Chalk up one for the young guns of poker. Twenty-four year-old Sam Trickett of the United Kingdom took down the sixth PartyPoker World Open, banking $200,000. The tournament played out last week from the Palm Beach Casino in London.
Trickett has been on a tear in 2010. In June, he was the runner-up to Jason DeWitt in a $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event held during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for $505,000. That tournament saw Jeff “yellowsub” Williams finish in third and DoylesRoom Brunson 10 member Amit “amak316” Makhija take fifth for $328,000 and $179,000, respectively.
Then, Trickett bubbled the final table of the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event at the WSOP for $141,000. In August, Trickett was up to his winning ways once again, this time finishing fourth in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event in Vilamoura, Portugal. That showing was worth $177,000 and, when combined with Friday’s PartyPoker World Open VI win, gives him four six-figure cashes in the last three months.
On the final hand of the tournament, Trickett moved all-in on a board of A-5-10-2-9 with 10-9 for two pair and Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko called all-in with A-4. Trickett told PartyPoker officials following the tournament’s conclusion, “To finally win a big tournament is brilliant. It is great to hear people saying congratulations rather than commiserations. After doubling up very early, I felt I was always in control, but had a feeling that if I got heads-up it would be against Yevgeniy Timoshenko.”
Trickett doubled up with pocket kings against Dale Hoy’s pocket eights early on and Hoy was sent packing shortly thereafter at the hands of Victory Poker’s Andrew “good2cu” Robl. Hoy’s seventh place showing was worth $15,000. Then, Robl was eliminated in particularly stunning fashion. He pushed all-in with pocket nines on a board of Q-9-Q-5-9 for quads and Toby Lewis made the call with pocket queens to have him crushed. In any cash game, this would have triggered a bad beat jackpot.
EPT founder John Duthie was bounced in fifth place after an untimely shove with 9-5, as Trickett woke up with pocket queens to send the veteran packing. Then, it was Juha Helppi’s witching hour after his Q-6 could not draw out on Lewis’ A-7. Helppi flopped a queen to take a temporary lead in the hand, but Lewis turned an ace to move ahead for good.
In his final hand, Lewis 5bet all-in pre-flop with A-7 of spades and Timoshenko made the call with A-J. The flop came 2-4-3, potentially setting up a split pot, and a second spade on the turn gave Lewis additional outs to a flush. However, a red ace hit on the river to give Timoshenko the win in the hand and set up heads-up play. Lewis received $75,000 for third place; Trickett had a 3:2 edge in chips to start heads-up action and never looked back.
Here were the results from the seven-handed final table of the PartyPoker World Open VI:
1. Sam Trickett – $200,000
2. Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko – $110,000
3. Toby Lewis – $75,000
4. Juha Helppi – $35,000
5. John Duthie – $25,000
6. Andrew “good2cu” Robl – $20,000
7. Dale Hoy – $15,000
For Timoshenko, the runner-up showing in the PartyPoker World Open VI marked the latest feather in his cap in what has already been a tremendously successful career. Timoshenko won the Asian Poker Tour’s Macau Main Event in 2008 for $500,000. Last year, he took down the World Poker Tour Championship for $2.1 million and followed that up with a win in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event for another $1.7 million.
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