As Montreal is prepares to welcome the World Poker Tour in just a couple of days, the partypoker Premier League VII is set to get underway Wednesday evening at Playground Poker Club where 12 world renowned pros will battle it out in a $125,000 buy-in heads-up battle with $1.5 million being awarded and the victor taking home $400,000.
Partypoker hosted a lavish party this evening at the W Hotel in downtown Montreal to ring in WPT Montreal week. A draw also took place officiated by Kara Scott to determine the player match ups for Premier League VII. Each participant was assigned one of 12 cards represented by a spot throughout the various heats of the tournament.
Here is the partypoker Premier League VII players roster with a short tale of the tape.
- Player #1 Jeff Gross – Professional Best Friend, best dressed and runs good at Playground Poker Club
- Player #2 Jonathan Duhamel – WSOP Main Event winner 2010 and Montreal’s Crown Prince of Poker
- Player #3 Antonio Esfandiari – #1 All Time Money List
- Player #4 Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates – online legend, PartyPoker Premier League 5 runner-up
- Player #5 Sorel Mizzi – controversial player and WPT high roller champion
- Player #6 Jason Koon – high roller, muscleman, online whiz and over $2 million in live tournament winnings
- Player #7 Dan Shak – defending PartyPoker Premier League 6 Champion
- Player #8 Phil Laak – WPT winner and PartyPoker World Open 5 winner
- Player #9 Brian Rast – 2 WSOP bracelets including 50k Players Championship in 2011
- Player #10 Vanessa Selbst – best NL hold’em tournament player in the world?
- Player #11 Dan Colman – First hyper-turbo player in online history to win more than $1,000,000 in a calendar year (9 months)
- Player #12 Scott Seiver – PartyPoker Premier League 5 Champion, WSOP bracelet and WPT World Championship winner
The tournament will consist of 6 League Heats (6 players each) and 1 Heads-Up Knockout Heat (2 matches). A total of $100,000 will be awarded to the top seven players in each heat in addition to receiving points. There will be a final table consisting of 6 players who will be playing for a title and the remaining $900,000.
| WEDS Nov 20 – Heat 1 | THURS Nov 21 – Heat 2 | FRI Nov 22 – Heat 3 | |||
| 1 | JEFF GROSS | 2 | JONATHAN DUHAMEL | 1 | JEFF GROSS |
| 3 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 4 | DANIEL CATES | 2 | JONATHAN DUHAMEL |
| 4 | DANIEL CATES | 6 | JASON KOON | 5 | SOREL MIZZI |
| 5 | SOREL MIZZI | 7 | DAN SHAK | 6 | JASON KOON |
| 6 | JASON KOON | 8 | PHIL LAAK | 7 | DAN SHAK |
| 9 | BRIAN RAST | 9 | BRIAN RAST | 8 | PHIL LAAK |
| 11 | DAN COLMAN | 10 | VANESSA SELBST | 10 | VANESSA SELBST |
| 12 | SCOTT SEIVER | 12 | SCOTT SEIVER | 11 | DAN COLMAN |
| SAT Nov 23 – Heat 4 | SUN Nov 24 – Heat 5 | MON Nov 25 – Heat 6 | |||
| 3 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 1 | JEFF GROSS | 1 | JEFF GROSS |
| 4 | DANIEL CATES | 6 | JASON KOON | 2 | JONATHAN DUHAMEL |
| 5 | SOREL MIZZI | 3 | ANTONIO ESFANDIARI | 3 | ANTONIO |
| 2 | JONATHAN DUHAMEL | 4 | DANIEL CATES | 5 | SOREL MIZZI |
| 8 | PHIL LAAK | 7 | DAN SHAK | 7 | DAN SHAK |
| 10 | VANESSA SELBST | 8 | PHIL LAAK | 9 | BRIAN RAST |
| 11 | DAN COLMAN | 9 | BRIAN RAST | 10 | VANESSA SELBST |
| 12 | SCOTT SEIVER | 11 | DAN COLMAN | 12 | SCOTT SEIVER |
The action is set to start on Wednesday at 6 PM EST at Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, Quebec and the tournament will be recorded for television.
Come and be part of WPT Montreal week where you can get a chance to play against some of the top pros and have a chance at a lot of prize money that will be up for grabs!!
did I miss a free party?
where is Tony G???