Online Poker: billytk01 Wins Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed

The Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed had an overlay this week of $40,800 with a field of 3,546. Coming out on top this week was billytk01 who earned a cool $132,787.50 for coming in first place.

When final table play began he was the only player to have above 2 million in chips and was one of only three players above 1 million. Here is how the final table played out:

Seating assignments and chip counts when final table play began:

Seat 1: IKeepYouHonest (871,406)
Seat 2: calbears22 (861,694)
Seat 3: GUNssoooon (918,952)
Seat 4: domer79 (516,944)
Seat 5: Outkicked (892,701)
Seat 6: billytk01 (2,148,459)
Seat 7: LIAandTONYsDAD (1,771,990)
Seat 8: TheAsianVampire (782,888)
Seat 9: gawyn (1,872,966)
IKeepYouHonest eliminated in 9th place

With blinds at 20,000/40,000 (5,000 antes) a short-stacked IKeepYouHonest moved all-in for his last 63,518 holding Ks Jh. calbears22 re-raised right behind to 123,000 and domer79 called. The flop came 6d Qc 5c and calbears22 bet out 414,518 forcing domer79 to fold. calbears22 showed Ac Kh and the board failed to bring any help for IKeepYouHonest eliminating him from the PokerStars Sunday Million.

domer79 eliminated in 8th place

Not long after the first elimination domer79 found himself on the rail. Blinds had grown to 25,000/50,000 (6,000 antes) when domer79 opened the betting with an all-in move for 287,944 holding As 8c. LIAandTONYsDAD called from the small blind and tabled Ah Qh. The board came 9h 6h Kd Th 3s and LIAandTONYsDAD made the nut-flush to eliminate domer79 from play.

GUNssoooon eliminated in 7th place

Blinds hadn’t moved when GUNssoooon raised all-in to 695,952 and TheAsianVampire re-raised to 1,225,776 from the button forcing the blinds to fold. GUNssoooon showed As Qh and TheAsianVampire held 7d 7h. The flop came Ac 9d Kd giving GUNssoooon the lead in the race situation, but the Kd on the turn and 3d on the river gave TheAsianVampire runner-runner flush to send GUNssoooon out of the $750,000 Guaranteed.

calbears22 eliminated in 6th place

Blinds had jumped to 30,000/60,000 (7,500 antes) when LIAandTONYsDAD opened for 180,000 from middle position. TheAsianVampire called and calbears22, in the big blind, re-raised all-in for 1,052,212. LIAandTONYsDAD folded and TheAsianVampire made the call. calbears22 showed Ah Jc and TheAsianVampire shows Ts Th. The board came 8h 6s 4d 6c 8s and TheAsianVampire’s pocket pair held up sending calbears22 to the rail.

Outkicked eliminated in 5th place

It wasn’t until the next level that another player was sent packing. Blinds were now 40,000/80,000 (10,000 antes) when TheAsianVampire raised from UTG to 170,000 and Outkicked re-raised to 600,000. After requesting time TheAsianVampire moved all-in for his last 2,985,562 and Outkicked called, putting himself all-in. TheAsianVampire showed Qc Ad and Outkicked showed Tc Th. The flop came Ts Jc 9s giving Outkicked middle set but also an open-ended straight draw for TheAsianVampire. The 8s on the river completed the straight and Outkicked was eliminated.

gawyn Eliminated in 4th place

The desperate shortstack, gawyn, would be the next to go. Blinds had not changed since the last elimination and LIAandTONYsDAD raised to 240,000 from UTG+1. gawyn re-raised all-in for 447,951 and LIAandTONYsDAD called. When the cards were turned over gawyn found himself ahead slightly with 3d Kc while LIAandTONYsDAD showed Qc Js. But the flop came Jc 5c Td and LIAandTONYsDAD was ahead with top pair. The 9s on the turn 8s on the river gave LIAandTONYsDAD a straight and eliminated gawyn.

TheAsianVampire eliminated in 3rd place

Despite being one of the most active and aggressive players TheAsianVampire’s night would come to an abrupt end. With blinds of 60,000/120,000 (15,00 antes) TheAsianVampire made it 240,000 to go from the button and billytk01 re-raised to 720,000 from the small blind, TheAsianVampire called. After a flop of 7h Ts 2c billytk01 lead out for 1,200,000 and TheAsianVampire called all-in for 790,498 and showed 9h Ah while billytk01 turned over 9d 9c. With no ace on the turn or river TheAsianVampire was knocked out.

billytk01 Wins the $750,000 Guaranteed!

Blinds were still at the 60,000/120,000 (15,00 antes) level when the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed came to a halt. billytk01 raised to 360,000 and LIAandTONYsDAD called from the big blind. The flop came 3c 6h Jc and after LIAandTONYsDAD checked billytk01 bet 600,000. LIAandTONYsDAD raised to 1,200,000 and billytk01 re-raised to 4,200,000. LIAandTONYsDAD called all-in. billytk01 showed 9d 9h while LIAandTONYsDAD showed Qs 6s. The 2d on the turn and 4c on the river failed to improve the hand LIAandTONYsDAD of billytk01 had won the Full Tilt Poker $750,000 Guaranteed.

News Added: 05 May, 2008

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