PartyPoker Premier League 2008
No Limit Hold Em
Day: 3
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is finally good enough, moving all in for his remaining 7,000. He gets action from three players.de Wolfe:


Scharf:


Black:


Flop:



Everyone checks.
Turn:

Scharf thins the field with a bet, and the other two fold.
River:

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

and takes down the blinds.Jesse May: "Frazer's looking at Hellmuth like he's absolutely nuts."

to give Andy Black a walk.Hellmuth now has 6,000 will be forced all in within five hands.

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!

and Frazer called from the big blind with 
.Flop:



Both players checked.
Turn:

Frazer checked, Scharf bet 18,000, but Frazer instantly moved all in with just ace high and took it down.

from first position and takes down the blinds.

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.

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.

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.