24 Nov 11

PokerStrategy.com TV World Championship - Saviorhun & Axleska Triumph

Underdog Saviorhun bests TheLastNail to take down heat number 4 and Axleska defeats the Poker Heaven CEO to win heat number 5.

Pius Heinz
Heat 4 Champion Saviorhun
 
Two more heats of the PokerStrategy.com TV World Championship are in the books. Every heat so far has been unique and told a different story in their own way, and these two were no different.

Heat 4 - Saviorhun Wins

In the early levels the story of Heat 4 was about one man, and one man only, PokerStrategy.com coach TheLastNail, who put on one of the most memorable performances of the event.

In the first level TheLastNail repeatedly found himself reraising his opponents all in and getting them to fold better hands. He displayed a superb read on the rest of the table.

He quickly amassed the chip lead and took control of the table. He seemed never to put a foot wrong, until he ran into Hungarian player Saviorhun.

The two clashed in one of the most memorable hands of the tournament so far, one which will no doubt court a lot of discussion when it is aired, as he called a check raise on the river of a king high, three flush, paired fives flop, with just a pair of jacks, for his tournament life.

Saviorhun was a player in stark contrast to the intimidating TheLastNail. A shy modest player who was telling everyone who would listen he had no chance of winning the heat.

But following that crucial hand he held more than 60% of the chips in play three-handed and soon after cruised to victory over his heads-up opponent Thazar.

He was ever modest in victory, and quickly played down his chances of winning the final, but we think he this plucky underdog is much better than he gives himself credit for.

Heat 5 - Axleska Defeats The CEO

Pius Heinz
Heat 5 Champion Axleska
 

The second heat of the day got a decidedly fun shake up, as not one, but two players pulled out at the last moment, to be replaced with two very interesting characters.

One of which was PokerHeaven CEO Crispin Nieboer, who was playing on behalf of the PokerStrategy.com community, and the other was semi professional body popper Roopopper, a fan favourite in the community forum.

In the early stages, two men stood out as potential winners. Kafelnikow andJCBMaster, as both men were taking advantage of a relatively cagey table, and opening most of the pots that were folded to them.

But both men were sent packing from the tournament in the middle stages, after being on the wrong end of some big pots.

The biggest benefactor of which was Hungarian player Axleska, who quietly and methodically accumulated chips while managing to stay under the radar.

He managed to take the chip lead into a marathon heads-up match with Poker Heaven CEO Crispin Nieboer, in a swingy battle that saw the lead change many times, with the river saving Nieboer on more than one occasion. 


But lucky rivers and a huge rail of Poker Heaven staff was not enough to send the CEO to the final, and eventually Axleska dispatched of Nieboer to win the heat.

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Join Us Tomorrow For the Final Two Heats:

The last twelve hopefuls will be looking to book their seats in the final tomorrow, starting from 9am, the line up looks like this:
 
Heat 6 - Friday 25 November
Seat Name
 Country
Seat 1
 ahtaaja
Seat 2
 xenboy
Seat 3
 flplopes
Seat 4
 striegie
Seat 5
 TripleAceIRL
Seat 6
 ziggi


Heat 7 - Friday 25 November
Seat Name
 Country
Seat 1
 martin77bg
Seat 2
 mouse166
Seat 3
 DuneBuggy
Seat 4
 petrakow
Seat 5
 pelator
Seat 6
 Kyyberi


Heat 5
The second heat of the day got a decidedly fun shake up, as not one, but two players pulled out at the last moment, to be replaced with two very interesting characters.

One of which was PokerHeaven CEO Crispin Nieboer, who was playing on behalf of the PokerStrategy.com community, and the other was semi professional body popper RooPopper, a fan favourite in the community forum.

In the early stages, two men stood out as potential winners. Kafelnikow andJCBMaster, as both men were taking advantage of a relatively cagey table, and opening most of the pots that were folded to them.

But both men were sent packing from the tournament in the middle stages, when they picked some bad spots to bluff or get their money in the middle of the table. These missteps left them crippled and soon led to their elimination.

The biggest benefactor of which was Polish player  Axleska, who quietly and methodically accumulated chips while managing to stay under the radar. 

He managed to take the chip lead into a marathon heads-up match with Poker Heaven CEO Crispin Nieboer, in a swingy battle that saw the lead change many times, with the river saving Nieboer on more than one occasion.