VIFFER WINS BIG AT PARTYPOKER.COM BIG GAME IV

Press Release - US professional David ‘Viffer’ Peat was undoubtedly the major winner at the http://www.partypoker.com/ Big Game IV, which ran from the 11th – 13th April at the prestigious Les Ambassadeurs Club in Mayfair, London. ‘Viffer,’ along with the UK’s Neil Channing, played all 48 hours of the Matchroom Sport organized crazy cash game and finished nearly £150,000 in profit, a record for the event!

Viffer produced a stunning performance and opened up on the Sunday night so aggressive that he created a table image that he exploited to the maximum throughout the rest of the game. Through talking trash, overbetting, re-raising and generally being a maniac he found himself £40,000 down almost immediately, only to come right back and completely dominate the table for 48 hours. “I couldn’t be any happier,” said Viffer at the end of the 48 hour marathon, “I am still ready to play, can’t we go on for longer?”

The American pro was involved with some epic tussles with almost every member of the table and because of his loose aggressive play he found himself exempt from eviction on all but one occasion. For the first time in the event’s history, organisers Matchroom Sport introduced evictions every six hours. All players on the table at the time voted for who they wanted to leave and the only exemptions were for the player who had been at the table the least amount of time and for the player who was statistically the most aggressive. Reasons for voting off players were wide and varied. For example, Team PartyPoker.com professional Bodo Sbrzesny was evicted twice for beating up the table, while the likes of Simon Munz were curiously voted off when they were losing. Any player deemed to be nitish also found themselves on their bike and out the door!

Another new innovation was the player walk-ons with Team PartyPoker.com’s Tony G’s ‘Bicycle Race’ entrance and Roland De Wolfe’s howling ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ curtain raiser particularly memorable. Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz was greeted with a round of loud boos as he made his way to the table while Neil Channing entered in his karate suit. The big losers were Roland De Wolfe, Luke Schwartz and Justin Bonomo, while the game was kind to Hollywood actress Jennifer Tilly, Laurence Grondin, Phil Laak, Sam Trickett and Ellis Reuben.

One of the pots of the show was when Channing and Viffer, both very deep, flopped set over set. Viffer flopped a set of eights, while Channing flopped at set of fours. A miracle one-outer on the turn gave Channing quads and a £64,000 pot! Another key moment came when Viffer folded on the river what would been the biggest pot of the game. On a board of 10 8 8 Q 7 he was river check-raised all-in by Phil Laak, who held 7 8 to Viffer’s A A. It would have been over £100,000 if he called. Viffer eventually folded and came back from the break with a sign on highlighting that he was ‘Phil’s Bitch.’ The blogging A Team of Snoopy and Jen Mason live reported for 48 hours on the PartyPoker Blog. Details of the hands, gossip and videos can be found at: http://blog.partypoker.com/big-game-iv/partypoker-big-game-day-1-live-updates.html and http://blog.partypoker.com/big-game-iv/partypoker-big-game-live-blog-day-2.html

Eddie Hearn, Managing Director of Matchroom Sport said: “The dust has settled on perhaps the most action packed 48 hours poker has ever seen. David "Viffer' Peat was a hero being exempt from all but one eviction and lasting the whole duration - whilst playing some breathtaking poker. Les A was buzzing throughout the game and we are looking forward to getting into the editing suite and rolling these shows out for immediate transmission.''

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The Big Game just gets bigger and better every year. The introduction of the eviction process was fascinating but nailing down the reasons why a player was evicted was difficult – there were a whole host of reasons.”


Mysterious online high stakes legend Isildur1 pulled out of the Big Game on the eve of the event. Team PartyPoker.com’s Tony G reacted to this here: http://blog.partypoker.com/tony-g/isildur1-sry-for-not-coming-take-care-bud.html
Jesse May spent all but two of the 48 hours in the commentary box and he was joined for the final 24 hours by Dusty ‘Leatherass’ Schmidt as co-commentator. Schmidt initially sat down to commentate for three hours but ended up doing 24 hours straight. The action will be first broadcast on Five in the UK on June 2nd and then distributed internationally. Team PartyPoker.com’s Kara Scott leads the presenting, assisted by Tatjana Pasalic.

PartyPoker.com The Big Game IV player Profit and Loss (UK £)


Name Profit/Loss

Paul Marrow -15,000
Jennifer Tilly 32,975
Laurence Grondin 20,725
Dusty Schmidt -11,925
David Viffer Peat 146,225
Isaac Haxton -6,775
Neil Channing -24,725
Andreas Ruiz -5,000
Oscar Pardo -750
Dixie Dean -10,000
Roberto Romanello -20,000
Guy Steele 1,050
Paul Zimbler 12,650
Barny Boatman 3,825
Andrew Feldman -8,900
Phil Laak 21,925
Luke Schwartz -55,000
Ellis Reuben 25,225
Simon Munz -24,900
MB Mahmoud -27,200
Robert Williamson III 10,450
Bodo Sbrzesny 17,450
Sam Trickett 24,825
Tony G 11,500
Dan Fleyshman -2,675
Roland De Wolfe -60,000
James Mitchell -2,175
Justin Bonomo -43,025

News Added: 19 April, 2010

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