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Mike Sexton Previews the PartyPoker.com World Open V<\/p>\n
Heat One<\/strong><\/p>\n Andy Ward As a member of the November 9, James is the Pride of England. After reaching the final table of the WSOPE Main Event he has completed an amazing double! That says it all and he is certainly one to watch! I expect high stakes online player Luke Schwartz to talk it up. He is going to be entertaining and fun to watch.<\/p>\n Timoshenko has to be a favourite on this table. He has achieved so much and he i still only\u00a021-years-old with wins at the Asian Poker Tour, the $25k buy-in WPT Championship as well as being an online superstar! I am so impressed with him, before the final table of the WPT Championship he went out and bought a suit and got a haircut! He is one of the good guys in poker. What impresses me mainly, however, is that he has made over $2 million in tournaments without the WSOP! That is quite something. He is a superstar now as well as being a superstar of the future.<\/p>\n Timmy won the Asian Poker Tour Macau in 2008 (pictured)<\/p>\n I love the way Ian Frazer plays\u2013 he lets his game do the talking. He\u2019s got loads of tremendous tournament results and is highly regarded.<\/p>\n Mike\u2019s picks<\/strong><\/p>\n James Akenhead Heat Two<\/strong><\/p>\n Phil Laak Phil Laak is undoubtedly one of the most liked pros on the circuit \u2013 a WPT champion who is always entertaining. I have never been at a table where people don\u2019t have a great time when he\u2019s around.<\/p>\n JP Kelly has to be watched. Here\u2019s a guy that has won a bracelet at the WSOP and WSOPE this year. That pretty much says it all and he\u2019ll be a local favourite.<\/p>\n Remy Biechel is a great up and coming player who cashed in the Main Event this year. This PartyPoker.com ambassador is excellent with a short stack \u2013 if he gets low certainly don\u2019t count him out!<\/p>\n Remy Biechel (pictured)<\/p>\n Mike\u2019s picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n Phil Laak Heat Three<\/strong><\/p>\n Sammy George Neil Channing and Jennifer Tilly (pictured)<\/p>\n I have a very tough heat here \u2013 I would much prefer to have been in heat two. Jennifer Tilly has a WSOP bracelet, while Neil Channing has a phenomenal record and has to be one of the favourites here.<\/p>\n Roland De Wolfe is a brilliant player and as a triple crown winner he is highly respected. He\u2019ll be the hardest to put on a hand and the player with the most imagination at the table.<\/p>\n I do fancy my chances \u2013 I wont be a walkover for anybody. Whoever wins will certainly have their hands full!<\/p>\n Mike\u2019s picks<\/strong><\/p>\n Jennifer Tilly Heat Four<\/strong><\/p>\n Scott Fischman A couple of years Scott Fischman was a real superstar \u2013 this star has faded slightly but he\u2019s a very tough pro and is going to be hard to beat here.<\/p>\n Layne Flack is my pick to take down this down. \u2018Back-to-Back\u2019 Flack is the only player to win back to back bracelets at the WSOP. Also a WPT champion, he is my favourite.<\/p>\n Like James Akenhead, Antoine Saout has reached the November Nine and made the final table at the WSOPE Main Event. It\u2019s remarkable that two guys have done this great double. This no fluke \u2013 Antione is no one time wonder.<\/p>\n Mike\u2019s picks<\/strong><\/p>\n Scott Fischmann Heat Five Liam Flood This is all about the Irishmen for me. Andy Black is one of the most imaginative players in the poker world. His stack will never stay level. Liam is an archaic old school player and I can tell you one thing \u2013 he will be the only player at the table wearing a tie!<\/p>\n Andy Black (pictured)<\/p>\n I\u2019m looking forward to seeing Bodo Sbrzesny, I heard great things about his first appearance\u00a0at a PartyPoker event. He\u2019s very creative and to see him lock horns with Andy Black is going to be very entertaining. They are two gunslingers \u2013 it is going to be a matter of who hits the target!<\/p>\n Mike\u2019s picks<\/strong><\/p>\n Liam Flood Heat Six<\/strong><\/p>\n Marty Smyth Marty is a highly respected and a top class pro. Tom Dwan \u2013 this guy is taking the poker world by storm and you have got to make him favourite here.<\/p>\n Bruno Fitoussi is definitely one to watch. He runs the Aviation Club but people don\u2019t realise how good a player he is. He doesn\u2019t play a lot of events but when he does he always does well. People think about him as a businessman but he definitely plays a better game than people think.<\/p>\n Felipe Ramos is one of the sensations of South America. Brazil is an up and coming hotbed of the poker world and he is certainly one not to write off.<\/p>\n From left: Ian Frazer, Bodo Sbrzesny, Remy Biechel, Mike Sexton and Felipe Ramos<\/p>\n Mike\u2019s picks<\/strong><\/p>\n Marty Smyth Overall<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a phenomenal field featuring very successful pros that have proven themselves in the biggest events. It is certainly going to be great entertainment as there are a lot of guys here who can talk and a lot of very creative players. Every single heat is not one to miss and whatever happens it looks like an extraordinary final table will be created which you wont want to miss.<\/p>\n My tip – watch out for the online qualifiers. They may not have profile at the moment but these guys have some game!<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n World Series of Poker\u201d\u00ae and \u201cWSOP\u201d\u00ae, WSOPE\u201d\u00ae are registered trade marks of Harrah\u2019s License Company LLC. No license, affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement is claimed, or should be inferred from the use of these trademarks here. PartyGaming is not licensed by or otherwise affiliated with Harrah\u2019s License Company LLC or the World Series of Poker\u00ae, in any way. Mike Sexton Previews the PartyPoker.com World Open V Heat One Andy Ward James Akenhead Luke Schwartz Yevgeniy Timoshenko Jason Adams Ian Frazer Christian Schafer As a member of the November 9, James is the Pride of England. After reaching the final table of the WSOPE Main Event he has completed an amazing double! That says<\/p>\n
\nJames Akenhead
\nLuke Schwartz
\nYevgeniy Timoshenko
\nJason Adams
\nIan Frazer
\nChristian Schafer<\/p>\n![\"Yevgeniy](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/asian-poker-tour-macau-2008-300x1991.jpg\" "\\"Yevgeniy")
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\nLuke Schwarz
\nYevgeniy Timoshenko
\nIan Frazer<\/p>\n
\nSimon Zach
\nAndy Greekfish
\nNathan Lee
\nJP Kelly
\nRemy Biechel
\nWayne O\u2019Brien
\nGustav Ekerot<\/p>\n![\"remylores\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/remylores-200x3001.jpg\" "\\"remylores\\"")
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\nJP Kelly
\nRemy Biechel<\/p>\n
\nJennifer Tilly
\nPaul Zimbler
\nNeil Channing
\nRoland De Wolfe
\nMike Sexton
\nPatrick Funke
\nRobert Sherwood<\/p>\n![\"mt8t7431\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/mt8t7431-300x2001.jpg\" "\\"mt8t7431\\"")
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\nNeil Channing
\nRoland De Wolfe
\nMike Sexton<\/p>\n
\nRyan Fronda
\nLayne Flack
\nSimon Craig
\nAntoine Saout
\nTeddy Sheringham
\nJohannes Nord Jorgensen
\nFabian Quoss<\/p>\n
\nLayne Flack (nap)
\nAntione Saout
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\nAndy Black
\nTBC
\nJohn Magill
\nAndrew Feldman
\nBodo Sbrzesny
\nPaulo Melo
\nRichard Makkinnon<\/p>\n![\"ja-03-08-final-153\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/ja-03-08-final-153-300x2001.jpg\" "\\"ja-03-08-final-153\\"")
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\nAndy Black
\nBodo Sbrzesny<\/p>\n
\nRoberto Romanello
\nEllis Reuben
\nDixie
\nTom Dwan
\nBruno Fitoussi
\nFelipe Ramos<\/p>\n![\"allsponsored\"](\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/allsponsored-300x2251.jpg\" "\\"allsponsored\\"")
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\nTom Dwan
\nBruno Fitoussi
\nFelipe Ramos<\/p>\n
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