Another huge field turned out this week for the Super Tuesday, with the 635 entrants tying for the fourth-largest Super Tuesday field ever (the record being 663). That meant $635,000 was up for grabs -- greater than twice the $300K guarantee -- with the highest 72 finishers splitting up the prize pool. And after greater than 11-and-a-half hours it was Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm of Denmark topping everyone to earn this week's title.
Elgstrøm ended up earning a $74,868.06 payday for the win after a six-handed final table deal, with runner-up Shhh00kem of Canada actually picking slightly more by eliminating $75,354.41 and fifth-place finisher 1dönertasche of Germany also realizing a pleasant $71,527.98 payday.
But it took a large number of poker beforehand to get to that time. Here's the tale of ways this week's tourney played out.
It took about five-and-a-half hours for the sphere to be whittled all the way down to 73 players remaining at which point a lengthy period of hand-for-hand began. A FEW Team Online members were among those to move out relatively shy of the money as Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur was eliminated in 119th, then Caio "pessagno" Pessagno was knocked out in 76th after losing his short stack with T♦T♠ to üä-qaypö.wsx's J♠J♣.
Among the various players still sitting with below average chips was Matt "salty14" Salsberg, who took to Twitter to explain his plight.
It wasn't long after that tweet that LORDXFLVCKO became the unlucky 73rd-place finisher and the bubble had burst.
Alas for Salsberg, his dinner can be coming earlier than later after you have knocked out by one of the most two opponents he'd mentioned before, Zo "pakmanmma" Karim. Salsberg ran his 6♥6♠ into Karim's K♥K♣ to lose his last nine big blinds and exit in 59th. Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka would then exit moments later when his A♦7♦ couldn't outdraw TiltMeBig's 9♣9♦ and he hit the rail in 57th, like Salsberg cashing for $2,222.50.
It wasn't long after knocking out Jaka that TiltMeBig had risen to the highest spot within the counts because the first player to 300,000 because the field shrunk below 30.
They'd just crossed the eight-hour mark when Zo "pakmanmma" Karim finally went out in 20th, then young diam18 followed in 19th with both earning $3,810 for his or her efforts. With two tables left TiltMeBig was still there with a normal stack while Shhh00kem had moved out in front with greater than 430,000 with goleafsgo41 the closest challenger with about 290,000.
It would take another hour-and-a-half for the following eight to go, with SerPol999 (18th), Thomas "ttesone" Tesone (17th), and xerox206 (16th) each earning $5,080; Vampyboy (15th), medmar (14th), and Saul "iCeVeNoM" Khalili (13th) getting rid of $6,350 apiece; and WICKED617 (12th) and sincinaty118 (11th) both cashing for $7,620.
With 10 left hand-for-hand play commenced once more, and after some time a hand developed during which TiltMeBig raised from the button and both goleafsgo41 (small blind) and Timorm1 (big blind) called. Then following a K♠8♠T♦ flop goleafsgo41 checked, Timorm1 bet, TiltMeBig called, goleafsgo41 check-raised, Timorm1 folded, TiltMeBig shoved, and goleafsgo41 called.
goleafsgo41 showed K♥Q♦ for prime pair of kings but was behind TiltMeBig's A♠A♥, and when the following two streets brought a few fives, goleafsgo41 had finished in 10th for $7,620.
With that hand pushing TiltMeBig back into first position, the overall table was underway.
Seat 1: Batistu10 (Brazil) -- 174,541
Seat 2: TiltMeBig (Sweden) -- 821,744
Seat 3: milldollbaby (Norway) -- 124,773
Seat 4: Shhh00kem (Canada) -- 697,112
Seat 5: Timorm1 (Israel) -- 346,924
Seat 6: PingoPingwin (Poland) -- 249,575
Seat 7: 1dönertasche (Germany) -- 178,006
Seat 8: Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson (Macao) -- 235,651
Seat 9: Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm (Denmark) -- 346,674
It was a last table with nine different countries represented, including EPT6 London champion Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson playing from Macao. Gustavson tweeted the scoop of his having made it that far to his followers because the first final table hand was dealt.
Gustavson was regarding the large $120,015 prize originally scheduled for the winner, although as things ultimately played out, the overall table deal can be spreading the rest prize money out among several players.
It wasn't long before the following elimination occurred. The blinds were at 4,500/9,000 when 1dönertasche raised 2x to 18,000 from middle position, then it folded around to milldollbaby within the big blind who three-bet to 41,580 and 1dönertasche called. The flop came A♣A♠4♥, and milldollbaby check-called of venture of 21,512 from 1dönertasche. The turn then brought the 9♦ and another check from milldollbaby. This time 1dönertasche shoved all in and milldollbaby called with the 123,556 left behind.
milldollbaby had Q♦Q♥ for aces and queens, but 1dönertasche had trip aces with A♥Q♣. The river was the 3♦, and milldollbaby was done in ninth.
Two hands later Timorm1 was nearly felted after losing a preflop all-in with Q♦J♦ versus PingoPingwin's A♥K♥. Then the following hand saw leader TiltMeBig raise the minimum to 20,000 from the hijack seat, Shhh00ken reraise to 44,222 from the cutoff, then Timorm1 call all in from the button for just 22,505.
The blinds and TiltMeBig folded, then Shhh00kem showed A♦9♦ and Timorm1 J♣9♣. The board ran out six-high, coming 4♥6♦2♠5♦4♦ to provide Shhh00kem a flush and knock Timorm1 out in eighth.
About an orbit later it was Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson open-raising all in from under the gun for 95,766 (about nine-and-a-half big blinds), then Batistu10 reraised from a few seats over and all folded. It was J♠9♠ for Gustavson and A♠J♥ for Batistu10, and when the community cards came 7♥K♦A♥J♦T♦, Gustavson's Super Tuesday run had led to seventh.
The remaining six made it to the 10-hour break, then decided to pause the tournament to talk about a potential take care of Shhh00kem and 1dönertasche the chip leaders.
Both "ICM" and "chip chop" numbers were produced (leaving $6,000 for which to play), and the following discussion lasted for almost half an hour. Finally a deal according to the "chip chop" figures was agreed upon, with Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm (in third position) managing to convince everyone but Shhh00kem and TiltMeBig to present him just a little extra before a deal was struck.
Soon after play resumed, it was TiltMeBig min-raising to 24,000 from early position, then watching Elgstrøm reraise to 57,475 from the large blind. TiltMeBig responded with an all-in push for 263,745, and CMoosepower called without hesitation.
TiltMeBig and A♠J♣ while CMoosepower turned over Q♥Q♣. The flop brought an ace, but a queen as well, coming 2♣Q♠A♥. The turn was the 6♥ and river the A♣, meaning TiltMeBig's trip aces weren't enough against Elgstrøm's full house, thus ending TiltMeBig's night in sixth.
Soon it was 1dönertasche raising to 24,000 from the button, CMoosepower reraising to 64,375 from the small blind, and 1dönertasche calling. The flop came T♦5♠8♦, Elgstrøm bet 71,250, and 1dönertasche called. The turn was the T♠, pairing the board. Elgstrøm's bet 134,275 this time, and when 1dönertasche shoved for 486,177, CMoosepower called.
Both players had made trips, it turned out, but CMoosepower's A♠T♥ gave him a greater kicker than 1dönertasche who had Q♥T♣. The river was the 3♠, and 1dönertasche was eliminated in fifth.
The blinds moved to 7,000/14,000, then a hand arose that saw PingoPingwin raise to 28,000 from UTG, then Shhh00kem reraise to 70,000 from the large blind. PingoPingwin then pushed for 520,691 and Shhh00kem called.
PingoPingwin showed A♠J♥ but needed help against Shhh00kem's A♣K♠. The board came 7♦7♠2♦, then 6♥, then T♦, and PingoPingWin was out in fourth.
On the very next hand, Batistu10 raised to 28,000 from the button, Shhh00kem reraised to 63,000 from the small blind, then Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm cold four-bet to 156,475 from the massive blind. Batistu10 then pushed all in for 668,521 and after Shhh00kem folded, CMoosepower called.
CMoosepower: A♣K♥
Batistu10: 5♠5♦
Batistu10's pocket pair was ahead before and after the 3♠T♠J♣ flop, however the Q♥ fell on fourth street to make a straight for Elgstrøm and make the river 9♦ regardless of. They were all the way down to two.
Heads-up began with Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm enjoying a bit of over a 2-to-1 chip lead with 2,143,519 to Shhh00kem's 1,031,481. Elgstrøm stayed in front for the following dozen hands, then Shhh00kem managed to double up with 5♥5♦ through CMoosepower's A♣T♥ to sneak in front by a couple of chips.
But Elgstrøm soon moved back ahead and by the point the 11-hour break arrived had built up over 2 million again. The pair would ultimately battle another 40 minutes more, with the lead swinging from side to side a pair more times before CMoosepower again had his stack up around 2.1 million when the overall hand finally took place.
The blinds were as much as 10,000/20,000, and the hand began with Elgstrøm raising from the button to 40,000, Shhh00kem reraising to 100,000, then Elgstrøm four-betting to 220,000. Shhh00kem came back with an all-in push for 1,063,848, and CMoosepower called, turning over 8♦8♠ while Shhh00kem had A♠J♥.
The community cards brought no help to Shhh00kem, coming 7♠K♣8♣K♥Q♣, giving CMoosepower a whole house, the pot, and an excellent Tuesday title.
Congratulations to Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm for topping an enormous Super Tuesday field and hard final table to win this week's tourney, and kudos besides to Shhh00kem for a gritty heads-up battle and for doing away with a shade greater than Elgstrøm way to the six-handed chop.
12/3/13 Super Tuesday ($1,050 No-Limit Hold'em) results (*reflects six-way deal):
Players: 635
Prize pool: $635,000
Places paid: 72
1. Christian "CMoosepower" Elgstrøm (Denmark) -- $74,868.06*
2. Shhh00kem (Canada) -- $75,354.41*
3. Batistu10 (Brazil) -- $41,541.37*
4. PingoPingwin (Poland) -- $56,080.71*
5. 1dönertasche (Germany) -- $71.527.98*
6. TiltMeBig (Sweden) -- $63,532.47*
7. Aaron "Aguskb" Gustavson (Macao) -- $20,637.50
8. Timorm1 (Israel) -- $14,287.50
9. milldollbaby (Norway) -- $9,715.50
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Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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