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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.
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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

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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

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Bubble:
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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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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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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

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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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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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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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saw flop | saw showdown

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!

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psutennis11 Wins Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XIII Event 22

Jack Sawyer — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:56:35 +0000

Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XIII, Event #22: $2,500 NLHE 6-MAX Deep. Tonight’s event was introduced by one of the three players in the entire Poker World who actually needs no introduction, namely the Flying Finn [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Patrik-Antonius.php]Patrik Antonius[/url] himself.

Tonight’s event had everything to be legendary: an awesome structure making this a two-day event, 2 Mizzles+ in the prize pool with over $400K to the winner, a legendary host, tons of red pro’s showing up, and last but not least, some truly fine poker play. Notables who showed up to play in this tournament were, among many, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Allen-Cunningham.php]Allen Cunningham[/url], [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Andrew-Black.php]Andrew Black[/url], [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Eli-Elezra.php]Eli Elezra[/url], [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Erick-Lindgren.php]Erick Lindgren[/url], [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Huck-Seed.php]Huck Seed[/url], Brian Hastings, [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Jeff-Madsen.php]Jeff Madsen[/url], [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Dag-Martin-Mikkelsen.php]Dag Martin Mikkelsen[/url], Michael Craig, Josh Arieh, Ryan Daut, Scott Fischman, Trond Eindsvig and Toto Leonidas.
We even had Taylor Caby and [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Tom-Dwan-durrrr.php]durrrr[/url] on the rail tonight!

Now on to what took place!

Born2Winn was severely shortstacked for this tournament, having only 10BB left to play with. He chose a spot on his button and openshoved K6o. Too bad that for that same hand debbiedds, while enjoying a huge chip advantage, also picked up a beautiful hand which is the Ah9h. debbiedds flopped the Ace sending Born2Winn home in 7th place, with $45,687.50 to show for his efforts these past two days. Congrats!

The action continued on a fast and furious pace. bob2bob had been nursing a short stack for a very long time now, and 6 hands into the final table, he decided he would not be pushed around. But psutennis11 had been running hot all day today, picking big pocket pair after big pocket pair. This time he showed up to the party with a massive stack and AKo preflop. The story went in a way which is familiar to many tourney players: flop brings ace, turn and river bricks, and shorter stack is sent home. bob2bob did pocket an awesome $73,312.50 for his play, though, so congrats! The 5 remaining were guaranteed over 6 figures.

After the last elimination, many uneventful raise-and-takem’s happened. In fact, more than an hour went by without a single elimination. The only thing that happened during all that time that was of note was that debbiedds lost some of her chips, and psutennis11’s chiplead kept growing. The others remained with more or less the same stacks. But then:

All-in pre of course. Lesson learned: Don’t race with the pro. CrazyIvan24 left in 5th place $114,750 richer! Congrats!
The next elimination was (finally) not a race. With blinds at 8K/16/2Kante, psutennis11 made a preflop race to 40K and got called by debbiedds. The flop came 983 rainbow, with the current pot being 96,000 chips in size. With debbiedds checking while first to act, psutennis11 made a continuation bet of about 51K chips. debbiedds called. Both players checked a diamond 8 turn. When the river was the 3 of spades, with the board reading 9h3d8c8d3s, debbiedds bet 112K into the now 198,800 chip pot. psutennis instashoved over while covering for a ton of chips, and debbiedds called. psutennis11 showed an 8 for a full house, and debbiedds mucked her hand, taking home $161,500 for her 4th place finish. Congrats!

GreatDANbino somehow avoided a ton of pitfalls and simply shorted his way through the entire final table, watching much bigger stacks than his own fall along the way. His luck eventually ran out though, thanks to a devastating river card in a preflop all-in versus overwhelming chipleader psutennis11.

GreatDANbino took home a nice score of $212,500 for his performance in this tournament. Congrats dude, don’t spend it all in one place!

At the start of HU, psutennis asked Brian Hastings if he wanted to look at some numbers, query to which Brian Hastings courteously responded “No, TY.” So it was play on time, no deals no BS. psutennis11 meanwhile was enjoying a comfortable lead, up until this hand: Brian Hastings minraised his button to 40K, psutennis11 re-raised to 140K, and Brian Hastings then called the additional 100K bet. psutennis11 then made a continuation bet on the JK5 rainbow flop, and Brian Hastings then called quickly. psutennis11 then bet about 326K on a 7d turn, and Brian Hastings called once again. The river was a Heart King, and the board now read JdKc5h7dKh. The pot was near 1,240,000 chips in size, effective stacks left about 1,500,000. psutennis11 then checked the river, to which Brian Hastings insta-fired a 477K chip bet, and psutennis11 then quickly folded.The tides had been turned, and the sole remaining red Brian Hastings became our new chip leader for the first time in the whole tourney!

A few hands later, things were starting to look desperate for psutennis11. He was getting backed into a corner, with Brian Hastings amassing an almost 3:1 chip lead. psutennis11 decided to take a stand with a pair of 7’s, 5betting all-in preflop. Lo and behold, his prayers were heard in the heavens, because Brian Hastings flipped well all night but couldn’t outflip the flopped set of 7’s with his own AQ. The stacks became even.

For a final table, there sure was some lighthearted chatter going on. Wonder at this rail:

psutennis11, following his double-up to even, got some steam and some wind in the sail. He started to trample all over Brian Hastings, and reversed the roles again to now hold the 3:1 chip advantage. Another key hand was the following:

The pressure made Brian Hastings use up a lot of his timebank and then proceed to fold on this very drawy board. What may psutennis11 have had in this hand? We’ll probably never know, but nh nonetheless.

The final hand of the night turned out to be another race, but not in the classical sense:

And after a grueling heads-up match that took a very very long time and a final table that in total took just a little over 300 hands, we finally had a winner. Brian Hastings represented the Reds in a fine manner, taking home about $297,500 for his performance tonight. But all of the spotlight will have to fall upon psutennis11, who milked his run-good to the fullest towards a $453,687.50 first prize, a yellow FTOPS-jersey wearing avatar, and perpetual bragging rights for having won an FTOPS event.

Of course, congratulations to all who participated, and remember, if you did not place or win, there’s always next time!

FTOPS XIII Event #22
Start Aug 15 14:02
End Aug 16 21:40

Hosted by [url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/Patrik-Antonius.php]Patrik Antonius[/url]

Prizepool: $2,125,000
Places Paid: 102
Final table payouts:
1) $453,687.50 psutennis11
2) $297,500 Brian Hastings
3) $212,500 GreatDANbino
4) $161,500 debbiedds
5) $114,750 CrazyIvan24
6) $73,687,50 bob2bob