Action hour.

It was a wild 60-minute period that saw massive amounts of re-buys and culminated in massive stacks. These large stacks transitioned over to the general table where Loyalray13 fought his approach to victory from the bottom.

But back before the overall table, when things were just getting underway, blinds started at 50/100. Then, after six levels of play, they reset back to 15/30 and created monster stacks and deep play.

The prospect of deep play also sparked several re-buys and created a major prize pool. The $60K guarantee was shattered as 10,322 players bought in, then re-bought 19,272 times and acquired 5,669 add-ons.

This created a $141,052.00 prize pool, $12,200 of which went to our champion, Loyalray13. Hailing from Canada, Loyalray13 found himself on the short end of a four-handed deal but then came back to assert victory.

It all went down at the final piece of virtual felt.

The final table

Seat 1: gayuflo - 5,257,640Seat 2: Loyalray13 - 38,027,833Seat 3: KorW1n22 - 12,224,188Seat 4: jack130502 - 4,383,853Seat 5: MrDonkytoyou - 23,164,332Seat 6: pAYtAXiSnICE - 34,069,154

It was a snappy first elimination.

On the third hand of play, KorW1n22 raised to 800,000 from the cutoff and jack130502 moved all-in for 3.63 million.

Action folded back to the initial aggressor, who called.

jack130502 showed A♦5♦ and was dominated by KorW1n22's A♠Q♦. jack130502 was wanting some help, however the Q♥T♦Q♠ crushed those hopes. Then a 6♠ came at the turn and a 6♣ fell at the river to present KorW1n22 an entire house.

KorW1n22 was as much as 16.41 million while jack130502 finished 6th for $1,977.54.

Flip and a deal

gayuflo was the opposite short stack on the final table and he didn't last long. Blinds crept as much as 250K/500K and gayuflo had lower than 5 million.

gayuflo was at the small blind and moved all-in for 4.66 million. Loyalray13 was the one player left to behave and called from the large blind.

The short stack was flipping for his tournament life after he turned over 4♠4♦ to Loyalray13's Q♦J♣. The 8♦9♦9♠T♥7♠ board gave Loyalray13 a straight and eliminated gayuflo in 5th place, a finish worth $2,821.04.

Play went on for a couple of more hands after which the overall four players decided to chop a deal.

At the time of the deal, counts were:

Loyalray13 - 24,155,473KorW1n22 - 23,148,041MrDonkytoyou - 17,564,332pAYtAXiSnICE - 52,259,154

Players asked for numbers in line with chip chop and ICM. After calculating the numbers within the PokerStars UltraDeal Computer 10000, the payouts were:

HostJoshuaC (Administrator): ok players. The chip chop figures are as follows:HostJoshuaC (Administrator): pAYtAXiSnICE:$17,381.86HostJoshuaC (Administrator): Loyalray13:$11,068.50HostJoshuaC (Administrator): KorW1n22:$10,842.18HostJoshuaC (Administrator): MrDonkytoyou:$9,587.83HostJoshuaC (Administrator): Left To Play for place 1: $1,200.00

HostJoshuaC (Administrator): sure. I CAN now provide the ICM figuresHostJoshuaC (Administrator): They're as follows:HostJoshuaC (Administrator): pAYtAXiSnICE:$15,047.36HostJoshuaC (Administrator): Loyalray13:$11,780.89HostJoshuaC (Administrator): KorW1n22:$11,600.09HostJoshuaC (Administrator): MrDonkytoyou:$10,452.03HostJoshuaC (Administrator): Left To Play for place 1: $1,200.00

Loyalray13, KorW1n22 and MrDonkytoyou agreed at the ICM figures, but pAYtAXiSnICE wanted a minimum of $16,000.

MrDonkytoyou refused to surrender any cash and suggested an alternative:

MrDonkytoyou: loyal 11.3, korwin 11.1MrDonkytoyou: play For restKorW1n22: vice versaMrDonkytoyou: you guys wanna do that?

Then KorW1n22 offered another alternative:

KorW1n22: 11.5 me 11 loyalKorW1n22: for 16k paytaxKorW1n22: and play

The host plugged within the numbers and offered the next payouts:

HostJoshuaC (Administrator): pAYtAXiSnICE:$16,000.00HostJoshuaC (Administrator): KorW1n22:$11,500.00HostJoshuaC (Administrator): Loyalray13:$11,000.00HostJoshuaC (Administrator): MrDonkytoyou:$10,300.00HostJoshuaC (Administrator): Left To Play for place 1: $1,280.37

Loyalray13 and MrDonktoyou weren't fully satisfied with the deal, but just one of them got a little more:

KorW1n22: niceLoyalray13: k what i would like a lil more nowLoyalray13: like that bullKorW1n22: pfffKorW1n22: u make Final tables alot?Loyalray13: yesssLoyalray13: all of the timeLoyalray13: jkKorW1n22: u could win 1.2k 1st)Loyalray13: lolLoyalray13: but i split that 500 be fairMrDonkytoyou: i would like 10.38KorW1n22: omg... guysMrDonkytoyou: take it oFF the 1200

And Loyalray13 finally consented:

Loyalray13: lolLoyalray13: i just want my moneyKorW1n22: okLoyalray13: keep that 500KorW1n22: deaMrDonkytoyou: kLoyalray13: dealLoyalray13: dealLoyalray13: dealLoyalray13: deal

But this still left MrDonkytoyou. There has been $1,280.37 left for the champion but that number only had to be $1,200. MrDonkytoyou said he wouldn't accept until he got the additional $80.37.

Players finally agreed to offer MrDonkytoyou the $80.37 they usually struck a deal. The overall numbers were:

pAYtAXiSnICE:$16,000.00KorW1n22:$11,500.00Loyalray13:$11,000.00MrDonkytoyou:$10,380.37

This also left $1,200.00 to the eventual champion.

Plummeting

pAYtAXiSnICE was guaranteed the largest payout of the tournament after which finished 4th.

First, pAYtAXiSnICE doubled up MrDonktoyou. pAYtAXiSnICE raised to twelve. million from under-the-gun and MrDonkytoyou re-raised to three million from the massive blind. pAYtAXiSnICE moved all-in and MrDonkytoyou called.

MrDonkytoyou showed A♦J♥ and was prior to pAYtAXiSnICE's K♥4♣.

The board came 8♣6♠2♦2♣7♣ and MrDonkytoyou doubled as much as 35.27 million while pAYtAXiSnICE fell to 35.59 million.

Then pAYtAXiSnICE is good doubled up KorW1n22's pocket kings with A♦J♦. The board brought all low cards and KorW1n22's pocket kings doubled him as much as 47.20 million while pAYtAXiSnICE fell to 14.52 million.

pAYtAXiSnICE then had yet one more all-in.

MrDonkytoyou raised to 1.6 million and pAYtAXiSnICE move all-in for 15.75 million. MrDonkytoyou called and had pAYtAXiSnICE's A♥2♥ dominated with A♦Q♣.

The board ran 6♦9♠3♠Q♦Q♥ and MrDonkytoyou took the lead with 53.79 million while pAYtAXiSnICE finished 4th and took home $16,000.

Rising up

Loyalray13 started three-handed play with just 12.81 million while both his opponents had greater than 50 million. But, once again, the chip leader would fall first.

First, Loyalray13 doubled up with A♥7♦ to MrDonkytoyou's T♣T♥. An A♠ came at the flop and LoyalRay13 was as much as 31.13 million while MrDonkytoyou dipped to 38.68 million.

Then Loyalray13 doubled up through MrDonkytoyou again. This time Loyalray13 was dominating MrDonkytoyou's A♠7♠ with A♦Q♦.

MrDonkytoyou got a flush draw at the 5♥6♠T♠ flop, but a T♣ and a 4♣ completed the board and Loyalray13 doubled as much as 64.36 million while MrDonkytoyou was left with just 8.45 million.

Then Loyalray13 finished MrDonkytoyou off.

MrDonkytoyou moved all-in for 9.75 million from the small blind with A♥3♠ and Loyalray13 called from the large blind with J♣J♦.

The board bricked for MrDonkytoyou and the Dutch player won $10,380.37 for finishing 3rd.

Heads up

Loyalray13 - 73,405,918KorW1n22 - 43,721,082

Loyalray13 was on a streak and KorW1n22 didn't stand a chance.

After giving a couple of small pots to Loyalray13, KorW1n22 made the overall move of the tournament:

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KorW1n22 finished 2nd for $11,500 while Loyalray13 became the champion of Event #88 and took home $12,200.

MicroMillions-88: $4.40+R NL Hold'em [6-Max, Action Hour]Entrants: 10,322 (19,272 re-buys, 5,669 add-ons)Prize pool: $141,052.00Places paid: 1,350

1. Loyalray13 (Canada) *12,200.002. KorW1n22 (Ukraine) *11,500.003. MrDonkytoyou (Netherlands) *10,380.374. pAYtAXiSnICE (Sweden) *16,000.005. gayuflo (UK) $2,821.046. jack13052 (UK) $1,977.54

*Denotes a four-way deal.

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Alexander Villegas is a contract contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

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