Partypoker.com Premier League III - Heat 1 - LIVE!

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Good morning all..

So it's finally arrived. The first heat of the hotly anticipated Premier League III will get underway at around 1pm today. The atmosphere is electric amongst the players and our first game lines up like this..

Devilfish
Peter Eastgate
Annette Obrestad
Andy Black
Roland de Wolfe
JC Tran

Jesse May will be joined in the box by Vicky Coren.

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the players have just gone thru to the studio...

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The seat draw is....

1 Peter Eastgate
2 Annette Obrestad
3 JC Tran
4 Devilfish
5 Andy Black
6 Roland De Wolfe

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very very very very close to starting...

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here we go... eastgate takes the first pot as it's passed to him and annette wants nothing to do with his raise with J5

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eastgate picks up 7s7d and raises, call from Annette QhKc and JC with 10dQc... 8k from Eastgate on the 82K flop... JC folds, 3h on the turn is checked, 3d on the river... Annette bets 15k and eastgate bins in

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5k raise from annette with 10c6c and the devil comes straight back with a reraise on the BB with A7 and annette folds

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roland gets a walk...

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5k raise from JC with Ac7s... black calls with red sixes as does Eastgate with 8dJd... Ad2h9h flop is checked to black who bets 12k eastgate folds and JC calls... 2d on the turn, check from JC and black... 9c on the river, JC bets 16k and andy pays him off...

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andy calls Mad Marty over to the table about people talking during the pot... the comms reckon he's a bit rattled by that hand

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roland AhAc raises to 6k but it's passed

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second 6k raise from Roland with AQ this time and gets it again

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JC with 8dAh limps and devil bets to 9k with 10h4c and JC calls... As5d7d... JC checks, 11k from Devil, call from Tran... Ac on the turn, 15k from JC... and Devilfish folds

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5k raise from Annette with 8s9s gets no customers

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eastgate raises UTG with Ac9c... JC calls with red queens... 9sKd2c flop is checked, 2h on the turn... eastgate bets 9k... dropping the chips as he puts them in... JC calls... Kh on the river... eastgate bets 17k... JC calls him down

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JC up to 184k...

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annette raises to 5k with AdQh... passed round

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JC raises with Kc10c... black calls with black threes... Qs10h5c... checked... 9s on the turn... JC bets 7k and black passes in a flash

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annette limps with Qd9h, JC checks with 3hJh - 6Q4 flop gets a bet from

190 JC, 114 Annette, RdW 104, 89 devil, Black 56, 48 Peter

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eastgate raises to 5k with AcKh, devil reraises with 8s8h... all-in from Peter and instacall from Devil...

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amanda is the dealer....uh-oh...

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7d9d3d... Ks... As on the river... Eastgate takes it... that's a pretty big pot in the Premier League already...

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devil down to 41k

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annette raises 5k with 7s6d and gets it thru

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6k raise from devil with Kd4d... and roland has QhQc in the BB... and he calls... 8dQs3h - check from RdW, 10k from devil, is called... 2h on the turn, checked, 10 on the river is checked...

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5k from JC with KQ gets no customers

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eastgate raises to 5k with AdKs, reraise to 15k from annette with 5c8s... reraise from Eastgate and annette folds

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21 hands in... JC 189, eastgate 129, 113 de wolfe, 98 obrestad, 51 black, devil 20

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blinds up to 2/4k now

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devil all-in with red eights but black passes junk

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black raises 11k with KsJc... takes it

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JC raises with KdQd...devil passes Ac9c for Tran to take it

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eastgate raises 3s8h to 9k and tran calls with 5d4d... JdJh4c... check from JC, eastgate bets 13k... JC calls... 2d checked, 7h on the river... JC checks, eastgate does likewise

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annette raises to 6k with 6c6d, devil counting with Jh8d....and folds for obrestad to take it

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devil all-in with 10c9c... and gets it thru

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annette and eastgate both pick up 106 - diamonds for eastgate, offsuit black for annette... 264 flop gets 5k from eastgate and annette calls... 5h turn gets 8k from eastgate... call from Annette... Qh on the river is checked for the split

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253 for JC now... only roland above his starting stack with 101, annette has 98...

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JC gets a walk with De Wolfe folding Ad7d...

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11k raise from eastgate with Kd9c... call from JC with KcQd... Qc2d5h flop is checked, 3d on the turn, 10k from JC and eastgate folds

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Kd2c enough for Devil to get his chips in first... and black calls with Qc9d... andy taking the chance to knock the devil out

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2s9s8s.... devil gets up and says goodbye... turn is Qh... thanks for coming down says de Wolfe... the river is 3d and DAVE DEVILFISH ULLIOTT IS THE FIRST PLAYER OUT OF THE FIRST HEAT OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE - no points for the Devil

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vicky says that its game on now - no-one wants zilch so now Devil has taken that the battle for first and second in this heat is on

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eastgate is second with 106k... Tran well in control here...

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eastgate raises with 8d2h, annette all-in with 4h4s... eastgate folds

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JC raises with Qd2d and it's passed round

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JC with 259k now

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10k from tran with Kh4h and black is all-in with black eights and JC folds

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JC 249, 101 annette, RdW 89, 88 eastgate, black 73k.... end of the second level and time for a break...

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and we're back - blinds to 3/6k

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eastgate limps with K3 - raise to 22k from annette with AK.. and takes it

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annette 7s6s raises to 14k, JC folds A7 for annette to take it

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roland with KdQh raises 8k... gets thru his first raise without an Ace

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annette gets a walk with aces

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Ac6s limp for Eastgate and JC picks up the same hand... 97Q gets 7k from JC and eastgate folds

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eastgate raises to 14k with AcJh... and takes it

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black limps with KdJs... check from RdW with 75... 464 flop checked, 9 and 5 also checked

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annette with 14k holding QJ... JC passes deuces... and annette passes

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black raises A6 and takes the blinds...

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RdW raises 15k with AQ and Annette with 9s9d... and she's all-in....

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and roland calls

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it's roland all-in, annette with 30k back.... 3106...2...4 and ROLAND DE WOLFE PICKS UP TWO POINTS IN HEAT ONE OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE

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jc with 240, annette 223, 70 black, 67 eastgate

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JC raises 16k with Jh2s and black reraises all-in with Ad8d... and Tran passes

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consecutive hands and JC raises 16k with Ah3d and Eastgate reraises all in with KdKc...

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and JC calls...

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Kh10d9d, 8h and 7s and Eastgate takes it - Annette is on top now after JC misses that shot at the WSOP champ

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annette 223, JC 157, eastgate 137, black 83...

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annette raises to 14k with KhQd... takes it

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annette raises to 14k with Jd8c and eastgate calls with QdJc... Q1010 check from peter and annette bets 21k, peter moves all-in and annette folds

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eastgate limps OTB with 4d3h... call from annette with Qh6h as does JC with 10d8d... KJQ flop is checked by annette, 12k from tran is enough to take it

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limp from JC with 5d5c... black calls with 67, 7A8... checked, 8 on the turn... checked, 2 on the river... 6k from JC is called by black

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23k raise from Black with KsQc... takes it

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176 annette, 175 eastgate, 151 JC, 98k black... end of the third level, blinds up to 5/10k

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176 annette, 175 eastgate, 151 JC, 98k black... end of the third level, blinds up to 5/10k

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23k raise from eastgate with K7.... no-one gets involved...

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JC raises with K7 and Black reraises all-in with AK... pot up to 121k... 65k to call and JC folds

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JC raises to 22k with 7d7c and Black reraises all-in with As9h... 99k for JC Tran to call...

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JC has got 106k... and Tran calls

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it's black all-in...

JhKh2c...5h... Qs and ANDY BLACK IS OUT AND PICKS UP THREE POINTS... the three returning players from last year are the first three players out of the first heat...

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three-handed with the new guard at the table and the ten points for first are in sight...

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Annette limps with AQ, 37 for tran, 410J flop is checked, K on the turn.. annette bets 14k... JC folds

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eastgate bets 14k on the A8J flop with 83, tran calls with 109... 6 on the turn is checked by JC.. eastgate bets 20k... and takes it

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annette reraises all-in with Ah3c against eastgate raise and he calls her with black sevens... 8d2d4c... 8c... five or Ace... and its 4s and ANNETTE OBRESTAD IS OUT IN THIRD SPOT AND PICKS UP FOUR POINTS...

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heads up is Peter Eastgate and JC Tran... eastgate holds the chip lead with 395,000 to JC's 205,000.....

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limp from eastgate with 87, no raise frmo JC with J2... 374 gets a bet from eastgate and takes it

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first raise pre-flop from JC with 65 and eastgate re-raises all-in with Q9 and Tran folds

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eastgate raises to 25k with 82 and JC calls with 106.. Q93 flop is checked, 10 on the turn is checked, 7 on the river - JC 27k and eastgate folds

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84 hands in and eastgate with 339k, tran with 261k... blinds up to 7/15k

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JC raises with J3... eastgate calls with 910... 4A9 checked, 7 on the turn is checked, 7 on the river gets 25k from eastgate and Tran folds

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jc limps with 108... call from peter with K2... J86 flop is checked, 9 on the turn is also checked, 10 on the river is checked by eastgate, JC bets 15k and fold from eastgate

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eastgate limps with KJ and call from JC with 910... 67Q flop is checked, Q is checked by JC and eastgate bets 17k and JC calls... 6 on the river, 22k from JC...automatic call says Devilfish, chomping on some chicken kievs...

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CALL YOU SUCKER!!! shouts Andy Black - Eastgate is still thinking

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and eastgate folds... with JC calling Eastgate's hand

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slight ripple of applause as Phil Hellmuth enters the green room...

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3910 flop and tran calls eastgate's bet - JC with 106, eastgate with Q8... 3 on the turn gets 30k from tran and eastgate folds

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7A8 flop this time hits both - eastgate 79 and JC with 8Q... checked, 2h on the turn gets 35k from eastgate and tran calls... J on the river and JC Tran's bet wins him the pot - he's got 380k now

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eastate is down to 173k now...

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JC limps with 10c3c and peter moves all in with KdJd and JC folds

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JC limps with AJ and Eastgate calls with 47... flop is 7h4hAs... checked, 9h gets 20k from eastgate, and JC calls, 6 on the river, 47k from eastgate... and Tran calls... eastgate takes it to move back towards parity

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eastgate limps with J3... call from tran with K7, 17k from eastgate on the 3A2 flop is called, 27k from eastgate on the Q turn, JC reraises to 64k... 37k for Peter to call and he passes

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eastgate raises 17k with AK and JC calls with 910... 673 flop is checked, 9 on the turn... 25k from JC and eastgate folds

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blinds now up to 10/20k

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and eastgate moves all-in with Qh3s... and instacall from JC with AhKc... Jd10d9h, 9d... 7s and JC TRAN WINS THE FIRST HEAT OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE III... JC Tran picks up ten points, six for Peter Eastgate

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GG JC :)