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Daily 3-Bet: $1.6m >> 2c/4c, Fedor … Again, Brat No Brat

The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is a mystical knack for short stack play, a hair trigger fuse and a good long look in the afternoon poker news mirror.

Have something you want to share in a future 3-Bet? Tell us about it in the comments.

Today in the 3-Bet we find a surprising appearance by the newest WCOOP champ, Fedor does Fedor and Phil Hellmuth plays good guy, bad guy.

1) SvZff's Next Stop: 2c/4c

Longtime Dutch grinder Steven 'SvZff' van Zadelhoff completed his dream of winning the WCOOP Main Event yesterday.

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REBUY!

Coming into the final table with a huge chip lead, van Zadelhoff actually lost that lead for a short while but managed to turn things around and overtake joshuah333 again for the win and the $1.6m first-place prize.

True to his chat box humor van Zadelhoff didn't go for any deals, either, giving him the full $1.6m payday into his bankroll.

Well, almost. Due to missing a few swaps and selling action SvZff said he ended up with only 16% of his action (which worked out to $266k). But, as he says, all the better to share with a very happy group of friends.

The title of World Champion of Online Poker is all his own, though, and he celebrated in grand style in Paceville in Malta last night. He also, hilariously, found some time to drop in and rebuy in a 2c/4c Limit table. REBUY!

Congrats to van Zadelhoff on all of his hard work paying off! And we hope to congratulate him in person at the 2017 Battle of Malta!

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2) Fedor 3/16 in Powerfest $25k

Are you tired of hearing that Fedor Holzdespite being 'retired' from professional poker, is deep in another big tournament? Has it gotten old?

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Mind is still Primed it turns out.

Tbh, we still find it fascinating. Talk about run-good, sample size, whether it's easier to win in 35-player HR fields or 2,000-player donkfests, Fedor is a force of nature.

And he's at it again. After winning $1m and narrowly missing the Purple Jacket in the Poker Masters, the Primed Mind of Fedor Holz found some time to drop in on the $25k High Roller finale of partypoker's Powerfest.

The newly signed partypoker pro of course is now 3/16 heading into the final day with $846,000 up top for the winner.

Will he add another dazzling cash to his audacious poker resume? Sam GreenwoodJason Koon and Viktor Blom still have something to say about it but odds are still very, very high.

Rail all the action on partypoker today starting at 8 pm CET. If you don't have a partypoker account yet, get one via our review page for a $500 bonus. Watch the action (along with some $100/$200 PLO with Sam Trickett and friends) on the partypoker Twitch stream below:

3) "I Assumed World Would Know I Was Good Guy by 2007 or 2008"

With the launch of his new book Poker Brat this summer Phil Hellmuth has been on an extended promotional jag with no shortage of new/illuminating interviews with one of poker's biggest icons.

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Good guy or bad guy face?

Add another one to the pile today with a new interview with Phil up from VegasINC magazine.

This one delves into Phil's thoughts on the coming 'sonic boom' for poker, the accuracy of his Poker Brat persona, his best friends on the circuit and what's left for him to achieve in poker.

Excerpt below

"Listen, when I became the Poker Brat in 2003 and ’04 and ’05, I assumed the world would know I was the good guy by 2007 or 2008. Because I’ve never cheated on my wife, I don’t do drugs, I’m not a big drinker.

I’m the good guy, I’m a family guy. I have a super-balanced life, and I’m a super balanced guy. I was hoping the world would figure that out. But they never figured it out. And that hurts. It hurts because I don’t want to be viewed that way.

However, I made a lot of extra money being the bad boy in poker. But I think the bad boy is someone who is out there doing crazy things. I just lose my temper at the poker table."

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