partypoker Premier League 7 – Heat 2 Updates – Jason Koon Wins!

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

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Dany Willis
Updated · 31 October 2019
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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)

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Koon A♠ 8♦

Seiver Q♦ 8♥

Flop: Q♥ 8♣ J♦ A♦ 6♠

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)

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Duhamel A♣ J♣

Koon 6♥ 6♦

Both men all in.

Flop 8♦ 4♥ 7♣ K♣ 2♥

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 K♣ 5♦

Jungleman Q♥ Q♠

Seiver goes all in pre-flop and Cates calls with pocket queens.

Flop 6♣ J♦ J♠ 10♥ 6♠

The Jungleman wins the big pot.

Hand 160: Rast wants out (5 Points)

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Rast goes all in pre-flop with average cards. Seiver calls.

Seiver A♠ K♦

Rast 10♦ 8♠

Flop 4♣ 7♠ Q♦ 5♦ 2♣

Rast is out in 5th place in tonight’s heat.

Hand 139: Duhameltdown

Jungleman A♣ K♣ Duhamel A♠ 10♣ 3♣ 7♣ 2♦ Q♥ 6♥ 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)

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Duhamel K♦ K♣ Laak 9♣ 9♦ 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 A♥ 3♠ A♠ 6♥ 4♠ 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 A♣ 4♣ Duhamel Q♠ 6♠ Seiver 7♥ 7♠ Seiver and Duhamel call, Laak raises to 125k from the button. Duhamel folds. Seiver in. The flop is ? 2♣ Q♥ 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 8♠ 8♦ Laak A♠ Q♣ Duhamel all-in and Laak calls. Flop 6♠ 5♣ 2♥ 2♣ 8♦ 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 ? Q♥ Jungleman A♥ 4♥ Duhamel all-in and Cates calls. Flop 6♦ 7♦ 7♥ 3♥ 2♣ Jonathan Duhamel is making a comeback.

Hand 103: Staying Alive

Koon Q♦ Q♥ Duhamel Q♣ 5♣ Duhamel all-in and Koon too. Flop 7♣ Q♠ 5♦ K♣ 3♣ Duhamel picks up a flush draw on the river.

Hand 99: Jungleman hurts Duhamel

Duhamel 10♦ 10♣ Jungleman A♥ K♣ Duhamel raises to 60k and Cates jams all in from the short stack. Duhamel calls. Flop A♣ 6♥ 8♣ 8♦ 6♣ 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 8♥ 6♦ Laak 4♠ 3♠ Duhamel 8♣ 6♣ Seiver K♦ J♦ A series of bets. Flop comes J♣ 7♥ 4♥ 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 8♥ 6♦ Laak 4♠ 3♠ Duhamel 8♣ 6♣ Seiver K♦ J♦ A series of bets. Flop comes J♣ 7♥ 4♥ 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 A♥ 7♠ Duhamel A♣ 6♣ Jungleman goes all in pre-flop from the SB and Duhamel calls from BB. Flop 2♥ Q♣ 7♣ 6♦ 8♦ 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!

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Players are on dinner break after 84 hands. The blinds are now 6k/12k +2k antes.

Hand 83 Jungleman hanging by a vine

Jungleman 7♠ 4♦ Duhamel 8♥ 7♥ Flop 6♣ 5♥ J♦ 9♦ Q♣ 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 : K♠ K♣ Seiver 10♦ 8♦ Flop 4♦ 7♦ K♦ Seiver bets 32k post flop already holding a flush. Koon has trip kings. Koon raises to 78k. Seiver calls. Turn 9♠ Koon goes all-in. Seiver calls. River : 7♣ 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)

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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)

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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.

Heat 2 in pictures:

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