up the maximum 10 points from their heats. Eastgate completely dominated his heat while Hellmuth finally found some form to bring him back into contention for Sunday’s final table.
Heat five
This was a hugely eventful heat. All the previous matches had seen very few early eliminations but this game was different and it very quickly become a heads-up battle between JC Tran and Eastgate. The 2008 WSOP Main Event champion completely ran over the field and looked to be home and dry. At this stage the blinds were only at 2k-4k and Eastgate sat with 541,000 to Tran’s 59,000; a very different scenario to when the pair met on day one when the chip counts going into the heads-up stage were more level.
Remarkably, as a 9-1 underdog, Tran fought back to hold the chip lead. Eastgate, however, eventually got his revenge for his day one defeat, pushing all-in with K-3 and was called by Tran with A-7. A king on the flop was enough to seal the deal for the $9 million Dane.
With six points from the heat, however, JC is the man to beat. He holds a very comfortable lead at the top of the table and looks set to qualify for the deep-stacked final table on Sunday. In this heat, Annette Obrestad got the bagel, Juha Helppi took two points, Nenad Medic left with three points and Vicky Coren secured four points.
Heat six
Heat six was the noisiest yet, boasting the line-up of Hellmuth, Tony G, Devilfish, Roland De Wolfe, Tom Dwan and Andy Black. By the time shuffle and deal was called the players were at each others throats with an apparent competition on who could turn up the latest.
The Devilfish’s dreadful luck in the Premier League continued as he busted with no points. Unsurprisingly, the instigator of his downfall was Dwan, whose bet frequency throughout the whole tournament so far has been way above that of any other player. Dwan raised to 10k with Q-7 off-suit, Devilfish called with K-Q off-suit. The flop came 7-7-K with a Q on the river and all the money went in. The chances of the ‘Fish getting a run together now look slim as he has only three points.
‘Durrr’ busted Tony G next for two points and Black for three points but then went himself in third place after pushing it just a little too much against Hellmuth. This left Hellmuth and De Wolfe heads-up with Roland leading 319,000 to 281,000.
After days where it seemed that the ‘Poker Brat’ was getting outgunned by the newcomers he showed great form with some majestic calls and laydowns. Hellmuth chipped away at De Wolfe but was the subject of good fortune in the hand that gave him his eventual victory. Roland re-raised all-in with A-Q off-suit and Phil called with Kc10c. It was looking great for Roland until a King came on the river to secure Hellmuth 10 points.
PartyPoker.com Premier League III standings after day three:
26 points – JC Tran
16 – Peter Eastgate
14 – Juha Helppi
14 – Tony G
14 – Vicky Coren
13 – Phil Hellmuth
12 – Tom Dwan
12 – Roland De Wolfe
10 – Annette Obrestad
10 – Andy Black
6 – Nenad Medic
3 – Devilfish
Today’s line-ups:
Heat seven
Phil Hellmuth
Roland De Wolfe
Tony G
JC Tran
Tom Dwan
Nenad Medic
Heat eight
Devilfish
Andy Black
Peter Eastgate
Juha Helppi
Annette Obrestad
Vicky Coren
You can follow the PartyPoker.com Premier League III action live and analyse the hands at MatchroomPoker.com.
Tran marches on while it’s bagels for Phil and PeterDay two at the PartyPoker.com Premier League III was not one to remember for WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate and 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. The two youngest-ever champions busted out of their heats with bagels – zero points – and now have some [...]
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Tran marches on while it’s bagels for Phil and Peter
Day two at the PartyPoker.com Premier League III was not one to remember for WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate and 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. The two youngest-ever champions busted out of their heats with bagels – zero points – and now have some work to do to get themselves back into the $1.25 million tournament.
In contrast, it was an excellent day for JC Tran, who won his second successive heat, and season one winner Juha Helppi, who also picked up 10 points.
Heat three
Finland’s Helppi won heat three after overcoming Norway’s Annette Obrestad heads-up. The decisive hand saw Helppi raise with K-Q off-suit, only for Obrestad to push all-in with J-4 off-suit. Helppi hit his 10 on the river to secure maximum points while Obrestad received six points. The heat itself was very cagey early on and remained six-handed for a long period of time. Hellmuth got the bagel with Tony G finishing with two points, Nenad Medic taking three points and Roland De Wolfe securing four points.
Heat four
Heat four saw the JC Tran Show continue as he picked up another maximum. Cheered on by a large contingent in the green room, including WSOP Main Event final pal David ‘Chino’ Rheem, he put on other great display.
When it got heads-up he held 476,000 to Vicky Coren’s 124,000 and he looked the likely winner throughout. The decisive hand saw Tran raise with A-6 off-suit and pushed all-in by Coren with K-K. An Ace on the flop was enough to take it down.
Andy Black finished third for four points, Devilfish finished fourth for three points, Tom ‘Durrr’ Dwan finished fifth for two points and $9 million man Eastgate ended up with zero. Like his first heat, Dwan mixed it up hugely but was fighting with a short stack the majority of the time after getting caught out early on. There is little doubt, however, that he still remains one of the most feared players in PartyPoker.com Premier League III.
PartyPoker.com Premier League III standings after day two:
20 points – JC Tran
12 – Tony G
12 – Juha Helppi
10 – Annette Obrestad
10 – Vicky Coren
8 – Tom Dwan
7 – Andy Black
6 – Peter Eastgate
6 – Roland De Wolfe
3 – Devilfish
3 – Phil Hellmuth
3 – Nenad Medic
Today’s line-ups:
Heat five
Annette Obrestad
Nenad Medic
Vicky Coren
JC Tran
Peter Eastgate
Juha Helppi
Heat six
Phil Hellmuth
Devilfish
Tony G
Tom Dwan
Roland De Wolfe
Andy Black
Heat six could turn out to be a classic as it’ll be decisive for the chances of Devilfish and Phil Hellmuth, both in desperate need of big scores.
You can follow the PartyPoker.com Premier League III action live and analyse the hands at MatchroomPoker.com.
JC Tran and Tony G triumphIt may be the most formidable line-up in the event’s history but the newcomers are refusing to be intimidated in the PartyPoker.com Premier League III. In fact, the debutants have been laying down big markers during day one’s play. JC Tran took down the first heat for 10 points, beating [...]
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JC Tran and Tony G triumph
It may be the most formidable line-up in the event’s history but the newcomers are refusing to be intimidated in the PartyPoker.com Premier League III. In fact, the debutants have been laying down big markers during day one’s play.
JC Tran took down the first heat for 10 points, beating WSOP champion Peter Eastgate heads-up, while Tom ‘Durrr’ Dwan completely dominated heat two only to lose out in the showdown against Tony G.
Heat one
He may have won the $9 million WSOP Main Event but the Peter Eastgate juggernaut was derailed by JC Tran.
Eastgate started the gruelling heads-up with the advantage, holding 395,000 to Tran’s 205,000, but there was to be no repeat of the Dane’s clinical heads-up destruction of Ivan Demidov at the WSOP Main Event final table as Tran brought the world champion down to earth with a bang. The final hand saw Eastgate push all-in with Q-3 off-suit, with JC instantly calling with A-K off-suit. The board failed to bring anything for either player leaving Tran with maximum points.
First out for a bagel was David ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott whose rotten run in the Premier League continues. The top three in the heat were all making their Premier League debuts, with Annette Obrestad finishing third for four points.
10 points – JC Tran
6 points – Peter Eastgate
4 points – Annette Obrestad
3 points – Andy Black
2 points – Roland De Wolfe
0 points – Devilfish
Heat two
In heat two there was huge anticipation ahead of the first match-up between Phil Hellmuth and Tom ‘Durrr’ Dwan. The very first hand saw Dwan flop a full-house only for the ‘Poker Brat’ to hit a flush on the turn. With the history of animosity between the two it was a bad spot for the 11-time WSOP bracelet winner. Hellmuth eventually made the huge lay down but his stack took a pounding and the ‘Poker Brat’ did well to recover and finish fourth.
Dwan continued to look for action whenever he could find it. At the heads-up stage Dwan held the advantage but when his 8-8 failed to hold up after Tony G had gone all-in with J-10 off-suit the advantage swung dramatically in the favour of the ‘Mouth From Down Under.’ Tony dominated the league heats in season two and has kicked-off this Premier League campaign with 10 valuable points.
10 points – Tony G
6 points – Tom Dwan
4 points – Vicky Coren
3 points – Phil Hellmuth
2 points – Juha Helppi
0 points – Nenad Medic
You can follow the PartyPoker.com Premier League III action live and analyse the hands at MatchroomPoker.com.
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As you must know by now the PartyPoker.com Premier League III is underway in London. The event runs until Sunday (30th November) and features 12 of the world’s best players playing in a unique league format.Two heats are taking place today and at the start of the day Premier League I winner Juha Helppi was [...]
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As you must know by now the PartyPoker.com Premier League III is underway in London. The event runs until Sunday (30th November) and features 12 of the world’s best players playing in a unique league format.
Two heats are taking place today and at the start of the day Premier League I winner Juha Helppi was the 6/1 outright favourite - completely at odds with what commentator Jesse May said in his Friday post on this blog (see below). JC Tran is just behind at 7/1.
According to PartyBets.com the remaining players are at: Nenad Medic 8/1; Tony G 8/1; Devilfish 8/1; Annette Obrestad 8/1; Tom Dwan 9/1; Phil Hellmuth 10/1; Roland De Wolfe 10/1; Peter Eastgate 12/1; Andy Black 14/1; and Vicky Coren at 16/1.
Today’s heats are as follows:
Heat 1
Devilfish
JC Tran
Andy Black
Annette Obrestad
Roland De Wolfe
Peter Eastgate
Heat 2
Phil Hellmuth
Tom Dwan
Juha Helppi
Nenad Medic
Tony G
Vicky Coren
The green room backstage at PartyPoker.com Premier League III is packed and buzzing and you can follow the action live at MatchroomPoker.com.
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