With FTOPS XIX kicking it into high gear this weekend there was almost too much action to follow in the online tournament world. Between PokerStars Sunday majors and a handful of big events on FullTilt players everywhere had the opportunity for a massive weekend cash. For more in depth write-ups on individual FTOPS XIX events be sure to check out the FlopTurnRiver News Section.
While FullTilt was churning out FTOPS events PokerStars was busy trying to keep up. The world’s largest online poker site did its best to compete with FullTilt as all five of its Sunday majors easily surpassed their respective guarantees. One tournament making a big splash was the $750,000 guaranteed Sunday Warm-Up. The day’s earliest major had come awfully close to the $1,000,000 prize pool mark on numerous occasions lately only to fall just short. That all changed yesterday as more than 5,100 players entered the $200+$15 event creating a massive $1,033,000 prize pool. With more than $160,000 slated for the winner the final table was a spirited one. Former Sunday Million winner Daniel “ziggy47” Bokesch was on hand looking for yet another major victory. After an hour of play he found himself heads up with “tytkto” and the two decided a chip chop was best. Per PokerStars rules there had to be $10,000 left in the middle which eventually went to tytkto who earned $151,936 once all the dust settled. The six figure score was the 2nd of his career and backed up a 3rd place finish in the Million last June.
Seat 4: tytkto (35671558 in chips)
Seat 9: ziggy47 (15978442 in chips)
ziggy47: posts small blind 250000
tytkto: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
ziggy47: calls 250000
tytkto: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qh Ah 8s]
tytkto: checks
ziggy47: bets 500000
tytkto: calls 500000
*** TURN *** [Qh Ah 8s] [4d]
tytkto: checks
ziggy47: bets 1111111
tytkto: calls 1111111
*** RIVER *** [Qh Ah 8s 4d] [Qc]
tytkto: checks
ziggy47: bets 2500000
tytkto: raises 27250000 to 29750000
ziggy47: calls 11317331 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (15932669) returned to tytkto
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tytkto: shows [Qs Td] (three of a kind, Queens)
ziggy47: shows [Qd 7c] (three of a kind, Queens – lower kicker)
tytkto collected 31956884 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up $750k Guaranteed
5,165 Entrants; $1,033,000 prize pool
*2-way chop
1. tytkto $151,936
2. ziggy47 $130,000
3. MakeMeMaster $85,222
4. DimaDima13 $58,364
5. aramesko $43,902
6. Broose51 $33,572
7. Drateks $23,242
8. QueeeenDeuce $12,912
9. outragous76 $8,624
While the Warm-Up saw a nice increase in their attendance the Million was not quite as fortunate. Still, with nearly 8,700 players participating in the day’s biggest major there was more than enough money on hand at the final table. With over $820,000 on the line at the final table there was all kinds of action as players postured for the pole position. The final table had a little bit of everything including a double knock-out hand which sent “rjmgrace” and “zoro457” to the rail simultaneously in 8th and 7th place. The action was fast and furious as “keyzerrr” barreled his way through the field on his way to the Million victory and a quarter million dollar payday. Taking home second place and $186,942 was “pink_outs”. Below you can find the final table stacks, bust-out hands, and payouts:
Seat 1: rjmgrace (5273377 in chips)
Seat 2: zoro457 (6297192 in chips)
Seat 3: JPizzle107 (3840071 in chips)
Seat 4: gtowneagles (10330032 in chips)
Seat 5: richiebro (13034584 in chips)
Seat 6: bubbahee (4310827 in chips)
Seat 7: HCGrinder (5582640 in chips)
Seat 8: keyzerrr (13918892 in chips)
Seat 9: pink_outs (24362385 in chips)
Seat 1: rjmgrace (5533377 in chips)
Seat 2: zoro457 (5357192 in chips)
Seat 3: JPizzle107 (2650071 in chips)
Seat 4: gtowneagles (12800032 in chips)
Seat 5: richiebro (12844584 in chips)
Seat 6: bubbahee (5320827 in chips)
Seat 7: HCGrinder (5392640 in chips)
Seat 8: keyzerrr (13528892 in chips)
Seat 9: pink_outs (23522385 in chips)
JPizzle107: posts small blind 250000
gtowneagles: posts big blind 500000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
richiebro: folds
bubbahee: raises 1000000 to 1500000
HCGrinder: folds
keyzerrr: folds
pink_outs: folds
rjmgrace: folds
zoro457: folds
JPizzle107: raises 1100071 to 2600071 and is all-in
gtowneagles: folds
bubbahee: calls 1100071
*** FLOP *** [3c 4h 4c]
*** TURN *** [3c 4h 4c] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [3c 4h 4c 5c] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JPizzle107: shows [Jh Ah] (a pair of Fours)
bubbahee: shows [Kd Kh] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
bubbahee collected 6150142 from pot
Seat 1: rjmgrace (480737 in chips)
Seat 2: zoro457 (7994384 in chips)
Seat 4: gtowneagles (7902840 in chips)
Seat 5: richiebro (13524584 in chips)
Seat 6: bubbahee (8550898 in chips)
Seat 7: HCGrinder (12785280 in chips)
Seat 8: keyzerrr (12208892 in chips)
Seat 9: pink_outs (23502385 in chips)
HCGrinder: posts small blind 300000
keyzerrr: posts big blind 600000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
pink_outs: folds
rjmgrace: calls 420737 and is all-in
zoro457: raises 7334384 to 7934384 and is all-in
gtowneagles: folds
richiebro: raises 5530200 to 13464584 and is all-in
bubbahee: folds
HCGrinder: folds
keyzerrr: folds
Uncalled bet (5530200) returned to richiebro
*** FLOP *** [2h Kc 9h]
*** TURN *** [2h Kc 9h] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [2h Kc 9h Jh] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zoro457: shows [8s 8d] (a pair of Eights)
richiebro: shows [Ah Kh] (a flush, Ace high)
richiebro collected 15206557 from side pot
rjmgrace: shows [9s 5h] (a pair of Nines)
richiebro collected 2462948 from main pot
Seat 4: gtowneagles (4822840 in chips)
Seat 5: richiebro (21439705 in chips)
Seat 6: bubbahee (3650898 in chips)
Seat 7: HCGrinder (24485280 in chips)
Seat 8: keyzerrr (7208892 in chips)
Seat 9: pink_outs (25342385 in chips)
bubbahee: posts small blind 400000
HCGrinder: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
keyzerrr: folds
pink_outs: folds
gtowneagles: folds
richiebro: folds
bubbahee: raises 2770898 to 3570898 and is all-in
HCGrinder: calls 2770898
*** FLOP *** [Kd 4c Kc]
*** TURN *** [Kd 4c Kc] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 4c Kc 7c] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bubbahee: shows [9c 9s] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
HCGrinder: shows [Ks 9h] (three of a kind, Kings)
HCGrinder collected 7621796 from pot
Seat 4: gtowneagles (4662840 in chips)
Seat 5: richiebro (21279705 in chips)
Seat 7: HCGrinder (28376178 in chips)
Seat 8: keyzerrr (6248892 in chips)
Seat 9: pink_outs (26382385 in chips)
pink_outs: posts small blind 400000
gtowneagles: posts big blind 800000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
richiebro: raises 1200000 to 2000000
HCGrinder: folds
keyzerrr: calls 2000000
pink_outs: folds
gtowneagles: raises 2582840 to 4582840 and is all-in
richiebro: calls 2582840
keyzerrr: calls 2582840
*** FLOP *** [7s Jc Qd]
richiebro: bets 1600000
keyzerrr: calls 1586052 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (13948) returned to richiebro
*** TURN *** [7s Jc Qd] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [7s Jc Qd 7c] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
richiebro: shows [4s 4h] (two pair, Sevens and Fours)
keyzerrr: shows [Kh Jh] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
keyzerrr collected 3172104 from side pot
gtowneagles: shows [Tc Ks] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
keyzerrr collected 14548520 from main pot
Seat 5: richiebro (14803035 in chips)
Seat 7: HCGrinder (14665066 in chips)
Seat 8: keyzerrr (25990624 in chips)
Seat 9: pink_outs (31491275 in chips)
HCGrinder: posts small blind 500000
keyzerrr: posts big blind 1000000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
pink_outs: folds
richiebro: folds
HCGrinder: raises 1000000 to 2000000
keyzerrr: calls 1000000
*** FLOP *** [Js 9h Jd]
HCGrinder: bets 2000000
keyzerrr: raises 21890624 to 23890624 and is all-in
HCGrinder: calls 10565066 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (11325558) returned to keyzerrr
*** TURN *** [Js 9h Jd] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Js 9h Jd 4h] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HCGrinder: shows [Qs Ks] (a pair of Jacks)
keyzerrr: shows [9d Ad] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
keyzerrr collected 29530132 from pot
Seat 5: richiebro (14803035 in chips)
Seat 8: keyzerrr (39655690 in chips)
Seat 9: pink_outs (32491275 in chips)
keyzerrr: posts small blind 500000
pink_outs: posts big blind 1000000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
richiebro: raises 13703035 to 14703035 and is all-in
keyzerrr: calls 14203035
pink_outs: folds
*** FLOP *** [6h 4s 3s]
*** TURN *** [6h 4s 3s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 4s 3s 8d] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
keyzerrr: shows [Kh Kc] (a pair of Kings)
richiebro: shows [6s Ah] (a pair of Sixes)
keyzerrr collected 30706070 from pot
Seat 8: keyzerrr (45740947 in chips)
Seat 9: pink_outs (41209053 in chips)
pink_outs: posts small blind 600000
keyzerrr: posts big blind 1200000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
pink_outs: raises 1466666 to 2666666
keyzerrr: calls 1466666
*** FLOP *** [5h 7c 9h]
keyzerrr: bets 4800000
pink_outs: raises 33622387 to 38422387 and is all-in
keyzerrr: calls 33622387
*** TURN *** [5h 7c 9h] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [5h 7c 9h Kc] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
keyzerrr: shows [5d 7d] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
pink_outs: shows [Qs 9s] (a pair of Nines)
keyzerrr collected 82418106 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Million $1.5M Guaranteed
8,695 Entrants; $1,739,000 prize pool
1. keyzerrr $255,806
2. pink_outs $186,942
3. richiebro $130,425
4. HCGrinder $86,950
5. gtowneagles $69,560
6. bubbahee $52,170
7. zoro457 $34,780
8. rjmgrace $19,129
9. JPizzle107 $13,477
The Sunday500 cruised past its $500,000 guarantee yesterday as just over 1,100 players entered the day’s priciest major. The $500+$30 event seems to attract the best players in the world and always leads to a great final table. This past Sunday was no exception as a handful of well known tournament professionals made their way to the final table to battle it out for the $93,840 first place prize. Highlighting those in contention were Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar and Eric “Ericb09” Blair, two well respected MTT professionals who have seen great success online including this very event. Aguiar actually shipped the Sunday500 back in July 2009 for $87,400 and before yesterday Blair had earned a runner-up finish for $64,125 in December 2009. That past frustration was about to be alleviated as Blair was able to take down “el_klonkador” heads-up for the title earning $93,840 in the process.
Seat 1: el_klonkador (2675405 in chips)
Seat 7: Ericb09 (8364595 in chips)
el_klonkador: posts the ante 10000
Ericb09: posts the ante 10000
el_klonkador: posts small blind 50000
Ericb09: posts big blind 100000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
el_klonkador: raises 100000 to 200000
Ericb09: raises 8154595 to 8354595 and is all-in
el_klonkador: calls 2465405 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (5689190) returned to Ericb09
*** FLOP *** [7c 4c 8d]
*** TURN *** [7c 4c 8d] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [7c 4c 8d Qc] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ericb09: shows [Qh Kd] (a pair of Queens)
el_klonkador: shows [Ad Th] (high card Ace)
Ericb09 collected 5350810 from pot
PokerStars Sunday $500k Guaranteed
1,104 Entrants; $552,000 prize pool
1. Ericb09 $93,840
2. el_klonkador $69,000
3. softcored $52,384
4. 444446 $37,536
5. WowThatsBS $27,324
6. FatalError $21,804
7. Thielon123 $16,284
8. Victor chuch $10,764
9. jamani69 $5,961
The Sunday $215 re-buy also produced a solid final table with a few familiar faces. Two players at opposite ends of the final table spectrum were Ryan “ryanbluf” Karp who finished in 9th place for just $3,433 and David “SexSeen” Sands who won the $215r for a nice $40,221 payday. Both players are highly ranked online MTT pros who have won majors in the past. Karp is no stranger to the STR having finished 2nd in the $500k last June for $65,000 as well as finishing 2nd in this very event a month earlier for $26,474. Overall he has an enormous amount of $20,000+ scores on a resume that is highlighted by an FTOPS win back in 2008 for $121,184. While it is hard to outdo Karp’s resume, it actually comes quite easily for Sands. He has multiple major victories to his name including wins in the $500k, $750k, $1k Monday, Sunday Mulligan, $215r, and FTOPS Event #10 in 2009. The top-25 ranked pro once again proved his worth yesterday as he shipped the $215r for the 2nd time of his career after outlasting “Little Kraut” for the title.
Seat 3: SexSeen (1822600 in chips)
Seat 5: Little Kraut (373400 in chips)
SexSeen: posts the ante 1200
Little Kraut: posts the ante 1200
Little Kraut: posts small blind 6000
SexSeen: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Little Kraut: raises 12000 to 24000
SexSeen: calls 12000
*** FLOP *** [Qs Js Kd]
SexSeen: checks
Little Kraut: bets 23200
SexSeen: raises 33580 to 56780
Little Kraut: raises 38220 to 95000
SexSeen: raises 92780 to 187780
Little Kraut: raises 160420 to 348200 and is all-in
SexSeen: calls 160420
*** TURN *** [Qs Js Kd] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Js Kd 6s] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SexSeen: shows [5s As] (a flush, Ace high)
Little Kraut: shows [Kc Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)
SexSeen collected 746800 from pot
PokerStars Sunday $215r $150k Guaranteed
267 Entrants; $196,200 prize pool
1. SexSeen $40,221
2. Little Kraut $29,430
3. xSuPrA $22,170
4. NOBMERLIN $16,667
5. scarface_79 $11,575
6. MAHAWKMAN $8,829
7. G’s zee $6,867
8. goleafsgo41 $4,905
9. ryanbluf $3,433
The final event of the day on PokerStars was quite the well rounded one. With a perfect 1,500 players on hand creating a $300,000 prize pool, everything was neat and clean at the Sunday Second Chance final table. Two big names, Jamie “pokerjamers” Armstrong and Kenny “SpaceyFCB” Hallaert made their way to the final table in hopes of shipping the $54,120 first place prize. Both players have already graced the STR in 2011 each finishing 6th in a major earlier this year. Hallaert, who won the Sunday Warm-Up back in 2009, finished 6th for $12,750. While he was unable to make it to heads-up play the same could not be said for Armstrong who took one “JD9712” for the title. While things did not work out well for Armstrong yesterday there is little reason to feel sorry for a pro who has more than a handful of $50,000+ scores to his name.
Seat 2: pokerjamers (808347 in chips)
Seat 6: JD9712 (3691653 in chips)
pokerjamers: posts the ante 2500
JD9712: posts the ante 2500
JD9712: posts small blind 12500
pokerjamers: posts big blind 25000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
JD9712: raises 25000 to 50000
pokerjamers: raises 74800 to 124800
JD9712: raises 3300200 to 3425000
pokerjamers: calls 681047 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2619153) returned to JD9712
*** FLOP *** [4s 7s Qs]
*** TURN *** [4s 7s Qs] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [4s 7s Qs 6h] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pokerjamers: shows [Ah Kh] (a pair of Fours)
JD9712: shows [Qd Ks] (two pair, Queens and Fours)
JD9712 collected 1616694 from pot
PokerStars Sunday Second chance $250k Guaranteed
1,500 Entrants; $300,000 prize pool
1. JD9712 $54,120
2. pokerjamers $39,150
3. Naza114 $30,000
4. letuswedge $22,500
5. gangst3rn1 $15,750
6. SpaceyFCB $12,750
7. agacheck $9,750
8. BgsaPnaples $6,750
9. JoeJ1337 $4,200
With FTOPS XIX going on there was only one regular major running on FullTilt yesterday. The $200,000 Guaranteed Sunday Mulligan ran alongside the FTOPS events giving players an extra shot at a big Sunday score. With more than 1,200 players in the field, the winner’s share grew to over $53,000 late Sunday afternoon. Approximately 20 FullTilt sponsored professionals were on hand looking to make a splash including Gavin Smith, Jeff Madsen, and John Racener. Caio Pimenta, a relatively unknown pro, nearly made the final table before busting in 12th place. Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene was the class of the final table but could not get anything going before busting in 8th place for just $5,082.
FullTilt Sunday Mulligan $200k Guaranteed
1,210 Entrants; $242,000 prize pool
1. NETwowilldo $53,240
2. Pessagno $33,880
3. ceilidh_cu $24,502
4. ambiguosity $19,662
5. bonafidedonkey $14,834
6. JBlaze20 $10,890
7. jvans $7,018
8. Bttech86 $5,082
9. RandomFish666 $3,630