PARTYPOKER PREMIER LEAGUE IV LINE-UP COMPLETE - IAN 'THE RAISER' FRAZER WINS TEAM PARTY SEAT
Las Vegas – 11th February 2010 – Team Party pro Ian ‘The Raiser’ Frazer has secured the final place in the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV Main Event, which gets underway tomorrow at 12pm (PST) at the M Resort in Las Vegas. Frazer, known as the ‘King of Six-Seater Shootouts,’ conquered the six-seater play-off that also featured fellow Team Party members Bodo Sbrzesny, Remy Biechel, Felipe ‘Mojave’ Ramos, Poker Hall of Fame inductee Mike Sexton and special guest player Dragon Galic.
Frazer now joins the 12 player field for the $100,000 buy-in Premier League IV alongside defending champion JC Tran, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Vanessa Rousso, Roland de Wolfe, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Phil Laak, David Benyamine, Luke Schwartz and fellow Team Party member Tony G. Also in the field is 44-year-old Italian lawyer Giovanni Safina, from Palermo, who takes his seat in the elite event after qualifying online at PartyPoker.it for just 100 euros!
‘The Raiser’ admits he hasn’t had the best run of form recently and after conquering Party tournaments over the years has had a quiet 12 months by his standards. He was invited to the first two Premier League events but didn’t get the call for the third season.
“I came, I fought, I conquered,” said Frazer. “I’ve really got a feeling I can win this and I am so delighted that I have made it into the Main Event.”
Frazer started the day fourth in chips, with Felipe ‘Mojave’ Ramos the chip leader. “I cannot express how hungry I am now. I didn’t deserve an invite to the last Premier League and it is amazing to be back!”
Ian is a very successful 50-year-old building contractor from London with live tournament winnings of over $1.5 million. The link to his success and Party is strong as he started playing online at the site in 2004 and he has finishes on the final table of five offline Party tournaments. He is a valued member of VIP club Palladium Lounge. His biggest live successes are scooping $500,000 by taking down the UK Open in 2005 and winning the first prize of $125,000 at the PartyPoker.com European Open II in 2006. Ian has cashed three times in six handed events at the WSOP and is known and feared as a specialist in that format.
The unlucky runner-up was French Team Party professional Remy Biechel, who went into the heads-up almost level but was rocked by ‘The Raiser’ in just a few hands. Full details on all the hands and eliminations can be found at: PartyPoker.com
The first heat of the PartyPoker.com Premier League IV Main Event takes place tomorrow with Frazer joining JC Tran, Daniel Negreanu, Luke Schwartz, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Roland de Wolfe, Phil Laak and Vanessa Rousso on the felt for heat one. Last year’s winner Tran goes in as favourite to take down the tournament as a whole.
TEAM PARTY PREMIER LEAGUE IV PLAY-OFF – 11th FEBRUARY 2010 – M RESORT – LAS VEGAS
1st - IAN FRAZER (UK)
2nd - REMY BIECHEL (FRA)
3rd - BODO SBRZESNY (GER)
4th - FELIPE ‘MOJAVE’ RAMOS (BRA)
5th - DRAGON GALIC (GER)
6th - MIKE SEXTON (USA)
