Full Tilt Poker hosted a Tournament of Champions today for everyone who won an FTOPS event in any of the last four series. The only prize was a $10,000 WSOP seat (no details whatsoever on how/whether it can be cashed out) to the winner, and guess who that was?
To be fair, there were only 104 runners, and about 30 of them didn’t even show. Here are a few hands from the road to victory:
This is Why AQ is a Good Bluffcatcher
It’s got equity when he’s not bluffing. FWIW he’d been a total LAGtard up to this point.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 40/80 Blinds (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (MP3) (t3122)
CO (t885)
Button (t880)
SB (t1552)
BB (t1070)
UTG (t2029)
UTG+1 (t840)
MP1 (t960)
MP2 (t1952)
Hero’s M: 26.02
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q
, A
3 folds, MP2 bets t179, Hero calls t179, 4 folds
Flop: (t478) 3, K
, 5 (2 players)
MP2 bets t199, Hero calls t199
Turn: (t876) 3 (2 players)
MP2 bets t375, Hero calls t375
River: (t1626) A
(2 players)
MP2 bets t1199 (All-In), Hero calls t1199
Total pot: t4024
Results:
MP2 had J, K (two pair, Kings and threes).
Hero had Q, A (two pair, Aces and threes).
Outcome: Hero won t4024
Hero Call
Errr, shove.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 500/1000 Blinds 125 Ante (4 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB (t32791)
BB (t71029)
Hero (UTG) (t27666)
Button (t24514)
Hero’s M: 13.83
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 3, A
Hero bets t2222, 2 folds, BB calls t1222
Flop: (t5444) 2, 10, 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t1999, BB raises to t4855, Hero calls t2856
Turn: (t15154) K (2 players)
BB bets t9555, Hero raises to t20464 (All-In), BB calls t10909
River: (t56082) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t56082
Results:
BB had J, Q (high card, King).
Hero had 3, A (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero won t56082
K, This One Was Kinda Lucky
My HU opponent was zhivago2, winner of the previous FTOPS main event and a guy I’d actually played a fair bit with in the 2-day event that I won. He came in with a 3:1 chiplead, but I won a few small pots and then equalized it with this one:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 250 Ante (2 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB (t96443)
Hero (BB) (t59557)
Hero’s M: 17.02
Preflop: Hero is BB with K, J
SB bets t4000, Hero calls t2000
Flop: (t8500) 2, 6, J (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t3555, Hero calls t3555
Turn: (t15610) A (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t5555, Hero calls t5555
River: (t26720) J (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t11555, Hero raises to t46197 (All-In), SB calls t34642
Total pot: t119114
Results:
SB had Q, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
Hero had K, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won t119114
I took a few more small pots off with him, and eventually he realized he was getting killed postflop. He started just monkey-shoving for like 5-10x the size of the pot. He won our first all-in confrontation, but later I snapped him off with 55 and doubled through his K2. There was some more monkey-shoving, and I eventually picked up TT and caught him with 97o for 21BB’s.
I tried for a while but couldn’t find any information about whether I’m required to play the seat (don’t think Harrah’s will let them do that) or if I’d have to wear their gear or anything like that. The way they are structuring their incentives this year, I don’t really want to play for them. They are giving everyone who cashes wearing FTP gear a free seat in the 2011 main event, but that means that an FTP patch is going to be an invitation to get raped on the bubble.
But anyway, it’s official: I’m the champion!
Nice job! congrats! Post a comment if you can cash it in or not.
You might at least try negotiating with them over the incentive structure. With three cashes in the last four years at the WSOP (including a very deep cash), the recent 450k win, and a successful blog, you should have more leverage than the average tourney donk. Also, tell them you’re pals with Lederer!