It’s all over here at Aspers and Jonathan Duhamel has taken the maximum points haul from heat one of Group A. In the final hand he raised to 80,000 on the button with and Sam Trickett shoved for 777,000 with .
The flop came ”That’s a sexy flop for Duhamel,” said Jennifer Tilly in the commentary box. The turn and river kept him in the lead and meant that he’s the winner of the first heat in Group A. They’ll be back for their second heat tomorrow at 10pm.
Group A: Heat one result
1st. Jonathan Duhamel, 16 points ($32,000)
2nd. Sam Trickett, 11 points ($22,000)
3rd. Marvin Rettenmaier, 8 points ($16,000)
4th. Daniel Negreanu, 6 points ($12,000)
5th. Phil Hellmuth, 4 points ($8,000)
6th. Antonio Esfandiari, 3 points ($6,000)
7th. Daniel Cates, 2 points ($4,000)
8th Scott Seiver, 0 points
The live stream will be back from around 2.30pm local time tomorrow as we get to see Group B in action for the first time.