FTR members in WSOP Main Event

[Deanglow]

so sick if he final tables. and hellmuth is out btw

[givememyleg]

he's ginger

so is jack sawyer

[Warpe]

took a hit

[Warpe]

ruh roh

Craig Marquis Doubles Through Aaron Gordon

Craig Marquis and Felix Osterland saw a flop of {A-Spades} {6-Hearts} {5-Hearts} with two other players. The two got into a raising war that resulted in Marquis's tournament life hanging in the balance. He was all in against Aaron Gordon and the players showed:

Marquis: {A-Clubs} {6-Clubs}
Gordon: {A-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds}

It was two pair against two pair with Marquis having the edge. The turn sealed the deal as it came the {6-Diamonds} and Marquis doubled to just over 6,100,000. Gordon was left with about 1,250,000 after the hand.

[Warpe]

Our remaining 36 players are all now guaranteed $193,000 for their finish, a pay jump of $38,600.

We are down to the final four tables.

[a500lbgorilla]

sexay!

[Deanglow]

Aaron Gordon Triples Up
Craig Marquis opened with a raise to 225,000 and David Rheem made the call. Aaron Gordon then moved all in for 755,000 in total with both opponents making the call.

With two live players the board of was checked down with Gordon showing as the best hand! He triples up to about 2.7 million to stay alive!

[Jack Sawyer]

ya omg a ginger!

[Jack Sawyer]

GO-FLASH-GORDON

GO-FLASH-GORDON

GO-FLASH-GORDON

GO-FLASH-GORDON

GO-FLASH-GORDON

[Jack Sawyer]

lol spenda-gmml prop bet

tiffany michelle has 9M chips, more or less I guess its 15M for final table chip average

[daven]

mid-field out of 27, end of day


earlier:

Aaron Gordon Triples Up

Craig Marquis opened with a raise to 225,000 and David Rheem made the call. Aaron Gordon then moved all in for 755,000 in total with both opponents making the call.

With two live players, the board of {10-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} was checked down, with Gordon showing {A-Clubs}{3-Hearts} as the best hand! He triples up to about 2.7 million to stay alive!

[Toadstool]

hanging avound...hanging avound....I played really bad today, going to have to play fast tomorrow, build a stack or bust!!1

[lolzzz_321]

glllll

[speedcake]

good luck!

[jimmy44]

Awesome mate!

GLGLGLGLGLGLGL!!!

[BigPapi]

GL man!

[badgers]

Seat 1: Jason Riesenberg (Halbur, Iowa) – 3,405,000
Seat 2: Darus Suharto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) – 4,510,000
Seat 3: Chris Klodnicki (Voorhees, New Jersey) – 6,245,000
Seat 4: Toni Judet (Bucharest, Romania) – 5,000,000
Seat 5: Nicholas Sliwinski (Las Vegas, Nevada) – 4,925,000
Seat 6: David Rheem (Los Angeles, California) – 8,280,000
Seat 7: Dennis Phillips (St. Louis, Missouri) – 11,910,000
Seat 8: Albert Kim (Staten Island, New York) – 3,675,000
Seat 9: Aaron Gordon (Brighton, England) – 1,790,000

didn't realise you were English, the railage just got more srs!

SHIP IT ONE TIMEEE glglgl

[kevster]

Seat 1: Jason Riesenberg (Halbur, Iowa) – 3,405,000
Seat 2: Darus Suharto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) – 4,510,000
Seat 3: Chris Klodnicki (Voorhees, New Jersey) – 6,245,000
Seat 4: Toni Judet (Bucharest, Romania) – 5,000,000
Seat 5: Nicholas Sliwinski (Las Vegas, Nevada) – 4,925,000
Seat 6: David Rheem (Los Angeles, California) – 8,280,000
Seat 7: Dennis Phillips (St. Louis, Missouri) – 11,910,000
Seat 8: Albert Kim (Staten Island, New York) – 3,675,000
Seat 9: Aaron Gordon (Brighton, England) – 1,790,000

didn't realise you were English, the railage just got more srs!

SHIP IT ONE TIMEEE glglgl

+1 Brighton Rock(s)

[Shifubowa]

Hi, i play $5+1 NL Sit'N'Go's at party,

GJ sir and good luck!!!

[Outlaw]

I don't recognize any names on that table? Gotta be some donkeys in there that have luckboxed to this point.. be sure YOU take their money!

Tj

[bigspenda73]

lol spenda-gmml prop bet

tiffany michelle has 9M chips, more or less I guess its 15M for final table chip average

ahh sir, it's the final TWO tables

let's do this baby, only 9 more knockouts to go until this knockout gets there.

[pantherhound]

shit didnt know toaders was english either.

EXTRA GLGLGLGLGL

[Warpe]

gl, sir.

[a500lbgorilla]

I hope you final table the shit out of this tourny.

[jyms]

Rock and roll toadstool. GJ

[WillburForce]

Go Team England!

En-Ger-land, Fuck Yeah!

This proves that no matter what the circumstance is, England will always prevail

Glglglglgl!

[zook]

Awesome run so far Aaron. Keep it up and enjoy the ride!

[Aces]

gl Aaron, FTRFTFTW!

[GatorJH]

GL Aaron!!!!!!

[Deanglow]

good luck aaron, do you feel that you're the best player left?

[Warpe]

game on. gogogogogogogogogo

[silu73]

Go Aaron! Make that FT! Its all that fresh air coming from the sea isn't it.

[ProZachNation]

GL MAN!

[Jack Sawyer]

keep your head cool, baby

[BankItDrew]

COME ON DEALER ONE TIME !!!!!!2

[mrhappy333]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, GOGOGO!

[badgers]

Gained 60k chips and an affiliation for ftp so far today

[zook]

gg Aaron, sweet payday

[givememyleg]

gg Aaron, sweet payday

[Outlaw]

25th is something to be proud of and still a good payday. Great run!

Tj

[Aces]

busted 24th, helluva run

[Warpe]

[a500lbgorilla]

sick

[kmind]

VNH

[badgers]

up a quarter of a mill in a week

could be worse i guess.

vvvvvv wp

[BankItDrew]

CONGRATS toad

[Deanglow]

congrats aaron

[d0zer]

sick payday.

[Xianti]

Great run, Aaron! Congrats!

[silu73]

Congratulations Aaron. Sick run! Something to remember for the rest of your life.

[Jack Sawyer]

GG Aaron.


Congrats, very nice run!!

[Ltrain]

GG, can't wait to see it on ESPN!

[spin_md]

Congrats Aaron!!!

[givememyleg]

http://www.flopturnriver.com/blogs/a...main-event-805

Nice run Aaron, post more 'round here!

[bigspenda73]

lol spenda-gmml prop bet

tiffany michelle has 9M chips, more or less I guess its 15M for final table chip average

ahh sir, it's the final TWO tables

let's do this baby, only 9 more knockouts to go until this knockout gets there.

AHAHAHAH SHIP IT HOLLER

wow one tiiiiiiiiiiiiime I run good in a prop bet, I'm now 1-59 lifetime in props...YESSSSSSSSSS

[givememyleg]

lol spenda-gmml prop bet

tiffany michelle has 9M chips, more or less I guess its 15M for final table chip average

ahh sir, it's the final TWO tables

let's do this baby, only 9 more knockouts to go until this knockout gets there.

AHAHAHAH SHIP IT HOLLER

wow one tiiiiiiiiiiiiime I run good in a prop bet, I'm now 1-59 lifetime in props...YESSSSSSSSSS

youre a nit

[daven]

24/6844.
Nice run, shame it had to end!

Aaron Gordon Eliminated in 24th Place ($257,334)

Aaron Gordon limped into the pot as did Jason Riesenberg. Darus Suharto then made it 330,000 from the button and the blinds stepped aside. Gordon then announced a reraise to 900,000, Riesenberg folded, and Suharto moved all in. Gordon put his last 735,000 into the middle to make the call.

Gordon: {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Suharto: {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{7-Hearts} to eliminate Aaron Gordon in 24th place for $257,334 in prize money.

and the Full Tilt logo?!?!

[ProZachNation]

Congrats man, remember this the rest of your life

[drmcboy]

awesome

[nutsinho]

WELL DONE!

[jimmy44]

Awesome!
Gratz!!!

[Kits]

Nice work. Congratulations......

[WillburForce]

Congrats man. That is seriously awesome.

[midas06]

grats

[will641]

wow fucking good job man.

[blackatom]

good shit

[pocketfours]

WP Congrats Aaron!

[Galapogos]

Really nice man. I hear Raptor's still in it. Now go to his table and be a douche on the rail.

[bigspenda73]

Really nice man. I hear Raptor's still in it. Now go to his table and be a douche on the rail.

Um raptor lost a 75:25 for 2nd in chips with like 30 ppl left I think.

[Toadstool]

Thanks for all the encouragement guys, I appreciate it. I'll do a mini report now, and might do a full one when I return from a break.

Someone asked whether I thought I was the best player left, I play almost exclusively cash games, and very little live so I think that the players I was playing with had an edge on me preflop but I think that postflop I was in the top 3 remaining (who I had played with) along with David 'Chino' Rheem (I think he is the best player remaining and will win the FT) and Brandon Cantu when he is playing his A game. Also I felt like maybe I had some tells that the other players may have picked up on due to the fact they had far more live experience than I do.

There were 3 hands from the tourney that really stood out to me. 2 because of the way they were inter-linked.

1. I get 1010 in MP halfway through day 2 and flat UTG's raise, it folds to SB and he thinks for a long time before calling also. There are 3 to the flop and it comes Kh 10h 2h, checks to me and I fireclose to pot, SB calls, UTG folds. turn is a blank 8, SB checks I bet and SB moves in for around 30k more. I know he has a flush at this point but I think I have odds to boat up as the pot is huge (I started the hand on around 180k) I call and he shows AQhh and I dont boat up.

2. Very next hand I get JJ and have around 100k left, I raise, knowing that people will think I'm steaming. It folds to the BB who reraises (he is tight, especially OOP so I put his range as QQ+/AK) I call almost instantly to give the impression I am steaming, the flop comes J high and he fires for 14k I quickly reraise him to 30k, and he shoves. I snap call and he shows KK and my set holds to put me back around 200k.

3. This hand I like because it's against Phil Hellmuth. It's the 4th day and I'm playing the best poker of my tournament. we both start the hand with ~600k and the blinds at 6k/12k. Phil limps UTG, folds to me in the SB, I complete and BB checks. flop comes 5d 8x 9d and I bet out 25k, Phil quickly calls. the turn is the 3d I check, Phil bets 30k and I call. As on the river and I value bet 40k and get called by 66.

The further I got in the tourney the more my play disintegrated. I felt like I played really well up until the start of day 5. I had just played too much poker, I rarely play more than an hour at a time usually as I lose my concentration. I could feel myself slowly losing my concentration after the start of day 5, I really didn't want to play. That's not to say I played badly, I just didn't play as well as I know I can, or that I had been doing. Throughout the whole tournement when the all the money went in I had the worst hand twice (once was the 1010 hand against a flush) and the other was the final hand with Q10.

I was really lucky to even get into the main event to start with, I came over to LV intending to play the 5k 6max and the ME. However when I got there I found I couldn't use my maestro debit card at any banks, or withdraw at a casino cashier - the only thing I could do with it was withdraw up to my $600 a day limit at an ATM, and my bank refused to up my withdrawal limit.

So, I had to miss the 5k 6max event, and concentrate on attemptin to make 10k before the start of the series, I entered a $340 tournament 4 nights in a row which had ~350 entrants and a first prize of ~$22000, on the 2nd time I got fairly deep, there were around 50 ppl left and I got AI preflop with my KK vs another big stacks AK and lost. Anyway on the 4th attempt I cashed for 7k, this was really lucky as when there were 20 people left I was fairly short stacked and pushed with 9 10o, I got called by the BB who had K4o, the flop came J 10 x turn was a K and the river was a blank, as I got up go I noticed there were 4 diamonds on board, as the dealer was about to gather in the cards/chips I said "wait, did I have a diamond?" the dealer looked at my cards and noticed that I did, so I won the pot and was still in.

With that 7k win, I had enough to enter the ME. On my first day I sat down and didn't recognise anyone at my table, first hand I'm in the BB and get KK, button raises, SB calls and I reraise, they both fold. I get AK, A7s and 66 in the next 6 hands and win them all without showdown, the table thinks I'm a maniac and this image sticks with me for the remainder of the day even though I significantly tightened up. I was pretty nervous at first as I rarely play live, the highest buyin tourney I ahd played was a $40 rebuy. After about an hour though I managed to forget about the size of the buyin and the event and just play my best poker. There was one good player at my first table, a really aggressive Scanidavian player 2 to my left who I stayed away from, but apart form that the table was soft - a mix of extremely easy to read nits and people who overvalued their hands (basically couldn't get away from AK pre no matter how many BB's deep, and thought AJ on a J high board was the nuts) So, chipped up to around 25k and we're about 6 hours in when I get 77, UTG raised and cleared this throat (he had a tell where whenever he had a monster hand he cleared his throat and the announced what he was going to do) I call in position with 77 and the flop comes Q 7 6, UTG c bets and i call, the turn is a K, UTG checks, i bet, he cleared his throat and moved AI. I tanked for maybe a minute or so, I knew he thought he was ahead and he either had QQ/KK or AA. I called and luckily for me he turned over AA and i was on 50k. I got moved table and didn't have any notable hands the rest of the day and finished day 1 on 57k.

Day 2, the only person I recognised was Brad Booth, who was 2 to ym right. After about 20 minutes I noticed that there was a guy opposite me who was extremely good (I later heard him saying he plays 200/400 online) anyway, about 3 orbits in I get QQ UTG and raise to 1500 (i think the blinds were ~ 250/500 and Brad Booth calls from the SB, as does the BB. Flop comes Jh9x3h checks to me and I cbet for 3k, Brad reraises to 9k and the SB folds, I call to re-evaluate the turn. The turn is some brick and Brad (who has been playing ultra aggressive) bets out 14k, I call the river is a low heart and he bets 30k, I fold and he shows J9. A couple of hands later I get J9s on the button, The 200/400 guy raises, Brad calls, as do I. flops comes 10 4 3 rainbow and they both check, I bet and the 200/400 guy calls, Brad folds. turn is a 7 he checks and I check behind. the river is an 8! he bets pot and I move AI, he calls with 77 and I'm back up to ~60k in chips.

I'll continue with the report soon, I need a break from poker for a while now, but will finish this report before I get back to playing.

[Warpe]

Thanks for the great report, Aaron. We had fun railing, as you can see. We look forward to hearing more when you've rested up. Awesome job!

[a500lbgorilla]

did you ever find out who the 200/400 dude was?

[Deanglow]

very nice report, was the 2/4 guy sorel mizzi maybe?

[Xianti]

I'll continue with the report soon, I need a break from poker for a while now, but will finish this report before I get back to playing.

Can't wait! I'll add your report when it's complete to the "WSOP Experience" digest in the Poker Etcetera forum.

Thanks, Toadstool!