��PAhrRK�� Prevails in Full Tilt $1.5 Million Guarantee
As the celebration of its FIVE promotion drew to a close, Full Tilt Poker ran a $1.5 Million Guarantee this weekend. A field of 3,315 online players gathered to duke it out for the $296,775.38 top prize. Notable finishes that fell short of the final table included marlin5555 in 12th ($15,912), Brian "ZBTHorton" Horton in 14th place ($11,768.25), Steve "StevoL_7" Leonard in 41st place ($3,895.13), and Paul Wasicka in 51st place ($3,066.38). Despite coming to the final table as one of the shortest stacks, online player PAhrRK battled back and in the end took down the tournament and the six-figure prize money. The chip counts at the start of the final table were as follows:
sweepybreedy �C 3,079,195
Charles "HellaStacks_" Lee �C 2,497,589
DiGiTaLDeMoN �C 1,806,339
philbort �C 1,781,768
blarkin �C 1,690,274
Alex "ags104" Santiago �C 1,549,901
PAhrRK �C 1,485,698
uRuGwa1 �C 1,411,224
Jason "TheMasterJ33" Dewitt �C 1,273,832
DiGiTaLDeMoN was the first player to hit the rail. At the 40,000/80,000/10,000 level, DiGiTaLDeMoN went all in under the gun for 1,316,339 with J?J? and ran into PAhrRK��s Q?Q?. The board brought no help to DiGiTaLDeMoN, down to less than one big blind and soon out in ninth place for $22,210.50. Alex ��ags104�� Santiago busted next, during the 60,000/120,000/15,000 level. Charles ��HellaStacks_�� Lee raised to 256,680 from the cutoff and Santiago reraised all in from the small blind for 954,091 with A?9?. Lee called and tabled a dominating A?K?. The board rolled out 8?8?J?3?2? as Alex ��ags104�� Santiago headed out in eighth place for $29,835.
The next casualty was uRuGwa1. From the hijack, uRuGwa1 shipped it in for 990,295 holding Q?J? and found action from Charles ��HellaStacks_�� Lee with 6?6?.The board ran out 3?7?4?2?J? as Lee flushed uRuGwa1 away in seventh place for $38,122.40. Jason ��TheMasterJ33�� Dewitt��s tournament came to an end after he got it all in with A?8? against philbort��s K?J?. The cards fell 9?J?K?Q?7? as Dewitt bid adieu in sixth place for $50,885.25.
Philbort��s taste of victory was brief, however, as he was next to depart at the 80,000/160,000/20,000 level after becoming the short stack. The last of philbort��s chips were on the line with K?2? against PAhrRK��s K?5?. The community cards came 4?2?8?Q?3? as PAhrRK made a flush to eliminate philbort in fifth place for $68,786.25. Sweepybreedy was the next to fall after calling all in with Q?J? against Charles ��HellaStacks_�� Lee��s A?7?. Lee proceeded to flop two pair and sweepybreedy failed to catch up, out in fourth place for $91,991.25.
Charles ��HellaStacks_�� Lee wound up as the third-place finisher. Much of his stack went to PAhrRK in one hand when both players turned a flush, but Lee��s queen-high flush came up short against PAhrRK��s king-high flush. On his final hand, Lee was all in with A?9? against PAhrRK��s K?Q?. However, the board ran out K?K?A?2?10? as Lee was ousted in third place for $117,682.50.
Heads-up play was brief as PAhrRK soon closed it out with K?10? against blarkin��s A?9?. The board ran out K?3?4?10?9?. giving PAhrRk two pair and the victory, as blarkin took second place for $180,667.50. The winner of the Full Tilt $1.5 Million Guarantee was PAhrRK for $296,775.38.
Final Results:
1. PAhrRK - $296,775.38
2. blarkin - $180,667.50
3. Charles ��HellaStacks_�� Lee - $117,682.50
4. sweepybreedy - $91,991.25
5. philbort - $68,786.25
6. Jason ��TheMasterJ33�� Dewitt - $50,885.25
7. uRuGwa1 - $38,122.40
8. Alex ��ags104�� Santiago - $29,835
9. DiGiTaLDeMoN - $22,210.50
