We’re back with our updates of the partypoker Premier League 7 here in the wonderful city of Montreal. Yesterday we saw Jeff Gross win the first heat after what is officially now known as being the longest session of poker in Premier League history!
Talk is cheap
But to take part in this game each player will need to cough up a respectable $125,000 to enter. One of the reasons why the Premier League is know the poker world over as being one of the most revered poker events. There’s no live stream this time around but don’t worry you’ll be able to find out all the news right here on the partypoker blog.
Heat 2 comprises of the following players:
| THURS 21/11/2013 – Heat 2 | |
| 2 | JONATHAN DUHAMEL |
| 4 | DANIEL CATES |
| 6 | JASON KOON |
| 7 | DAN SHAK |
| 8 | PHIL LAAK |
| 9 | BRIAN RAST |
| 10 | VANESSA SELBST |
| 12 | SCOTT SEIVER |
Current League Standings
| NO. | PLAYER | POINTS | HEATS PLAYED |
| 6 | JASON KOON | 17 | 2 |
| 4 | DANIEL CATES | 16 | 2 |
| 1 | JEFF GROSS | 14 | 1 |
| 12 | SCOTT SEIVER | 11 | 2 |
| 11 | DAN COLMAN | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | JONATHAN DUHAMEL | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | SOREL MIZZI | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | BRIAN RAST | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | PHIL LAAK | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | VANESSA SELBST | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | DAN SHAK | 0 | 1 |
The Action
Final Hand 228: Koon wins heat 2! (Koon 14 points, Seiver 11 points)
Koon 
Seiver 
Flop: 
Koon wins heat 2 with top pairs A-8 vs Q-8.
For much of the night, Koon has sat silently in the background while most of the other players were battling it out. It wasn’t until he became a short stack at risk of elimination with five men remaining that he started to actually play. The patient man endured and picks up 14 points, putting him in a good position in the Premier League VII going forward.
Hand 183: Duhamel out by Koon (9 Points)
Duhamel 
Koon 
Both men all in.
Flop 
Duhamel is out after an amazing night of play.
We are now heads-up Seiver vs. Koon
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 1,395,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 1,005,000 |
Jungleman out (7 Points)
The old story of being severely short stacked caused us to lose Daniel Jungleman Cates. We are 3-handed now.
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 995,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 965,000 |
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 445,000 |
Hand 166: Jungleman Strikes Back
Seiver 
Jungleman 
Seiver goes all in pre-flop and Cates calls with pocket queens.
Flop 
The Jungleman wins the big pot.
Hand 160: Rast wants out (5 Points)
Rast goes all in pre-flop with average cards. Seiver calls.
Seiver 
Rast 
Flop 
Rast is out in 5th place in tonight’s heat.
Hand 139: Duhameltdown
Jungleman Duhamel 
Jungleman goes all in and Duhamel calls. Jungleman wins with higher card and takes huge pot and knocks down Jonathan chips to about half and is the new chip leader.
Hand 132
Koon comes out of his cocoon. He has waited over 100 hands before making a move. He picks up the blinds on a couple of back to back all-in hands with no takes. He is the short stack.
Hand 119: Laaked Out (3 Points)
Duhamel 
Laak 
Laak raises to 41k and Duhamel reraises to 107k. Laak is talking a lot as he tries to decide what to do. Laak is going all in and Duhamel follows. Flop 
Phil Laak is out.
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 909,000 |
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 689,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 340,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 335,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 132,000 |
Duhamel just took another nice pot from Seiver. Duhamel has risen from the ashes here tonight to gain a heavy chip lead. The blinds are 10k/20k + 3k antes.
Hand 116: Laak is Back
Laak Duhamel Seiver 
Seiver and Duhamel call, Laak raises to 125k from the button. Duhamel folds. Seiver in. The flop is 
and Laak picks up a pair of rockets. He bets 51k and Seiver is thinking about it. He folds and Phil Laak picks up big pot.
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 495,000 |
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 441,000 |
| Seat 6 | Phil Laak | 406,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 384,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 349,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 330,000 |
Hand 113: Duhamel the comeback kid.
Duhamel Laak 
Duhamel all-in and Laak calls. Flop 
Duhamel takes it. Phil’s snow goggles don’t bring him any luck.
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 572,000 |
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 443,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 406,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 379,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 368,000 |
| Seat 6 | Phil Laak | 237,000 |
Hand 104: All in Jonathan
Duhamel Jungleman Duhamel all-in and Cates calls. Flop 
Jonathan Duhamel is making a comeback.
Hand 103: Staying Alive
Koon Duhamel Duhamel all-in and Koon too. Flop 
Duhamel picks up a flush draw on the river.
Hand 99: Jungleman hurts Duhamel
Duhamel Jungleman Duhamel raises to 60k and Cates jams all in from the short stack. Duhamel calls. Flop 
Jungleman swings the pot with a pair of bullets. Duhamel is left with one big blind he will be all in next hand.
Hand 97: Scott the ReSeiver
Koon Laak Duhamel 
Seiver A series of bets. Flop comes giving Seiver top pair. Koon and Laak fold. Duhamel raises to 128k with the straight draw. Seiver goes all in and Duhamel snap folds. Seiver picks up the 291k pot and regains the chip lead.
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 750,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 379,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 371,000 |
| Seat 6 | Phil Laak | 348,000 |
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 277,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 271,000 |
Koon Laak Duhamel Seiver A series of bets. Flop comes giving Seiver top pair. Koon and Laak fold. Duhamel raises to 128k with the straight draw. Seiver goes all in and Duhamel snap folds. Seiver picks up the 291k pot and regains the chip lead.
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 750,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 379,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 371,000 |
| Seat 6 | Phil Laak | 348,000 |
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 277,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 271,000 |
Hand 90 Jungleman doubles on Duhamel
Jungleman Duhamel Jungleman goes all in pre-flop from the SB and Duhamel calls from BB. Flop Jungleman picks up a nice pot to stay alive.
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 501,000 |
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 500,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 438,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 411,000 |
| Seat 6 | Phil Laak | 284,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 262,000 |
During the lunch break we recorded an interview with Phil Laak, Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates, Jonathan Duhamel and Brian Rast, stay tuned! 
Players are on dinner break after 84 hands. The blinds are now 6k/12k +2k antes.
Hand 83 Jungleman hanging by a vine
Jungleman 
Duhamel Flop 
Series of bets and Jungleman goes all in on the river. Duhamel snap calls and Cates is crippled. Duhamel is the new chip leader.
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 756,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 476,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 443,000 |
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 404,000 |
| Seat 6 | Phil Laak | 215,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 107,000 |
Chip counts after 80 hands of play:
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 576,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 493,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 402,000 |
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 366,000 |
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 343,000 |
| Seat 6 | Phil Laak | 221,000 |
Hand 67: K is for Koon
Koon : 
Seiver Flop Seiver bets 32k post flop already holding a flush. Koon has trip kings. Koon raises to 78k. Seiver calls. Turn 
Koon goes all-in. Seiver calls. River : Koon, on the verge of elimination got saved by a full house on the river. Takes a huge pot and swaps the chip lead with Seiver.
| Seat 8 | Jason Koon | 588,000 |
| Seat 3 | Daniel Cates | 572,000 |
| Seat 2 | Scott Seiver | 421,000 |
| Seat 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 340,000 |
| Seat 1 | Brian Rast | 282,000 |
| Seat 6 | Phil Laak | 198,000 |
Selbst out (1 Points)
The action is unfolding a little faster than last night. Dan Shak has already been eliminated by the Jungleman. Scott Seiver is the current chip leader with 761,000 chips, nearly 250k more chips than 2nd place Cates. The blinds are 4k/8k +2k antes. Vanessa Selbst just got eliminated in an all-in situation against Brian Rast.
Shak Attacked (0 Points)
Direct from the Playground Poker in Montreal, Canada Heat 2 is underway for the Premier League VII. The action is now well underway for this pre-recorded for television feature table.
An early casualty here was the previous Premier League Champion Dan Shak being quickly eliminated from play. Shak’s poket Ace’s just couldn’t hold up against Jungleman making a two pair of K9 when the flop came. Now with about 43 hands played, here’s how the chips are stacked.
| JONATHAN DUHAMEL | 328000 |
| DANIEL CATES | 621500 |
| JASON KOON | 313000 |
| DAN SHAK | OUT |
| PHIL LAAK | 160000 |
| BRIAN RAST | 254500 |
| VANESSA SELBST | 197500 |
| SCOTT SEIVER | 522000 |
The blinds are midway at the 2k/4k level.
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