FullTilt Overlay Tournament
Apr 29, 2008
Sunday $750k Overlay Winner At Full Tilt Poker
'Tis a rare occurrence when Full Tilt Poker's Sunday $750,000 tournament reveals an overlay, but when 3,626 players entered the lucrative event, an additional $24,800 was piled onto the already substantial prize pool. At the end of the day, online poker player 'ionlyplayAA' stood victorious with an impressive reward of $132,787.50 to show for it.
The Full Tilt Poker $750k Sunday Guaranteed came down to 9 worthy opponents, listed by seating order and respective chip counts:
1: ionlyplayAA (1,901,521)
2: UBENICE (1,677,045)
3: bozbosjes (1,660,378)
4: zelong (1,620,394)
5: Nocturnick (1,419,941)
6: br56887 (1,034,042)
7: PedjaMN (641,796)
8: Draigan1 (463,927)
9: aabeware (458,956)
As you can see, 'ionlyplayAA' came into the final table with a confident chip lead that never wavered throughout the tournament. Full Tilt Poker was all a buzz as one by one, competitors were sent to the rails, until finally, only three players remained - 'ionlyplayAA', 'PedjaMN' and 'UBENICE'.
Posting blinds of 80,000/160,000, 'UBENICE' called from the small blind, but quickly found himself calling a 480,000 raise from 'ionlyplayAA'. The flop revealed Qh-Qd-2c. Holding Ad-2d, 'UBENICE' moved all-in. Without a moment's hesitation, 'ionlyplayAA' followed suit, calling the bet with Qc-3h. The Turn and River were of no accord for either competitor, resulting in the elimination of 'UBENICE'.
Heads-up action ensued and, what was expected to be a grueling battle of whits and skills turned out to last a mere five minutes. From the small blind position, 'PedjaMN' called, followed by a check from 'ionlyplayAA', as both players wished to see the Flop - 9s-10s-3c - before investing. 'ionlyplayAA' tossed out 220,000, only to be raised 540,000 from 'PedjaMN'. A contemplative 'ionlyplayAA' depleted a notable portion of his time bank, weighing his options before making the biggest move of the evening; he went all-in with 6,421,264. 'PedjaMN' was undeterred, calling the wager immediately.
The cards were turned, revealing 'ionlyplayAA's top pair, but offering no real kicker to back it up; while 'PedjaMN' held a Flush draw and single over card. When the Turn and River failed to help 'PedjaMN', the final opponent was eliminated and 'ionlyplayAA' reigned supreme.
The Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Sunday Guaranteed final table positions and payouts ended as follows:
1. ionlyplayAA - $132,788
2. PedjaMN - $80,250
3. UBENICE - $52,500
4. zelong - $41,400
5. Nocturnick - $31,050
6. br56887 - $23,025
7. bozbosjes - $17,250
8. Draigan1 - $13,500
9. aabeware - $10,050
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