The final table of the PartyPoker.com Premier League III is on Channel 4 at 12.10am tonight. - 07/04/2009
JC Tran goes through to the final table as chip leader and the league winner with 450,000 after a fantastic week that saw him pick up three first places and two second places. Second in chips is 2008 WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate with 390,000, with season one winner Juha Helppi third with 340,000. Sitting in joint fourth place at the start of the final table is Tom ‘Durrr' Dwan and Tony G, who both sit with 260,000. The short stack is Roland de Wolfe with 230,000. The deep stacked final table starts with blinds at 2,000 - 4,000.
Tran, Eastgate, Helppi and Dwan all qualified automatically for the final table from their positions in the league table. Dwan and Tony G both finished with 26 points but ‘Durrr' got the automatic spot based on his superior league record. Earlier today, Roland de Wolfe beat Annette Obrestad 2-0 in the first heads-up play-off to secure his seat at the grand finale, while Tony G beat Vicky Coren 2-0 to fix his place. Both De Wolfe and Tony G made the final table in season two with De Wolfe eventually finishing runner-up to champion Andy Black and Tony G finishing third.
PartyPoker.com Premier League III has not been so kind to Phil Hellmuth, who still holds the record of winning four heats in the Premier League but he has been unable to replicate the form that led him to dominate season one. He narrowly missed out on a place in the final eight. Also relegated were defending champion Andy Black, Nenad Medic and David ‘Devilfish' Ulliott. The final heats were particularly difficult for De Wolfe and Coren, who both had to play tight and hope other players busted themselves to secure enough points to finish in the final eight.
SEAT 1 - TOM DWAN (USA) 260,000 SEAT 2 - JUHA HELPPI (FIN) 340,000 SEAT 3 - TONY G (AUS) 260,000 SEAT 4 - ROLAND DE WOLFE (UK) 230,000 SEAT 5 - JC TRAN (USA) 450,000 SEAT 6 - PETER EASTGATE (DEN) 390,000
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