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| Late Night
Poker |
Episode : Final |
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| 15th December 00:15 (1hour 35 minutes) |
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| Seat 1 : Paul Alterman
(UK) |
solid
man, won £120,000 7-card stud, Austria 1999 |
| Seat 2 : Phil Helmuth
Jr. (USA) |
1989
World Champ. & world class player |
| Seat 3 : "Mad" Marti
Wilson (UK) |
journeyman player from Birmingham |
| Seat 4 : Mike McGee
(UK) |
very
experienced and strong tourney player |
| Seat 5 : Barney Boatman
(UK) |
top
Brit in the WSOP 2000 |
| Seat 6 : Adam Heller
(UK) |
long
time gambler |
| Seat 7 : Korosh
(Iran) |
london local and vocal |
| Seat 8 : Mohammed Ravai
(Iran) |
journeyman player based in Austria |
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In early play
Mohammed and Heller showed how nervous they were and played K-K vs A-9 very
strangely. A small bet with A-9 from Heller followed by an undersized raise
from K-K got called. A perfect no flush flop of 6-7-Q was checked by Ravai with
the Cowboys. The
turn card was an Ace and now Heller checked. The
River
brought nothing and they both checked.
A little later Phil bet into
Korosh who had made trips on the flop. He raised and Phil read it right and
passed.
Soon after Phil had the cowboys himself and got to see
the flop with small bets from Barney with 9-9. 8-8-4 on the table and Barney
raised Phil's small bet with an all-in cry. Phil had no second thoughts as he
put it in but had the look of a man in a forced play as he waited for Barney to
turn over his cards. Last two cards did nothing and Barney gave Phil a
pile.
Mohammed checked a flop with A-J on Q-Q-4. The turn was an
8 and then he bet into Heller. He had just made a pair with his 10-8 and made a
good call to see Ravai the first out.
Throughout the play Phil was
building a nice needle sideline with Korosh who couldn't resist the verbal
conflict and never managed to gain the upper hand.
A short stacked
Barney found Ace-Ace and got called by Heller with Q-9 for the few
chips. J-8-6 on the flop and then a 10 to make a straight and then an Ace to
make Barney feel worse going out with his trips.
Korosh burnt
some chips unnecessarily with a bad bluff into Heller. Then playing 9-5 (one
spade) he saw a flop of 4-9-J all spades vs. Phil with K-J (no spade). All-in
from Korosh and Phil took some time to see the bet. Plenty of cards for Korosh
to win with but Phil survived.
Then a three way hand with Paul Alterman
starting with a bet with a small hand to see Phil come back with a raise with
Ace-Deuce. Mike McGee, who had not played a hand, bets all-in with his
Ace-Ten hoping that his long time inactivity would push the others out.
Unfortunately he had too few chips and Phil, on figuring that he was getting
3-1 pot odds, called. He was a 7-3 underdog. A flop of 3-5-J (all diamonds)
brought Phil an inside straight draw and a flush draw as well as the Deuce to
win. The Turn
was a Ten and the River a Four to give Phil the hand.
Phil showed
more ability when forcing Paul to put down 8-8 after he had made a raise with
it.
Marti got short and made a stand with K-Q but Heller had Q-Q
which stood up. He finished fourth.
Three left and a flop of 9-J-4 (all
clubs). Phil bets small and Paul feels he has many outs with his Q-T (one club)
and so semi-bluffs all-in. Sadly Phil has Ace-Ace and one is a club. Next card
a club and Paul is gone.
The final heads-up is for the
£35,000-£10,000 prize split.
Many all-ins from Heller steal
the blinds in the hands. Then he gets to see a flop with 10-4 only to see 4-4-3
on it. He checks, Phil bets small and flat calls trying to trap and then
strangely checks again when a 6 comes. The River sees a 5 and now Phil
bets and unbelievably Heller calls. Phil's 9-2 picks up a big pot!
Short
stacked and steaming Heller gets all-in straight away with 10-9 (one club) and
Phil Hellmuth calls with Q-J. Ace-10-7 (all clubs) puts Heller in front with a
draw. Then Queen-Four, no clubs, and Phil is the champion.
Basically
Hellmuth out played everyone and they all out played
themselves. |
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