Andy Black Wins Party Poker Premier League$316,000 Win as Irishman Lifts First Major Title |
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The $1 million PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker was won by Irishman Andy Black yesterday. It was the first major title for Black who previously had made the final table at the World Series of Poker main event as well as second in the Aussie
Millions. He collected $316,000 for his victory over Roland De Wolfe.
"It has taken 20 years to finally finish the job,” said Black, “it is a fantastic feeling. I’ve been in so many strong positions before and not ended up winning that sometimes I doubted whether I could actually get the first place. Everybody was waiting for me to blow up. I see this as a turning point – perhaps now I can convert my dominant positions in tournaments into victories.”
The Premier League saw 12 of the world’s top players stump up the $60,000 buy-in including 2007 winner Juha Helppi, 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, CardPlayerEurope.com European Player of the Year Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Tony G, Ian Frazer, Vicky Coren, and Eddy Scharf.
Joining them this year were “Flying Dutchman” Marcel Luske, Annie Duke, and Russian WSOP bracelet winner Alexander Kravchenko.
The format of the tournament, devised by organier Matchroom Sports, saw the players play six times in the preliminary stage, with the top four players moving on to the final table and the next four playing heads-up matches for the final two places.
Tony G was pretournamet favourite and despite going into the final table as chip leader could only manage third place.
The final payouts in the event were:
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