Three-bet for Tran
PartyPoker Premier League IV
PartyPoker Premier League IV
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
PartyPoker Premier League IV
Buy-in
$100,000
Entries
6
Level
7
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
Schwartz Grabs Early Lead
and JC Tran picked up pocket jacks -- 
-- for the second hand in a row. He three-bet his jacks again, this time making it 17,000. Schwartz made the call out of position.The flop came down
and both players checked, keeping the pot small. The turn was the 
and Schwartz fired 26,000. Tran made the call.The river was the
and Schwartz fired an overbet of 100,000 chips. Tran insta-mucked and Schwartz scooped the pot to move to the chip lead with 340,000 chips.
Negreanu Takes One with Aggression
. JC Tran just flat-called with the 
and then Phil Hellmuth called with the 
. Luke Schwartz called from the big blind with the 
.The flop came down with the one card Tran didn't want to see, an ace:
. Schwartz checked and Negreanu fired a continuation bet for 15,000. One by one, everyone in the hand folded and Negreanu picked up the pot with the worst starting hand of the bunch.
Frazer Three-bets Hellmuth
. Ian Frazer took this opportunity to three-bet Hellmuth to 21,000 holding 
. Everyone folded back over to Hellmuth, who stated, "God, I just want to play every pot." Eventually though, he folded his hand and Frazer won the pot.There have been a lot of three-bets in this match so far.
Level: 2
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Counts After Level 1
Luke Schwartz - 333,000
Tony G - 322,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 319,000
Giovanni Safina - 315,000
Phil Hellmuth - 270,000
JC Tran - 260,000
Daniel Negreanu - 236,000
Blind On Blind Action
. JC Tran called from the big blind with the 
.The flop improved Negreanu to the lead in the hand when it came
. Negreanu fired 16,000 and Tran called.The turn was the
, pairing the board. Negreanu check-called a bet of 24,000 from Tran/The river completed the board with the
. Both players checked and Negreanu turned up the winner.
Timoshenko's Out-of-the-box Play Leaves Him Crippled
and then Yevgeniy Timoshenko attacked the limp with a raise to 16,000 with the . Timoshenko has often been attacking the limps and did so again here. Giovanni Safina called with the 
and then Daniel Negreanu called with the 
. Phil Hellmuth folded the small blind with the 
and then Ian Frazer folded 
from the big blind.The flop smacked Safina in the face when it came down
. Tony G and Timoshenko checked and then Safina bet 22,000. Negreanu folded and then Tony G followed suit. Timoshenko had other things in mind. He thought for a little while and then raised to 67,000. Safina just smooth called.One of the best cards peeled off on the turn for Timoshenko, the
. It gave him an open-ended straight draw and he tanked again. He had about a pot-sized bet left in his stack and opted to just check. Safina fired a bet of 70,000 into the pot of 204,000. Timoshenko check-raised all in for 236,000 and Safina quickly called with the current nuts.The river card was the
and Timoshenko could've come from behind to hit his draw and was knocked down to a crippling 4,000 chips.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko is the First Out
. Ian Frazer had him dominated and called on the button with the after Phil Hellmuth limped from the cutoff with the . Luke Schwartz completed from the small blind with the .Everyone checked around as the board ran out
and Frazer won the hand with his flush. Timoshenko was sent home in eighth place and earned zero points today.
Relegation