Party Poker Millions - Season 2 - Mar 20, 2004

Limit Hold’em is the game of choice on the Party Poker Millions stop on the World Poker Tour. 546 players hit the high seas on the MS Ryndam either qualifying online or buying in directly for $7,000. Five out of the six final table players were well known pros that included Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindren, Barry Greenstein, Steve Zolotow and Scotty Nguyen. However it was the amateur and $25 satellite qualifier Chris Henchcliff that entered the day with the chip lead thanks to his strong right arm firing chips into the pot.

Short stacks Nguyen and Greenstein managed to keep their heads above water and even double up several times, but were eventually eliminated in 6th and 5th place respectively. Zolotow was next to go, whittled away after playing extremely tight for most of the day. Chris Henchcliff build his mountain of chips by playing ultra-aggressive poker for most of the tournament, but the amateur was simply outclassed by Negreanu and Lindgren, making his exit in third place.

The heads-up match took place between two extremely good friends and talented players, Daniel Negreanu and Erick Lindgren. With both players going in with even stacks it was truly anyone’s game. Negreanu lost two key pots worth over T1,000,000 each, giving Lindren a massive chip lead. On the final hand Lindren squeaked out a win when his A-3 won out against Negreanu’s A-4 after a 3 fell on the flop. This was Lindgren’s second World Poker Tour Title of the season, this time collecting a cool $1,000,000.