With the closing of the 2013 TCOOP series today, January was busy month for our SnG grinders. What better strategy to earn a profit than an investment with zero dollars invested? Well, maybe a couple of dollars spent earning the ticket to today's Battle of the Planet $50,000.00 triple shootout freeroll. Tonight's final table would feature players who've been here before or even a SCOOP high buy-in champion. But, it was FPSTAG who hauled away the primary place prize of $12,000.00.
Down to 2 heads-up matches within the first round of the triple shootout had one player who saw more poker hands within the first few days of January than most of the people do in a year. Alex "AWice" Wice managed to score the VIP status of Supernova in precisely over 40 hours. On the time Wice was 50 tabling for those 40 hours to succeed in the mark and in line with his status around his avatar, he has already achieved the Supernova Elite status (1,000,000 VPPs) for the year.
Alex Wice -- VPP machine
Today Alex was seeking to pick up a bit free cash from his efforts playing in all those SnGs right down to heads-up against Igos19 and a 7,705 to 2,795 deficit with blinds at 150/300 ante 25. After min-raise by Igos19 and a choice both checked out an all-club flop 4♣ J♣ 9♣. Awice would check-raise all-in with middle pair 8♠9♠ but Igos19 was unlikely anywhere with aces and a nut-flush draw A♣A♠. The 5♠ and 6♣ at the turn and river, sent the Supernova Elite back to his 50-tabling in 83rd place. After Russia's electron74 busted a couple of moments later, the general 81 were assured $195.00 with twelve grand sitting on the final table.
In the round of 81 Sunnnlight, good player to have at your table throughout the periodic PokerStars hand anniversaries after collecting some free cash during both the 75th billionth hand milestone giveaway and the 10th anniversary special milestone. Bad player if you happen to desired to reach today's Battle of the Planets final table because the Russian dispatched the table in under an hour to assert the primary seat and lock up a minimum of $775.00 today.
Sunnlight could have some tough competition today as YugiohPro is making another appearance on the Battle of the Planets final table after making it back-to-back, in August and September. Let alone claiming a $10,000 PokerStars Passport for finishing in eighth place at the overall Tournament Leaderboard for 2012 in addition
All the way down to the overall seat between excellent potential future WWF wrestling star steel serg against aleXXXpaw both would play well into the 200/400 ante 50 level QUARTER-HOUR after B4d3m3!st3r dispatched joszumabot18. After grinding alexXXXpaw all the way down to 2,655 chips, steel serg would call the Russian's shove with 5♣A♥. aleXXXpaw needed somewhat help holding 9♥J♦ all that came up at the T♠ 2♠ 6♠ Q♠ 2♥ board was a busted straight draw to complete in 10th place setting out the general table below:
Seat 1: YugiohPro (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: steel serg (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: B4d3m3!st3r (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: Sunnnlight (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: Buhass (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: FPSTAG (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: kafelnikovz (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: yingding (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: ihaterivers (1500 in chips)
The opening 10/20 level usually exits with nothing exciting but YugiohPro used some final table experience to snatch double the starting 1,500 chip stack while knocking Sunnnlight and steel serg all the way down to fewer than 700 chips. To turn there is not any rest for the successful players; YugiohPro was also playing 16 other tables including the general TCOOP 2013 ($215 buy-in NLHE Hyper-Turbo Event #50).
Turning out the light
The first one on the final table was also the primary to depart. Taking off the 25/50 blind level Sunnnlight could be dwindled right down to 321 chips sitting within the small blind with T♣Q♣. Sunnnlight tried shoving the fast stack against Buhass who had just a little under the starting stack holding J♦9♦. Buhass made the decision seeking to bump the quick stack and located a jack at the river A♠ T♦ A♥ 3♦ J♠ to do exactly that. It might be a snappy sunset for Sunnnlight earning $775.00 in ninth place.
Liking this river card
The remainder of the 25/50 level remained quiet but because the 50/100 level started up Buhass' stack was chipped all the way down to 796 and opened all-in from middle position. Folded to ihaterivers within the small blind and shorted stacked as well, the river hater made the decision with pocket sixes 6♠6♥. Buhass flipped up A♠T♦ for the coin flip that went ihaterivers' way because the ace-free 3♥ 2♥ J♣ 9♠ 3♣ board shipped 1,692 chips to ihaterivers and $1,200.00 to Buhass in eighth place.
Flushed out of the tournament
Watch the hand below for yet one more pocket jacks horror story:
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Despite getting the money in good with pocket jacks J♣J♠ against FPSTAG's pocket fives 5♣5♥ kafelnikovz watched a gruesome river card fill the four-flush Q♥ 4♥ 4♠ T♥ 2♥ and ship the 2,882 chip pot to FPSTAG. Left with 69 chips, kafelnikovz would donate those to B4d3m3!st3r at the next hand to complete in seventh place ($1,700.00). It took away to come again here, but kafelnikovz cashed in on a return to the BOTP final table after making it here twice in 2010.
No opt for YugiohPro
Third time a charm for YugiohPro? Unfortunately no because the South Korean was the chip leader when kafelnikovz was knocked out but nine hands later, YugiohPro would discover a seat at the sidelines. With the blinds at 75/150 and fresh off doubling up FPSTAG after running pocket tens into kings, YugiohPro would open shove for 560 chips from the small blind and steel serg made the decision from the massive blind with Q♣T♥. YugiohPro would bring a slight lead preflop holding J♠K♦ but a queen within the door Q♦ 5♠ 8♣ A♣ 4♣ gave YugiohPro a disappointing finish to the previous Sunday Warm-Up champ's third BOTP triple shootout final table in sixth place ($2,200.00).
Ding! You win $3,350.00!
Three hands later still within the 75/150 blind level yingding would shove from the small blind for 1,359 chips holding a good T♣K♦. But, waiting and hoping for somebody to bet was steel serg within the big blind with pocket aces A♣A♦. A direct call scored a collection of aces at the flop 9♦ Q♥ A♥ K♥ 9♠ while successfully dodging yingding's straight draw. For fourth place yingding scored a nifty $3,350.00 in cash.
Breaking steel
Three handed play would rock on for 20 minutes with no whisper for chopping up that five-figure score looking forward to the January champ. Because the blinds moved as much as 125/250 ante 25 FPSTAG would shove from the button for 2,389 chips as steel serg called for less within the small blind holding T♣K♦ (or the similar hand that yingding just busted on). While FPSTAG didn't have aces, the German did have an ace 9♥A♣ which hit an unnecessary pair at the 5♣ 9♣ 2♦ 5♦ Q♦ board to finish steel serg's night in third place ($4,500.00).
Germany wins the January Battle of the Planets triple shootout!
That headline was posted before B4d3m3!st3r and FPSTAG even started because the Germans would battle it out for the $12,000.00 first prize. Things appeared to be going B4d3m3!st3r's way at first after taking down seven of the eight hands and taking a 10,751 to 2,749 chip lead. Then, at the next hand FPSTAG would strike back by doubling up after seeing a free flop and catching a straight with 4♥6♠.
Three hands later we might name our first champ of 2013. Watch the video below to peer if SCOOP champion B4d3m3!st3r would add a Battle of the Planets title to the news champion's watch:
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The answer? No. After FPSTAG min raised with a slight chip lead, B4d3m3!st3r would shove holding T♥A♠ but FPSTAG had no problem making the decision with pocket kings K♣K♥. Despite a 10 at the turn, FPSTAG's kings made it throughout the 5♦ 8♦ T♣ 2♥ 6♥ to assert the $12,000.00 first prize and the Battle of the Planets January 2013 title!
$50,000 guarantee Battle of the Planets triple shootout results (01-27-13):
Players entered: 562
Places paid: 81
Buy-in: Freeroll Ticket
Prize pool: $50,000.00
First place: $12,000.00
1. FPSTAG (Germany) $12,000.00
2. B4d3m3!st3r (Germany) $7,500.00
3. steel serg (Russia) $4,500.00
4. yingding (China) $3,350.00
5. ihaterivers (Canada) $2,735.00
6. YugiohPro (South Korea) $2,200.00
7. kafelnikovz (Brazil) $1,700.00
8. Buhass (Portugal) $1,200.00
9. Sunnnlight (Russia) $775.00
David Aydt is a contract contributor
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