Tony G Wins Second Heat To Top Party Poker Premier League
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
“It’s a funny old game”, an expression often muttered by
footballing legend Jimmy Grieves. The turn of expression seems
equally applicable to poker, with the two leaders from Day One
having very mixed fortunes on Day Two.
“It’s a funny old game”, an expression often muttered by
footballing legend Jimmy Grieves. The turn of expression seems
equally applicable to poker, with the two leaders from Day One
having very mixed fortunes on Day Two. Whilst De Wolfe huffed and
puffed his way to last, Tony G won his second heat on the bounce to
open an early lead on the pack.
The third heat in the 2008 Party Poker Premier League saw Vicky
Coren, Andy Black, Marcel Luske, Roland de Wolfe, Ian Frazer and
Juha Helppi taking their seats for the six-handed mayhem. De Wolfe
collected ‘nil point’ as the first player to bust, after his AQo
lost out to Frazer’s pocket tens.
Frazer was next using the exit after flopping top pair and a
flush draw on a Ac-Kh-6h flop. Andy Black had him outkicked with
AJo, but with the flush draw as well he decided it was time to
commit to the hand. When an Ace came on the turn, all the money
went in, but Black was able to fade the hearts and the eights in
the deck to knock the Englishman out in fifth.
Defending champion Helppi so far hasn’t been able to get into
his stride, and when he went out in fourth, he would have been
disappointed not to have collected more points in Day 2. This time
he fell pray to Luske, but the Dutchman didn’t last much longer
himself after his massive draw with bottom pair and a flush draw
against Black’s top pair didn’t get there. Luske picked up third
spot as a result.
Heads-up between Black and Vicky Coren was a short-lived affair,
with Black fading another massive draw. This time Coren hit middle
pair and a flush draw against the Irishman’s top pair, but again
the turn and river helped Black, letting him pick up first place,
with Coren settling for second.
The star of Heat 4 was Tony G, who made it two wins out of two,
beating a table which included Alex Kravchenko, Phil Hellmuth, Eddy
Scharf, Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott and Annie Duke. Ulliott went out
in sixth, with Annie Duke following three hands later in fifth.
Next out was Phil Hellmuth, who ran into Tony G, who called
Hellmuth’s short-stacked shove blind. Hellmuth tabled Ah-4d, with
Tony peeking down at Qh-Jh. The flop brought a queen, with the turn
and river offering no help for ‘The Poker Brat’.
Three-handed play was a competitive affair, with Alex Kravchenko
being the first to falter, his pocket fours being outdrawn by the
two overs of G. Heads-up between Tony G and Eddy Scharf came down
to another all in push and a call, with Scharf being behind with
Q-8o against Tony’s A-Jo. The doorcard Ace was good enough for
Tony, and he took down his second win of the season.
Here are the overall standings after Day 2:
Tony G: 18 pts
Roland de Wolfe, Andrew Black: 9 pts
Alex Kravchenko, Eddy Scharf: 8 pts
Annie Duke, Vicky Coren, Marcel Luske: 6 pts
Phil Hellmuth: 4 pts
Ian Frazer: 3 pts
Juha Helppi: 2 pts
Dave Ulliott: 1 pt
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