Seiver Crushes Jungleman12 For $500k Premier League Victory

Scott Seiver has won the Party Poker Premier League V, after an exciting finishing in which he defeated heads-up specialist Daniel “Jungleman12” Cates to scoop the title, and the $500,000 first place prize.
The Premier League V saw 16 top professionals ponying up the tournament’s $125k buy-in fee with PartyPoker adding an additional $200,000 to create a prize pool worth $2.2 million. The talented field was then split into two separate groups to determine who would make the 8-seated final table.
Amongst those players failing to progress through to the ultimate round were Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Andy Frankenberger, Luke Schwartz, Erik Seidel, Eugene Katchalov, Ben Willinofsky, Vanessa Selbst, and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier.
Of the players progressing, Scott Seiver and Daniel “Jungleman12” Cates accounted for the majority of eliminations before going heads-up practically even in chips.
First out was Sam Trickett in 8th ($55,000), followed by Mathew Frankland in 7th ($65,000), both eliminated by Daniel Cates.
Next, Seiver (7-7) dispatched Tom Dwan (K-6) in 6th ($60,000) while Cates (Ad-Qd) took care of Tony G (A-K) in 5th ($100,000) with a Q falling on the river.
Phil Laak then got in on the action holding pocket queens to Patrik Antonius’s A-9, who subsequently was reimbursed his entry fee in 4th.
Playing three-handed, Phil Laak was soon reduced to a short-stack and was forced to push with 4c-2c into the Ad-10d of Seiver, thus heralding in the heads-up phase of the competition. Eventually, the winner would be decided on a coin flip in which Seiver’s K-Q struck gold on the river to defeat the pocket sevens of Dan Cates, who walked away the runner-up for $300k.
Meanwhile, WPT and WSOP champion Scott Seiver earned the Premier League V title, and took his live tournament earnings to almost $5.4 million.
The final payouts were as follows:
1. Scott Seiver ($500,000)
2. Daniel Cates ($300,000)
3. Phil Laak ($175,000)
4. Patrik Antonius ($125,000)
5. Tony Guoga ($100,000)
6. Tom Dwan ($60,000)
7. Mathew Frankland ($65,000)
8. Sam Trickett ($55,000)