Full Tilt's $750,000 guarantee tournament attracted a huge starting field this time. Not less than 3,646 players signed up and took on the fight for the first prize of $132,757.
These 9 players survived the huge starting field and made it to the final table:
Chad Eveslage - 2,905,825
badboypony - 1,958,753
tophy4life - 1,756,084
hatrixX2 - 1,250,528
Tyler "IFold2Chex" Phillips - 973,695
cmdnst - 852,248
rustoopid - 553,414
Kauai Cass - 372,881
Thakki - 314,572
First to leave the tournament on the level 20,000/40,000, ante 5000, was the short stacked player "Thakki" who went all-in with A9 versus tophy4life's JJ. "tophy4life" flopped quads and the tournament was over for "Thakki". The very next hand the player "Kauai Cass" had to leave the tournament as well when he got his money in and got called by 2 other players with better hands.
With 7 players left on level 25,000/50,000, ante 6,000, it was time for another elimination. Chad Eveslage betted 123,456 from under the gun, rustoopid then pushed all-in with 5
5
, chad then called with AQ. Board ran out J
47AK and "rustoopid" was sent out of the tournament.
Next elimination came when Tyler "IFold2Chex" Phillip went all-in with K8 versus "tophy4life"'s Q10
on the flop 9103. No king or club came on turn or river and Tyler "IFold2Chex" Phillip had to leave the tournament on 6th place. The very next hand it was time for another player to leave the tournament. This time it was "cmdnst" turn to leave the tournament. His all-in before the flop with A10 was called by "badboypony"'s JJ. The board was no help for "cmdnst" who had to leave the tournament on 5th place. Only a few hands later it was once again time for another elimination. This time it was the short stack "hatrixX2" who had to leave the tournament after going all-in with QK versus Chad Eveslage's A7 that hit his pair of aces on turn.
Only 3 remaining players (level 40,000/80,000, ante 10,000)
"tophy4life" raised to 310,000 on the button and Chad Eveslage re-raised to 960,000 on the big blind, "tophy4life" called.
Flop comes: 47J - Chad went all-in with his remaining chips (1,163,980) and "tophy4life" called straight away.
Turn & River: 83 - Chad shows KQ, no pair. "tophy4life" shows QJ for a pair of jacks.
Chad Eveslage is now out of the tournament and the two remaining players to play heads-up poker are "tophy4life" and "badboypony". "tophy4life" had a 4-1 chip lead and he was soon about to take home the tournament.
FINAL HAND:
"badboypony" raised to 160,000 pre-flop and "tophy4life" calls straight away.
FLOP: 4A7 - "tophy4life" check-called "badboypony"'s bet of 160,000.
TURN: 5 - "tophy4life" check-calls once again when "badboypony" says 320,000.
RIVER: 10 - tophy4life" checks on the river again and "badboypony" throws 480,000 in to the pot. "tophy4life" goes all-in with his huge stack and "badboypony" has no other choice than to call with his few remaining chips.
"tophy4life" shows K2 for a turned nut flush and he takes home the tournament and the first prize of $132,787.50.
Final table outcome:
1st - tophy4life - $132,787.50
2nd - badboypony - $80,250
3rd - Chad Eveslage - $52,500
4th - hatrixX2 - $41,400
5th - cmdnst - $31,050
6th - Tyler "IFold2Chex" Phillips - $23,025
7th - rustoopid - $17,250
8th - Kauai Cass - $13,500
9th - Thakki - $10,500
