Here Comes Heat #2
The second heat of the PartyPoker Premier League IV is set to kick off in little bit with another round of players taking to the felt. Yesterday's winner Phil Laak will be back in action and looking to go two-for-two after locking up a very important 16 points yesterday.
Joining Laak will be PokerNews' head honcho Tony G, David Benyamine and PartyPoker qualifier Giovanni Safina. Roland De Wolfe, JC Tran and Yevgeniy Timoshenko played yesterday and will all be playing today as well.
Phil Hellmuth will be playing today as well. He was situated in the production truck all day yesterday and had an inside look at the action. He was able to view everyone's hole cards and it'll be interesting to see how he alters his play based on what he saw from some of the players. He did mention that he's going to be playing super passive preflop and limp with big hands because he saw the players yesterday raising with some rather weak holdings.
Stay tuned for the live coverage, in the meantime check out the video with our new member Kristy Arnett and yesterday's winner Phil Laak.
and Yevgeniy Timoshenko folded in the small blind with 
, Hellmuth flat-called in the big blind with 
.
and Hellmuth check-called a bet of 8,000 from Laak.
to the board and both players checked.
and Hellmuth fired 15,000. Laak folded and Hellmuth scooped the first pot.
and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called with the 
. Tony G called from the big blind with the 
.
. Timoshenko added top pair, second kicker and Tony G flopped a set of fours. Tony G led out with a bet of 12,000 and De Wolfe folded. Timoshenko made the call.
and reraised to 24,000. Giovanni Safina flat-called with 
and Timoshenko checked. Laak checked as well and then Safina bet 33,000. Timoshenko just called, not looking to go broke. Laak took his time and then moved all in for 259,000. Safina folded and then Timoshenko took his time before folding as well. This is twice now that Timoshenko folded two hands where he could have easily gone broke on.
against Yevgeniy Timoshenko with the 
. The flop came down 
and Timoshenko checked. Laak fired 12,000 and both his opponents folded.
and Timoshenko was put in another tough spot. Beyamine checked and Timoshenko bet 16,000. Safina just called and Benyamine folded.
and Timoshenko checked. Safina bet 50,000 into 59,000 and Timoshenko went into the tank. He has 124,000 left in his stack and would be committing a lot of his chips in the middle in order to call the bet and see the river. He tanked for several minutes and eventually folded his hand, saving himself yet again.