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FTOPS XI Event #7, $100+9 NLHE w/ Rebuys: Chris 'The Universe112' Leveroni Wins

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Feb 08, 2009 3 min read

FTOPS XI Event #7, $100+9 NLHE w/ Rebuys: Chris 'The Universe112' Leveroni Wins 0001

Event #7 of the eleventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS XI) was a $100+9 no-limit hold'em w/ rebuys affair guaranteeing $500,000. After 2,235 original entrants, 3,286 rebuys and 1,361 add-ons, the total prize pool topped out at $688,200. First place offered a six-figure score of $140,358.39. Notable finishes just missing the final table included those of Jason "BUBBLESftt" Gray in 11th place ($5,161.50), Ilya "ilushan" Gorodetsky in 14th ($3,441) and Chris "MarvinGarden" Birchby in 18th ($2,546.34). These were the chip counts as final-table play began:

Chris "The Universe112" Leveroni - 2,996,693

Spiderweb80 - 1,827,353

Adam "bustin busters" Acosta - 1,353,886

Jorn "jornx" Walthaus - 1,070,049

Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet - 1,051,541

Avril Sharapova - 781,650

Rovermeover - 710,928

Shpadoones - 673,316

GiveMeUrCookies - 528,084

Shpadoones departed first from the final, with blinds and antes at 14,000/28,000/3,500. Adam "bustin busters" Acosta raised to 66,666 on the cutoff and Shpadoones went all in from the small blind for 638,316 with K?Q?. Acosta called with A?K? and won the hand as the board rolled out 7?A?A?J?8?. Shpadoones collected $8,258.40. Acosta kept the heater going at 17,000/34,000/4,000. Under the gun he raised to 77,777, and Rovermeover went all in for 446,928 from the big blind with 5?5?. Acosta called with A?10? and emerged victorious when board ran out J?9?3?J?10?. Rovermeover took home $11,001.20 for eighth place.

Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet was bounced during the 20,000/40,000/5,000 level. He raised to 99,000 on the button and Adam Acosta re-raised all in with a bigger stack. Van Fleet called all in for 719,550 with A?8?, leading Acosta's K?6?. However, the board came K?2?4?7?Q? and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet busted in seventh place for $15,828.60. Everything was going Acosta's way until a tough beat, when a preflop raising war with Avril Sharapova led to a pot of over 4.7 million with Acosta holding A?A? and Avril Sharapova tabling A?A?. The board came 7?10?6?3?4? and Avril Sharapova won the battle of the aces. The hit left Acosta with just over 300,000 and though he battled back a little, in the end it was too much to overcome. His last chips went into the middle with K?J? against Chris "The Universe112" Leveroni's A?Q?. The board didn't help either player as it came 10?5?2?3?6?. Adam "bustin busters" Acosta finished sixth for $23,398.80.

GiveMeUrCookies became Leveroni's next victim at 25,000/50,000/6,000 after raising to 135,000 on the button. Leveroni re-raised to 297,000 and GiveMeUrCookies shoved for 1,265,886 with A?Q?. Leveroni snap-called with A?A? and took down the pot when board ran out 10?10?K?4?6?. GiveMeUrCookies won $35,786.40 for the fifth-place finish. Jorn "jornx" Walthaus departed a few hands later after re-raising all in with 6?6? against Spiderweb80, who called with A?10?. The board rolled out 3-Q-K-4-A and Walthaus received $50,926.80 for finishing in fourth place. Spiderweb80 finished in third during the 30,000/60,000/7,500 level. Avril Sharapova limped in and Spiderweb80 checked, bringing an 8?5?4? flop. Avril Sharapova led out for 80,550 and Spiderweb80 popped it to 240,000. After a short tank. Avril Sharapova shoved and Spiderweb80 called all in for 1,353,572 with 8?2?, but was crushed by Avril Sharapova's 8?5?. Neither the turn nor river helped Spiderweb80, who collected $67,443.50 for third place.

The chip counts to begin heads-up play:

Chris "The Universe112" Leveroni - 5,672,006

Avril Sharapova - 5,331,494

Chris Leveroni closed out the tournament late in the 30,000/60,000/7,500 level. Avril Sharapova opened to 130,550 and Leveroni re-raised to 341,000. Avril Sharapova then shoved all in for 3,753,183 and Leveroni called with 7?7?. Avril Sharapova held 4?4? and when the board came J?6?2?8?K?, the tournament was over. Avril Sharapova finished in second place for $90,842.40, as Chris "The Universe112" Leveroni claimed $140,358.39 and FTOPS Event #7 winner's honors.