FTOPS X, Event #1: 'davin77' Grabs Short-handed Win
Full Tilt's FTOPS X series began yesterday in a big way. Event #1, a $200+16 NL hold'em 6-max tourney with $1,000,000 guaranteed, attracted 5,124 players for a total prize pool of $1,024,800. Some of the most well-known finishers falling short of the final table were Daniel "imabigkidnow" Kelly in seventh place ($19,778.64) and two-time FTOPS event winner Halfrek in ninth ($13,014.96). Other notables include dBrian "SN8WMAN" Hawkins in 44th ($1,885.63) and Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy in 86th place ($1,045.30).
Play progressed quickly for such a large field due in large part to blinds increasing every 12 minutes. Eight and a half hours after play began the final table was set. The chip counts at the final table began as follows:
SisterSue056 - 7,882,905
davin77 - 4,860,872
smoothustler - 4,142,237
FaGi - 3,815,010
AlwaysTrustMe - 2,769,532
Bog25 - 2,149,444
The first to head for the exit was FaGi at the 60,000/120,000/15,000 level. After losing a big pot to Bog25, FaGi was down to 521,010. Faced with the increasing blinds and antes, he made a stand with 2?2? for his last 266,010. Bog25 and davin77 were involved in the hand, checking down the 5?9?Q?9?5? board. Bog25 showed 7?7?, good enough to win the pot and eliminate FaGi in sixth for $30,744. Out next at blinds and antes of 80,000/160,000/20,000 was AlwaysTrustMe. With a stack of 2,198,632, AlwaysTrustMe shoved from the small blind with K?2? and was called by Bog25 in the big blind with A?10?. The board ran out 10?5?7?4?2? sending AlwaysTrustMe home in 5th for $45,091.20.
Hitting the rail next was SisterSue056. After losing a coin flip with 7?7? against smoothustler's Q?J?, SisterSue056's last 1,100,338 was in the middle with K?8? against davin77's K?9?. SisterSue056 couldn't catch up, finishing fourth for $61,488. A few hands later, smoothustler raised 930,000 on the button and was reraised all in by chip leader davin77. Smoothustler called and showed 4?4? but was way behind davin77's Q?Q?. The board ran out 2?3?K?A?3? as smoothustler finished in third for $83,213.76.
Heads-up play began with these chip counts:
davin77: 19,359,510
Bog25: 6,260,490
It ended at the 120,000/240,000/30,000 level when Bog25 raised to 780,000 and davin77 pushed all in. Bog25 thought for a moment and then called all in with K?Q?, slightly trailing davin77's A?7?. The board came J?9?J?7?3? as Bog25 came up just short, finishing as the runner-up for $119,901.60. The winner for FTOPS X Event #1, collecting $195,757.30 in the process, was davin77.
Final Results:
1. davin77 - $195,757.30
2. Bog25 - $119,901.60
3. smoothustler - $83,213.76
4. SisterSue056 - $61,488
5. AlwaysTrustMe - $45,091.20
6. FaGi - $30,744
