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We’re back once again with the 5k Freezeout for March 30th. The event held many big names this week, including Steve Billirakis ‘MrSmokey1′, Barry Greenstein ‘barrg1′, Sorel Mizzi ‘zangbezan24′, Daniel Alaei ‘steamraise‘, and Brian Hastings ‘$tinger 88′. As always, it was a winner take all format, maxing out at twenty people for a first place prize of $100,000. Barry Greenstein’s appearance in the event was intriguing while it lasted, although it wasn’t very long as Barry Greenstein found himself the first one out of the tournament. Danny Ryan ‘The__D___RY’ and Sorel Mizzi also joined the rail before the final table. Hastings went out eleventh to bubble the final table. The first big hand of the final table saw Billirakis lose a big hand to player biggboss120.

PokerStars Game #16368327153: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/30 – 16:53:22 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: djk123 (8070 in chips)
Seat 2: biggboss120 (5545 in chips)
Seat 3: dwongz (6715 in chips)
Seat 4: AKULA1 (6490 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (23020 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (9269 in chips)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 (3956 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (12250 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (14720 in chips)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (9965 in chips)
djk123: posts the ante 40
biggboss120: posts the ante 40
dwongz: posts the ante 40
AKULA1: posts the ante 40
Choron: posts the ante 40
holdplz: posts the ante 40
sweetluvin7: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
steamraise: posts the ante 40
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts small blind 100
steamraise: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
MrSmokey1: calls 200
djk123: folds
biggboss120: raises 1000 to 1200
dwongz: folds
AKULA1: folds
Choron: folds
holdplz: folds
sweetluvin7: folds
busto_soon: folds
steamraise: folds
MrSmokey1: calls 1000
*** FLOP *** [8c 2h Qh]
MrSmokey1: checks
biggboss120: bets 4305 and is all-in
MrSmokey1: calls 4305
*** TURN *** [8c 2h Qh] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [8c 2h Qh Ks] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MrSmokey1: shows [9s 9d] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
biggboss120: shows [Qc Ac] (three of a kind, Queens)
biggboss120 collected 11710 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11710 | Rake 0
Board [8c 2h Qh Ks Qd]
Seat 1: djk123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: biggboss120 showed [Qc Ac] and won (11710) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: dwongz folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: AKULA1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: Choron folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: holdplz folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: busto_soon (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: steamraise (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 showed [9s 9d] and lost with two pair, Queens and Nines

Billirakis couldn’t win this race, and went home the first one out of the final table when his tens couldn’t top Daniel Kelly’s Ace-Queen.

PokerStars Game #16368449280: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/30 – 16:58:10 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: djk123 (6930 in chips)
Seat 2: biggboss120 (11210 in chips)
Seat 3: dwongz (8095 in chips)
Seat 4: AKULA1 (4050 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (22260 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (11029 in chips)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 (6416 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (11910 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (14180 in chips)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (3920 in chips)
djk123: posts the ante 40
biggboss120: posts the ante 40
dwongz: posts the ante 40
AKULA1: posts the ante 40
Choron: posts the ante 40
holdplz: posts the ante 40
sweetluvin7: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
steamraise: posts the ante 40
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 40
AKULA1: posts small blind 100
Choron: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
holdplz: folds
sweetluvin7: folds
busto_soon: folds
steamraise: folds
MrSmokey1: raises 200 to 400
djk123: raises 1000 to 1400
biggboss120: folds
dwongz: folds
AKULA1: folds
Choron: folds
MrSmokey1: raises 2480 to 3880 and is all-in
djk123: calls 2480
*** FLOP *** [3h 3s Ac]
*** TURN *** [3h 3s Ac] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [3h 3s Ac Js] [Kc]
Choron said, “gg”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MrSmokey1: shows [Td Th] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
djk123: shows [Qd Ad] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
MrSmokey1 is sitting out
djk123 collected 8460 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8460 | Rake 0
Board [3h 3s Ac Js Kc]
Seat 1: djk123 showed [Qd Ad] and won (8460) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 2: biggboss120 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: dwongz (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: AKULA1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Choron (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: holdplz folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: steamraise folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 showed [Td Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Threes

Daniel ’steamraise’ Alaei took a big pot after a preflop all in when he hit a king on the flop to eliminate player ‘dwongz’

PokerStars Game #16368746965: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/30 – 17:09:53 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: djk123 (10930 in chips)
Seat 2: biggboss120 (10730 in chips)
Seat 3: dwongz (6605 in chips)
Seat 4: AKULA1 (4800 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (25535 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (11049 in chips)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 (4911 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (10610 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (14830 in chips)
djk123: posts the ante 40
biggboss120: posts the ante 40
dwongz: posts the ante 40
AKULA1: posts the ante 40
Choron: posts the ante 40
holdplz: posts the ante 40
sweetluvin7: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
steamraise: posts the ante 40
biggboss120: posts small blind 100
dwongz: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
AKULA1: folds
Choron: folds
holdplz: folds
sweetluvin7: folds
busto_soon: folds
steamraise: raises 350 to 550
djk123: calls 550
biggboss120: folds
dwongz: raises 6015 to 6565 and is all-in
steamraise: raises 8225 to 14790 and is all-in
djk123: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kh 2c 6c]
*** TURN *** [Kh 2c 6c] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 2c 6c 6s] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dwongz: shows [Qc Qs] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
steamraise: shows [Ks Qh] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
steamraise collected 14140 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14140 | Rake 0
Board [Kh 2c 6c 6s 5h]
Seat 1: djk123 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 2: biggboss120 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: dwongz (big blind) showed [Qc Qs] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 4: AKULA1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: Choron folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: holdplz folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: steamraise showed [Ks Qh] and won (14140) with two pair, Kings and Sixes

Two aces were good enough for Anthony ‘holdplz’ Spinella to take the following big hand off ‘Choron’ for a fifth of the chips in play

PokerStars Game #16368826071: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/30 – 17:13:02 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: djk123 (10300 in chips)
Seat 2: biggboss120 (8550 in chips)
Seat 4: AKULA1 (4620 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (28425 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (10969 in chips)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 (4831 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (10530 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (21775 in chips)
djk123: posts the ante 40
biggboss120: posts the ante 40
AKULA1: posts the ante 40
Choron: posts the ante 40
holdplz: posts the ante 40
sweetluvin7: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
steamraise: posts the ante 40
Choron: posts small blind 100
holdplz: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sweetluvin7: folds
busto_soon: folds
steamraise: folds
djk123: folds
biggboss120: folds
AKULA1: folds
Choron: raises 325 to 525
holdplz: raises 1350 to 1875
Choron: calls 1350
*** FLOP *** [9d 2c Kc]
Choron: checks
holdplz: bets 2650
Choron: raises 20350 to 23000
holdplz: calls 6404 and is all-in
Choron said, “nh”
*** TURN *** [9d 2c Kc] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [9d 2c Kc 6s] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Choron: shows [Jd Ac] (high card Ace)
holdplz: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
holdplz said, “wp”
holdplz collected 22178 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22178 | Rake 0
Board [9d 2c Kc 6s 8d]
Seat 1: djk123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: biggboss120 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: AKULA1 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: Choron (small blind) showed [Jd Ac] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: holdplz (big blind) showed [As Ad] and won (22178) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: steamraise folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Johan ‘busto_soon’ van Til got involved in this hand, flopping a set and getting it all in against ‘biggboss120′ who had top pair.

PokerStars Game #16368904423: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/30 – 17:16:09 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: djk123 (10520 in chips)
Seat 2: biggboss120 (8350 in chips)
Seat 4: AKULA1 (4420 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (17916 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (21918 in chips)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 (4951 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (10030 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (21895 in chips)
djk123: posts the ante 40
biggboss120: posts the ante 40
AKULA1: posts the ante 40
Choron: posts the ante 40
holdplz: posts the ante 40
sweetluvin7: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
steamraise: posts the ante 40
djk123: posts small blind 100
biggboss120: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
AKULA1: folds
Choron: folds
holdplz: raises 400 to 600
sweetluvin7: folds
busto_soon: calls 600
steamraise: folds
djk123: calls 500
biggboss120: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [5s Td Qh]
djk123: checks
biggboss120: bets 400
holdplz: calls 400
busto_soon: raises 1600 to 2000
djk123: folds
biggboss120: raises 5710 to 7710 and is all-in
holdplz: folds
busto_soon: calls 5710
*** TURN *** [5s Td Qh] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [5s Td Qh Qd] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
biggboss120: shows [Qs Ks] (three of a kind, Queens)
busto_soon: shows [5c 5h] (a full house, Fives full of Queens)
busto_soon collected 18540 from pot
Choron said, “nh”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18540 | Rake 0
Board [5s Td Qh Qd 7s]
Seat 1: djk123 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: biggboss120 (big blind) showed [Qs Ks] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 4: AKULA1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: Choron folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: holdplz folded on the Flop
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: busto_soon showed [5c 5h] and won (18540) with a full house, Fives full of Queens
Seat 9: steamraise (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Anthony Spinella got all the money in against the short stacked ‘AKULA1.’ AKULA showed Ace king against the deuces of Spinella, who held to eliminate the player in seventh place.

PokerStars Game #16369184518: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/30 – 17:27:16 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: djk123 (11580 in chips)
Seat 4: AKULA1 (3490 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (15256 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (18838 in chips)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 (7061 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (20100 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (23675 in chips)
djk123: posts the ante 40
AKULA1: posts the ante 40
Choron: posts the ante 40
holdplz: posts the ante 40
sweetluvin7: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
steamraise: posts the ante 40
djk123: posts small blind 100
AKULA1: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Choron: folds
holdplz: raises 400 to 600
sweetluvin7: folds
busto_soon: folds
steamraise: folds
djk123: folds
AKULA1: raises 2850 to 3450 and is all-in
holdplz: calls 2850
*** FLOP *** [5s Ts 4c]
*** TURN *** [5s Ts 4c] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [5s Ts 4c 8h] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AKULA1: shows [Kc Ac] (high card Ace)
holdplz: shows [2c 2d] (a pair of Deuces)
holdplz collected 7280 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7280 | Rake 0
Board [5s Ts 4c 8h Qc]
Seat 1: djk123 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: AKULA1 (big blind) showed [Kc Ac] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 5: Choron folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: holdplz showed [2c 2d] and won (7280) with a pair of Deuces
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: steamraise (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

’sweetluvin7′ was the next player to go, as he got all the money in the middle against Anthony Spinella’s aces. Fours weren’t enough to hold, and play went down to five handed.

PokerStars Game #16369461396: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/30 – 17:38:07 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: djk123 (9925 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (17161 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (24728 in chips)
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 (4281 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (14650 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (29255 in chips)
djk123: posts the ante 40
Choron: posts the ante 40
holdplz: posts the ante 40
sweetluvin7: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
steamraise: posts the ante 40
djk123: posts small blind 100
Choron: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
holdplz: raises 400 to 600
sweetluvin7: raises 800 to 1400
busto_soon: folds
steamraise: folds
djk123: folds
Choron: folds
holdplz: raises 23288 to 24688 and is all-in
sweetluvin7: calls 2841 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Td 7d 6d]
*** TURN *** [Td 7d 6d] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Td 7d 6d Qc] [9d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
holdplz: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)
sweetluvin7: shows [4s 4h] (a pair of Fours)
holdplz collected 9022 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9022 | Rake 0
Board [Td 7d 6d Qc 9d]
Seat 1: djk123 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Choron (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: holdplz showed [Ah As] and won (9022) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: sweetluvin7 showed [4s 4h] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 8: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: steamraise (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Daniel Kelly put in a three bet of all his chips and was called by Johan van Til’s sevens. The King Jack looked good for Kelly on theh flop as he made a pair of kings, but van Til made a flush on the turn to knock Kelly out in fifth place and play was down to four handed.

PokerStars Game #16369671338: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/30 – 17:46:29 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: djk123 (9115 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (14701 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (33024 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (14815 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (28345 in chips)
djk123: posts the ante 60
Choron: posts the ante 60
holdplz: posts the ante 60
busto_soon: posts the ante 60
steamraise: posts the ante 60
steamraise: posts small blind 150
djk123: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Choron: raises 585 to 885
holdplz: folds
busto_soon: calls 885
steamraise: folds
djk123: raises 8170 to 9055 and is all-in
Choron: folds
busto_soon: calls 8170
*** FLOP *** [Kd Qd 4d]
*** TURN *** [Kd Qd 4d] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Kd Qd 4d 6d] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
djk123: shows [Kc Jc] (a pair of Kings)
busto_soon: shows [7c 7d] (a flush, King high)
busto_soon collected 19445 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19445 | Rake 0
Board [Kd Qd 4d 6d Tc]
Seat 1: djk123 (big blind) showed [Kc Jc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: Choron folded before Flop
Seat 6: holdplz folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: busto_soon (button) showed [7c 7d] and won (19445) with a flush, King high
Seat 9: steamraise (small blind) folded before Flop

‘Choron’ became the chort stack at the table, and in an attempt to get all the chips on the table, moved all in with pocket eights. However, Anthony Spinella woke up with queens and knocked ‘Choron’ out in fourth place.

PokerStars Game #16370045743: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/30 – 18:01:37 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 5: Choron (11261 in chips)
Seat 6: holdplz (31194 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (20085 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (37460 in chips)
Choron: posts the ante 60
holdplz: posts the ante 60
busto_soon: posts the ante 60
steamraise: posts the ante 60
Choron: posts small blind 150
holdplz: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
busto_soon: raises 500 to 800
steamraise: folds
Choron: raises 1425 to 2225
holdplz: raises 3775 to 6000
busto_soon: folds
Choron: raises 5201 to 11201 and is all-in
holdplz: calls 5201
*** FLOP *** [6d 9d Ks]
*** TURN *** [6d 9d Ks] [9s]
Choron said, “gg nh”
*** RIVER *** [6d 9d Ks 9s] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Choron: shows [8h 8d] (two pair, Nines and Eights)
holdplz: shows [Qc Qd] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
Choron is sitting out
holdplz collected 23442 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 23442 | Rake 0
Board [6d 9d Ks 9s 3h]
Seat 5: Choron (small blind) showed [8h 8d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Eights
Seat 6: holdplz (big blind) showed [Qc Qd] and won (23442) with two pair, Queens and Nines
Seat 8: busto_soon folded before Flop
Seat 9: steamraise (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

In the following hand, Spinella made a huge bluff on the river. After flopping an up and down straight draw, Spinella moved in for over $25,000. Van Til tanked down but eventually made the call with second pair and won a pot with nearly half the chips in play.

PokerStars Game #16371317379: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/30 – 18:54:59 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 6: holdplz (42620 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (40175 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (17205 in chips)
holdplz: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts the ante 80
steamraise: posts the ante 80
steamraise: posts small blind 200
holdplz: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
busto_soon: raises 700 to 1100
steamraise: folds
holdplz: calls 700
*** FLOP *** [Td 2s Js]
holdplz: checks
busto_soon: bets 1700
holdplz: raises 3075 to 4775
busto_soon: calls 3075
*** TURN *** [Td 2s Js] [3c]
holdplz: bets 6450
busto_soon: calls 6450
*** RIVER *** [Td 2s Js 3c] [Jc]
holdplz: bets 30215 and is all-in
busto_soon: calls 27770 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
holdplz: shows [Kc Qd] (a pair of Jacks)
busto_soon: shows [Qh Ts] (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
busto_soon collected 80630 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 80630 | Rake 0
Board [Td 2s Js 3c Jc]
Seat 6: holdplz (big blind) showed [Kc Qd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: busto_soon (button) showed [Qh Ts] and won (80630) with two pair, Jacks and Tens
Seat 9: steamraise (small blind) folded before Flop

Only a few hands later, Spinella said goodbye to the tournament itself as he moved in with a suited seven four and couldn’t hold back Daniel Alaei’s King Queen. A river ten meant third place and no money for Spinella.

PokerStars Game #16371440851: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/30 – 19:00:24 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 6: holdplz (2165 in chips)
Seat 8: busto_soon (80990 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (16845 in chips)
holdplz: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts the ante 80
steamraise: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts small blind 200
steamraise: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
holdplz: raises 1685 to 2085 and is all-in
busto_soon: raises 1685 to 3770
steamraise: raises 12995 to 16765 and is all-in
busto_soon: folds
busto_soon said, “ty, wp”
*** FLOP *** [4d 9d Jd]
*** TURN *** [4d 9d Jd] [As]
*** RIVER *** [4d 9d Jd As] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
steamraise: shows [Kc Qc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
steamraise collected 3370 from side pot
holdplz: shows [4h 7h] (a pair of Fours)
steamraise collected 6495 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9865 Main pot 6495. Side pot 3370. | Rake 0
Board [4d 9d Jd As Th]
Seat 6: holdplz (button) showed [4h 7h] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 8: busto_soon (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: steamraise (big blind) showed [Kc Qc] and won (9865) with a straight, Ten to Ace

The play from there was mostly preflop. Heads up action started slowly. Alaei slowly but surely chipped his way up to being exactly even within one hour of heads up play. Alaei then pulled out to a bigger and bigger lead with virtually no show downs. Alaei built himself to one point having a 2:1 chip lead over van Til. 2:1 was quickly 4:1 as Alaei continued to bully van Til around with bets and raises and only a couple show downs. It didn’t long before Alaei got all the money in the middle with the nut flush draw against the two pair of van Til. Alaei caught the diamond and won the tournament for a smooth $100,000 as there was never any discussion of a chop.

PokerStars Game #16373391650: Tournament #81866651, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level VI (300/600) – 2008/03/30 – 20:27:17 (ET)
Table ‘81866651 2′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 8: busto_soon (14665 in chips)
Seat 9: steamraise (85335 in chips)
busto_soon: posts the ante 120
steamraise: posts the ante 120
steamraise: posts small blind 300
busto_soon: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
steamraise: calls 300
busto_soon: checks
*** FLOP *** [Td 3d 2d]
busto_soon: checks
steamraise: bets 600
busto_soon: raises 2050 to 2650
steamraise: raises 45350 to 48000
busto_soon: calls 11295 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Td 3d 2d] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Td 3d 2d 9d] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [2c 3h] (two pair, Threes and Deuces)
steamraise: shows [Ad 7c] (a flush, Ace high)
steamraise collected 29330 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29330 | Rake 0
Board [Td 3d 2d 9d 4c]
Seat 8: busto_soon (big blind) showed [2c 3h] and lost with two pair, Threes and Deuces
Seat 9: steamraise (button) (small blind) showed [Ad 7c] and won (29330) with a flush, Ace high

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As always, the Sunday $5,000 freezeout took place on PokerStars. Dani Stern ’supernova9′ and Dario ‘Dariominieri‘ Minieri were two of the big names that didn’t make the final table. Once again, the 5k freezeout event sold out at $100,000 with 20 entrants. The final table this week included some new faces to the event as well as a few regulars. ‘Sir_winalot9′ and ‘LukeFromB13′ were new faces in the recent weeks, while Peter Jetten ‘Apathy123′, Sorel Mizzi ‘zangbezan24′, and Bryn Kenney ‘BrynKenney’ were familiar faces to the final table at the event. The normal preflop play ruled early, but the pot didn’t remain small for long, and action quickly picked up with numerous players being eliminated early in the final table as they all chased a stack big enough to take down the $100,000 winner take all prize. The first elimation took place when ‘bigegypt‘ got all the money in with Ace King against Peter Jetten’s pocket eights. Jetten held for the first elimination of the final table..

PokerStars Game #16026492204: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/16 – 16:44:20 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp (4290 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (12131 in chips)
Seat 3: BOKPOWER (15792 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (11043 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (9155 in chips)
Seat 6: BrynKenney (4135 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (16760 in chips)
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (15210 in chips)
Seat 9: bigegypt (6730 in chips)
Seat 10: Dracospinner (4754 in chips)
e1mdopp: posts the ante 40
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 40
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 40
bart spijker: posts the ante 40
zangbezan24: posts the ante 40
BrynKenney: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts the ante 40
LukeFromB13: posts the ante 40
bigegypt: posts the ante 40
Dracospinner: posts the ante 40
bigegypt: posts small blind 100
Dracospinner: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
e1mdopp: folds
Sir_winalot9: folds
BOKPOWER: folds
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: folds
BrynKenney: folds
Apathy123: raises 400 to 600
LukeFromB13: folds
bigegypt: raises 1350 to 1950
Dracospinner: folds
Apathy123: raises 14770 to 16720 and is all-in
bigegypt: calls 4740 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Js 4c Tc]
*** TURN *** [Js 4c Tc] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Js 4c Tc Jh] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigegypt: shows [Ac Kd] (a pair of Jacks)
Apathy123: shows [8s 8h] (a full house, Eights full of Jacks)
Apathy123 collected 13980 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13980 | Rake 0
Board [Js 4c Tc Jh 8c]
Seat 1: e1mdopp folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: BOKPOWER folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: bart spijker folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: BrynKenney folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 showed [8s 8h] and won (13980) with a full house, Eights full of Jacks
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: bigegypt (small blind) showed [Ac Kd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 10: Dracospinner (big blind) folded before Flop

The winner take all structure makes for an interesting period at this point in the tournament. Folding to move up the pay scale does not exist, which makes for very aggressive play as players try to build a stack to win it all. It’s in action here as ‘BOKPOWER’ gets all his money in with a flush draw against the King Queen of ‘Sir-winalot9.’

PokerStars Game #16026618058: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/16 – 16:49:08 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp (4070 in chips)
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (18431 in chips)
Seat 3: BOKPOWER (15472 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (10923 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (9035 in chips)
Seat 6: BrynKenney (4015 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (19130 in chips)
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (14490 in chips)
Seat 10: Dracospinner (4434 in chips)
e1mdopp: posts the ante 40
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 40
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 40
bart spijker: posts the ante 40
zangbezan24: posts the ante 40
BrynKenney: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts the ante 40
LukeFromB13: posts the ante 40
Dracospinner: posts the ante 40
BOKPOWER: posts small blind 100
bart spijker: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
zangbezan24: folds
BrynKenney: folds
Apathy123: folds
LukeFromB13: folds
Dracospinner: folds
e1mdopp: folds
Sir_winalot9: raises 355 to 555
BOKPOWER: raises 1200 to 1755
bart spijker: folds
Sir_winalot9: calls 1200
*** FLOP *** [Qs 7c 9c]
BOKPOWER: bets 1955
Sir_winalot9: raises 3600 to 5555
BOKPOWER: raises 8122 to 13677 and is all-in
Sir_winalot9: calls 8122
*** TURN *** [Qs 7c 9c] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 7c 9c 5s] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BOKPOWER: shows [3c 4c] (a pair of Sevens)
Sir_winalot9: shows [Ks Qd] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
BOKPOWER said, “mehb\”
Sir_winalot9 collected 31424 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31424 | Rake 0
Board [Qs 7c 9c 5s 7s]
Seat 1: e1mdopp folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (button) showed [Ks Qd] and won (31424) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 3: BOKPOWER (small blind) showed [3c 4c] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 4: bart spijker (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: zangbezan24 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: BrynKenney folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: Dracospinner folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

More players tried to accumulate chips. Not long after ‘BOKPOWER’ was eliminated, ‘e1mdopp’ but an all in reraise in preflop with the king ten of hearts. Peter Jetten thought about a call for a while, and finally did so, with an ace eight. Jetten held, and eliminated the third player from the final table.

PokerStars Game #16026751705: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/16 – 16:54:13 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp (3870 in chips)
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (34843 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (10523 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (8735 in chips)
Seat 6: BrynKenney (3515 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (20325 in chips)
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (12315 in chips)
Seat 10: Dracospinner (5874 in chips)
e1mdopp: posts the ante 40
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 40
bart spijker: posts the ante 40
zangbezan24: posts the ante 40
BrynKenney: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts the ante 40
LukeFromB13: posts the ante 40
Dracospinner: posts the ante 40
Dracospinner: posts small blind 100
e1mdopp: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Sir_winalot9: folds
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: folds
BrynKenney: folds
Apathy123: raises 400 to 600
LukeFromB13: folds
Dracospinner: folds
e1mdopp: raises 3230 to 3830 and is all-in
Apathy123: calls 3230
*** FLOP *** [Jc 3d 4d]
*** TURN *** [Jc 3d 4d] [As]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 3d 4d As] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
e1mdopp: shows [Kh Th] (high card Ace)
Apathy123: shows [8s Ad] (a pair of Aces)
Apathy123 collected 8080 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8080 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 3d 4d As 9h]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (big blind) showed [Kh Th] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: bart spijker folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: BrynKenney folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 showed [8s Ad] and won (8080) with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: Dracospinner (small blind) folded before Flop

Bryn Kenney found himself getting short, and moved all in on the button. Much to his dismay, ‘LukeFromB13′ woke up in the big blind with two jacks. Kenney failed to improve, and lost the hand and fell short of the title once again.

PokerStars Game #16026856747: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/16 – 16:58:15 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (34543 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (11183 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (8235 in chips)
Seat 6: BrynKenney (2549 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (25221 in chips)
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (12115 in chips)
Seat 10: Dracospinner (6154 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 40
bart spijker: posts the ante 40
zangbezan24: posts the ante 40
BrynKenney: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts the ante 40
LukeFromB13: posts the ante 40
Dracospinner: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts small blind 100
LukeFromB13: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dracospinner: folds
Sir_winalot9: folds
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: folds
BrynKenney: raises 2309 to 2509 and is all-in
Apathy123: folds
LukeFromB13: calls 2309
*** FLOP *** [Qc Kh 2s]
*** TURN *** [Qc Kh 2s] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Kh 2s Th] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LukeFromB13: shows [Jh Jc] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
BrynKenney: shows [Ah 8s] (a pair of Kings)
LukeFromB13 collected 5398 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5398 | Rake 0
Board [Qc Kh 2s Th Kc]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: bart spijker folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: BrynKenney (button) showed [Ah 8s] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 7: Apathy123 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (big blind) showed [Jh Jc] and won (5398) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 10: Dracospinner folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

‘Sir_winalot9′ took out ‘Dracospinner’ who has rumored to be Johnny Lodden, and acquiring a bigger stack. However, that stack took a big hit when its Ace-King ran into two aces on an ace high flop, losing half its chips to Peter Jetten.

PokerStars Game #16027653486: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/16 – 17:29:11 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (43347 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (13868 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (6340 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (14201 in chips)
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (22244 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 40
bart spijker: posts the ante 40
zangbezan24: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts the ante 40
LukeFromB13: posts the ante 40
Sir_winalot9: posts small blind 100
bart spijker: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
zangbezan24: raises 400 to 600
Apathy123: calls 600
LukeFromB13: folds
Sir_winalot9: raises 1725 to 2325
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: folds
Apathy123: calls 1725
*** FLOP *** [Js Ah 3s]
Sir_winalot9: bets 3400
Apathy123: calls 3400
*** TURN *** [Js Ah 3s] [5s]
Sir_winalot9: bets 37582 and is all-in
Apathy123: calls 8436 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Js Ah 3s 5s] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sir_winalot9: shows [Kc Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Apathy123: shows [Ad As] (three of a kind, Aces)
Apathy123 collected 29322 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29322 | Rake 0
Board [Js Ah 3s 5s Td]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (small blind) showed [Kc Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: bart spijker (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: zangbezan24 folded before Flop
Seat 7: Apathy123 showed [Ad As] and won (29322) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

‘LukeFromB13′ made a big bluff in the following hand. In order to try to acquire chips, the player moved all in against Bart ‘bart spijker’ Spijker. When raised, ‘LukeFromB13′ called and revealed only a gutshot straight draw that didn’t get there, losing a big hand.

PokerStars Game #16027956405: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/16 – 17:41:05 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (26366 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (16048 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (9920 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (27292 in chips)
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (20374 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 40
bart spijker: posts the ante 40
zangbezan24: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts the ante 40
LukeFromB13: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts small blind 100
LukeFromB13: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Sir_winalot9: folds
bart spijker: raises 400 to 600
zangbezan24: folds
Apathy123: folds
LukeFromB13: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [6c 9c Kd]
LukeFromB13: checks
bart spijker: bets 1000
LukeFromB13: raises 1950 to 2950
bart spijker: calls 1950
*** TURN *** [6c 9c Kd] [7h]
LukeFromB13: bets 5625
bart spijker: raises 6833 to 12458 and is all-in
LukeFromB13: calls 6833
*** RIVER *** [6c 9c Kd 7h] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LukeFromB13: shows [Jc Ts] (high card King)
bart spijker: shows [Ac Qc] (a flush, Ace high)
bart spijker collected 32316 from pot
zangbezan24 said, “sickkkkkkkkkk”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 32316 | Rake 0
Board [6c 9c Kd 7h 5c]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: bart spijker showed [Ac Qc] and won (32316) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (big blind) showed [Jc Ts] and lost with high card King

After losing most of its chips with a gut shot, ‘LukeFromB13′ tightened up on the short stack, at least until the following hand, where all the money got in with Ace King against Peter Jetten’s pocket fours. Jetten flopped a set, ending ‘LukeFromB13’s tournament.

PokerStars Game #16028534489: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/16 – 18:04:00 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (24026 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (31536 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (9570 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (28472 in chips)
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 (6396 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 60
bart spijker: posts the ante 60
zangbezan24: posts the ante 60
Apathy123: posts the ante 60
LukeFromB13: posts the ante 60
zangbezan24: posts small blind 150
Apathy123: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
LukeFromB13: raises 600 to 900
Sir_winalot9: folds
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: folds
Apathy123: raises 14400 to 15300
LukeFromB13: calls 5436 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qc 4h 9d]
*** TURN *** [Qc 4h 9d] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 4h 9d 7d] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Apathy123: shows [4d 4c] (three of a kind, Fours)
LukeFromB13: shows [Ac Kh] (high card Ace)
Apathy123 said, “gg”
Apathy123 collected 13122 from pot
zangbezan24 said, “gg”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13122 | Rake 0
Board [Qc 4h 9d 7d Js]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: bart spijker (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Apathy123 (big blind) showed [4d 4c] and won (13122) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 8: LukeFromB13 showed [Ac Kh] and lost with high card Ace

Sorel Mizzi found himself getting short, and in a blind vs. blind situation, picked up pocket queens agaisnt the pocket tens of Peter Jensen to double up.

PokerStars Game #16028993089: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/16 – 18:22:06 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (32463 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (30855 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (9134 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (27548 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 60
bart spijker: posts the ante 60
zangbezan24: posts the ante 60
Apathy123: posts the ante 60
zangbezan24: posts small blind 150
Apathy123: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Sir_winalot9: raises 600 to 900
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: raises 1500 to 2400
Apathy123: raises 1800 to 4200
Sir_winalot9: folds
zangbezan24: raises 4874 to 9074 and is all-in
Apathy123: calls 4874
*** FLOP *** [8d 8s 7s]
*** TURN *** [8d 8s 7s] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [8d 8s 7s 6h] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zangbezan24: shows [Qc Qh] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
Apathy123: shows [Td Ts] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
zangbezan24 collected 19288 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19288 | Rake 0
Board [8d 8s 7s 6h 2c]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 folded before Flop
Seat 4: bart spijker (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (small blind) showed [Qc Qh] and won (19288) with two pair, Queens and Eights
Seat 7: Apathy123 (big blind) showed [Td Ts] and lost with two pair, Tens and Eights

Peter Jetten made another set of fours, this time to double up against ‘Sir_winalot9′ to make acquire a lot of chips and set himself up for a run at the title.

PokerStars Game #16029814154: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/16 – 18:55:36 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (32860 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (24858 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (27213 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (15069 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts the ante 80
zangbezan24: posts the ante 80
Apathy123: posts the ante 80
zangbezan24: posts small blind 200
Apathy123: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Sir_winalot9: raises 800 to 1200
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: folds
Apathy123: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [3s Ah 4h]
Apathy123: checks
Sir_winalot9: bets 1600
Apathy123: raises 2600 to 4200
Sir_winalot9: raises 12200 to 16400
Apathy123: calls 9589 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [3s Ah 4h] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [3s Ah 4h 9h] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Apathy123: shows [4d 4c] (three of a kind, Fours)
Sir_winalot9: shows [Ac Qd] (a pair of Aces)
Apathy123 collected 30498 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 30498 | Rake 0
Board [3s Ah 4h 9h Tc]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 showed [Ac Qd] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: bart spijker (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Apathy123 (big blind) showed [4d 4c] and won (30498) with three of a kind, Fours

Mizzi made top pair in the following hand. However, it was no good against the pocket aces of ‘Sir_winalot9′ who doubled up in the following hand.

PokerStars Game #16030243602: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/16 – 19:13:06 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (18141 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (24932 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (29099 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (27828 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts the ante 80
zangbezan24: posts the ante 80
Apathy123: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts small blind 200
zangbezan24: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Apathy123: folds
Sir_winalot9: raises 711 to 1111
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: raises 2089 to 3200
Sir_winalot9: calls 2089
*** FLOP *** [Kc 8h 4s]
zangbezan24: bets 3400
Sir_winalot9: calls 3400
*** TURN *** [Kc 8h 4s] [Jh]
zangbezan24: checks
Sir_winalot9: bets 11461 and is all-in
zangbezan24: calls 11461
*** RIVER *** [Kc 8h 4s Jh] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zangbezan24: shows [3h Ks] (a pair of Kings)
Sir_winalot9: shows [Ad Ah] (a pair of Aces)
zangbezan24 said, “sos ick”
Sir_winalot9 collected 36642 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 36642 | Rake 0
Board [Kc 8h 4s Jh 7h]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (button) showed [Ad Ah] and won (36642) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: bart spijker (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (big blind) showed [3h Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 7: Apathy123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Mizzi moved in on the next hand. Seemingly on tilt, Bart Spiker called with Ace-King. However, Mizzi had pocket tens and was a slight favorite in the race. He held, and was back to before he lost the previous hand.

PokerStars Game #16030298992: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/16 – 19:15:22 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (36642 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (24652 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (10958 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (27748 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts the ante 80
zangbezan24: posts the ante 80
Apathy123: posts the ante 80
zangbezan24: posts small blind 200
Apathy123: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
zangbezan24 said, “nh”
Sir_winalot9: folds
Sir_winalot9 said, “ty”
bart spijker: raises 800 to 1200
zangbezan24: raises 9678 to 10878 and is all-in
Apathy123: folds
bart spijker: calls 9678
*** FLOP *** [8h 4s 8c]
*** TURN *** [8h 4s 8c] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [8h 4s 8c 3d] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zangbezan24: shows [Tc Ts] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
bart spijker: shows [Ks Ac] (a pair of Eights)
zangbezan24 collected 22476 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22476 | Rake 0
Board [8h 4s 8c 3d Qs]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: bart spijker (button) showed [Ks Ac] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (small blind) showed [Tc Ts] and won (22476) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 7: Apathy123 (big blind) folded before Flop

In yet the very next hand, Spijker moved in on Mizzi with Ace-Queen. Mizzi called with pocket jacks, but couldn’t hold. In a quick three hands, Mizzi got short, doubled up, and then got short again when the ace queen of Spijker won a $25,000 pot.

PokerStars Game #16030322513: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/16 – 19:16:20 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (36562 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (13694 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (22476 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (27268 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts the ante 80
zangbezan24: posts the ante 80
Apathy123: posts the ante 80
Apathy123: posts small blind 200
Sir_winalot9: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
zangbezan24 said, “was that a slowroll?”
bart spijker: raises 800 to 1200
zangbezan24: raises 1600 to 2800
Apathy123: folds
Sir_winalot9: folds
bart spijker: raises 10814 to 13614 and is all-in
zangbezan24: calls 10814
*** FLOP *** [Td 5s Qd]
*** TURN *** [Td 5s Qd] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [Td 5s Qd 2d] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bart spijker: shows [Qh As] (a pair of Queens)
zangbezan24: shows [Jh Jd] (a pair of Jacks)
bart spijker collected 28148 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 28148 | Rake 0
Board [Td 5s Qd 2d Ks]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: bart spijker showed [Qh As] and won (28148) with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (button) showed [Jh Jd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 7: Apathy123 (small blind) folded before Flop

Mizzi chipped up a bit before moving in on the following hand. ‘Sir_winalot9′ made the call with Ace-King, which caught a king on the turn to end Mizzi’s tournament.

PokerStars Game #16030959308: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/16 – 19:42:50 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (32047 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (29533 in chips)
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (13982 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (24438 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts the ante 80
zangbezan24: posts the ante 80
Apathy123: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts small blind 200
zangbezan24: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Apathy123: raises 650 to 1050
Sir_winalot9: raises 2283 to 3333
bart spijker: folds
zangbezan24: raises 10569 to 13902 and is all-in
Apathy123: folds
Sir_winalot9: calls 10569
*** FLOP *** [3h 2h Qd]
*** TURN *** [3h 2h Qd] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [3h 2h Qd Kd] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
zangbezan24: shows [9h 9d] (a pair of Nines)
Sir_winalot9: shows [Ad Kc] (a pair of Kings)
Apathy123 said, “gg”
Sir_winalot9 collected 29374 from pot
Sir_winalot9 said, “gg”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29374 | Rake 0
Board [3h 2h Qd Kd Ts]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (button) showed [Ad Kc] and won (29374) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: bart spijker (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: zangbezan24 (big blind) showed [9h 9d] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 7: Apathy123 folded before Flop

While the play slowed down at four, it was the opposite when we got three handed. ‘Sir_winalot9′ and Peter Jetten got it all in only three hands after Mizzi’s elimination. Jetten’s jacks were crushed, and he went home in third.

PokerStars Game #16031000639: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/16 – 19:44:32 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (47719 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (28693 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (23588 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts the ante 80
Apathy123: posts the ante 80
bart spijker: posts small blind 200
Apathy123: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Sir_winalot9: raises 800 to 1200
bart spijker: folds
Apathy123: raises 2800 to 4000
Sir_winalot9: raises 4888 to 8888
Apathy123: raises 14620 to 23508 and is all-in
Sir_winalot9: calls 14620
*** FLOP *** [2h 3s 2s]
*** TURN *** [2h 3s 2s] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [2h 3s 2s Ts] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Apathy123: shows [Js Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)
Sir_winalot9: shows [Ks Kh] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
Sir_winalot9 collected 47456 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 47456 | Rake 0
Board [2h 3s 2s Ts 9c]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (button) showed [Ks Kh] and won (47456) with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 4: bart spijker (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Apathy123 (big blind) showed [Js Jd] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Deuces

Spijker asked to look at the numbers for a chop, but ‘Sir_winalot9′ shot it down, and wanted to play for the $100,000. Heads up play didn’t last long, as ‘Sir_winalot9′ called an all in with two overs and a flush draw. He got there, and took down the $100,000 prize.

PokerStars Game #16031364944: Tournament #80125230, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level VI (300/600) – 2008/03/16 – 19:59:48 (ET)
Table ‘80125230 1′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (78967 in chips)
Seat 4: bart spijker (21033 in chips)
Sir_winalot9: posts the ante 120
bart spijker: posts the ante 120
Sir_winalot9: posts small blind 300
bart spijker: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Sir_winalot9: raises 900 to 1500
bart spijker: raises 4500 to 6000
Sir_winalot9: calls 4500
*** FLOP *** [2d 9s 4d]
bart spijker: bets 14913 and is all-in
Sir_winalot9: calls 14913
*** TURN *** [2d 9s 4d] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [2d 9s 4d Ks] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bart spijker: shows [4c As] (a pair of Fours)
Sir_winalot9: shows [Kd Jd] (a flush, King high)
Sir_winalot9 collected 42066 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 42066 | Rake 0
Board [2d 9s 4d Ks Td]
Seat 2: Sir_winalot9 (button) (small blind) showed [Kd Jd] and won (42066) with a flush, King high
Seat 4: bart spijker (big blind) showed [4c As] and lost with a pair of Fours

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The $5k winner take all freeze out once again filled up today, maxing out at 20 participants for a first place prize of $100,000. An astonishing five players made the final table this week that were also at last weeks final table includig ‘nordlending,’ Matts Iremark ‘quzzo’, Bryn Kenney ‘BrynKenney’, ‘muchbetter,’ and Steve Billirakis ‘MrSmokey1′. The play was typical of what you would expect from the biggest games in the internet community… preflop. Raises and three bets came nearly every hand leaving flops early in the final table to be very minimal. Early in the final table, last weeks winner ‘nordlending’ chipped up by eliminating ‘TheMuppet’ with AK vs. J8. Play didn’t slow down and raises and reraises continued to be prevelant as play went on. The first monster hand took place when Matts ‘quzzo’ Iremark and ‘busto_soon’ got all the money in on a queen high board in the following hand.

PokerStars Game #15863103674: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/09 – 18:10:57 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (10039 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (6639 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (15705 in chips)
Seat 4: BrynKenney (13084 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (19584 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (6563 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (4181 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (9654 in chips)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (14551 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 40
muchbetter: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
BrynKenney: posts the ante 40
quzzo: posts the ante 40
nordlending: posts the ante 40
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 40
westmenloAA: posts the ante 40
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 40
quzzo: posts small blind 100
nordlending: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: folds
MrSmokey1: folds
Moorman1: folds
muchbetter: raises 375 to 575
MrSmokey1 said, “ty”
busto_soon: folds
BrynKenney: calls 575
quzzo: calls 475
nordlending: calls 375
*** FLOP *** [9c 6c Qd]
quzzo: checks
nordlending: checks
muchbetter: bets 800
BrynKenney: folds
quzzo: calls 800
nordlending: folds
*** TURN *** [9c 6c Qd] [2h]
quzzo: bets 3200
muchbetter: raises 2024 to 5224 and is all-in
quzzo: calls 2024
*** RIVER *** [9c 6c Qd 2h] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
quzzo: shows [Qs Ks] (a pair of Queens)
muchbetter: shows [Qh Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
muchbetter collected 14708 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14708 | Rake 0
Board [9c 6c Qd 2h 3s]
Seat 1: Moorman1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: muchbetter showed [Qh Qc] and won (14708) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: BrynKenney (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: quzzo (small blind) showed [Qs Ks] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: nordlending (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: BOKPOWER folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: westmenloAA folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

The three betting continued, and in the following hand we see last weeks winner ‘nordlending’ three bet Steve Billirakis, who immediatly called the all in in the following hand.

PokerStars Game #15863339759: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/09 – 18:20:00 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (10039 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (12748 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (17705 in chips)
Seat 4: BrynKenney (9406 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (15938 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (6848 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (4226 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (8994 in chips)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (14096 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 40
muchbetter: posts the ante 40
busto_soon: posts the ante 40
BrynKenney: posts the ante 40
quzzo: posts the ante 40
nordlending: posts the ante 40
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 40
westmenloAA: posts the ante 40
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 40
quzzo: posts small blind 100
nordlending: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: raises 400 to 600
MrSmokey1: raises 1150 to 1750
Moorman1: folds
muchbetter: folds
busto_soon: folds
BrynKenney: folds
quzzo: folds
nordlending: raises 5058 to 6808 and is all-in
westmenloAA: folds
MrSmokey1: calls 5058
*** FLOP *** [Qc 6s 4c]
*** TURN *** [Qc 6s 4c] [5d]
nordlending said, “gg nh”
*** RIVER *** [Qc 6s 4c 5d] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nordlending: shows [As Kd] (high card Ace)
MrSmokey1: shows [Qd Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
MrSmokey1 collected 14676 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14676 | Rake 0
Board [Qc 6s 4c 5d Td]
Seat 1: Moorman1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: BrynKenney (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: quzzo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: nordlending (big blind) showed [As Kd] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 8: BOKPOWER folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: westmenloAA folded before Flop
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 showed [Qd Qs] and won (14676) with three of a kind, Queens

At this pointin the tournament, Steve Billirakis took the lead with Matts Iremark and John ‘busto_soon’ van Til on his tail. Bryn Kenney and Chris Moorman got into a big hand preflop here, with Kenney’s queens crushing Moorman’s tens.

PokerStars Game #15864009517: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/09 – 18:46:34 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (13139 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (11188 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (16265 in chips)
Seat 4: BrynKenney (7001 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (12118 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (3266 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (16794 in chips)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (20229 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 60
muchbetter: posts the ante 60
busto_soon: posts the ante 60
BrynKenney: posts the ante 60
quzzo: posts the ante 60
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 60
westmenloAA: posts the ante 60
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 60
MrSmokey1: posts small blind 150
Moorman1: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
muchbetter: folds
busto_soon: folds
BrynKenney: raises 588 to 888
quzzo: folds
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: folds
MrSmokey1: folds
Moorman1: raises 2000 to 2888
BrynKenney: raises 4053 to 6941 and is all-in
Moorman1: calls 4053
*** FLOP *** [6d 7h Th]
*** TURN *** [6d 7h Th] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [6d 7h Th 3s] [Js]
westmenloAA said, “gg”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moorman1: shows [Td Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
BrynKenney: shows [Qd Qh] (a pair of Queens)
BOKPOWER said, “gg”
Moorman1 said, “ul gg”
Moorman1 collected 14512 from pot
busto_soon said, “1 moor time”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14512 | Rake 0
Board [6d 7h Th 3s Js]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (big blind) showed [Td Tc] and won (14512) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 2: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: BrynKenney showed [Qd Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (small blind) folded before Flop

Isaac Baron played fairly tight and passive throughout the early part of the final table, but got involved with a huge hand against Chris Moorman here.

PokerStars Game #15864768409: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/09 – 19:16:49 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (23014 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (13193 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (19245 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (9198 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (7672 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (14874 in chips)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (12804 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 60
muchbetter: posts the ante 60
busto_soon: posts the ante 60
quzzo: posts the ante 60
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 60
westmenloAA: posts the ante 60
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 60
muchbetter: posts small blind 150
busto_soon: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
quzzo: folds
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: raises 600 to 900
MrSmokey1: folds
Moorman1: calls 900
muchbetter: folds
busto_soon: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ad 8s]
westmenloAA: bets 1350
Moorman1: raises 3150 to 4500
westmenloAA: raises 9414 to 13914 and is all-in
Moorman1: calls 9414
*** TURN *** [Ts Ad 8s] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Ad 8s 2h] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
westmenloAA: shows [Kd Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Moorman1: shows [As Qc] (a pair of Aces – lower kicker)
westmenloAA collected 30498 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 30498 | Rake 0
Board [Ts Ad 8s 2h 3c]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (button) showed [As Qc] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: muchbetter (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: busto_soon (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: westmenloAA showed [Kd Ac] and won (30498) with a pair of Aces
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Steve Billirakis’s chips dwindled away as he got aggresive in many hands. In this hand, he shoved his last few chips into the pot with pocket tens against Johan van Til and his ace seven.

PokerStars Game #15865024608: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/09 – 19:27:20 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (7930 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (11433 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (21695 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (9378 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (17084 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (30018 in chips)
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (2462 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 60
muchbetter: posts the ante 60
busto_soon: posts the ante 60
quzzo: posts the ante 60
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 60
westmenloAA: posts the ante 60
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 60
westmenloAA: posts small blind 150
MrSmokey1: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Moorman1: folds
muchbetter: folds
busto_soon: raises 500 to 800
quzzo: folds
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: folds
MrSmokey1: raises 1602 to 2402 and is all-in
busto_soon: calls 1602
*** FLOP *** [3c 7s Ah]
*** TURN *** [3c 7s Ah] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [3c 7s Ah 2c] [8s]
westmenloAA said, “gg”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MrSmokey1: shows [Ts Td] (a pair of Tens)
busto_soon: shows [7c Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
busto_soon collected 5374 from pot
busto_soon said, “gg”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5374 | Rake 0
Board [3c 7s Ah 2c 8s]
Seat 1: Moorman1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: busto_soon showed [7c Ac] and won (5374) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 5: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: MrSmokey1 (big blind) showed [Ts Td] and lost with a pair of Tens

Chris Moorman had all his money in the pot against ‘muchbetter’s pocket jacks. The Ace-Jack of hearts was good to Moorman here when he flopped three aces to win a big hand.

PokerStars Game #15865274276: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/09 – 19:37:36 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (8230 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (18183 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (17147 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (18936 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (10486 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (27018 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 60
muchbetter: posts the ante 60
busto_soon: posts the ante 60
quzzo: posts the ante 60
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 60
westmenloAA: posts the ante 60
westmenloAA: posts small blind 150
Moorman1: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
muchbetter: raises 500 to 800
busto_soon: folds
quzzo: folds
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: folds
Moorman1: raises 2199 to 2999
muchbetter: raises 15124 to 18123 and is all-in
Moorman1: calls 5171 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ac Kc As]
Moorman1 said, “nh”
*** TURN *** [Ac Kc As] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Kc As 4h] [3h]
Moorman1 said, “ul”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moorman1: shows [Jh Ah] (three of a kind, Aces)
muchbetter: shows [Jc Js] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
busto_soon said, “1 mooooooor time”
Moorman1 collected 16850 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 16850 | Rake 0
Board [Ac Kc As 4h 3h]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (big blind) showed [Jh Ah] and won (16850) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 2: muchbetter showed [Jc Js] and lost with two pair, Aces and Jacks
Seat 3: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (small blind) folded before Flop

Thierry ‘BOKPOWER’ Van Den Berg made his first move at first place in this hand, getting all the money in with two eights against Johan van Til’s pocket nines. However, Van den Berg was not yet done for the tournament.

PokerStars Game #15865409934: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/09 – 19:43:13 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (17550 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (14163 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (17927 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (17106 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (7756 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (25498 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 60
muchbetter: posts the ante 60
busto_soon: posts the ante 60
quzzo: posts the ante 60
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 60
westmenloAA: posts the ante 60
muchbetter: posts small blind 150
busto_soon: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
quzzo: folds
BOKPOWER: raises 600 to 900
westmenloAA: folds
Moorman1: folds
muchbetter: folds
busto_soon: raises 16967 to 17867 and is all-in
BOKPOWER: calls 6796 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [8d 2h Kd]
BOKPOWER said, “sry”
*** TURN *** [8d 2h Kd] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [8d 2h Kd Td] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [9h 9s] (a pair of Nines)
BOKPOWER: shows [8s 8h] (three of a kind, Eights)
busto_soon said, “nh”
BOKPOWER collected 15902 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15902 | Rake 0
Board [8d 2h Kd Td Jd]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: muchbetter (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: busto_soon (big blind) showed [9h 9s] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 5: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER showed [8s 8h] and won (15902) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 9: westmenloAA folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Isaac Baron and Matts Iremark, after raise and reraise, got all the money in for the biggest pot in the tournament to this point with Baron showing Ace Queen up against Iremark’s pocket kings in what was for the obvious chip lead and nearly one third of the chips in play.

PokerStars Game #15865789794: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/09 – 19:59:04 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (18605 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (14173 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (13136 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (16241 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (18517 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (19328 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 80
muchbetter: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts the ante 80
quzzo: posts the ante 80
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 80
westmenloAA: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts small blind 200
quzzo: posts big blind 400
BOKPOWER said, “m2″
*** HOLE CARDS ***
BOKPOWER: folds
muchbetter said, “np”
westmenloAA: raises 700 to 1100
Moorman1: folds
muchbetter: folds
busto_soon: folds
quzzo: raises 1900 to 3000
westmenloAA: raises 16248 to 19248 and is all-in
quzzo: calls 13161 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ah 2c Js]
*** TURN *** [Ah 2c Js] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 2c Js Ac] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
quzzo: shows [Ks Kd] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
westmenloAA: shows [As Qh] (a full house, Aces full of Jacks)
busto_soon said, “menloooo”
quzzo said, “nh”
westmenloAA collected 33002 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 33002 | Rake 0
Board [Ah 2c Js Ac Jc]
Seat 1: Moorman1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: muchbetter (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: busto_soon (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: quzzo (big blind) showed [Ks Kd] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 8: BOKPOWER folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: westmenloAA showed [As Qh] and won (33002) with a full house, Aces full of Jacks

Baron took the big lead and used it to his advantage, raising nearly every other hand as play was down to only five players. Baron used this strategy to increa his stack by another five thousand to owning 40% of the chips in the tournament. ‘Muchbetter’ began losing chips and was slowly becoming the shortest stack at the table, in the following hand we see the player put all of its tournament chips at risk by moving all in preflop with pocketfives, but lost to Chris Moorman’s pocket sixes, ending it’s tournament.

PokerStars Game #15866224906: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/09 – 20:17:31 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (24375 in chips)
Seat 2: muchbetter (7093 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (11556 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (20787 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (36189 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 80
muchbetter: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts the ante 80
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 80
westmenloAA: posts the ante 80
BOKPOWER: posts small blind 200
westmenloAA: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Moorman1: raises 775 to 1175
muchbetter: raises 2425 to 3600
busto_soon: folds
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: folds
Moorman1: raises 5600 to 9200
muchbetter: calls 3413 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7c Qs Th]
muchbetter said, “lol”
*** TURN *** [7c Qs Th] [Kc]
muchbetter said, “gg”
*** RIVER *** [7c Qs Th Kc] [Ah]
westmenloAA said, “gg”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moorman1: shows [6c 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
muchbetter: shows [5s 5d] (a pair of Fives)
Moorman1 said, “ul gg”
Moorman1 collected 15026 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15026 | Rake 0
Board [7c Qs Th Kc Ah]
Seat 1: Moorman1 showed [6c 6d] and won (15026) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: muchbetter showed [5s 5d] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 3: busto_soon (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: westmenloAA (big blind) folded before Flop

Down to four handed, it appeared as though it was Baron’s turn to continue raising. Nothing changes as baron was involved in a big hand on the next hand off the deck (figurativly) in a very interesting hand. Baron called a big bet on the turn with second pair and a flush draw. After not improving, Baron checked his third pair on the river to Chris Moorman, who eventually checked himself, surprisingly giving the hand to Baron.

PokerStars Game #15866246258: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/09 – 20:18:25 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (32308 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (11476 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (20507 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (35709 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts the ante 80
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 80
westmenloAA: posts the ante 80
westmenloAA: posts small blind 200
Moorman1: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
busto_soon said, “heh run good much?”
busto_soon said, “nhs”
busto_soon: folds
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: raises 800 to 1200
Moorman1: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [9d 3h 5c]
westmenloAA: bets 1600
Moorman1: calls 1600
*** TURN *** [9d 3h 5c] [Kc]
BOKPOWER said, “gg nh”
westmenloAA: bets 3600
Moorman1: raises 5885 to 9485
westmenloAA: calls 5885
*** RIVER *** [9d 3h 5c Kc] [Jh]
westmenloAA: checks
Moorman1: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
westmenloAA: shows [2c 9c] (a pair of Nines)
Moorman1: mucks hand
westmenloAA collected 24890 from pot
BOKPOWER said, “vn”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24890 | Rake 0
Board [9d 3h 5c Kc Jh]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (big blind) mucked
Seat 3: busto_soon folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (small blind) showed [2c 9c] and won (24890) with a pair of Nines

The shorter stacks were out to acquire chips in order to make a run at Baron and his chip lead. Johan van Til found himself getting short, and moved all in preflop, was called, and revealed pocket fours up against Chris Moorman and his King-Queen.

PokerStars Game #15866488169: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/09 – 20:28:47 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (21998 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (10091 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (22522 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (45389 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts the ante 80
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 80
westmenloAA: posts the ante 80
busto_soon: posts small blind 200
BOKPOWER: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
westmenloAA: folds
Moorman1: raises 775 to 1175
busto_soon: raises 8836 to 10011 and is all-in
BOKPOWER: folds
Moorman1: calls 8836
*** FLOP *** [3c Qs 8s]
*** TURN *** [3c Qs 8s] [9d]
busto_soon said, “yawn”
*** RIVER *** [3c Qs 8s 9d] [Ac]
busto_soon said, “gla”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [4d 4c] (a pair of Fours)
Moorman1: shows [Kd Qc] (a pair of Queens)
westmenloAA said, “gg”
Moorman1 said, “ul gg”
Moorman1 collected 20742 from pot
BOKPOWER said, “gg man”
BOKPOWER said, ” nh”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20742 | Rake 0
Board [3c Qs 8s 9d Ac]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (button) showed [Kd Qc] and won (20742) with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: busto_soon (small blind) showed [4d 4c] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: westmenloAA folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

The hand spelt doom for van Til, who headed to the online rail. Baron continued to chip up, and ended up getting involved in a monster all in. Baron got Thierry Van Den Berg all in holding pocket kings. However, to Baron’s dismay, Van Den Berg held pocket aces and took half of Baron’s stack.

PokerStars Game #15866537650: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level V (200/400) – 2008/03/09 – 20:30:58 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (31474 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (21202 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (47324 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 80
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 80
westmenloAA: posts the ante 80
westmenloAA: posts small blind 200
Moorman1: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
BOKPOWER: raises 700 to 1100
westmenloAA: raises 2900 to 4000
Moorman1: folds
BOKPOWER: raises 17122 to 21122 and is all-in
westmenloAA: calls 17122
*** FLOP *** [3s 4s 3h]
*** TURN *** [3s 4s 3h] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [3s 4s 3h 4h] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
westmenloAA: shows [Ks Kh] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
BOKPOWER: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
BOKPOWER collected 42884 from pot
Moorman1 said, “wow so sick ul”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 42884 | Rake 0
Board [3s 4s 3h 4h 2s]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (button) showed [Ac As] and won (42884) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 9: westmenloAA (small blind) showed [Ks Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fours

The chip lead immediatly swun from Baron to Van Den berg, who now held $45,000 of the $100,000 in play, but played big stack bully to boost that to $60,000. Baron found himself getting short when the following hand came up and he shoved over the top all in and was snap called by Chris Moorman, who showed two kings.

PokerStars Game #15867390506: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level VI (300/600) – 2008/03/09 – 21:08:20 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (24919 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (62399 in chips)
Seat 9: westmenloAA (12682 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 120
westmenloAA: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts small blind 300
westmenloAA: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Moorman1: raises 1100 to 1700
BOKPOWER: folds
westmenloAA: raises 10862 to 12562 and is all-in
Moorman1: calls 10862
*** FLOP *** [Ac 5s 6c]
*** TURN *** [Ac 5s 6c] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Ac 5s 6c 4s] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
westmenloAA: shows [Ts 9h] (high card Ace)
Moorman1: shows [Kc Ks] (a pair of Kings)
Moorman1 said, “gg”
BOKPOWER said, “gg”
Moorman1 collected 25784 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25784 | Rake 0
Board [Ac 5s 6c 4s 7d]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (button) showed [Kc Ks] and won (25784) with a pair of Kings
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: westmenloAA (big blind) showed [Ts 9h] and lost with high card Ace

Baron was eliminated leaving Chris Moorman and Thierry Van Den Berg heads up, who quickly paused the tournament to look at the numbers of a potential chop. A deal was struck where Chris ‘Moorman1′ Moorman would take $30,000 and Thierry ‘BOKPOWER’ Van Den Berg would receive $45,000 and the winner would play for an additional $25,000 prize and play continued. Van Den Berg lost his lead and play evened up when the following hand took place.

PokerStars Game #15867570966: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level VI (300/600) – 2008/03/09 – 21:16:22 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (36521 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (63479 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts small blind 300
Moorman1: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
BOKPOWER: calls 300
Moorman1: raises 1800 to 2400
BOKPOWER: calls 1800
*** FLOP *** [3s Jc 9h]
Moorman1: bets 3600
BOKPOWER: calls 3600
*** TURN *** [3s Jc 9h] [7h]
Moorman1: checks
BOKPOWER: bets 6500
Moorman1: raises 11500 to 18000
BOKPOWER said, “gh”
BOKPOWER: folds
Moorman1 collected 25240 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25240 | Rake 0
Board [3s Jc 9h 7h]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (big blind) collected (25240)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (button) (small blind) folded on the Turn

Play went back and forth early in heads up until the following hand came up, where a shove on the river earned Chris Moorman a crucial hand and a 2:1 chip lead.

PokerStars Game #15867750217: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level VI (300/600) – 2008/03/09 – 21:24:17 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (51106 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (48894 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 120
Moorman1: posts small blind 300
BOKPOWER: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Moorman1: raises 1200 to 1800
BOKPOWER: raises 3150 to 4950
Moorman1: calls 3150
*** FLOP *** [Qc Th 7d]
BOKPOWER: checks
Moorman1: checks
*** TURN *** [Qc Th 7d] [Ad]
BOKPOWER: bets 3950
Moorman1: raises 7050 to 11000
BOKPOWER: calls 7050
*** RIVER *** [Qc Th 7d Ad] [7h]
BOKPOWER: checks
Moorman1: bets 35036 and is all-in
BOKPOWER: folds
BOKPOWER said, “gh have to bet the flop”
Moorman1 collected 32140 from pot
Moorman1: doesn’t show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 32140 | Rake 0
Board [Qc Th 7d Ad 7h]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (button) (small blind) collected (32140)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (big blind) folded on the River

Van Den berg fought back and eventually got the match back to even. The heads up match consisted of many small pots early, with the chip leading frequently going from player to player with no diffinitive advantage coming out. Moorman fell behind slightly when he won this big hand for nearly 1/3 of the chips in play and to regian the chip lead

PokerStars Game #15868467324: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level VI (300/600) – 2008/03/09 – 21:56:33 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (48301 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (51699 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts small blind 300
Moorman1: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
BOKPOWER: raises 1200 to 1800
Moorman1: raises 3800 to 5600
BOKPOWER: calls 3800
*** FLOP *** [3c 7s 9c]
Moorman1: checks
BOKPOWER: checks
*** TURN *** [3c 7s 9c] [2s]
Moorman1: bets 7200
BOKPOWER said, “bubbelwarm up meh”
BOKPOWER: calls 7200
*** RIVER *** [3c 7s 9c 2s] [Jh]
Moorman1: checks
BOKPOWER: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moorman1: shows [9d Tc] (a pair of Nines)
BOKPOWER: mucks hand
Moorman1 collected 25840 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25840 | Rake 0
Board [3c 7s 9c 2s Jh]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (big blind) showed [9d Tc] and won (25840) with a pair of Nines
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (button) (small blind) mucked

Moorman took the 2:1 chip lead, but quickly lost it when Van Den Berg flopped sevens full but rivered tens full to even things up once again. With things evening up, play went back to small pots with not many flops being seen. Moorman took his lead back, however. In the following hand, Van Den berg three bets on the flop, but folds to the shove of Moorman.

PokerStars Game #15868575447: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level VI (300/600) – 2008/03/09 – 22:01:25 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (45871 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (54129 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 120
BOKPOWER: posts small blind 300
Moorman1: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
BOKPOWER: raises 1200 to 1800
Moorman1: calls 1200
*** FLOP *** [3s Kh Ac]
Moorman1: checks
BOKPOWER: bets 2750
Moorman1: raises 5650 to 8400
BOKPOWER: raises 5650 to 14050
Moorman1: raises 29901 to 43951 and is all-in
BOKPOWER: folds
Moorman1 collected 31940 from pot
BOKPOWER said, “gh 8 high”
Moorman1: doesn’t show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31940 | Rake 0
Board [3s Kh Ac]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (big blind) collected (31940)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (button) (small blind) folded on the Flop

Moorman took his lead and in about a half hour ran it to a 3:1 lead, and then had 4/5 of the chips in play, leaving Van Den Berg with only $17,000. Moorman continued his chip up by small pot strategy and continued wearing Van Den berg out of chips before a double up boosted him back to $24,000. The slow play came to an end when the bound to happen two big players get a hand took place here.

PokerStars Game #15869348561: Tournament #79258655, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level VII (400/800) – 2008/03/09 – 22:36:57 (ET)
Table ‘79258655 1′ 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Moorman1 (80217 in chips)
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (19783 in chips)
Moorman1: posts the ante 160
BOKPOWER: posts the ante 160
Moorman1: posts small blind 400
BOKPOWER: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Moorman1: raises 1475 to 2275
BOKPOWER: raises 17348 to 19623 and is all-in
Moorman1: calls 17348
*** FLOP *** [4d Qd 7s]
BOKPOWER said, “nh gg”
*** TURN *** [4d Qd 7s] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [4d Qd 7s 5h] [5d]
Moorman1 said, “ul gg”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BOKPOWER: shows [Jc Ad] (a pair of Fives)
Moorman1: shows [Qh Ac] (two pair, Queens and Fives)
Moorman1 collected 39566 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 39566 | Rake 0
Board [4d Qd 7s 5h 5d]
Seat 1: Moorman1 (button) (small blind) showed [Qh Ac] and won (39566) with two pair, Queens and Fives
Seat 8: BOKPOWER (big blind) showed [Jc Ad] and lost with a pair of Fives

Chris ‘Moorman1′ Moorman won the hand and took down the 5k freeze-out tournament and, with the chop, took $55,000. Thierry ‘BOKPOWER’ Van Den Berg took second place and, due to the chop, won $45,000.

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The $5,000 buy in Winner Take All FreezeOut poker tournament at Pokerstars was loaded with numerous well-known online pros. Familiar names in the field included Annette ‘Annette_15′ Obrestad, Sorel ‘zangbezan24‘ Mizzi, Steve ’stevejpa’ Paul-Ambrose, Steve ‘MrSmokey1‘ Bilirakis, and Isaac ‘philivey2694′ Haxton. The stud filled field rendered the weekly $10,000 heads up event non existent. The field played the day relatively friendly and the chat was active and light. With the first place being the only prize that paid, action started fast and furious while players looked to build a lead to make a run at winning the $100,000 prize.

The first hand we see is Steve Paul-Ambrose winning a nine thousand dollar pot with two kings.

PokerStars Game #15689108655: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level I (25/50) – 2008/03/02 – 14:39:16 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: philivey2694 (5695 in chips)
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 (4855 in chips)
Seat 4: $tinger 88 (4905 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (7145 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (9510 in chips)
Seat 7: NEW MR ERICH (2055 in chips)
Seat 8: bart spijker (4220 in chips)
Seat 9: august35 (6370 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (5245 in chips)
philivey2694: posts the ante 10
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 10
$tinger 88: posts the ante 10
quzzo: posts the ante 10
nordlending: posts the ante 10
NEW MR ERICH: posts the ante 10
bart spijker: posts the ante 10
august35: posts the ante 10
stevejpa: posts the ante 10
stevejpa: posts small blind 25
philivey2694: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
MrSmokey1: calls 50
$tinger 88: folds
quzzo: folds
nordlending: folds
NEW MR ERICH: folds
bart spijker: raises 250 to 300
august35: folds
stevejpa: raises 650 to 950
philivey2694: folds
MrSmokey1: folds
bart spijker: raises 3260 to 4210 and is all-in
stevejpa: calls 3260
*** FLOP *** [9h 4d 8s]
*** TURN *** [9h 4d 8s] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [9h 4d 8s 5c] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stevejpa: shows [Kh Kc] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
bart spijker: shows [Js Jh] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
stevejpa collected 8610 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8610 | Rake 0
Board [9h 4d 8s 5c 8h]
Seat 1: philivey2694 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 folded before Flop
Seat 4: $tinger 88 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: NEW MR ERICH folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: bart spijker showed [Js Jh] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 9: august35 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: stevejpa (small blind) showed [Kh Kc] and won (8610) with two pair, Kings and Eights

$tinger88, known to Full Tilt rail birds as LucLongley, held an over pair to a minimized flop. All the money went in on the flop, and quzzo showed two kings against two nines, and took down a monster pot early in the tournament.

PokerStars Game #15689608152: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level I (25/50) – 2008/03/02 – 14:58:50 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: philivey2694 (5435 in chips)
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 (6345 in chips)
Seat 3: BrynKenney (4350 in chips)
Seat 4: $tinger 88 (5130 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (5505 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (12660 in chips)
Seat 9: august35 (6820 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (9315 in chips)
philivey2694: posts the ante 10
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 10
BrynKenney: posts the ante 10
$tinger 88: posts the ante 10
quzzo: posts the ante 10
nordlending: posts the ante 10
august35: posts the ante 10
stevejpa: posts the ante 10
$tinger 88: posts small blind 25
quzzo: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
nordlending: folds
august35: folds
stevejpa: folds
philivey2694: folds
MrSmokey1: folds
BrynKenney: folds
$tinger 88: raises 150 to 200
quzzo: raises 450 to 650
$tinger 88: calls 450
*** FLOP *** [4d 2h 2s]
$tinger 88: checks
quzzo: bets 725
$tinger 88: raises 1025 to 1750
quzzo: raises 3095 to 4845 and is all-in
$tinger 88: calls 2720 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [4d 2h 2s] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [4d 2h 2s 7d] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
$tinger 88: shows [9h 9d] (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
quzzo: shows [Ks Kc] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
quzzo collected 10320 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10320 | Rake 0
Board [4d 2h 2s 7d 6s]
Seat 1: philivey2694 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: BrynKenney (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: $tinger 88 (small blind) showed [9h 9d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Deuces
Seat 5: quzzo (big blind) showed [Ks Kc] and won (10320) with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 6: nordlending folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: august35 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: stevejpa folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Player ‘nordlending’ took down the following hand. Referred to often as a ‘cooler,’ or a hand the loser couldn’t get away from, ‘nordlending’ won this hand for over eight thousand after both players flopped three aces.

PokerStars Game #15690004165: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level I (25/50) – 2008/03/02 – 15:13:51 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: philivey2694 (4235 in chips)
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 (6690 in chips)
Seat 3: BrynKenney (6440 in chips)
Seat 4: muchbetter (4260 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (10000 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (12065 in chips)
Seat 9: august35 (7125 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (9285 in chips)
philivey2694: posts the ante 10
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 10
BrynKenney: posts the ante 10
muchbetter: posts the ante 10
quzzo: posts the ante 10
nordlending: posts the ante 10
august35: posts the ante 10
stevejpa: posts the ante 10
quzzo: posts small blind 25
nordlending: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
august35: folds
stevejpa: folds
philivey2694: folds
MrSmokey1: folds
BrynKenney: folds
muchbetter: folds
quzzo: calls 25
nordlending: raises 150 to 200
quzzo: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [As Ad Kc]
quzzo: checks
nordlending: bets 300
quzzo: raises 455 to 755
nordlending: calls 455
*** TURN *** [As Ad Kc] [Ts]
quzzo: checks
nordlending: bets 1100
quzzo: calls 1100
*** RIVER *** [As Ad Kc Ts] [9c]
quzzo: checks
nordlending: bets 2250
quzzo: calls 2250
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nordlending: shows [Qh Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
quzzo: shows [Jh Ah] (three of a kind, Aces – lower kicker)
nordlending collected 8690 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8690 | Rake 0
Board [As Ad Kc Ts 9c]
Seat 1: philivey2694 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: BrynKenney folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: muchbetter (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: quzzo (small blind) showed [Jh Ah] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: nordlending (big blind) showed [Qh Ac] and won (8690) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 9: august35 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: stevejpa folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

As players began to drop, winning hands without showdown became necessary. Here, Bryn ‘BrynKenney’ Kenney moves all in on the river to take a $3,000 valuable pot without even showing cards.

PokerStars Game #15691004019: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 15:50:52 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 (3865 in chips)
Seat 3: BrynKenney (7263 in chips)
Seat 4: muchbetter (9210 in chips)
Seat 5: quzzo (5918 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (17052 in chips)
Seat 9: august35 (2170 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (7812 in chips)
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 20
BrynKenney: posts the ante 20
muchbetter: posts the ante 20
quzzo: posts the ante 20
nordlending: posts the ante 20
august35: posts the ante 20
stevejpa: posts the ante 20
august35: posts small blind 50
stevejpa: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
MrSmokey1: folds
BrynKenney: raises 122 to 222
muchbetter: folds
quzzo: folds
nordlending: folds
august35: folds
stevejpa: calls 122
*** FLOP *** [2h Jd 2s]
stevejpa: checks
BrynKenney: bets 444
stevejpa: calls 444
*** TURN *** [2h Jd 2s] [3d]
stevejpa: checks
BrynKenney: bets 888
stevejpa: calls 888
*** RIVER *** [2h Jd 2s 3d] [3s]
stevejpa: checks
nordlending is disconnected
nordlending is connected
BrynKenney: bets 5689 and is all-in
stevejpa: folds
BrynKenney collected 3298 from pot
BrynKenney: doesn’t show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3298 | Rake 0
Board [2h Jd 2s 3d 3s]
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: BrynKenney collected (3298)
Seat 4: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: august35 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: stevejpa (big blind) folded on the River

Corwin ‘mig.com’ Mackey had quite a rail on the following. In the following hand, Mackey picked up pocket jacks and ended up getting all the money in the middle against ‘F4ith+1,’ who showed the ace queen of hearts. This proved to be the final hand in Mackey’s tournament.

PokerStars Game #15691069168: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 15:53:17 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: jcamby33 (5849 in chips)
Seat 2: aejones (1577 in chips)
Seat 3: philivey2694 (7590 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (7822 in chips)
Seat 7: F4ITH+1 (6764 in chips)
Seat 8: Apathy123 (12319 in chips)
Seat 10: mig.com (4789 in chips)
jcamby33: posts the ante 20
aejones: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts the ante 20
Choron: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 20
Apathy123: posts the ante 20
mig.com: posts the ante 20
mig.com: posts small blind 50
jcamby33: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
aejones: folds
philivey2694: folds
Choron: folds
F4ITH+1: raises 300 to 400
Apathy123: folds
mig.com: raises 700 to 1100
jcamby33: folds
F4ITH+1: raises 5644 to 6744 and is all-in
mig.com: calls 3669 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [9h 3h Kc]
*** TURN *** [9h 3h Kc] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [9h 3h Kc Jc] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mig.com: shows [Jd Jh] (three of a kind, Jacks)
F4ITH+1: shows [Ah Qh] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
F4ITH+1 collected 9778 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9778 | Rake 0
Board [9h 3h Kc Jc Ts]
Seat 1: jcamby33 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: aejones folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: philivey2694 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: Choron folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: F4ITH+1 showed [Ah Qh] and won (9778) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 8: Apathy123 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: mig.com (small blind) showed [Jd Jh] and lost with three of a kind, Jacks

Isaac ‘philivey2694′ Haxton is a regular to this tournament, and he made his move in the following hand, where he flopped top set of tens.

PokerStars Game #15691173514: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 15:57:10 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 1′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: jcamby33 (11647 in chips)
Seat 2: aejones (1407 in chips)
Seat 3: philivey2694 (7590 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (2173 in chips)
Seat 7: F4ITH+1 (11574 in chips)
Seat 8: Apathy123 (12319 in chips)
jcamby33: posts the ante 20
aejones: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts the ante 20
Choron: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 20
Apathy123: posts the ante 20
jcamby33: posts small blind 50
aejones: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
philivey2694: raises 250 to 350
Choron: folds
F4ITH+1: folds
Apathy123: calls 350
jcamby33: folds
aejones: folds
*** FLOP *** [7d 5c Ts]
Choron said, “mbn J”
philivey2694: checks
Apathy123: bets 650
philivey2694: calls 650
*** TURN *** [7d 5c Ts] [Qc]
philivey2694: checks
Apathy123: checks
*** RIVER *** [7d 5c Ts Qc] [9c]
philivey2694: bets 1750
Apathy123: calls 1750
*** SHOW DOWN ***
philivey2694: shows [Th Td] (three of a kind, Tens)
Apathy123: mucks hand
philivey2694 collected 5770 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5770 | Rake 0
Board [7d 5c Ts Qc 9c]
Seat 1: jcamby33 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: aejones (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: philivey2694 showed [Th Td] and won (5770) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 5: Choron folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: F4ITH+1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: Apathy123 (button) mucked

In the very next hand, Haxton picked up Ace King and got all the money in against Glen ‘Choron’ Chorny, who showed a dominated hand of Ace Queen. Chorny bricked, and his tournament was over. Winning the two big hands in a row set Haxton up for a possible run to the tournament crown.

PokerStars Game #15691209123: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 15:58:29 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 1′ 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: jcamby33 (11577 in chips)
Seat 2: aejones (1287 in chips)
Seat 3: philivey2694 (10590 in chips)
Seat 5: Choron (2153 in chips)
Seat 7: F4ITH+1 (11554 in chips)
Seat 8: Apathy123 (9549 in chips)
jcamby33: posts the ante 20
aejones: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts the ante 20
Choron: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 20
Apathy123: posts the ante 20
aejones: posts small blind 50
philivey2694: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Choron: raises 199 to 299
F4ITH+1: folds
Apathy123: folds
jcamby33: folds
aejones: folds
jcamby33 said, “yeh lucky me”
philivey2694: raises 10271 to 10570 and is all-in
Choron: calls 1834 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3h Jc 4c]
philivey2694 said, “wow nice turn check apathy”
*** TURN *** [3h Jc 4c] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [3h Jc 4c 8s] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
philivey2694: shows [Ad Kh] (high card Ace)
Choron: shows [Qh As] (high card Ace – lower kicker)
jcamby33 said, “nh gg”
philivey2694 collected 4436 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4436 | Rake 0
Board [3h Jc 4c 8s 5h]
Seat 1: jcamby33 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: aejones (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: philivey2694 (big blind) showed [Ad Kh] and won (4436) with high card Ace
Seat 5: Choron showed [Qh As] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 7: F4ITH+1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: Apathy123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Play slowed down, and player ‘august35′ became short stacked. After picking up two tens, the player moved all in. When action got back to Bryn Kenney, he reraised and was called by ‘nordlending.’ After a K-10-x flop, Kenney put all the chips in the middle, forcing ‘nordlending’ to fold. Kenney showed the top set, which killed the hopes of ‘august35,’ who had expected to stay alive after flopping middle set.

PokerStars Game #15691402176: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 16:05:41 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 (3245 in chips)
Seat 3: BrynKenney (9440 in chips)
Seat 4: muchbetter (7857 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (17827 in chips)
Seat 9: august35 (2087 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (7373 in chips)
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 20
BrynKenney: posts the ante 20
muchbetter: posts the ante 20
nordlending: posts the ante 20
august35: posts the ante 20
stevejpa: posts the ante 20
nordlending: posts small blind 50
august35: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevejpa: folds
MrSmokey1: folds
BrynKenney: raises 233 to 333
muchbetter: folds
nordlending: raises 667 to 1000
august35: raises 1067 to 2067 and is all-in
BrynKenney: calls 1734
nordlending: calls 1067
*** FLOP *** [Td 5d Ks]
nordlending: checks
BrynKenney: bets 1111
nordlending: folds
*** TURN *** [Td 5d Ks] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Td 5d Ks Ah] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
august35: shows [Tc Ts] (a full house, Tens full of Fives)
BrynKenney: shows [Kh Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Fives)
BrynKenney said, “gg”
august35 said, “gg”
BrynKenney collected 6321 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6321 | Rake 0
Board [Td 5d Ks Ah 5h]
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: BrynKenney showed [Kh Kd] and won (6321) with a full house, Kings full of Fives
Seat 4: muchbetter (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: august35 (big blind) showed [Tc Ts] and lost with a full house, Tens full of Fives
Seat 10: stevejpa folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

The next hand took place between Haxton and player ‘F4ith+1.’ ‘F4ith+1′ flopped top pair but decided to check trying to get Haxton to build his own grave. Turning three of a kind, however, changed the players mind, raising Haxton’s bet, and eventually taking down a pot worth almost $10,000.

PokerStars Game #15691541454: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 16:10:57 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 1′ 10-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: jcamby33 (13400 in chips)
Seat 2: aejones (3087 in chips)
Seat 3: philivey2694 (11519 in chips)
Seat 7: F4ITH+1 (10702 in chips)
Seat 8: Apathy123 (9929 in chips)
Seat 9: quzzo (3534 in chips)
jcamby33: posts the ante 20
aejones: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 20
Apathy123: posts the ante 20
quzzo: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts small blind 50
F4ITH+1: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Apathy123: folds
quzzo: folds
jcamby33: folds
aejones: folds
philivey2694: raises 300 to 400
aejones said, “no worries you’re a tournament player i would never try to bluff you”
F4ITH+1: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [6c 3h Ts]
aejones said, “how dumb do i look”
philivey2694: checks
aejones said, “save us time and pitch it quick”
F4ITH+1: checks
*** TURN *** [6c 3h Ts] [Th]
philivey2694: bets 600
jcamby33 said, “yeahh i dont fold”
F4ITH+1: raises 700 to 1300
philivey2694: calls 700
*** RIVER *** [6c 3h Ts Th] [Kc]
philivey2694: checks
F4ITH+1: bets 3200
Apathy123 said, “taught by phil hellmuth imo”
philivey2694: calls 3200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
F4ITH+1: shows [Ac Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
philivey2694: mucks hand
F4ITH+1 collected 9920 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9920 | Rake 0
Board [6c 3h Ts Th Kc]
Seat 1: jcamby33 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: aejones (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: philivey2694 (small blind) mucked
Seat 7: F4ITH+1 (big blind) showed [Ac Tc] and won (9920) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 8: Apathy123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Steve ‘MrSmokey1′ Bilarakis was quiet for the most part, up until this hand took place. Facing a raise, Isaac Haxton rearaised. Bilirakis moved all in and after the original raiser folded, Haxton snap called with two Kings. Bilirakis unfortunatly held two queens, and was sent to the rail, building Haxton’s stack.

PokerStars Game #15692057406: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 16:30:29 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: quzzo (5719 in chips)
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 (4497 in chips)
Seat 3: BrynKenney (14332 in chips)
Seat 4: muchbetter (8057 in chips)
Seat 5: jcamby33 (14190 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (13145 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (11211 in chips)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (16237 in chips)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (5939 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (6673 in chips)
quzzo: posts the ante 20
MrSmokey1: posts the ante 20
BrynKenney: posts the ante 20
muchbetter: posts the ante 20
jcamby33: posts the ante 20
nordlending: posts the ante 20
Apathy123: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts the ante 20
stevejpa: posts the ante 20
stevejpa: posts small blind 50
quzzo: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
MrSmokey1: calls 100
BrynKenney: raises 344 to 444
muchbetter: folds
jcamby33: folds
nordlending: folds
Apathy123: folds
F4ITH+1: folds
philivey2694: raises 956 to 1400
stevejpa: folds
quzzo: folds
MrSmokey1: raises 3077 to 4477 and is all-in
BrynKenney: folds
philivey2694: calls 3077
*** FLOP *** [5d 7d 8s]
*** TURN *** [5d 7d 8s] [As]
*** RIVER *** [5d 7d 8s As] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MrSmokey1: shows [Qh Qc] (a pair of Queens)
philivey2694: shows [Kd Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)
philivey2694 collected 9748 from pot
BrynKenney said, “nh, gg”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9748 | Rake 0
Board [5d 7d 8s As Ks]
Seat 1: quzzo (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: MrSmokey1 showed [Qh Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: BrynKenney folded before Flop
Seat 4: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: jcamby33 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (button) showed [Kd Kh] and won (9748) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 10: stevejpa (small blind) folded before Flop

Play condensed to one table, where the next hand took place. Another cooler took place. This time the victim was Bryn Kenney, who flopped bottom two pair of sixes and fives on a flop of A-5-6, and got all the money in the middle against ‘nordlending’s A6. Brynn Kenney’s tournament was done soon after.

PokerStars Game #15692137077: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 16:34:14 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: quzzo (5819 in chips)
Seat 3: BrynKenney (13988 in chips)
Seat 4: muchbetter (7827 in chips)
Seat 5: jcamby33 (14010 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (13395 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (11131 in chips)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (16157 in chips)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (11130 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (6543 in chips)
quzzo: posts the ante 20
BrynKenney: posts the ante 20
muchbetter: posts the ante 20
jcamby33: posts the ante 20
nordlending: posts the ante 20
Apathy123: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts the ante 20
stevejpa: posts the ante 20
jcamby33: posts small blind 50
nordlending: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Apathy123: folds
F4ITH+1: folds
philivey2694: folds
stevejpa: folds
quzzo: folds
BrynKenney: raises 233 to 333
muchbetter: folds
jcamby33: folds
nordlending: calls 233
*** FLOP *** [5s 6s Ad]
nordlending: checks
BrynKenney: bets 777
nordlending: raises 1223 to 2000
BrynKenney: raises 2444 to 4444
nordlending: raises 8598 to 13042 and is all-in
BrynKenney: calls 8598
*** TURN *** [5s 6s Ad] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [5s 6s Ad Kc] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nordlending: shows [Ac 6c] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
BrynKenney: shows [6h 5c] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
nordlending collected 26980 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26980 | Rake 0
Board [5s 6s Ad Kc Ks]
Seat 1: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: BrynKenney showed [6h 5c] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 4: muchbetter (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: jcamby33 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: nordlending (big blind) showed [Ac 6c] and won (26980) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 7: Apathy123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: philivey2694 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: stevejpa folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Steve Paul-Ambrose soon found himself all in with pocket aces preflop. Luckily, he saw almost best case scenario when his opponent, ‘muchbetter’ showed Ace King, leading to a double up for Paul-Ambrose.

PokerStars Game #15692235248: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 16:38:07 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: quzzo (5759 in chips)
Seat 3: BrynKenney (553 in chips)
Seat 4: muchbetter (7767 in chips)
Seat 5: jcamby33 (13900 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (27920 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (10221 in chips)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (15997 in chips)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (11400 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (6483 in chips)
quzzo: posts the ante 20
BrynKenney: posts the ante 20
muchbetter: posts the ante 20
jcamby33: posts the ante 20
nordlending: posts the ante 20
Apathy123: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts the ante 20
stevejpa: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts small blind 50
philivey2694: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevejpa: raises 200 to 300
quzzo: folds
BrynKenney: folds
muchbetter: raises 800 to 1100
jcamby33: folds
Apathy123 said, “pro railbird”
nordlending: folds
Apathy123: folds
F4ITH+1: folds
philivey2694: folds
stevejpa: raises 5363 to 6463 and is all-in
muchbetter: calls 5363
*** FLOP *** [2h 4c Qd]
*** TURN *** [2h 4c Qd] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [2h 4c Qd 8c] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stevejpa: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
muchbetter: shows [Kh Ac] (high card Ace)
stevejpa collected 13256 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13256 | Rake 0
Board [2h 4c Qd 8c Tc]
Seat 1: quzzo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: BrynKenney folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: muchbetter showed [Kh Ac] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 5: jcamby33 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: philivey2694 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: stevejpa showed [Ah Ad] and won (13256) with a pair of Aces

A monster pot took place between ‘Apathy123′ and James ‘jcamby33′ Campbell. A flopped set proved to be enough to avoid the nut flush draw and win ‘Apathy123′ a huge pot.

PokerStars Game #15692284919: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level II (50/100) – 2008/03/02 – 16:40:03 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: quzzo (5719 in chips)
Seat 4: muchbetter (1264 in chips)
Seat 5: jcamby33 (13860 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (27880 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (10181 in chips)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (15907 in chips)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (11210 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (13979 in chips)
quzzo: posts the ante 20
muchbetter: posts the ante 20
jcamby33: posts the ante 20
nordlending: posts the ante 20
Apathy123: posts the ante 20
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 20
philivey2694: posts the ante 20
stevejpa: posts the ante 20
stevejpa: posts small blind 50
quzzo: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
muchbetter: folds
jcamby33 is disconnected
jcamby33 is connected
jcamby33: raises 190 to 290
nordlending: folds
Apathy123: calls 290
F4ITH+1: folds
philivey2694: folds
stevejpa: folds
quzzo: folds
*** FLOP *** [6s 4c 8c]
jcamby33: bets 550
Apathy123: raises 1100 to 1650
jcamby33: raises 3850 to 5500
Apathy123: raises 4371 to 9871 and is all-in
jcamby33: calls 4371
*** TURN *** [6s 4c 8c] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [6s 4c 8c 8d] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jcamby33: shows [Ac Qc] (three of a kind, Eights)
Apathy123: shows [6c 6d] (a full house, Eights full of Sixes)
Apathy123 collected 20632 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20632 | Rake 0
Board [6s 4c 8c 8d 8h]
Seat 1: quzzo (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: jcamby33 showed [Ac Qc] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 6: nordlending folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 showed [6c 6d] and won (20632) with a full house, Eights full of Sixes
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 10: stevejpa (small blind) folded before Flop

Paul-Ambrose then doubled up again when he flopped three aces and got all the money in against ‘F4ith+1’s pair of sevens. Paul-Ambrose’s hand held and helped him build a stack he could make a move with.

PokerStars Game #15693545609: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/02 – 17:30:10 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 4: muchbetter (12090 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (35064 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (16058 in chips)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (16646 in chips)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (6603 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (13539 in chips)
muchbetter: posts the ante 40
nordlending: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts the ante 40
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 40
philivey2694: posts the ante 40
stevejpa: posts the ante 40
philivey2694: posts small blind 100
stevejpa: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
muchbetter: folds
nordlending: folds
Apathy123: folds
F4ITH+1: raises 400 to 600
philivey2694: folds
stevejpa: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [9c 7c 9s]
stevejpa: checks
F4ITH+1: bets 1000
stevejpa: raises 1800 to 2800
F4ITH+1: calls 1800
*** TURN *** [9c 7c 9s] [2s]
stevejpa: bets 10099 and is all-in
F4ITH+1: calls 10099
*** RIVER *** [9c 7c 9s 2s] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stevejpa: shows [Ad 9h] (a full house, Nines full of Aces)
F4ITH+1: shows [Ah 7s] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
stevejpa collected 27338 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27338 | Rake 0
Board [9c 7c 9s 2s Ac]
Seat 4: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (button) showed [Ah 7s] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 9: philivey2694 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: stevejpa (big blind) showed [Ad 9h] and won (27338) with a full house, Nines full of Aces

Haxton then continued building his stack when he got all the money in with two queens agains thte seven eight of clubs before the flop.

PokerStars Game #15693822502: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level III (100/200) – 2008/03/02 – 17:41:16 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 4: muchbetter (6527 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (35824 in chips)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (12078 in chips)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (4427 in chips)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (15806 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (25338 in chips)
muchbetter: posts the ante 40
nordlending: posts the ante 40
Apathy123: posts the ante 40
F4ITH+1: posts the ante 40
philivey2694: posts the ante 40
stevejpa: posts the ante 40
F4ITH+1: posts small blind 100
philivey2694: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevejpa: folds
muchbetter: folds
nordlending: folds
Apathy123: folds
F4ITH+1: calls 100
philivey2694: raises 400 to 600
F4ITH+1: raises 3787 to 4387 and is all-in
philivey2694: calls 3787
*** FLOP *** [6d 2s 2h]
*** TURN *** [6d 2s 2h] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [6d 2s 2h 7s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
F4ITH+1: shows [8c 7h] (two pair, Sevens and Deuces)
philivey2694: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
philivey2694 collected 9014 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9014 | Rake 0
Board [6d 2s 2h 7s Kd]
Seat 4: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 7: Apathy123 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: F4ITH+1 (small blind) showed [8c 7h] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Deuces
Seat 9: philivey2694 (big blind) showed [Qd Qs] and won (9014) with two pair, Queens and Deuces
Seat 10: stevejpa folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

After ‘F4ith+1’s elimination, Apathy123 followed, leaving ‘nordlending,’ Steve ’stevejpa’ Paul-Ambrose, Isaac ‘philivey2694′ Haxton, and ‘muchbetter’ left in the tournament. Haxton soon found himself short, and in a blind vs. blind situation, got all his money in the middle with two nines against Steve Paul-Ambrose and his A-10 offsuit.

PokerStars Game #15694157814: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/02 – 17:54:37 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: muchbetter (11584 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (48384 in chips)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (13774 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (26258 in chips)
muchbetter: posts the ante 60
nordlending: posts the ante 60
philivey2694: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts the ante 60
nordlending: posts small blind 150
philivey2694: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevejpa: raises 600 to 900
muchbetter: folds
nordlending: folds
philivey2694: raises 2099 to 2999
stevejpa: raises 15301 to 18300
philivey2694: calls 10715 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Tc 9c Td]
*** TURN *** [Tc 9c Td] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 9c Td 5h] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
philivey2694: shows [9s 9h] (a full house, Nines full of Tens)
stevejpa: shows [As Ts] (three of a kind, Tens)
philivey2694 collected 27818 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27818 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 9c Td 5h 7h]
Seat 4: muchbetter (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: philivey2694 (big blind) showed [9s 9h] and won (27818) with a full house, Nines full of Tens
Seat 10: stevejpa showed [As Ts] and lost with three of a kind, Tens

Although Haxton had fortune with hisnines, in the very next hand he ran his King Queen into an Ace King on a King high board. It spelled doom for Haxton and his tournament.

PokerStars Game #15694186613: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/02 – 17:55:46 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: muchbetter (11524 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (48174 in chips)
Seat 9: philivey2694 (27818 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (12484 in chips)
muchbetter: posts the ante 60
nordlending: posts the ante 60
philivey2694: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts the ante 60
philivey2694: posts small blind 150
stevejpa: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
muchbetter said, “had k9″
muchbetter: folds
nordlending: raises 600 to 900
philivey2694: calls 750
stevejpa: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h 3s Kd]
philivey2694: checks
nordlending: bets 1200
philivey2694: raises 2400 to 3600
nordlending: calls 2400
*** TURN *** [4h 3s Kd] [Js]
philivey2694: bets 6000
nordlending: raises 37614 to 43614 and is all-in
philivey2694: calls 17258 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [4h 3s Kd Js] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
philivey2694: shows [Ks Qc] (a pair of Kings)
nordlending: shows [Kh Ac] (a pair of Kings – Ace kicker)
nordlending collected 56056 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 56056 | Rake 0
Board [4h 3s Kd Js 5c]
Seat 4: muchbetter folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: nordlending (button) showed [Kh Ac] and won (56056) with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: philivey2694 (small blind) showed [Ks Qc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 10: stevejpa (big blind) folded before Flop

At this point, with three left in the tournament, Paul-Ambrose and ‘muchbetter’ were ready to look at the numbers of a possible chop. However, with three quarters of the chips in play, ‘nordlending’ was not willing. However, the next hand between Paul-Ambrose and ‘muchbetter’ changed the players mind.

PokerStars Game #15694260130: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/02 – 17:58:44 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: muchbetter (10654 in chips)
Seat 6: nordlending (77912 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (11434 in chips)
muchbetter: posts the ante 60
nordlending: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts the ante 60
nordlending: posts small blind 150
stevejpa: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
muchbetter: raises 500 to 800
nordlending: folds
muchbetter said, “me2″
stevejpa: calls 500
*** FLOP *** [Th 5s 9c]
stevejpa: checks
muchbetter: checks
*** TURN *** [Th 5s 9c] [3c]
stevejpa: bets 900
nordlending said, “sorry guys, not at the moment”
stevejpa said, “k”
muchbetter said, “k”
muchbetter: raises 2700 to 3600
stevejpa: raises 6974 to 10574 and is all-in
muchbetter: calls 6194 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Th 5s 9c 3c] [Kh]
muchbetter said, “gg”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stevejpa: shows [9s Qs] (a pair of Nines)
muchbetter: shows [Ac 5c] (a pair of Fives)
stevejpa said, “gg”
stevejpa collected 21518 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21518 | Rake 0
Board [Th 5s 9c 3c Kh]
Seat 4: muchbetter (button) showed [Ac 5c] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 6: nordlending (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: stevejpa (big blind) showed [9s Qs] and won (21518) with a pair of Nines

At this point, the players stopped the tournament to look at the possibility of a chop. Paul-Ambrose offered a deal, but was shot down by ‘nordlending,’ who countered with it’s own deal. Paul-Ambrose rejected the deal, and the players decided to play out the game. After a few hands, the players got it all in preflop. ‘Nordlending’ looked to seal the deal with two Kings against Paul-Ambrose’s Ace Six of clubs. However, as it’s referred to as beind ‘Greensteined’ in the poker community, an ace on the river kept Paul-Ambrose’s chances alive.

PokerStars Game #15694572088: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/02 – 18:11:16 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #10 is the button
Seat 6: nordlending (82982 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (17018 in chips)
nordlending: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts small blind 150
nordlending: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevejpa: raises 600 to 900
nordlending: raises 1800 to 2700
stevejpa: raises 14258 to 16958 and is all-in
nordlending: calls 14258
*** FLOP *** [7h 9d Ts]
*** TURN *** [7h 9d Ts] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [7h 9d Ts 2d] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nordlending: shows [Kc Ks] (a pair of Kings)
stevejpa: shows [6c Ac] (a pair of Aces)
stevejpa collected 34036 from pot
stevejpa said, “yikes”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 34036 | Rake 0
Board [7h 9d Ts 2d As]
Seat 6: nordlending (big blind) showed [Kc Ks] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 10: stevejpa (button) (small blind) showed [6c Ac] and won (34036) with a pair of Aces

Paul-Ambrose continued to chip up. In the following hand, ‘nordlending’ made a couple shots at the pot, but an all in on the river led Paul-AMbrose to more chips in his quest to take the $100,000.

PokerStars Game #15694735695: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/02 – 18:17:59 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #10 is the button
Seat 6: nordlending (69774 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (30226 in chips)
nordlending: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts small blind 150
nordlending: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevejpa: raises 600 to 900
nordlending: raises 1800 to 2700
stevejpa: calls 1800
*** FLOP *** [7d 7c 9h]
nordlending: bets 3900
stevejpa: calls 3900
*** TURN *** [7d 7c 9h] [Tc]
nordlending: bets 6300
stevejpa: calls 6300
*** RIVER *** [7d 7c 9h Tc] [2c]
nordlending: checks
stevejpa: bets 17266 and is all-in
nordlending: folds
stevejpa collected 25920 from pot
stevejpa: doesn’t show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25920 | Rake 0
Board [7d 7c 9h Tc 2c]
Seat 6: nordlending (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 10: stevejpa (button) (small blind) collected (25920)

‘Nordlending’ made his normal button raise in this hand. Paul-Ambrose called the bet and they saw a flop. ‘Nordlending’ raised the flop and ended up turning a pair and rivering two pair to take a crucial pot away from Paul-Ambrose.

PokerStars Game #15694916764: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/02 – 18:25:34 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 6: nordlending (63384 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (36616 in chips)
nordlending: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts the ante 60
nordlending: posts small blind 150
stevejpa: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
nordlending: raises 600 to 900
stevejpa: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [Ts 2c 6d]
stevejpa: checks
nordlending: bets 1200
stevejpa: raises 2400 to 3600
nordlending: raises 4500 to 8100
stevejpa: calls 4500
*** TURN *** [Ts 2c 6d] [5h]
stevejpa: checks
nordlending: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ts 2c 6d 5h] [Ah]
stevejpa: checks
nordlending: bets 10800
stevejpa: calls 10800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nordlending: shows [5c As] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
stevejpa: mucks hand
nordlending collected 39720 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 39720 | Rake 0
Board [Ts 2c 6d 5h Ah]
Seat 6: nordlending (button) (small blind) showed [5c As] and won (39720) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 10: stevejpa (big blind) mucked

The end of the tournament came here. Paul-Ambrose, trying to get his hands on some chips in order to make a run at the tournament, put the money in preflop with king high and was called by ‘nordlending’s ace high.

PokerStars Game #15695261219: Tournament #78844185, $5000+$200 Hold’em No Limit – Level IV (150/300) – 2008/03/02 – 18:40:26 (ET)
Table ‘78844185 2′ 10-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 6: nordlending (92404 in chips)
Seat 10: stevejpa (7596 in chips)
nordlending: posts the ante 60
stevejpa: posts the ante 60
nordlending: posts small blind 150
stevejpa: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
nordlending: raises 600 to 900
stevejpa: raises 6636 to 7536 and is all-in
nordlending: calls 6636
*** FLOP *** [Qc 6d As]
*** TURN *** [Qc 6d As] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 6d As 7d] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stevejpa: shows [6h Kh] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
nordlending: shows [4c Ad] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
nordlending collected 15192 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15192 | Rake 0
Board [Qc 6d As 7d Qh]
Seat 6: nordlending (button) (small blind) showed [4c Ad] and won (15192) with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 10: stevejpa (big blind) showed [6h Kh] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sixes

Because no deal was made, ‘nordlending’ won the entire $100,000, and Steve Paul-Ambrose left the tournament with nothing.

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