News: Patrick 'Pleno1' Leonard has a six-figure winning Sunday

In his weekly Community Round-Up Barry Carter celebrates a big victory for Pleno1 and previews the week ahead at PokerStrategy.com.

A few weeks ago I joked that my only chance in the PokerStrategy.com Heads-Up Championships was to hope most of my opponents get disqualified and I win by default.

However, against all odds, I have made it through to Round 4. This was by virtue of a bye in the first round, getting quite lucky against my opponent in the second round, and I like to think playing quite well last night in my third round.

I've really enjoyed the event so far. It's been fun to actually get to know my opponent before, during and after the match, and regardless of the money at stake, I really want to win each one.

So I was feeling quite good about my game after my victory last night. Until:

Yep just when you think you are a balla, someone reminds you how small-ball you actually are. Congrats to our very own pleno1 who had a $110k day on Sunday. Any hopes I had about bragging about outlasting him in the Heads-Up were swiftly cast aside.

It looks like he took the lion's share in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up after a three-way chop. Not bad, not bad at all.

I'd be surprised if he doesn't make a video about his big weekend. I'll spare you my own hand history analysis of my $2 victory last night.

Thread of the week

I felt this was an important thread, because as poker players we often find ourselves having to defend the game.

happa2 asked are all professionals addicts? He cited a list of questions asked by Gamblers Anonymous to prove if someone has a gambling problem, and suggested most poker professionals would answer yes to them.

Things like have you ever gambled to pay debts, and did gambling ever effect your reputation?

It's important not to dismiss things like Gamblers Anonymous, but it is also important to realise that poker is a skill game and poker is a profession - and it is unlikely that Gamblers Anonymous had factored either of these scenarios into their questioning.

LOL of the week

Last week I reported that 42% of mobile gamers have played poker on the toilet, which gave me a rare excuse to post a Family Guy clip. And here it is again: