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obiedman wins FTOPS XIV Event #22: $2,500 + $120 Super Stack NLHE

Jack Sawyer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:32:28 +0000

Another day gone by, another FTOPS event in the books! This time it was the FTOPS XIV Event #22: $2,500 + $120 Super Stack NLHE. 938 hopefuls showed up of which only 90 cashed; just 6 of them took home prizes well into the 6 figures!

The final table went down as follows:

9th: just a few hands after the start of the final table. Standard preflop race, with Supa4Real calling a massive overbet pf allin and sucking out.

GG Rabbit_hunterSA, your rabbit was hunted in 9th place. For you efforts during the tourney you will collect $39,865! Congrats!

Meanwhile, the sole remaining pro Gary Jones doubled up twice with sets vs overpairs on low flops versus Supa4Real, both times 44 vs QQ on 4xx flop.
Gary is now in contention…

8th: preflop shove and call. The best hand preflop prevails for once.

DanOBrien (do I know that name from somewhere?) is sent packing in 8th place, and is also instantly $54,873 richer. Congrats!

7th: another shortie pf allin, flip favors the big stack this time. Gary Jones sure has been lucky on this final table!

Ah, well, Ahvall, you will get your chance at another final table. This time, 7th place for $70,350 will have to do. Congrats!

6th: that flop was a dagger to the heart of TheAlligatorNo1. All-in preflop means you still have some hope, but that flop takes hope out of you like the Grim reaper takes the life out of people.

Timvd20, aided by a lucky flop, make that an extremely lucky flop, knocks poor TheAlligatorNo1 out in 6th. The first 6-figure payday, that $105,525 prize will help him forget all about that flop in no time.

5th: first time since that early hand that I’ve seen Supa4Real win a preflop coinflip. Nice timing though.

the_real_magic could not have imagined that that spade king would hit. Black magic if you ask me. Anyway, 5th for $146,562.50 will have to do this time. Congrats!

4th: another coinflip. Gary Jones openshoves 9BB with a raggedy ace, and gets called by the new big stack, Timvd20, with pocket fours. Best hand preflop holds up, and Gary Jones the eccentric English Pro is out in 4th.

The last remaining pro is knocked out in 4th place, earning himself $193,462.50 for his efforts. Congrats!

The payouts got serious at this point, but still no talk of a [possible deal by the remaining players.
The title looked to be on its way to the Netherlands, with both remaining chipleaders being from that country while the shorty, obiedman, was from the United States. Some questionable plays by Supa4Real though surrendered the chiplead to Timvd20, and he and obiedman were now in a dead heat in stack size.

3rd: and surprise surprise, another preflop allin.

First time that American Airlines showed up though. And Timvd20, once the dominant top chip at this final table, is now out in 3rd with a $252,097.50 prize for his efforts tonight.

HU:
Supa4Real enters heads-up play as the chipleader. But once the HU began, he started running unbelievably bad.

This hand was simply one in a series of hands in which obiedman would show up with the ubernuts and vbet poor Supa4Real who every time held a good payoff hand.

And then we have the final hand. Unsurprisingly, Supa4Real was dominated. The money went in on the flop.

And Supa4Real took home a none too shabby prize of $340,025 for his efforts tonight. The yellow shirt, however, went to obiedman, who ran like a Kenyan heads up on his way to a prize of $539,350, and endless bragging rights.

Congratulations to all who played, and remember that if today wasn’t your lucky day, there will always be better days down the road.

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AbdullahOchalan wins FTOPS XIV Event #13, $300+20 NLHE 6-max Shootout

Jack Sawyer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:02:17 +0000

Another day in the books, another FTOPS event gone by! This time it’s the FTOPS XIV event #13: Hold’em No Limit Shootout 6-max Deepstack $300+$22. Tonight’s event was hosted by the acclaimed pro David “The Dragon” Pham, who has many accolades in the many tournament circuits worldwide.

This tournament drew 1,009 hopefuls of which only 108 would get a payday. The total prize pool was in excess of $302,000, and took just about 7 hours from start to conclusion.

There was a strong showing by the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]Full Tilt[/url] Red’s in tonight’s event. Among many, we were graced by the presences of Trond Eidsvig, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Erica-Schoenberg.php]Erica Schoenberg[/url], [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Huck-Seed.php]Huckleberry Seed[/url] (who just recently moved to Portugal), Christian Kruel, Gary Jones (celebrated English pro who boycotts the American based WSOP events), Julian Gardner, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Marco-Liesy.php]Marco Liesy[/url], Roy Winston, Scott Fischman, Stuart Paterson, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Steve-Zolotow.php]Steve Zolotow[/url], Nordberg, WSOP 2008 Main Event Final Tablist Scott Montgomery, and Stuart Paterson. [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Steve-Zolotow.php]Steve Zolotow[/url] and Ram Vaswani had very strong showings among the pro’s with a runner-up and a 38th place finish respectively.

The final table payouts looked as follows:
1st AbdullahOchalan ($54,486)
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3rd endzeit ($22,702.50)
4th MSUsWorst ($15,740.40)
5th CTAPblU KA3EJI (10,594.50)
6th aiMfoRthEheAd (7,264.80)

Bubbling the final table was HappyHasselhoff for a $4,994.55 prize.

Congratulations to all who played tonight, and two thumbs up if you cashed. Steve Z showed us that the old guard still has a lot of play in them by having such a strong finish. Remember if today wasn’t your lucky day, there will always be better days down the road.

Italians rejoice: Toms2up takes down FTOPS XIV Event #7 $100+9 R/A

Jack Sawyer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:49:55 +0000

Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XIV, Event #7: $100+$9 R/A. Tonight’s event was hosted by Bruno Stefanelli, a relatively lesser known Italian pro poker player with an impeccable sense of style. He is one of those rare hybrids who do equally well at tournaments and cash games. Over his career, he has accumulated over $200K in tournament winnings.

It would seem only fitting that another Italian would win this particular event, but we’ll get to that in a second. 2,274 hopefuls showed up for this event, which upped the $600K guaranteed prize pool to about $668,200! Tons of money up for grabbing in this one, so read on to know how it went down!

Final Table Bubble:
2264 down, just one left to bust out so we could have the final 9. Agentu23 got the short end of the stick here versus Chezzeby, and you know how it goes when you are shorter stacked, but dominating your all-in opponent.

And Agentu23 went home in 10th place, and the final nine were set. His consolation prize for almost making the final 9 was $5,011.50.

9th:
Pretty soon after the bubble was over, the shortest stacks on the FT went at each other’s throats. Standard pf allin with suckout included.

The best hand just wouldn’t win, and crouts left us in 9th place, taking home $8,018.40 for his efforts for the tournament. Congrats!

8th (and 7th):
The next hand was kind of odd, but unavoidable. Odd because the best hand preflop actually won. Unavoidable because no one will ever fold AK suited or unsuited to an overaggro chip leader.
Just another 3-way preflop race with expected results:

AKTRE (can you spot the pun?) and thechad78 both go out in the same unfortunate way versus the guy who would not lose a flip, chessazhole1. They are rewarded with $10,781.20 and $15,368.60 for their efforts during the tourney. Congrats!

6th:
As mentioned before, chessazhole1 just would not lose a flip. Standard “I don’t believe you” postflop play with expected results:

And YanaSchv took his beat in stride and was rewarded with $22,718.80 in cold hard cash to buy Kleenex to wipe his tears. Congrats!

5th:
Chezebby, who had a pretty quite final table participation, went allin with his small pair only to find out that the current Top Chip had woken up with a premium pair. Warning: HE DOES NOT LOSE FLIPS!

And Chezebby found out the hard way that chessazhole1 was in the driver’s seat of the steamroller, and took home $34,746.40 for his moment of clarity. Congrats!

After this elimination, the players decided to take a moment to try and come to terms in a deal that would satisfy everybody. Obvious disagreement ensued, but after a while of nipping and tucking for 1K here, 2K there, and making use of he-who-would-not- lose-a-flip’s monster stack, the following deal was reached:
(quoting the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-FullTilt.php]FTP[/url] Tournament dealer)
Dealer: The tournament deal was made successfully.
Dealer: VeryEuropean was awarded $64,000 from the deal.
Dealer: Toms2up was awarded $81,000 from the deal.
Dealer: chessazhole1 was awarded $97,737.42 from the deal.
Dealer: Bbuddy4brkfst was awarded $79,000 from the deal.
And 17K left on the table to be awarded to the winner.

4th:
A very entertaining hand, worthy of tv time imo. We have a suckout plus resuckout for your perusal.

And VeryEuropean tournament life was VeryExtinguished in 4th place, and he got a prize of $64,000 exactly (thanks to the deal) to cruise around in Paris, London, Milan and Barcelona. Congrats!

3rd:
Ah well. Luck eventually runs out, it happens to the best of us. He-who-would-not- lose-a-flip would finally lose a flip, a very costly one, sending him home in 3rd place.

Good thing that when the deal was made he was the chip leader, and this earned him a massive $97,737.42 for his efforts tonight. Congrats chessazhole1 for an excellent showing in this particular FTOPS event.

Only Toms2up and Bbuddy4brkfst were left to dispute the top prize of 17K and the yellow jacket. They each had already secured their paydays at $81,000 and $78,000 respectively.

HU Crucial Hand:
Snap call on turn, and we were back to even. Q8 beats 67 on that turn and blank river anyday.

HU Final Hand:
Overvaluing mid pair (or bad bluff, depending on who you ask)? The action on this hand took place on the river, with Bbuddy4brkfst shoving about 3 and a half million chips into a 2.3 million chip pot, and Toms2up snapping him up with TPTK.

And Toms2up from Italy took down the top prize of the current FTOPS event #7. Congrats to all who played, and remember, if you did not cash or place, there is always next event! God Bless Internet Poker!

The 2009 ECOOP is just around the corner!

Jack Sawyer — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:36:32 +0000

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ElkY wins again, this time the 2009 WCOOP Event #43: $215 NL Holdem, $1,000,000 GTD

Jack Sawyer — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:07:04 +0000

They say poker is a game of luck. Someone should have gotten that memo to Bertrand “[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url]” Grospellier, who not only demonstrated that poker is a game of skill, but also demonstrated that he has the necessary prowess to take down his second bracelet of the 2009 series of the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] WCOOP.
How can it be all luck and this guy takes down his second bracelet in three days? How can it be all luck and he got shortstacked to the final three? [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url] showed how determined he was to take this down, because when the other players proposed a deal, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url] said “I will deal for the bracelet and 263K… I just want to play for the win!” Just minutes later, despite having been the shortest stack at that moment, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url] emerged with the impressive win, the $263,000 and the WCOOP Bracelet.
This event amassed a total of 9,220 hopefuls for a prize pool worth $1,844,000. It was one of the biggest prizepools for non-four-figure events in this years’ WCOOP. Tons of unknowns in this field, but this did not seem to be of any effect to [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url], who joins g0lfa as the only two players to have collected multiple bracelets in this series.
Congratulations to all who played, and if you did not cash or come high enough don’t worry, because there’s always next year!

Final Table payouts:
1) [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url], $263,323
2) jektiss, $193,620
3) chilipepp, $137,285.80
4) KNtheKid, $92,200
5) Profeshigh, $73,760
6) kezug, $55,320
7) jm18, $36,880
bundesmiro, $20,284
9) Trippple_A, $12,908

Notable Finishes: Victor Ramdin (22), Lex “RasZi” Veldhuis (152), [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Barry-Greenstein.html]Barry Greenstein[/url] (203), Princesa (301), ICuRaRook (442), Orel Hershiser (470)

ElkY wins 2009 WCOOP Event #38: $530 1R1A NL Holdem

Jack Sawyer — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:20:27 +0000

When all was said and done, only one remained, and it happened to be a seasoned vet among the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] pros. [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url] showes us how it is done, by taking down the [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] 2009 World Championship of Online Poker Event #38: $530 1R1A NLHE. This event exceeded its guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 when 1,168 hopefuls showed up trying to write their names down in history by taking down the first prize bracelet and the money. In doing so they ballooned the prize pool to $1,369,000 after the rebuy and add-on period was over.

Team [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] pro and avid StarCraft player Bertrand “[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url]” Grospellier showed us how it was done though. Once he reached the final table, he started to prey upon the rest of the hopefuls that accompanied him that far, and emerged with the win, the 2009 WCOOP bracelet and a first prize worth $232,730!!!

Congrats to mr. [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url] who still has not lost his touch, and continues to dominate final tables everywhere!!! Teach me please?

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1160 entries, 742 re-buys, 827 add-ons, $1,369,000 prize pool
Final Table payouts were as follows:
1: [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url], $232,730
2: Ginsash, $171,125
3: Pinnekjøtt, $129,918
4: hafizzle, $93,092
5: cashryders22, $67,765.50
6: natefive, $54,075
7: ICuRaRook, $40,385.50
8: Kid Canepa, $26,695.50
9: jeff710, $14,785.20

Notable finishes: paulgees81 (19), mig.com(11), SixthSense19 (22), Pearljammer (35), (Orel hershiser (49), AJKHoosier1(65), N00000ooooo (74), g0lfa(76), USCphildo (86), Mr_BigQueso(153), [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Humberto-Brenes.php]Humberto Brenes[/url](156).
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Iftarii wins 2009 WCOOP Event #27, $25000+$500 USD Hold’em No Limit Heads-Up

Jack Sawyer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:36:20 +0000

Another day gone by, and another great event in the books! This time it was the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) event #27, $25000+$500 USD Hold’em No Limit Heads-Up. That’s $25 THOUSAND DOLLARS to buy in, so you could be assured that the field for this particular event was comprised entirely of the best of the best in all of online poker. These guys are good, and they know what they are doing. All the current biggest names in the game showed up, including Olivier “Adonis112″ Busquet, skilled_sox, and Sorel “zangbezan24″ Mizzi (each of these three also had cashes in the other big HU event that ran before this one, the 2009 WCOOP Event #24), Sami “Lrslzk” Kelopuro, RunThisTable, Traheho, feared HU player Iftarii, takechip, ThePokerBody, Apathy123, Genius28, stevesbets, our own [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/nutsinho.php]nutsinho[/url], Chris “Money800″ Moneymaker, Daniel “KidPoker” Negreanu, Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein, Bertrand “[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url]” Grospellier [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Zugwat.php]Zugwat[/url], and Tom “Holdem_NL” & “[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Tom-Dwan-durrrr.php]durrrr[/url]” Dwan. Only 36 players would show up, and this events prize pool despite having so few entrants was a massive $900,000.

Hand coverage begins with 8 remaining.

8th: My hero shows how its done, sending youngest ever main event champ to the rail.

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Adonis112 (BB) (t82350)
PeteEastgate (SB) (t77650)

Preflop:
PeteEastgate bets t999, Adonis112 raises to t2700, PeteEastgate calls t1701

Flop: (t5400) 4, 9, 7 (2 players)
Adonis112 checks, PeteEastgate bets t3675, Adonis112 calls t3675

Turn: (t12750) 6 (2 players)
Adonis112 checks, PeteEastgate bets t8675, Adonis112 raises to t23500, PeteEastgate raises to t71275 (All-In), Adonis112 calls t47775

River: (t155300) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t155300

Results:
PeteEastgate had 9, 7 (two pair, nines and sevens).
Adonis112 had 10, 8 (straight, ten high).
Outcome: Adonis112 won t155300

And the defending WSOP Main Event champ is sent home in 8th place, collecting a hefty $56,250 for his efforts tonight.Congrats!!

7th: losing races sucks, particularly when there are thousands of dollars on the line

Sifosis (SB) (t114800)
skilled_sox (BB) (t45200)

Preflop:
Sifosis bets t1000, skilled_sox raises to t3200, Sifosis raises to t8400, skilled_sox raises to t45200 (All-In), Sifosis calls t36800

Flop: (t90400) 7, A, 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t90400) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t90400) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t90400

Results:
Sifosis had K, A (two pair, Aces and threes).
skilled_sox had 9, 9 (two pair, nines and threes).
Outcome: Sifosis won t90400

and skilled_sox, the young SuperNova Elite, is sent home in 7th place with a nice $56,250 added to his pockets. Congrats!

6th: Sorel Mizzi played a masterful smallball game, and did the MK-like finising move on his opponent as follows:

joiso (BB) (t11690)
zangbezan24 (SB) (t148310)

Preflop:
zangbezan24 bets t800, joiso calls t400

Flop: (t1600) 4, 10, 3 (2 players)
joiso checks, zangbezan24 bets t800, joiso calls t800

Turn: (t3200) A (2 players)
joiso checks, zangbezan24 bets t2000, joiso raises to t10090 (All-In), zangbezan24 calls t8090

River: (t23380) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t23380

Results:
zangbezan24 had K, A (one pair, Aces).
joiso had 3, 6 (one pair, threes).
Outcome: zangbezan24 won t23380

And just like that joiso is out in 6th place, also collecting a cool $56,250 for his efforts that night. congrats!

5th: another expert smallball player, and mistakool is sent home in 5th place.

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mistakooll (BB) (t24466)
Iftarii (SB) (t135534)

Preflop:
Iftarii bets t1600, mistakooll raises to t4700, Iftarii raises to t60000, mistakooll calls t19766 (All-In), Sifosis raises to t2560 (All-In), zangbezan24 calls t1280 (All-In)

Flop: (t88306) 7, 2, 8 (4 players, 3 all-in)
zangbezan24 checks, Sifosis bets t2560 (All-In), zangbezan24 raises to t6900 (All-In), Sifosis raises to t11240 (All-In), zangbezan24 raises to t24001 (All-In), Sifosis calls t12761 (All-In)

Turn: (t136308) 6 (4 players, 9 all-in)

River: (t136308) 9 (4 players, 9 all-in)

Total pot: t136308

Results:
Iftarii had J, J (one pair, Jacks).
mistakooll had A, K (high card, Ace).
Outcome: Iftarii won t48932

mistakooll also takes home $56,250 as reward for a good finish, his being out in 5th. Congrats!

4th: Sorel Mizzi falls victim to the hidden set threat. Always fear the set!

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zangbezan24 (BB) (t26561)
Sifosis (SB) (t293439)

Preflop:
Sifosis bets t2560, zangbezan24 calls t1280

Flop: (t5120) 7, 2, 8 (2 players)
zangbezan24 checks, Sifosis bets t2560, zangbezan24 raises to t6900, Sifosis raises to t11240, zangbezan24 raises to t24001 (All-In), Sifosis calls t12761

Turn: (t53122) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t53122) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t53122

Results:
Sifosis had 2, 2 (three of a kind, twos).
zangbezan24 had 8, 4 (one pair, eights).
Outcome: Sifosis won t53122

And just like that, Sorel “zangbezan24″ Mizzi is out in 4th place, earning exactly $90,000 for his efforts that night. Congrats!

3rd: My hero goes down wth top pair. Anyways, gg!

Adonis112 (SB) (t91940)
Iftarii (BB) (t228060)

Preflop:
Adonis112 calls t640, Iftarii bets t3840, Adonis112 calls t2560

Flop: (t7680) 6, 3, 2 (2 players)
Iftarii bets t3840, Adonis112 raises to t88100 (All-In), Iftarii calls t84260

Turn: (t183880) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t183880) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t183880

Results:
Adonis112 had 6, A (one pair, sixes).
Iftarii had 8, 8 (one pair, eights).
Outcome: Iftarii won t183880

And Iftarii knocks Olivier “Adonis112″ Busquet out in 3rd, and for his finish he is rewarded with $90,000! Not bad for a day’s work, so congrats!

And we arrive HU. $315,000 to the winner, and $180,000 to the loser. These guys being the best of the best, didn’t even bother with any dealmaking. And then…

HU: Quite the cooler.

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Sifosis (BB) (t244230)
Iftarii (SB) (t395770)

Preflop:
Iftarii bets t3840, Sifosis calls t1920

Flop: (t7680) 5, 10, J (2 players)
Sifosis checks, Iftarii bets t5760, Sifosis raises to t15360, Iftarii raises to t30000, Sifosis raises to t103680, Iftarii raises to t177360, Sifosis raises to t240390 (All-In), Iftarii calls t63030

Turn: (t488460) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t488460) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t488460

Results:
Iftarii had 5, 5 (three of a kind, fives).
Sifosis had J, 5 (two pair, Jacks and fives).
Outcome: Iftarii won t488460

Iftarii takes home a great prize, $315,000 and the WCOOP champion bracelet and the eternal bragging rights athat accompany this, for having demonstrated excellent HU play all tourney. Sifosis put up a good fight, and its actually sad he had to go down the way he did. But anyway, that’s poker, and doing so he still earned $180,000 in money as a consolation prize, and a pretty good one if you ask me!

And another great event is now in the pages of history! Stay tuned as we bring you more in depth coverage of final tables from every meaningful event in online poker! GG, and see you next time!

MyRabbiFoo wins 2009 WCOOP Event #24

Jack Sawyer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:59:52 +0000

Another day gone by, and another great event in the books! This time it was the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) event #24, $500+$30 USD Hold’em No Limit Heads-Up. 1564 hopefuls showed up for a night of extremely deepstacked poker, to determine once and for all who is the best NLHE HU player. All the biggest names in the game currently showed up, including 20 Buck Spin, our own [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/nutsinho.php]nutsinho[/url], David “Chino23″ Rheem, skilled_sox, Greg “FossilMan” Raymer, Joe Hachem, THE__D__RY, paulgees81, Victor Ramdin, RasZi, TorontoToro, Chris “Money800″ Moneymaker, and many more! This event’s prize pool was $1,000,000, and only 256 places would be paid. Needless to say, a lot of money was to be made tonight, not to mention the prestige that comes with being a winner of a WCOOP event, not to mention one as tough as Event #24.
Among many notables, Olivier “Adonis112″ Busquet, skilled_sox, and Sorel “zangbezan24″ Mizzi, all had cashes in this event, and would prove to do the same in the next event, Event #27 $25,500 NLHE HU.
Other notables were [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Barry-Greenstein.html]Barry Greenstein[/url], our own Johan “busto_soon” Van Til, perrenial SNE Jorj95, and feared HU player JERRRY.
Hand coverage begins with 8 remaining.

Dokosoko gets to know the hard way, that when you need the flush to hit, it just won’t. straights work that way too.

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imashokU (SB) (t2845021)
Dokosoko (BB) (t994979)

Preflop:
imashokU bets t38400, Dokosoko calls t25600

Flop: (t76800) 10, 7, 5 (2 players)
Dokosoko checks, imashokU bets t51200, Dokosoko raises to t185000, imashokU raises to t2806621 (All-In), Dokosoko calls t771579 (All-In)

Turn: (t1989958) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t1989958) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t1989958

Results:
imashokU had 10, Q (three of a kind, tens).
Dokosoko had 8, 9 (one pair, tens).
Outcome: imashokU won t1989958

imashokU shocks Dokosoko, sending him home in 8th place collecting $27,500 for his efforts tonight. Congrats!

Next to go, in 7th place, is Pechorin, who sees TPTK get burned by two pair on a relatively harmless flop:

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MyRabbiFoo (BB) (t2654720)
Pechorin (SB) (t1185280)

Preflop:
Pechorin bets t46080, MyRabbiFoo calls t30720

Flop: (t92160) 6, J, A (2 players)
MyRabbiFoo checks, Pechorin bets t61440, MyRabbiFoo raises to t199680, Pechorin calls t138240

Turn: (t491520) Q (2 players)
MyRabbiFoo bets t365000, Pechorin raises to t939520 (All-In), MyRabbiFoo calls t574520

River: (t2370560) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2370560

Results:
Pechorin had K, A (one pair, Aces).
MyRabbiFoo had A, J (two pair, Aces and Jacks).
Outcome: MyRabbiFoo won t2370560

Pechorin also takes home $27,500 for his play tonight, so congrats!

6th: You just know overpairs are no good on low flops, without redraws, and for a ton of big bets

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pilsuhng (BB) (t1301960)
JakusKhan (SB) (t2538040)

Preflop:
JakusKhan bets t76800, pilsuhng raises to t204800, JakusKhan calls t128000

Flop: (t409600) 4, 5, 8 (2 players)
pilsuhng bets t204800, JakusKhan raises to t716800, pilsuhng raises to t1097160 (All-In), JakusKhan calls t380360

Turn: (t2603920) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2603920) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2603920

Results:
JakusKhan had 4, 4 (three of a kind, fours).
pilsuhng had 9, 9 (one pair, nines).
Outcome: JakusKhan won t2603920

pilsuhng now knows this too, and got $27,500 richer while taking the lesson. Congrats!

5tha: My, how do things turn around. First the setup:

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William (SB) (t2435840)
joe E scar (BB) (t1404160)

Preflop:
William bets t61440, joe E scar raises to t184320, William calls t122880

Flop: (t368640) 7, 6, 8 (2 players)
joe E scar bets t245760, William raises to t2251520 (All-In), joe E scar calls t974080 (All-In)

Turn: (t2808320) 2 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t2808320) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t2808320

Results:
William had K, K (two pair, Kings and sixes).
joe E scar had A, J (flush, Jack high).
Outcome: joe E scar won t2808320

Then the knockout punch, a mere two hands later (5thb) GG last remaining [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] Pro William Thorson:

William (SB) (t1000960)
joe E scar (BB) (t2839040)

Preflop:
William bets t61440, joe E scar raises to t1935360, William calls t939520 (All-In)

Flop: (t2001920) 6, 9, 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2001920) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2001920) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t2001920

Results:
William had J, K (high card, Ace).
joe E scar had 9, A (two pair, Aces and nines).
Outcome: joe E scar won t2001920

And he also takes home $27,500 for his efforts tonight. Could have been a lot better seeing he held the chiplead for most of the match, but he did not offer any sacrificial goats to the poker gods and had to pay the price.

4tha, imashokU puts his opponent on a probable flush draw and trusts his gut. Too bad he was wrong:

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MyRabbiFoo (BB) (t3402000)
imashokU (SB) (t4278000)

Preflop:
imashokU bets t122880, MyRabbiFoo raises to t327680, imashokU raises to t694700, MyRabbiFoo calls t367020

Flop: (t1389400) J, 10, 5 (2 players)
MyRabbiFoo bets t680000, imashokU calls t680000

Turn: (t2749400) 4 (2 players)
MyRabbiFoo bets t2027300 (All-In), imashokU calls t2027300

River: (t6804000) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t6804000

Results:
imashokU had 5, 7 (two pair, fives and fours).
MyRabbiFoo had J, K (two pair, Jacks and fours).
Outcome: MyRabbiFoo won t6804000

4thb, after trying to come back, imashokU got shocked in this hand:

MyRabbiFoo (SB) (t7204400)
imashokU (BB) (t475600)

Preflop:
MyRabbiFoo bets t81920, imashokU raises to t475600 (All-In), MyRabbiFoo calls t393680

Flop: (t951200) A, J, 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t951200) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t951200) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t951200

Results:
MyRabbiFoo had Q, Q (two pair, Aces and Queens).
imashokU had 8, Q (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: MyRabbiFoo won t951200

Still, $55,000 to your name is not a bad outcome, so congrats!

3rd: This time, its joe E scar who learns the hard way that flushdraws do not hit when you need them to:

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joe E scar (BB) (t2032640)
JakusKhan (SB) (t5647360)

Preflop:
JakusKhan bets t204800, joe E scar raises to t614400, JakusKhan calls t409600

Flop: (t1228800) A, 3, 6 (2 players)
joe E scar checks, JakusKhan bets t921600, joe E scar raises to t1418240 (All-In), JakusKhan calls t496640

Turn: (t4065280) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t4065280) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t4065280

Results:
JakusKhan had 9, 10 (flush, Ace high).
joe E scar had K, K (two pair, Aces and Kings).
Outcome: JakusKhan won t4065280

joe E scar also takes home $55,000 after a grueling day of the finest poker possible. Congrats!

Upon starting the FT, the players agreed upon a deal. 140K to the winner, 120K to 2nd place.
Here’s how the final hand went down:

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JakusKhan (SB) (t7523640)
MyRabbiFoo (BB) (t7836360)

Preflop:
JakusKhan bets t184320, MyRabbiFoo calls t122880

Flop: (t368640) 8, 9, K (2 players)
MyRabbiFoo bets t184320, JakusKhan raises to t798720, MyRabbiFoo raises to t2211840, JakusKhan raises to t7339320 (All-In), MyRabbiFoo calls t5127480

Turn: (t15047280) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t15047280) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t15047280

Results:
JakusKhan had 10, 2 (high card, King).
MyRabbiFoo had K, 8 (two pair, Kings and eights).
Outcome: MyRabbiFoo won t15047280

JakusKhan couldn’t chase the rabbit with enough speed, and got left in the way. After the deal, he got $120,000 for his efforts on such an untlra long final table. How long? It took about four hours to go from 8 players down to 4. Ridiculous. Anyway, MyRabbiFoo emerged victorious after this epic duel, and has $140,000 to show for it. Don’t spend it all in one place!

And another great event is now in the pages of history! Stay tuned as we bring you more in depth coverage of final tables from every meaningful event in online poker! GG, and see you next time!

Sumpas Wins 2009 WCOOP Event #10

Jack Sawyer — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:34:31 +0000

Do you remember Men In Black? Specifially, when Will Smith asked the officer why the lot were summoned, the officer replied: “Well, because you are the best of the best of the best!” This expression truly applies to last night’s event, the 2009 [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] World Championship of Online Poker event #10: $10,300 High Rollers.
Why so many superlatives? Well, take a gander at some of tonight’s players, which inluded Skilled_Sox, Iftarii, Stevie444, busto_soon, JC Alvarado, LadyMaverick, Money800, JoeHachem, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Peter-Eastgate.php]Peter Eastgate[/url], apestyles, pearljammer, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Deldar182.php]Deldar182[/url], SirWatts, shaundeeb, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Bertrand-Grosspellier-ElkY.php]ElkY[/url], ZeeJustin, t soprano, Roothlus, p3achy_keen, stevejpa, Enassigned, AJKHoosier1, SCTrojans. A truly veritable smorgasboard of online poker’s who’s who. This tournament was extremely deepstacked and had very slow moving blinds, and the final table bubble alone lasted more than an hour.
The 2009 WCOOP Event #10 was hosted by Vanessa Rousso and also her husband and fellow [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] Pro Chad Brown, who later subbed in for her.

Well, enough with the preliminaries and on to the actual action!

Bubble:
The bubble was literally interminable. After more than an hour of 10-man play on two tables, it t
Finally, its Andy Alleman, team [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] pro, who got impatient and lost a bubble race.

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saw flop | saw showdown

SB (t319326)
A. Allemann (BB) (t281072)
UTG (t275804)
MP (t374475)
Button (t406750)

Preflop:
2 folds, Button bets t13650, 1 fold, A. Allemann calls t7650

Flop: (t34050) 8, 3, 4 (2 players)
A. Allemann checks, Button bets t20250, A. Allemann raises to t48000, Button raises to t106250, A. Allemann raises to t266672 (All-In), Button calls t160422

Turn: (t567394) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t567394) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t567394

Results:
Button had K, K (one pair, Kings).
A. Allemann had J, 9 (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Button won t567394

Andy Allemann receives a pretty good $47K award for being the bubble boy. Congrats!

As we arrive at the final table, the chipstacks and seat positions looked as follows:
Seat 1: Sowerss (440166 in chips)
Seat 2: John Duthie (242238 in chips)
Seat 3: Belabacsi (315576 in chips)
Seat 4: Sumpas (275054 in chips)
Seat 5: KevBoyStar (227947 in chips)
Seat 6: DDBeast (185691 in chips)
Seat 7: Festivuss (236531 in chips)
Seat 8: BeL0WaB0Ve (693072 in chips)
Seat 9: SCTrojans (373725 in chips)
And play was underway.

9th:
DDbeast… ahhh… ATo. Kinda like KQo, its also a Mike Tyson glass jaw kind of hand.

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saw flop | saw showdown

Sowerss (UTG) (t478736)
John Duthie (UTG+1) (t194813)
Belabacsi (MP1) (t275951)
Sumpas (MP2) (t418483)
KevBoyStar (MP3) (t272497)
DDBeast (CO) (t203149)
Festivuss (Button) (t162224)
BeL0WaB0Ve (SB) (t679150)
SCTrojans (BB) (t304997)

Preflop:
3 folds, Sumpas bets t17000, 1 fold, DDBeast calls t17000, 1 fold, BeL0WaB0Ve raises to t56225, 2 folds, DDBeast raises to t202274 (All-In), BeL0WaB0Ve calls t146049

Flop: (t436423) 8, 4, 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t436423) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t436423) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t436423

Results:
BeL0WaB0Ve had Q, Q (two pair, Queens and eights).
DDBeast had A, 10 (one pair, eights).
Outcome: BeL0WaB0Ve won t436423

DDBeast gets a $56K prize for being the first final table casualty. Congrats!

8th:
Kevboystar knocks out the sole remaining pro

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saw flop | saw showdown

Sowerss (SB) (t486375)
John Duthie (BB) (t227563)
Belabacsi (UTG) (t218698)
Sumpas (UTG+1) (t556329)
KevBoyStar (MP1) (t253247)
Festivuss (MP2) (t141363)
BeL0WaB0Ve (CO) (t876675)
SCTrojans (Button) (t229750)

Preflop:
1 fold, Sumpas bets t17000, KevBoyStar calls t17000, 4 folds, John Duthie raises to t77000, 1 fold, KevBoyStar raises to t252372 (All-In), John Duthie calls t149688 (All-In)

Flop: (t480876) 8, 5, 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t480876) Q (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t480876) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t480876

Results:
John Duthie had A, Q (one pair, Queens).
KevBoyStar had A, A (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: KevBoyStar won t480876

And John Duthie, the last remaining [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] pro, goes home in 8th with a $74K prize. Congrats!

7th:
Festivuss still had a ton of chips when compared to the blinds, but decided he needed more. Bad timing though, since Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul got the better ace and won the race.

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saw flop | saw showdown

Sowerss (CO) (t458625)
Belabacsi (Button) (t388794)
Sumpas (SB) (t800033)
KevBoyStar (BB) (t351560)
Festivuss (UTG) (t122738)
BeL0WaB0Ve (MP1) (t630000)
SCTrojans (MP2) (t238250)

Preflop:
Festivuss bets t121738 (All-In), BeL0WaB0Ve calls t121738, 5 folds

Flop: (t262476) 9, 10, 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t262476) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t262476) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t262476

Results:
Festivuss had J, A (high card, Ace).
BeL0WaB0Ve had K, A (one pair, Kings).
Outcome: BeL0WaB0Ve won t262476

Festivuss got outrunned with the weaker ace in 7th place, and now has an extra $104K to spend on delicious Argentinian meats. Congrats!

6th:
Trainwreck for KevBoyStar in 6th place. It truly hurts when you hit your outs while you were already drawing dead, and especially with hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line.

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saw flop | saw showdown

Sowerss (Button) (t660600)
Belabacsi (SB) (t479444)
Sumpas (BB) (t799566)
KevBoyStar (UTG) (t352440)
BeL0WaB0Ve (MP) (t532700)
SCTrojans (CO) (t165250)

Preflop:
KevBoyStar bets t19800, 4 folds, Sumpas raises to t48700, KevBoyStar calls t28900

Flop: (t107400) 5, 8, J (2 players)
Sumpas bets t42000, KevBoyStar calls t42000

Turn: (t191400) Q (2 players)
Sumpas bets t707866 (All-In), KevBoyStar calls t260740 (All-In)

River: (t712880) 6 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t712880

Results:
Sumpas had J, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
KevBoyStar had A, Q (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Sumpas won t712880

KevBoyStar takes $134K with him to spend on booze in Stavanger. Congrats!

5th: That’s a very ugly board for pure value from your overpair. Your opponent should know better than calling for split if he has an A and thinks you do too. C’mon!

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Sowerss (MP) (t486000)
Belabacsi (Button) (t282794)
Sumpas (SB) (t1554256)
BeL0WaB0Ve (BB) (t472200)
SCTrojans (UTG) (t194750)

Preflop:
1 fold, Sowerss bets t25000, Belabacsi calls t25000, 2 folds

Flop: (t71250) 9, J, J (2 players)
Sowerss bets t29750, Belabacsi calls t29750

Turn: (t130750) 9 (2 players)
Sowerss bets t100000, Belabacsi raises to t226794 (All-In), Sowerss calls t126794

River: (t584338) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t584338

Results:
Belabacsi had K, K (two pair, Kings and Jacks).
Sowerss had J, 8 (full house, Jacks over nines).
Outcome: Sowerss won t584338

Belabacsi’s 5th place finish was good enough for a $173K prize. Definitely not bad for his first 6 figure prize online. Congrats!

4th: Just two hands after our previous elimination:

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Sowerss (BB) (t786294)
Sumpas (UTG) (t1546756)
BeL0WaB0Ve (Button) (t454700)
SCTrojans (SB) (t202250)

Preflop:
2 folds, SCTrojans bets t201000 (All-In), Sowerss calls t191000

Flop: (t407000) 6, Q, Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t407000) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t407000) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t407000

Results:
SCTrojans had 7, A (one pair, Queens).
Sowerss had J, J (two pair, Queens and Jacks).
Outcome: Sowerss won t407000

SCTrojans is now a good $254K richer. Congratulations!

After this hand, the tournament was paused so that the remaining players could reach a deal. The preliminary numbers, which have $40,000 left to play for, would be as follows:
Sowerss $449,802.50
Sumpas $511,733.80
Bel0wab0ve $396,288.70

On order of tip stack to shortest stack. The players would have an approximately 3:2:1, with the biggest stack in possesion of Sumpas with about 1,500,000 chips. Kevin Saul decided he would need $430,000 at least to accept a deal, but the other players thought he was crazy and a deal could not be reached. Play resumed.

3rd: Should’ve taken that deal! Wrong time for a big call on the river 4-outer.

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Sowerss (BB) (t527500)
Sumpas (Button) (t1779720)
BeL0WaB0Ve (SB) (t682780)

Preflop:
Sumpas bets t21400, BeL0WaB0Ve raises to t56530, 1 fold, Sumpas calls t35130

Flop: (t126810) Q, A, 3 (2 players)
BeL0WaB0Ve checks, Sumpas bets t46500, BeL0WaB0Ve calls t46500

Turn: (t219810) 3 (2 players)
BeL0WaB0Ve checks, Sumpas bets t125000, BeL0WaB0Ve calls t125000

River: (t469810) 10 (2 players)
BeL0WaB0Ve checks, Sumpas bets t1550440 (All-In), BeL0WaB0Ve calls t453500 (All-In)

Total pot: t1376810

Results:
Sumpas had J, K (straight, Ace high).
BeL0WaB0Ve had 8, A (two pair, Aces and threes).
Outcome: Sumpas won t1376810

Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul takes home a healthy $337K for his efforts tonight. Congrats!

Add to that the following critical hand HU, in which Sumpas demonstrates how his rungood continues. Just a few hands since Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul’s elimination:
HU-rungood:

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Sowerss (BB) (t527500)
Sumpas (SB) (t2462500)

Preflop:
Sumpas bets t22000, Sowerss calls t12000

Flop: (t46500) 7, 5, 8 (2 players)
Sowerss checks, Sumpas bets t25000, Sowerss calls t25000

Turn: (t96500) Q (2 players)
Sowerss checks, Sumpas bets t57000, Sowerss calls t57000

River: (t210500) J (2 players)
Sowerss checks, Sumpas bets t125000, Sowerss calls t125000

Total pot: t460500

Results:
Sumpas had 10, 9 (straight, Queen high).
Sowerss didn’t show
Outcome: Sumpas won t460500

Sumpas now held an over 8:1 chip advantage. It was just a matter of time before he would finish this one off, and take home the WCOOP 009 Event #10 bracelet.
Despite the huge chip deficit, Sowerss made a valiant effort to come back. But his efforts were cut short, and all because of this hand, wherein either heavy levelling or fatigue played a key role:

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Sowerss (BB) (t780000)
Sumpas (SB) (t2210000)

Preflop:
Sumpas bets t30000, Sowerss calls t16000

Flop: (t63500) 4, K, 4 (2 players)
Sowerss checks, Sumpas bets t30000, Sowerss raises to t90000, Sumpas raises to t165000, Sowerss raises to t748250 (All-In), Sumpas calls t583250

Turn: (t1560000) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t1560000) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t1560000

Results:
Sumpas had K, 10 (two pair, Kings and fours).
Sowerss had J, 10 (one pair, fours).
Outcome: Sumpas won t1560000

Sowers takes home $448K for his 2nd place finish. Player Sumpas, fresh of a 6th place finish in last years WCOOP Main Event, this time takes home the WCOOP 2009 Event #10: $10,300 High Rollers for a little north of $611K, the WCOOP Bracelet, and endless bragging rights. Congrats to all who played, and remember, if you did not win this time there is always next time!