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02-16-2008 12:10 UTC

Hands 4 and 5

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Annie Duke

Hand 4: Annie Duke picks up {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{5-Spades}

on the button and raises to 6,000 which rakes the blinds.

Hand 5: Devilfish calls with {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{8-Hearts}

and Duke checks with {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{10-Clubs}

.

Board is {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

{6-Clubs}

{Q-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{4-Diamonds}

and both players check it down.

Devilfish knew he needed to bet to win but said, "I think you would have called me."

Duke: "I would. I have almost the nut king!"

02-16-2008 12:07 UTC

Hands 2-3

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Hand 2 - A walk for Devilfish.

Hand 3 - Devilfish limps with {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{8-Spades}

, Annie checks her {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{2-Clubs}

.

{A-Hearts}

{J-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

they check.

{4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

and Devilfish bets 4k; Annie calls.

{6-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

- they both check and Annie takes it. "Nice hand, bebe."

02-16-2008 12:05 UTC

Hand 1

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Devilfish raises to 7,000 and Annie Duke calls.

{A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{2-Diamonds}

for Devilfish.
{5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{7-Spades}

for Duke.

Flop is {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{7-Diamonds}

and Devilfish bets 7,000. Duke calls.

Turn is the {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

and this time Duke leads for 12,000.

Devilfish: "I've got no pair, darling, I've got to give you this one," and he passes.

02-16-2008 11:49 UTC

Heads-up Playoff Number 2 Starting Soon

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The second of our playoff matches between Devilfish and Annie Duke will begin shortly.

It's best-of-five heads-up matches to decide who will join Tony G, Andy Black, Marcel Luske, Alex Kravchenko and Roland de Wolfe in the grand final of the 2008 PartyPoker.com Premier League.

02-16-2008 11:32 UTC

Hand 22

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Eddie moves in with {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{8-Spades}

; de Wolfe has {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{4-Spades}

and calls. "Why do I always have to outdraw people?" wonders Roland.

{10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{6-Spades}

{10-Clubs}

{8-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

And outdraw accomplished, Eddy Scharf is OUT. Roland de Wolfe goes through to the final.

02-16-2008 11:30 UTC

Hands 18-21

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Hands 18 to 20 were all walks.

Hand 21: de Wolfe puts Scharf all in with {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{10-Spades}

and Scharf gives up {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

.

With blinds going up to 5,000/10,000 in two hands de Wolfe now has a 4:1 chip lead only needing to win one more match and this looks all but over.

02-16-2008 11:27 UTC

Hands 16-17

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Hand 16 - a walk for Scharf.

Hand 17 - Scharf limps with {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{9-Hearts}

, Roland checks his {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{5-Spades}

.

{8-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

{A-Clubs}

Eddy bets 7k, Roland calls.

{K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

and Scharf bets 10k this time; Roland flat-calls.

River {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

and Roland takes it.

02-16-2008 11:25 UTC

Hands 13, 14, 15

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Hand 13 and 14 were both walks.

Hand 15 is an unraised pot.

{K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

for Scahrf.
{Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{6-Spades}

for de Wolfe.

Flop was jack high with two hearts and de Wolfe check-folded to a bet of 6,000 form Scharf.

02-16-2008 11:21 UTC

Hands 11-12

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Hand 11 - a walk for Roland.

Hand 12 - Eddy says: "Devilfish loses every race except against me." But now his luck is good - he has {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{K-Diamonds}

against Roland's {3-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

{3-Diamonds}

but there's no preflop raising.

Flop - {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{7-Clubs}

{9-Hearts}

and they check.

Turn - {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

! Scharf bets, Roland raises, Eddy moves all in and it's so very nearly over!

River - an inconsequential {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

, and Eddy's down to 54k for his Premier League life.

02-16-2008 11:19 UTC

Hand 10

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Another unraised pot.

{A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{4-Clubs}

for de Wolfe.
{J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{8-Clubs}

for Scharf.

Flop is {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{10-Clubs}

{8-Diamonds}

and de Wolfe tries 5,000. Scharf raises to 15,000 and de Wolfe folds instantly.

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