Full Tilt Million Dollar Tournament

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Full Tilt million dollar tournament took place last night with 2,228 players and a total prize pool of $1,114,000. 351 places were paid and the first place finisher took home a nice payday of $204,363.

Many top pros played in the event but they failed to have a significant impact. JJ Liu finished in 259thplace followed by Aaron Bartley in 191st and then Huck Seed with the highest finish in 142nd place.

The final table was still in it’s early stages when the first player exited after Richisnic who had a Jd Ts when all in against Lucky1223 Ah Ad. The board was Ac, Qc ,As, Kh, 5s. Richisnic’s straight was well beaten by the quad Aces of his oppoenent and he went out in 9th place and a prize of $15,596. Menah_menah_ would go out next followed by cashious, jalla79, TenthPlanet, Fishbones11, and BIGFLOPPER01. The final two left at the table were Lucky1223 and JCarver.

Heads up lasted about 15 minutes before a winner was decided. On the last hand JCarver made a raise and Lucky1223 moved all in. JCarver had Kh Jd while Lucky1223 had Kd Th and following a board of Kc, 2d, 3s, Qc and Ad , JCarver won the tournament.

Final standing for Full Tilt Million Dollar Guarantee