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
Players Left 1 / 0
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Hand 35: Hellmuth Eliminated

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth
Hellmuth decides that {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs} is finally good enough, moving all in for his remaining 7,000. He gets action from three players.

de Wolfe: {A-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Scharf: {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Black: {J-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}

Flop: {3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Everyone checks.

Turn: {K-Hearts}
Scharf thins the field with a bet, and the other two fold.

River: {3-Hearts}

Considering the huge hit he took earlier, Hellmuth did well to hang in for one league point.

Hand 34

Frazer raises on the cutoff with {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and takes down the blinds.

Jesse May: "Frazer's looking at Hellmuth like he's absolutely nuts."

Hand 33

Hellmuth gave away another 2,000 in the small blind, folding {8-Spades}{6-Hearts} to give Andy Black a walk.

Hellmuth now has 6,000 will be forced all in within five hands.

Hand 31: How Can He Fold?

Black raises to 10,000 with {K-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Hellmuth in the big blind, with 4,000 in the big blind and only 8,000 behind, questions for a minute what he should do.

For 99.9 percent of players, this is a mathematical no-brainer.

Hellmuth: "This is another hand where everyone else in the world calls.".

He passes!

Hand 31

Eddy Scharf
Eddy Scharf
Scharf raised to 12,000 from the button with {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Frazer called from the big blind with {A-Hearts}{7-Spades}.

Flop: {3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}
Both players checked.

Turn: {4-Hearts}
Frazer checked, Scharf bet 18,000, but Frazer instantly moved all in with just ace high and took it down.

Hand 29: Black Takes a Massive Lead

The two chip leaders got it all in pre-flop after Frazer opened to 12,000 with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} but ran into Andy Black's {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}.

Black reraised to 38,000, Frazer moved all in and Black beat him to the pot.

Flop: {8-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}
Turn: {2-Spades}
River: {4-Diamonds}

Black now has 352,000 - more than four times as many chips as his nearest rival.

Hand 28: Helppi Eliminated

Andrew Black
Andrew Black
Juha Helppi decided to just call in the small blind with {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and Andy Black made it 10,000 more from the big blind with {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}.

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 {10-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and lots of outs for Helppi.
Turn was the {4-Diamonds}. Tonnes more outs.
River was the {5-Hearts}, 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 27: Frazer Doubles up

Frazer opened the pot with a raise to 12,000 holding {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} on the button. Helppi called with {8-Spades}{10-Spades} on the big blind.

Flop: {5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}
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: {Q-Clubs}
River: {4-Spades}

Frazer, on 242,000, now has three times as many chips as any other player.