“Putting the Italian qualifier into the Premier League has to be the best idea ever. It’s like putting the boy from nowhere in with a matador.” Tournament Director Mad Marty Wilson.
They don’t call him Mad Marty for nothing….
Safina has just finished fourth in heat four and sits with 21 points. It is his final heat tomorrow.
Does a final table beckon for...
David Benyamine rocketed himself into second place in the table after taking down heat three but Italian PartyPoker online qualifier Giovanni Safina did himself a huge amount of justice in finishing in second place. The Italian lawyer, who qualified for the elite event for just 100 euros has now cashed $30,000 and looks to be in a good position to qualify for the final table.
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Phil Laak has won the second heat of the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV in Las Vegas! Man is he running good at the moment! Here is what Phil Laak had to say about his great run:
Full details can be through the live reporting from our friends at PokerNews. See also the ambushing Phil Laak video.
Congratulations to Italian online qualifier Giovanni Safina for picking up 4 points...
The side action starts…or well the side action talk starts!
Ahead of heat one at the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV the banter was flying. Phil Hellmuth wasn’t playing today but came along to co-commentate alongside Jesse May. The centre of the side action, surprise, surprise – was Roland de Wolfe and Daniel Negreanu.
The two players split the field in half with Team Daniel and...
Premier League Poker main event just kicked off few minutes ago. Poker stars like Phil Hellmuth, Vanessa Rousso and JC Tran, alongside TeamParty’s Tony G and Ian Frazer, and the PartyPoker online qualifier Giovanni Safina are all up for the fight.
All the action takes place at the M Resort in Las Vegas and the final table is on 18th February.
The format is as follows: 6 heats, 8...
Turbulence for Luke Schwartz…
After the shenanigans surrounding ‘sandwichgate’ and casino bans – it is hardly no surprise that Full Flush’s transatlantic journey was rocked by turbulence.
Why is everyone hating on me?
The turbulence, however, started at the airport and not at 36,000 feet and was the talk of the reception at the M Resort. Schwartz arrived at...
Today is the big day for the TeamParty guys. The winner of the final table will take the $100,000 seat in the Premier League main event.
Big names like Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and JC Tran are ready for the main event alongside PartyPoker qualifier Giovanni Safina.
The question is, which of the TeamParty pros will join them?
19.55:
Ian Frazer takes the $100,000 seat! Remy goes...
One of the Premier League Main Event seats worth $100,000 was awarded tonight. Sixteen PartyPoker qualifiers were in with a chance but only the following six made it to the final table. These were the starting stacks:
Talal Shakerchi 320k
Miguel Proulx 200k
Giovanni Rizzo 200k
Giovanni Safina 190k
Scott Wellenbach 179-0k
Paul Riggott 140k
Scott Wellenbach, the Canadian play money...
Second day of the Premier League Poker Main Event playoffs today at the M Resort in Las Vegas. TeamParty guys start the day off with the Heat 3 which will decide the chips for the final tournament tomorrow. Later today we have the deciding tournament for the PartyPoker qualifiers fighting for the Main Event seat.
19.50:
Felipe Mojave Ramos is not only the chip leader at the TeamParty...
We’re here at the M Resort in Las Vegas. It is the day one of the PartyPoker Premier League. Day one is the day of the playoffs to get into the $100,000 Main Event. We have 16 PartyPoker qualifiers fighting for one main event seat and we have 6 TeamParty members fighting for the other seat.
19.00:
Remy wins the heat 2! This is what he had to say: “I played good. When I started...