Full Tilt Poker Weekly $750k guarantee Tournament

There were just about 4,000 players registered to play in this weeks Full Tilt Poker $750,000 guaranteed No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Tournament, just surpassing the guarantee with a total prize pool of $756,800.

In the chip lead as the final table began was TAHUR5, second in chiplead, for a moment, was NCSUBODOG who was also the first to make his way from the final table to the rail with a few thousand dollars and a bad beat story to tell to anyone who will listen.

NCSUBODOG was dealt the prettiest hand in poker, a couple of aces, and had Martine23’s cowboys completely dominated, until … The river. The king of clubs was dealt and NCSUBODOG went from second in chip lead, to seriously in need of help. He went out fighting though, getting his chips into the middle with an unsuited Ace Queen. Spirit619 made the call, with Pocket Queens, leaving NCSUBODOG in need of a ace which didn’t arrive and he finished 9th place in the tournament, and a $10,141.12 prize.

In the next big hand southside1 got all his chips in the middle which As and Jh and found himself with two callers. Sugar D had King-seven of hearts, and spirit619 held a pair of sixes. The sixes hit the flop to make trips and the rest of the hand was history. Southside1 left the tournament in 8th winning $13,622.40.

Not long after, Martine23 pushed in with pocket tens, SlmPickens made the call, and busted the Pocket Pair with a flush. Martine23 finished the game in 7th place.

A few minutes later, SlmPickens was up against tens again. In this hand Slm held Ad 4c and was all in, spirit619 called with pocket tens, and Sugar D followed suit, pushing in his own chips with a pair of sixes. The tens held up, spirit619 took out two players in one shot.

Pokachump, TAHUR5 and spirit619 were the final trio of poker players. Three soon became two though, as pokachump knocked out spirit619 in 3rd. Pokachump and TAHUR5 began their heads up battle which waged for nearly twenty minutes, pokachump had the lead, TAHUR5 took it over, then pokachump took it back and so on. Then, the game rather took care of itself.

TAHUR5 flopped 2 pair, pokachump flopped the nut straight. The all in bet was made, it was called, TAHUR5 was behind, and got no help. Pokachump took down a $133,991.44 prize along with first place.

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