PartyPoker Premier League 2008

No Limit Hold Em
Day: 3
Event Info

PartyPoker Premier League 2008

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$250,000
Event Info
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Level Info
Level
9
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Hand 25: Hellmuth Quadruples up

Phil Hellmuth calls the big blind of 4,000 with {A-Spades}{7-Spades}, leaving just 1,000 behind.

We also have:

{Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} de Wolfe.
{9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} Frazer.
{Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades} Scharf.

Everyone checks down to the river on a board which comes:

{A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}

Hellmuth bets his last 1,000 with his full house and Frazer obviously has to call.

Hand 23: Hellmuth Cripples Himself

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth
Hellmuth limped in with {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and Helppi also limped on the button with {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}. Black completed the small blind with {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. Scharf on the big blind had {A-Hearts}{2-Spades} and checked.

A four-way flop came {9-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{2-Diamonds}.

Hellmuth bet 7,000 and Helppi and Scharf both called.

Turn: {A-Diamonds}
Hellmuth fired again, 27,000 this time. Helppi thought for a while before calling with his flush draw and second pair, but Scharf with two pair - the best hand by some way - laid it down.

River: {J-Hearts}
With 91,000 in the pot and a stack of 29,000, Hellmuth's third bullet was going to price in any reasonable hand to call. He actually bet 24,000.

Helppi tanked for a couple of minutes before Hellmuth opened his mouth. "Do you have queen-jack of diamonds?" he asked, and Helppi replied, "If I had that, I'd have called you already."

It took him just a few seconds longer to actually make the call.

"You got it," said Hellmuth in disgust.

"If you hadn't said anything I might have laid it down."

Hellmuth has 5,000 remaining.

Hand 21

Hellmuth completed the small blind with {6-Clubs}{8-Spades} and called a raise to 6,000 from Helppi who had {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}.

Flop: {5-Hearts}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}

Hellmuth checked and Helppi bet 6,000 to take the pot.

Hand 20

Juha Helppi raises to 5,000 with {A-Spades}{5-Spades} from first position and it's folded to Scharf in the cutoff with {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} who makes the call. Everyone else folds.

Flop: {10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Helppi checks and Frazer takes it down with a bet of 8,000.

Hand 19

Ian Frazer
Ian Frazer
Scharf raised on the button with {K-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. He made it 5,000 to go and Frazer called from the big blind with {6-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Flop: {9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Turn: {6-Diamonds}
River: {J-Hearts}

It was checked all the way and nobody wanted to show their hand first, but eventually Frazer showed his pair of sixes and took the pot.

Hand 17

Helppi raised to 8,000 with {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds} after de Wolfe limped in holding {7-Spades}{8-Spades}. The blinds both folded and de Wolfe let it go.