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Before the final table commences later on this afternoon, there will be two heads up matches to determine who will be the fifth and sixth players at the final table.
Daniel Negreanu will face off against JC Tran in the first match, and Roland De Wolfe will face Ian Frazer in the second match. The format is best of three, and the winner of each match will join Phil Laak, David Benyamine, Luke Schwartz and Giovanni Safina to play for the Premier League IV title.
We won't be going hand for hand with the heads up matches, but we'll update you after each heads up match.
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Daniel Negreanu jumped out to an early lead against JC Tran. Most of his chips gotten on a board with four hearts, and Negreanu holding the . Tran was ahead on the turn with a straight, and paid off Negreanu's value bet on the river.
It looked as if it was going to be over quickly, as Tran was holding only about 30,000 out of the 200,000 chips in play before he doubled up through Daniel with pocket queens against Negreanu's pocket jacks.
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After being down to about 30,000 in chips, JC Tran fought back to earn the victory in the first match against Daniel Negreanu. In two different situations, Negreanu and Tran both held top pair, with Tran holding the superior kicker.
The final hand saw the players see a flop, and Negreanu moved all in with . Tran made the call with . The turn was the and the river was the securing the win for Tran.
The players shook hands, redistributed the chips and started match two immediately.
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The second match was as fast as a lightning bolt, with the players only playing a few hands. The final hand of the match saw both players seeing a flop. JC Tran flopped a straight with , and Negreanu led out with . Tran raised it up, and Negreanu moved all in and was quickly called by Tran.
The turn card saved Negreanu's tournament, completing his flush and earning him the quick victory.
Phil Hellmuth, who is commentating in the booth is discussing Negreanu's fearless style of play. He mentioned that throughout he whole tournament, and his whole career Negreanu likes to live on the edge.
The third match is already underway, and we'll know who'll have the fifth spot at the final table shortly.
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Daniel Negreanu has jumped to a large lead in the third match. The hand that earned him most of the chips Negreanu held pocket aces on a board, and check-raised all in after Tran bet 15,000 on the flop with . Tran made the call, and the turn and river were no help to Tran.
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After Daniel Negreanu raised it up preflop with , JC Tran made the call with and Phil Hellmuth in the booth commented that Tran was in really bad shape. That is until the flop came , and Tran flopped a full house. This prompted Hellmuth to shout "there will be a new chip leader after this hand."
Negreanu bet 6,000 and Tran raised it to 14,000, and Negreanu elected to just call. The saved the day for Negreanu, creating a split pot unless Negreanu could hit an ace on the river. Hellmuth then exclaimed "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!"
Both players were cheeky about the turn and did not get all the chips in until the hit on the river. Negreanu laughed when he saw his good fortune and JC Tran just shook his head in disbelief as the dealer chopped the pot.
Daniel currently has about 160,000 of the 200,000 chips in play.
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Negreanu feeling good after the win
Daniel Negreanu moved all in with and JC Tran made the call with . The fop gave Negreanu even more outs when it came .
The hit on the turn, and Negreanu would need any king, ten or jack to move on to the finals.
The river was the and Negreanu eliminated the defending Premier League champion from this years event. When the ten hit on the river, Hellmuth screamed, "He wins every race Daniel, it's so sick!"
There will now be a short break before the Roland De Wolfe, Ian Frazer match. While you're waiting head on over to the Party Poker Blog to see what they've got cooking over there.
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The second match of the day has begun, and cards are in the air. One of these two Brits will be moving on to the final table, set to commence after this heads up match concludes.
As we're writing this Roland De Wolfe just made a bad lay down with ace-jack, after being three bet by Frazer's jack-nine.
Hellmuth who just had a cappuccino during the break is amped up for this one and shouted "fasten your seatbelt De Wolfe, this is set to be a fast-paced match!"
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It's been all Ian Frazer so far in this first match. Frazer has been hitting a lot of flops, and De Wolfe has ben staying out of the way for the most part, attempting to wait for Frazer to make a mistake. Frazer has also been firing at the flops that both players have missed, forcing folds from De Wolfe almost every time.
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. Tran was ahead on the turn with a straight, and paid off Negreanu's value bet on the river. 
flop, and Negreanu moved all in with 
. Tran made the call with 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
securing the win for Tran.
flop. JC Tran flopped a straight with 
, and Negreanu led out with 
turn card saved Negreanu's tournament, completing his flush and earning him the quick victory. 
, JC Tran made the call with 
and Phil Hellmuth in the booth commented that Tran was in really bad shape. That is until the flop came 
hit on the river. Negreanu laughed when he saw his good fortune and JC Tran just shook his head in disbelief as the dealer chopped the pot. 
and JC Tran made the call with 
. The fop gave Negreanu even more outs when it came 
. 
hit on the turn, and Negreanu would need any king, ten or jack to move on to the finals. 
