After a long hard slug the final chapter of the Premier League 7 came to an epic battle where the best of the best fought it out on the felt for nearly a good week. Up for grabs a shot at the most sought after prize in poker and a small matter of $400,000 for first place to sweeten the deal as well. Eventually we would see local Canadian legend Sorel Mizzi go heads up against Jeff Gross and dominate the action right from the get go never stopping until that number 1 spot was all his.
The Heats Recapped:
If you’ve missed any of the action here’s a brief recap with links:
Then we saw Jason Koon taking Heat 2
Up next was Sorel Mizzi winning Heat 3
Dan Colman absolutely crushed Heat 4
Brian Rast comfortably won Heat 5
And last we saw Scott Seiver win heat 6
Players were assigned their starting chip stacks according to their points earned before entering the final table where the eventual winner would take home $400,000.
League Standings After 6 Heats
| NO. | PLAYER | POINTS | HEATS PLAYED |
| 11 | DAN COLMAN | 37 | 4 |
| 1 | JEFF GROSS | 37 | 4 |
| 6 | SOREL MIZZI | 33 | 4 |
| 9 | BRIAN RAST | 31 | 4 |
| 5 | JASON KOON | 29 | 4 |
| 2 | JONATHAN DUHAMEL | 26 | 4 |
| 12 | SCOTT SEIVER | 25 | 4 |
| 4 | DANIEL CATES | 24 | 4 |
| 3 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 20 | 4 |
| 8 | PHIL LAAK | 19 | 4 |
| 7 | DAN SHAK | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | VANESSA SELBST | 9 | 4 |
Hand 186 Mizzi Takes the Trophy
Gross 
all-in
Mizzi 
calls 140k
Flop 
After a very long heads up battle, in a hand that initially appeared to be in favor of Gross thanks to pocket queens, Mizzi lands the flush to win the premier league.
Here are the final prize standings
| Winner | SOREL MIZZI | $400,000 |
| 2nd Place | JEFF GROSS | $200,000 |
| 3rd Place | DAN COLMAN | $120,000 |
| 4th Place | SCOTT SEIVER | $80,000 |
| 5th Place | JASON KOON | $60,000 |
| 6th Place | BRIAN RAST | $40,000 |
| PRIZE PAYOUTS BASED ON POINTS | ||
| Cash $2k/point | ||
| PLAYER | Cash | POINTS |
| DAN COLMAN |
$74,000 |
37 |
| JEFF GROSS |
$74,000 |
37 |
| SOREL MIZZI |
$66,000 |
33 |
| BRIAN RAST |
$62,000 |
31 |
| JASON KOON |
$58,000 |
29 |
| JONATHAN DUHAMEL |
$52,000 |
26 |
| SCOTT SEIVER |
$50,000 |
25 |
| DANIEL CATES |
$48,000 |
24 |
| ANTONIO ESFANDIARI |
$40,000 |
20 |
| PHIL LAAK |
$38,000 |
19 |
| DAN SHAK |
$20,000 |
10 |
| VANESSA SELBST |
$18,000 |
9 |
Congratulations to Sorel Mizzi wearing his Canada sweater, winning the first Premier League Championship to be played on Canadian soil at Canada’s Premier poker destination Playground Poker Club during WPT week. A special thanks to event sponsor partypoker.net. Stay tuned later this week for WPT Montreal action.
Hand 162 Another double up for Gross
Gross 
all-in for 100k
Mizzi 
Flop 
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1817000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
200000 |
Hand 159 The Mizzinetor
Blinds 15k/30k
Mizzi 
raises to 60k
Gross 
:Q calls 30k
Flop 
Gross checks, Mizzi bets 60k, Gross raises to 175k, Mizzi calls 115k
Turn Gross goes all in and Mizzi calls
River 
Mizzi wins with the straight. Gross is dangerously low.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1952000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
65000 |
Blinds are now 12k/24k – Mizzi 3:1
Hand 122 Mizzi trips and Gross folds
Mizzi 
raises to 40k
Gross 
calls 20k
Flop 
Checks
Turn 
Mizzi bets 50k, Gross calls
River Mizzi bets 25k
Gross folds
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1397000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
520000 |
Hand 120 Mizzi covers 3:1
Gross Gross raises to 40k
Mizzi Qs 
calls 20k
Flop 
(checks)
Turn Mizzi bets 50k, Gross calls
River 
Mizzi bets 65k
Almost 15 minutes later…. Jeff Gross folds.
The sign of a confident player is one that eats chocolate covered fruit at the table. That’s Sorel Mizzi.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1547000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
470000
|
The Action – Hand 116 Driving Mizz Daisy
Mizzi 
raises to 40k
Gross calls 20k
Flop Mizzi bets 40k, Gross calls
Turn Gross checks, Mizzi bets 105, Gross calls
River 
Mizzi bets big, Gross folds
Mizzi is playing nearly every hand practically deep. Gross is playing the patient game.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1367000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
650000 |
Players are back from a short break.
The blinds are 10k/20k and we are going into hand 108.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1112000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
905000 |
Mizzi regains slight chip lead after 100 hands
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI | 1072000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS | 945000 |
Hand 91 Things just got Gross
Mizzi Mizzi raises to 35k
Gross Gross raises to 106k
Mizzi raises to 230k
Gross all-in call for 594k
Mizzi calls
Flop 
and Gross queens hold.
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
1188000 |
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
829000 |
Hand 89 Mizzi picks up big pot
Blinds 8k/16k
Mizzi 
raises to 35k
Gross Gross calls
Flop Mizzi bets 40k, Gross calls
Turn Gross checks, Mizzi bets 100k, Gross calls
River Gross checks, Mizzi bets 220k, Gross calls
Sorel wins it and takes the hand and the $790k pot and almost 3:1 chip advantage.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1439000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
578000 |
Hand 84 Gross narrows the gap a bit more
Gross calls 6k
Mizzi 
raises to 35k and Gross calls
Flop 
Mizzi bets 38k, Gross calls
Turn 
Mizzi checks, Gross bets, Mizzi folds
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1017000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
1000000 |
Hand 80 Gross Doubles Again
Gross calls 6k
Mizzi checks
Flop 
(both men check)
Turn Mizzi bets 16k, Gross raises to 61k, Mizzi raises to 125k, Gross reraises to 221k, Mizzi all-in and Gross calls.
River
Gross has the better 2 pairs and he doubles again on Mizzi and we are about even.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1035000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
982000 |
Hand 76 Gross doubles up, back to life
Gross 
limps (calls 6k)
Mizzi 
shoves all-in for 1.807M
Gross takes his time after a lot of talking and calls for 210k.
Flop 
Gross doubles up.
Hand 75 Colman goes out
Mizzi 
Colman
Flop 
Mizzi defeats Colman.
Colman had a tremendous final table but got caught in hand #65 which cost him the tournament. We are now going to play heads up between Mizzi and Gross. The blinds are 6k/12k and Mizzi has a 9:1 chip lead, we could have a Canadian winning the first Premier League played on Canadian soil.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1807000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
210000 |
| 3rd Place | DAN COLMAN | BUSTED |
| 4th Place | SCOTT SEIVER | BUSTED |
| 5th Place | JASON KOON | BUSTED |
| 6th Place | BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
Hand 71 Colman caught in Mizzi’s crossfire
Colman calls 12k from the button
Mizzi calls 6k
Gross 
checks
Flop Mizzi bets 25k, Gross folds, Colman calls
Turn Mizzi bets 56k, Colman calls
River Mizzi bets 162k, Colman calls
Colman is crippled now. Mizzi looking very good.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1731000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
218000 |
| SEAT 5 | DAN COLMAN |
68000 |
| 4th Place | SCOTT SEIVER | BUSTED |
| 5th Place | JASON KOON | BUSTED |
| 6th Place | BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
Hand 65 Mizzi fires missle at Colman
Colman raises 24k from the button
Mizzi raises to 70k
Colman raises all-in, Mizzi calls
Flop 
Mizzi takes what’s probably the most important pot of the tournament. He’s taken over the chip lead in a big way.
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
1476000 |
| SEAT 5 | DAN COLMAN |
347000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
194000 |
More Chips…
| GROSS | 210,000 |
| COLMAN | 1,122,000 |
| MIZZI | 685,000 |
Hand 61 Seiver sent packing
Seiver raises to 16k
Colman reraises to 29k, Seiver calls
Flop 
Colman checks and Seiver shoves all-in for 78k, Colman calls
Turn
River
Colman outdraws Seiver on the flop with three 10’s vs Aces. Scott Seiver is out and Colman extends his lead. The snow has fallen here in Montreal and already 3 of the six pros have fallen. We are now 3-handed and the blinds are about to go up to 6k/12k +2k antes.
| GROSS | 234,000 |
| COLMAN | 1,090,000 |
| MIZZI | 693,000 |
Hand 59 Mizzi knocks out Koon
Mizzi raises to 16k
Koon calls 8k from BB
Flop 
Koon checks, Mizzi bets 21k, Koon raises to 46k, Mizzi shoves and Koon calls
Turn
River
Mizzi picks up the straight and knocks out Koon.
| SEAT 5 | DAN COLMAN | 963000 |
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI | 705000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS | 238000 |
| SEAT 2 | SCOTT SEIVER | 111000 |
| SEAT 4 | JASON KOON | BUSTED |
| SEAT 1 | BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
Hand 57 Colman wins a nice pot off Seiver
Colman raises to 16k
Seiver calls 8k
Flop 
(checks)
Turn Seiver bets 27k and is called
River Seiver bets 62k and Colman calls
Colman takes the 224k pot.
| SEAT 5 | DAN COLMAN |
903000 |
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
531000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
280000 |
| SEAT 4 | JASON KOON |
184000 |
| SEAT 2 | SCOTT SEIVER |
119000 |
| SEAT 1 | BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
Hand 54 A Gross fold to Mizzi
Mizzi raises to 16k
Gross calls 12k from SB
Flop Gross bets 18k, Mizzi raises to 50k, Gross raises to 110k playing totally the opposite of his tight play from the Heats. Mizzi calls.
Turn Gross checks, Mizzi bets 87k
Gross folds.
Gross has played his first hand after 3 orbits.
| SEAT 5 | DAN COLMAN |
802000 |
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
489000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
302000 |
| SEAT 2 | SCOTT SEIVER |
230000 |
| SEAT 4 | JASON KOON |
194000 |
| SEAT 1 | BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
Hand 50 Seiver grabs some of Colman’s chips
Seiver raises to 16k
Colman calls 8k fro BB
Flop checks
Turn Colman checks, Seiver bets 23k, Colman calls
River Seiver bets 56k, Colman folds
Seiver picks up some much needed chips.
| DAN COLMAN | 784000 |
| JEFF GROSS | 444000 |
| SOREL MIZZI | 343000 |
| SCOTT SEIVER | 236000 |
| JASON KOON | 210000 |
| BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
The blinds are 4k/8k +2k antes
Hand 45 Kooning On Up
Koon raises to 16k from SB
Colman calls
Flop 
Turn Koon checks, Colman bets 38k, Koon calls
River Koon checks, Colman checks without showing cards.
| SEAT 5 | DAN COLMAN |
823000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
466000 |
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
369000 |
| SEAT 4 | JASON KOON |
222000 |
| SEAT 2 | SCOTT SEIVER |
137000 |
| SEAT 1 | BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
Hand 37 Mizzi flops flush vs Koon
Koon raise to 14k
Mizzi raises to 35k and Koon calls.
Flop (Mizzi flops the nuts)
Mizzi bets 27k and Koon folds
| SEAT 5 | DAN COLMAN |
862000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
505000 |
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
364000 |
| SEAT 2 | SCOTT SEIVER |
181000 |
| SEAT 4 | JASON KOON |
105000 |
| SEAT 1 | BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
Hand 30 ReKooning
Seiver raises to 12k
Koon shoves all in with his short stack
Seiver calls
Flop
Koon gets the much needed double-up and is at 169k chips.
Hand 20 Mizzi reSeives
Mizzi raises to 10k
Seiver calls
Flop bets 18k, Seiver calls
Turn Mizzi bets and Seiver folds
Hand 17 Colman takes out Rast
Colman raises to 10k
Rast raises to 29k
Colman reraises to 67k
Rast raises to 110k
Colman calls all-in and Rast calls
Flop
King Rast is the first one out.
| SEAT 5 | DAN COLMAN |
906000 |
| SEAT 3 | JEFF GROSS |
524000 |
| SEAT 6 | SOREL MIZZI |
269000 |
| SEAT 2 | SCOTT SEIVER |
222000 |
| SEAT 4 | JASON KOON |
96000 |
| SEAT 1 | BRIAN RAST | BUSTED |
Hand 16 Colman knocks Koon around
Koon raises t 10k
Colman raises to 24k from the button and Koon calls
Flop Colman bets 20k with the flush draw, Koon calls
Turn Colman has the nuts (bets 33k), Koon calls
River Colman snaps all in and Koon pulls out with 97k chips remaining in his stack
Colman takes the chip lead.
Hand 8 Rast 5bets pre-flop vs Mizzi
Mizzi raises to 9k, reraise to 53k
Rast raises to 26k, Rast 5bets to 85k
Mizzi raises to 9k, reraise to 53k
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