Hand 20
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from first position and it's folded to Scharf in the cutoff with 
who makes the call. Everyone else folds.Flop:
Helppi checks and Frazer takes it down with a bet of 8,000.
PartyPoker Premier League 2008
No Limit Hold Em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
PartyPoker Premier League 2008
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Level
9
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
from first position and it's folded to Scharf in the cutoff with who makes the call. Everyone else folds.Flop:
Helppi checks and Frazer takes it down with a bet of 8,000.
Hand 21
and called a raise to 6,000 from Helppi who had 
.Flop:
Hellmuth checked and Helppi bet 6,000 to take the pot.
Hand 22
and Juha Helppi reraises to 33,000 with 
, which takes down the pot.
Hand 23: Hellmuth Cripples Himself
and Helppi also limped on the button with 
. Black completed the small blind with 
. Scharf on the big blind had 
and checked.A four-way flop came
.Hellmuth bet 7,000 and Helppi and Scharf both called.
Turn:
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:
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 24
on the button and takes down the blinds with a raise to 12,000.
Hand 25: Hellmuth Quadruples up
, leaving just 1,000 behind. We also have:
de Wolfe. Frazer. Scharf.Everyone checks down to the river on a board which comes:
Hellmuth bets his last 1,000 with his full house and Frazer obviously has to call.
Hand 26
and won the blinds.
Hand 27: Frazer Doubles up
on the button. Helppi called with 
on the big blind.Flop:
Helppi check-raised after Frazer bet 12,000, making it 30,000 to go, and Frazer quickly moved all in for 78,000 more.
Helppi tanked for a while, engaged Frazer in a little conversation about what hands he may have ("I'd like it if you had ace-seven or eight-seven"), asked for a pot count, reached for chips, and deliberated a little longer.
The tournament director called for a clock and Helppi, finding himself rushed into a decision, made the call to find himself way behind.
Turn:
River:
Frazer, on 242,000, now has three times as many chips as any other player.
Hand 28: Helppi Eliminated
and Andy Black made it 10,000 more from the big blind with 
.Helppi dwelled up for over a minute before announcing "All in," which catches Black completely by surprise.
After two minutes of speech-play from Black, during which Helppi didn't budge, the Irishman announced, "Call."
174,00 in the pot with Helppi slightly covered.
Flop came
and lots of outs for Helppi.Turn was the
. Tonnes more outs.River was the
, a brick, and Black busts the 2007 champion and doubles up. Roland de Wolfe hands Helppi a bagle on his way out of the studio. A bagle has become the symbol for ZERO points.
Hand 29: Black Takes a Massive Lead
but ran into Andy Black's .Black reraised to 38,000, Frazer moved all in and Black beat him to the pot.
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Black now has 352,000 - more than four times as many chips as his nearest rival.