partypoker Premier League 7 – Heat 5 Updates – Rast Wins!

The partypoker Premier League 7 continues with Heat 5 from the wonderful city of Montreal. Jeff Gross won Heat 1 followed by Jason Koon taking Heat 2 then we saw Sorel Mizzi taking winning Heat 3 and yesterday we saw Dan Colman crushing Heat 4. With the Premier League 7 we’re featuring 12 players all playing six eight-handed heats, with each player competing in a total of four league matches.

Players are awarded points based on their finishing position and each point is worth $2,000. And the top four points earners progress to the final table, while the next four places square off in a series of best-of-three one-on-one matches for the last two spots in the six-handed grand finale.

Current League Standings After 4 Heats

Heat 5 comprises of the following players:

Heat 5 in photos:

Hand 153 A victory for King Rast

Gross K♦ 8♠ raises to 48k

Rast A♠ A♥ raises to 120k

Gross makes a move and goes all-in for 955k and Rast calls

Flop 3♠ 6♦ 5♦ J♥ 5♣

It was a heads up that could have gone either way. Patient play (Gross) vs. aggressive play (Rast). Rast dominated tonight but Gross consistently making top 3 positions including a victory in heat 1.

Congratulations Brian Rast – winner of Premier League Heat 5.

Blinds are 12k/24k – Chipcounts after 149 hands

Chipcounts after 127 hands

Hand 117 Gross has gotten in Rast’s mind. Doubles up on Rast.

Gross ? 5♠ raises to 32k

Rast 7♠ 4♠ reraises to 79k, Gross reraises to 135 and Rast calls

Flop 10♥ Q♠ A♠ Rast raises all in and Gross all in for 396k. Rast needs flush draw.

Turn Q♣

River 8♦

Gross doubled up on Rast…

Hand 113 Gross doubles on Rast

Gross A♣ 2♥ raises to 32k from SB

Rast 7♥ 6♥ calls

Flop 4♥ Q♥ A♠

Gross all in and Rast calls

Turn 5♦

River 2♣

Gross wins the hand.

Hand 98 Rast flushes out Koon (9 Points)

Koon 3♠ 3♣ goes all-in

Rast A♥ K♦ calls

Flop 10♥ 8♥ Q♥

Turn 10♠ at this point, it looks like Koon is taking the hand

River 4♥ gives Rast the flush.

Koon is eliminated. We are now about to go heads up Rast vs. Koon

Hand 96 Rast flexes muscle at Koon

Koon Q♥ 5♥ raises to 25k from the button

Rast A♠ 9♠ calls 13k

Flop 5♠ J♥ J♠ Koon bets 25k, Raste raises to 69k, Koon calls

Turn 9♣ Rast bets 87k, Koon calls

River 6♣ Rast all in – Koon snap folds

Hand 92 A horseshoe for Gross

Gross A♣ 6♠ goes all-in

Rast A♠ A♥ calls

At this point it looks like we will have another elimination.

Gross gets the save on the river for a split pot. Both men make a straight.

Flop Q♠ 10♥ 8♣ K♥ J♣

Hand 89 Rast dodges bullets

Rast 7♠ 6♣ Rast raises to 25k from button

Gross A♣ 4♣ calls from BB

Flop 5♦ J♦ A♠ 8♣

Rast all in for 1.471M

Gross folds and Rast extends his lead.

Chip counts after 87 hands: blinds 6k/12k +2k antes

Hand 82 Split pot

Koon A♠ K♠ all in 298k

Gross A♣ K♥ calls

Flop 5♠ 4♠ 10♦ J♣ 5♦

Nearly a flush for Koon but ends up being a split pot.

Hand 79 Jungleman takes a chance but gets caught by Rast (7 points)

Rast 7♦ 7♣ raises to 17k

Jungleman 4♠ 4♥ at the low stack goes all in from the SB and Rast calls

Flop Q♠ 2♦ 7♠ J♣ 6♣

Rast’s pair of sevens holds up but gets trip sevens. Jungleman was lucky to make it this far tonight with his short stack, he picks up some points. They are now playing 3-handed while Rast continues to take down his opponents.

Hand 78: Phil down on his Laak (5 points)

Gross A♥ K♥ raises to 24k

Laak K♣ Q♠ al in for 110k

Gross calls

Flop ? 3♠ 5♦ 5♠ 7♥

Bye bye Phil.

Hand 74 Two 2’s never lose. Colman eliminated (3 points)

Laak 9♥ 9♦ raise to 18k

Rast 2♦ 2♣ raises all in 1.001M

Colman J♥ J♣ also shoves all in for 311k

Laak stands down

Flop 4♠ 7♠ Q♣ 2♥ 4♦

Colman will leave his warm tournament chair to head out into the cold -15 degree weather to be dubbed “Coldman”. Right now Rast has 56% of the chips on the table.

Chipcounts after hand 73 – blinds 4k/8k +2k blinds

Hand 53 Chip time:

Hand 47 Esfandiari busts (1 Points)

A few hands later and we see Anotonio Esfandiari getting knocked out by Brian Rast again.

Esfandiari A♥ K♠ All in for 325k

Rast J♠ J♣

Board brings: J♥ 5♣ A♦ Q♥ 9♣

Rast again wins this hand for 666k and sends Esfandiari packing.

Hand 41 Shak out (0 Points)

Dan Shak who previously won the Premier League is our first casualty today here in Montreal. With blinds at 2/4k plus a 500 ante.

Shak 8♣ 7♣ All in for $334k

Rast [Kh Kc]

Board brings: 6♦ Q♣ Q♠ 5♠ 10♦

Rast wins the hand and Shak is sent to the rail.

Hand 38 Chipin’ Up…

Hand 34 Jungle Jungle…

It’s been a tough start for Jungle today down to 145k after being bluffed out of 136k pot from Dan Coleman.

Colman 10♦ 8♣ all in for 136k

Jungle A♠ Q♦

Board runs out 5♥ A♦ 5♠ 7♣ 6♥, Jungle enters a world of pain it looks like on the monitors in the recording truck and folds. Colmanshow’s his bluff and Jungle replies “I can’t hit a draw to save my f**cki*g life” he muttered after. Blinds are currently 2k/4k with a 500 Ante.

Hand 28

As usual Jesse May is doing a terrific job in the commentary box and joined today by Sorel Mizzi who we caught up with for an interview earlier. Not a whole ton of action so far with Phil Gross our current chip leader and of course Phil Laak is up to his usual tricks of attempting his mind tricks. Here in the meantime are some chip counts after 28 hands:

The Action – Welcome to the (Concrete) Jungle.

You know even before the action started today Dan Jungleman Cates was $30,000 up after he won a prop bet against Antonio Esfandiari. The bet? Could the Jungleman standout side in the cold winter air of Montreal in -17c without his shirt for 20 minutes. We’re glad to say we we’re there to get pics:

Hand 13 Lucky For Some

Back in the brilliant Playground Poker in Montreal, Canada Heat 5 has just begun. We know you love chip counts so let’s get to it after 13 hands:

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