The PartyPoker World Open VI final table played out on Friday night, at London’s Palm Beach casino and it was in-form British poker pro Sam Trickett who took the title.
Trickett, who won a tough opening heat that featured the likes of Neil “Bad Beat” Channing, Ian Frazer and James Akenhead, came into the PartyPoker World Open VI off the back of a European Poker Tour fourth place at Vilamoura, as well as enjoying a fruitful World Series of Poker, where he featured on no fewer than six final tables.
The other heat winners to join Trickett in the final were Andrew Robl, EPT founder John Duthie, former WPT Champion Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Dale Hoy and Juha Helppi.
Toby Lewis also took to the felt at the World Open VI final table. Beaten in Dale Hoy’s heat, he qualified for and won a play-off between all players that finished second in their heats. Phil Laak’s title defence came to an end in the same heat, as he could only muster a fifth place finish.
First to exit was Hoy, who found himself crippled in the first blind level after somewhat bizarrely five-betting all-in with 8-8 again the K-K of Sam Trickett. A few hands later he shoved A-7 but found Andrew Robl with A-Q, to end his tournament.
An extraordinary hand of poker accounted for the tournament life of Andrew Robl, who left in sixth. Lewis threw in a raise from the button with Q-Q, which Robl called with 9-9 and Timoshenko with 2-2. The flop was a firework inducing Q-9-Q, which Timoshenko wisely sidestepped. As both players attempted to extract maximum value from their opponent on the flop and turn, the river ensured maximum brutality by delivering the case 9, to give Robl an inferior four-of-a-kind. The whole table looked on shocked, as both players revealed their hands and Robl stumbled toward the exit.
A badly timed bluff accounted for John Duthie in fifth place, as Sam Trickett snapped it off with Q-Q, while Finnish pro Juha Helppi was next to leave the PartyPoker World Open VI final table, shoving Q-6 against the A-7 of Toby Lewis. Helppi flopped a queen, but an ace on the river sealed his fourth place finish.
Lewis finished third after losing a race with Q-J against the 5-5 of Sam Trickett, meaning the latter took a slight chip lead into heads-up play with Timoshenko, 1,225,000 to 875,000. Heads-up play lasted around an hour, ending with an explosive hand.
Timoshenko raised with a suited A-4, finding a call from Trickett with a suited T-9. The flop came A-5-T with two clubs, giving Trickett second pair with a flush draw, which was enough for the Brit to lead out, before calling a raise from Timoshenko. The harmless 2 on the turn led to a check from Trickett and a bet from Timoshenko, which was called. The 9 on the river gave Trickett a nicely disguised two pair, which he checked, shoving all-in over the top of Timoshenko’s bet. A sigh and a little thought from Timoshenko led to a call and Trickett had wrapped up the PartyPoker World Open VI title.
Trickett picked up $200,000 for his efforts, with Timoshenko winning $110,000 by way of consolation.
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