The preliminary heats of PartyPoker Premier League V were completed over the weekend and 6 players (Mathew Frankland, Sam Trickett and Tony G from Group A - Dan "Jungleman12" Cates, Patrik Antonius Scott Seiver from Group B) qualified for the final table.
Yesterday, 4 players competed in a series of playoff heads-up maches for the last two seats on the final table. Tom Dwan won against Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Phil Laak defeated Andy Frankenberger. This means that the final table is set and the chip counts will look like this when play begins:
Mathew Frankland - 400,000
Dan Cates - 380,000
Sam Trickett - 330,000
Patrik Antonius - 320,000
Tony G - 300,000
Scott Seiver - 300,000
Phil Laak - 290,000
Tom Dwan - 280,000
The winner will get $500,000 and a ticket to the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship.
