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Acumen53 takes down Full Tilt poker 750k for $132,788

Full Tilt poker hosted its’ weekly 750k guarantee tournament on April 6, 2008. The prize pool did not exceed the 750,000 minimum guarantee since only 3,551 players participated in this event. Only one Full tilt pro managed to finish in the money, Chris Klecz, at 500th place.
The final table went underway after 8 hours and lasted for another hour. just 8 players, since 9th and 10th place finishers were both knocked out during the same time at hand for hand play. “LasloEsq” was chip leader starting off with “ThePusher1186” not far behind in second place. However, “Acumen53”, one of the starting short stacks, quickly chipped up after knocking out 3 players. “LasloEsq” would also knockout 3 players to go heads up with “Acumen53”. The two played it out heads up until “LasloEsq” made a crucial bluff, but was caught and eliminated. “Acumen53” would go on to outlast 3,550 for a total $132,788.

The final players and payouts (8th to 1st):

1. acumen53 – $132,788
2. LasloEsq – $80,250
3. THEPUSHER1186 – $52,500
4. Micro-Xtreme – $41,400
5. Plz_Stop_Lookin – $31,050
6. shuriken555 – $23,025
7. DMZ99 – $17,250
8. Skalpell – $13,500
9. macadamion – $10,050

A) 750k knockout 1: A 10 vs. K J