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I’ve been playing poker at the Aviation Club in Paris for the last week.

I busted out on day 2 of the 1k Silver EFOP event in 17th or 18th place which was in the money and tantalisingly close to the bigger payouts.

It was a tough event in some respects. I’m not exactly well known for being a night owl so any poker tournament that doesn’t even start until 8pm is going to be tough for me.

The idea of playing until the wee hours and then having to come back with a small stack didn’t appeal to me which meant that I grew very used to saying the phrase ‘Tapis!’ which is French for ‘all in,’ in my attempt to go big or go home.

Sometimes in poker though, this just isn’t in your hands. I’d win one against a bigger stack, lose one against a smaller and stay hovering right around the same amount. Frustrating

Day 1

Our Day 1 ended up going an extra level (I have no idea why although I’m sure they explained it at length in French) so we didn’t even finish until 5am. That is not a time that I see often from the back end. Right at the end of the day, I lost a flip to Elky’s girlfriend. I really like Cathy and was glad to see her at my table but was less than happy to shovel most of my chips her way. It was such a standard spot though and we both made Day 2.

Day 2 – Bubble day

I began Day 2 with about (~21k) 9bb and as we were still 16 players away from the money, I wasn’t expecting much. It was my day though! I said ‘Tapis!’ five times in the first hour and managed to build up to 70k. I changed tables quite a few times and then ended up on the bubble, sat beside the lovely Remy Biechel. We’ve known each other for a few years and although we struggle with his English and my French, I love being able to chat to him. Mostly, we just smile at each other as he has one of the happiest smiles around. Sadly, he was the bubble boy so it was a short conversation with fewer smiles.

Once the bubble finally burst, everyone was quite short stacked. I was trying to find good spots for my stack and was involved in quite a few pots which meant my stack was fluctuating wildly. I lost a couple of flips and then got my last 15bb involved with A7 against an opponents A10 and that was it for me.

And on to the 2k Event

It was a hell of a lot of fun though and I’m really looking forward to getting into the 2k event tomorrow. I was incredibly grumpy at 5am this morning when I stomped back to the hotel thinking about Day 2 with 9bbs, but I’m glad I didn’t give up. It feels good to get a cash under my belt early in 2012!

The Turbo Championship of Online Poker consists of a series of turbo tournaments. Some of the events, like this one, are hyper turbo tournaments. It means three-minute levels and some of the fastest poker you’ll ever see. Or you might not see it if you blink. We haven’t blinked yet. And it’s probably not healthy.

With a hyper turbo structure, players must be prepared to make quick decisions, play more hands, and use those chips optimally … or lose them to blinds and antes. It requires a mindset that is on full speed and high alert. Ready, set, go!

Event 23 required a $ 150 + $ 3 buy-in, offered a $ 200K guarantee, and allowed only 30 minutes for late registration. Here’s what came of that:

Players: 2,995

Prize pool: $ 449,250.00

Paid players: 390

The action whipped along quickly, and hand-for-hand play for the money bubble happened only 46 minutes into the tournament with 392 players remaining. Seconds later, Vagnaum was eliminated in 391st place, and everyone else was guaranteed $ 260.56 for hanging in there.

Three players sporting the PokerStars logo made it into the money, and Team Online’s Kristian “CharismA3″ Martin was the first to be eliminated, leaving in 336th place. Team PokerStars Pro Marcin “Goral” Horecki was the next to go in 272nd place, and Team Online’s Kevin “WizardOfAhhs” Thurman (pictured below) finally left the party in 175th place with $ 449.25.

The second hour of play saw the field thin just as fast, with tables disappearing quickly and the final table rapidly approaching. About 20 minutes into that hour, seven tables remained, and only three tables were running at the 1.5-hour mark.

Didibearrr was eliminated in ninth and Zufall84 in eighth to bring on hand-for-hand play. Andy123460 raised from the small blind, and 4DTitle reraised all-in from the big blind. Andy123460 called with [9d][5h], which was behind the [Js][7d] of 4DTitle until the flop of [Tc][3c][9s]. The pair of nines held up to the [Ac] and [Kc], and 4DTitle was ousted in seventh place with $ 5,391.00.

Chip10Leader chip leader

The final table began in Level 34, with blinds of 100,000/200,000 and a 40,000 ante. Starting stacks were as follows:

Seat 1: andy123460 (2,073,794 in chips)

Seat 2: PULGUITO (1,571,106 in chips)

Seat 3: dave798111 (3,132,988 in chips)

Seat 4: LiMa171 (3,016,968 in chips)

Seat 5: Chip10Leader (4,548,345 in chips)

Seat 6: brikichiki (631,799 in chips)

Short-stacked brikichiki moved all-in on the second hand of action with [As][5s], and original raiser dave798111 called with [Jh][Js]. The board came [8h][Jc][2c][2h][6d], and the full house was more than enough to eliminate brikichiki in sixth place with $ 8,028.09.

Five hands later, LiMa171 moved all-in from early position, and PULGUITO called all-in from the big blind with [Qs][9s]. LiMa171 turned over a dominating [AH][Qh], and the kicker played as the board came [Qc][4c][8d][7h][4s]. PULGUITO was eliminated in fifth place with $ 15,723.75.

Andy123460 hit a big double-up through dave798111 to take the lead:

RSS readers click through to see replayDave798111 was all-in in the big blind on the very next hand, and Chip10Leader and andy123460 both called. They checked down the [2c][3h][5h][Qh][2h] board, and andy123460 showed [9h][3s] for the flush and won the main and side pots. Dave798111 was eliminated in fourth place with $ 24,708.75.

Deal it up, three ways

The last three players paused to discuss a chop, and they did finally agree to some numbers. With $ 4,000 extra to be paid to the winner, the payout figures were as follows:

Seat 1: andy123460 (6,968,581 in chips) = $ 54,753.94

Seat 4: LiMa171 (4,073,074 in chips) = $ 52,623.39

Seat 5: Chip10Leader (3,933,345 in chips) = $ 49,231.03

Chip10Leader then doubled through LiMa171 to take the chip lead, but a subsequent changed that. LiMa171 pushed that short stack all-in, and Chip10Leader reraised all-in. Andy123460 called all-in, and they showed these hands:

Chip10Leader: [As][5h]

Andy123460: [Jh][Jd]

LiMa171: [7h][5s]

The board came [Kh][6c][Td][Kc][2c], and the jacks won the side and main pots for andy123460. LiMa171 was gone in third place with $ 52,623.39.

Hyper turbo heads-up

The final two players started their battle with these counts:

Seat 1: andy123460 (13,956,891 in chips)

Seat 5: Chip10Leader (1,018,109 in chips)

Chip10Leader pushed on the first hand and doubled with [Ts][4s] over [8c][2c]. The next hand saw another double for Chip10Leader when [9c][6c] beat [Kc][8h] by making a flush.

The third hand saw Chip10Leader make another push, this time with [Qh][8c]. Andy123460 called with [Ah][Td], and the board blanked with [3c][Jc][6c][9h][Kh]. The ace held up as the high card and eliminated Chip10Leader in second place with $ 49,231.03.

Andy123460 won Event 23 of TCOOP and $ 58,753.94. Congrats!

TCOOP Event 23 ($ 153 NLHE 6-Max Hyper Turbo) Results (reflects deal):

1st place: andy123460 ($ 58,753.94)*

2nd place: Chip10Leader ($ 49,231.03)*

3rd place: LiMa171 ($ 52,623.39)*

4th place: dave798111 ($ 24,708.75)

5th place: PULGUITO ($ 15,723.75)

6th place: brikichiki ($ 8,028.09)

*Reflects three-way deal with $ 4K extra for the winner

There are many more TCOOP events on the schedule. Check out the main page for updates, leaderboard information, and a full schedule of events.

French player Yann Brosolo, sponsored by Titan.fr, yesterday won the Euro Finals of Poker (EFOP) Gold Championship for a first prize of €70,000. After three days of poker action at the Aviation Club de France in Paris, Brosolo defeated Samir Choubani in heads-up play when his pair of sixes bettered Choubani’s K 8 on an unmatched board.

Choubani had been chipleader going into the final day of play but had to settle for second place, worth €62,500. Brosolo’s win was the biggest cashout of his career.

In December, Brosolo finished in 5^th place at the EPT Prague €5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event for a €35,000 prize.

Every year the Aviation Club hosts the EFOP tournaments, a series of events that in addition to the €2,000 buy-in Gold Championship also stages a flagship €5,000 buy-in Diamond Championship tournament and a €10,000 high roller event.

The winners of the European Poker Awards will be announced at the Aviation Club as part of the festivities. Team Titan’s Sam Trickett is nominated for two awards, both Player of the Year and Best Tournament Performance.

The image is from the Poker 52 magazine website.

I’m having a great time staying here at Crown Towers for the Aussie Millions. I go to a private area every morning to have breakfast and see all the tennis stars from the Australian Open that is being held out here at the moment.

No cooked breakfasts for them but in my time in the dining area i am able to reveal a few of their dietary delicacies. I have something very much in common with these stars at the peak of their sporting prowess.

Every single one of them seems to have had yellowtail sashimi at some point, some with jalapenos, some without. I have seen Andy Roddick eat three portions of yellowtail a number of times and have seen lots of new style salmon, baby spinach salad with dry miso.

Tennis players seem to eat sashimi by the bucket load – something they very much have in common with us poker players.

Roddick likes poker

I’m no Phil Hellmuth so you won’t see my tweets going ‘met Andy Roddick who said hi Phil, you’re the greatest – how about poker lessons in exchange for tennis lessons,’ but i know Roddick likes poker so I may have to test his mettle and heart over the next week if his schedules allow.

As I write this i have just been in the area and saw Maria Sharapova. I’m not normally a fan of Russian – Americans (Ralph Perry) but if Maria is open minded I am quite willing to lend her the guiding hand of Tony G to lead her down the path of righteousness. Who else have I seen? Andy Murray – he was smiling, Caroline Wozniacki – she seems like a nice fun girl. These tennis stars seem to get younger and younger though so it is a good job the Devilfish isn’t here.

Rising star

The player who seems to attract the most attention here though is Chinese tennis star Li Na – she reached the finals of the Australian Open last year and went on to win the French Open. I was walking to Nobu to have some yellowtail sashimi, as you do, when i saw this lady and dozens of autograph hunters. I was thinking who is that? Then i see the sun tan marks where she wore the sweat bands. It also turns out she is sponsored by Crown – she’s in the same stable as Joe Hachem. All Crown need to do now is sign me to join Joe and Li and they’ll have a winning team that qualifies. I have my PartyPoker sponsorship (and am hoping to get an exclusive corporate chequebook soon) but the G isn’t going to say no to another endorsement.

100k tournament

In the meantime I am preparing for Sunday’s 100k tournament. I had an entrance planned but it has run into some issues. I may have to enter merely as the businessman poker player which is disappointing. I’m in a relaxed mood due to my professional tennis diet though so perhaps it is the best course of action. Zasko is off guarding the empire and he had a falling out with his mate TJ over the marble of the wagyu they get so i have no pet buddies with me this time.

What about the cash games here? Patrik needs to get back to the table methinks – this weekend will get lively i predict. The nippy chiwawa Mr Negreanu and others get into town. I also heard Durrrr is on his way and that you cannot rule out an appearance from Ivey – we’ll see. I will also be joining my sponsors’ most qualified (yes those who have Aussie Millions packages) for dinner on Saturday night.

Yesterday two new members of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame were inducted – congratulations to David Gorr and Jason Gray. Both really deserve this but now they should get to the table so i can take everything they have.

Triple Stud. Three variants of stud poker rolled into one. Three times the Stud fun. And during the 2012 TCOOP, they come at three times the normal pace.

By PokerStars’ lofty standards, the turnout was modest for 2012 TCOOP Event 12, $ 33 Triple Stud. 1,720 stud aficianados and / or people who decided, “What the heck?” registered for the tournament. Those who managed to finish in the top 224 were guaranteed a minimum of $ 52.11. Numbered among those 1,720 were ten members of Team PokerStars. Only one of them, Team Pro Henrique Pinho, received any return on their buy-in. Pinho finished in 199th place, good enough to make the second rung of the prize ladder.

From there the action was already being driven by the relentless increases in limits. The average chip count quickly dropped to between 4 and 5 big bets – enough to play one hand to the river – and stayed there for the rest of the tournament. Elimination could be brutally quick, an unusual feature for Stud, which is often thought of as a very slow game.

A double elimination during 120k/240k Razz created an eight-handed final table that looked like this:

Seat 1: Paokgeorge (2045297 in chips)

Seat 2: capotinha (387752 in chips)

Seat 3: LarssonDJ (1111885 in chips)

Seat 4: LAMBTON (475682 in chips)

Seat 5: vpisjak (693344 in chips)

Seat 6: aless_84 (1351972 in chips)

Seat 7: YaaGy (1272580 in chips)

Seat 8: Oddla (1261488 in chips)

Cutting things down to size

The average stack to start the final table was 1,075,000, less than five big bets. With antes of 24,000 and a bring-in of 36,000, even big-stacked Paokgeorge didn’t have much breathing room. But these players knew what they were in for when they signed up for a turbo triple stud tournament (we hope!).

capotinha started the table as the short stack and was also the first player eliminated. After being whittled down to 103,752, capotinha made a stand during the Stud Hi/Lo round with [9d][ks] / [ac]. YaaGy started with split aces and finished with trip aces for high and a 6-4 for low. capotinha could only muster a lowly pair of jacks and reported to the rail in 8th place.

vpisjak was also among the short stacks to start the final table. Shortly after capotinha’s elimination, and still during the Stud Hi/Lo round, vpisjack got all in on 3rd street with three babies, [4h][ac] / [5h]. Oddla took a flyer with [8s][qc] / [as], a hand that turned into two pair, queens and sevens, with no low. vpisjak only improved to a pair of 5s and was bounced out in 7th place.

The last hand of 200k/400k Stud Hi produced the 6th-place finisher. YaaGy’s fortunes had bounced a few times already at the final table when, down to 333,000, YaaGy went with [qd][ts] / [8d]. That hand didn’t improve to anything better than ace-high – which was just barely worse than the pair of deuces that Paokgeorge mustered by the river. YaaGy was out.

 

Take the money and run

At 250k/500k Razz, the average stack had dipped to just 3.5 big bets. The remaining five players decided to try to work out a deal, rather than to rely on luck the rest of the way. Once the chip-chop numbers were delivered, each player quickly agreed to the deal, leaving the $ 500 set-aside as all that remained to be determined.

The 300k/600k round of Stud Hi/Lo claimed aless_84 in 5th place. aless_84 was all in on third street with three small cards, [4d][8h] / [2d], but only improved to a pair of 4s. LarssonDJ showed down two pair, aces and fives, to claim the pot and the knockout. Two hands later Oddla followed aless_84 to the rail at the hands of LAMBTON. Oddla was forced to make a play with [kd][4s] / [td] and, by the river, couldn’t beat LAMBTON’s two pair, aces and eights.

Down to three players, Paokgeorge received no love from the deck. Battered and bruised in successive hands, Paokgeorge finally knuckled under in the Stud Hi round after starting with [3s] [7c] /[4s] and failing to make anything. LarssonDJ collected the pot comfortably, having made 10s and 9s by fifth street and not even having to sweat the river card.

The heads-up battle between LAMBTON and LarssonDJ lasted all of five hands. LAMBTON won four of them – including the final hand:

RSS readers: click through to see replayOn this day, the slow game of Stud became a fast-paced game. And the LAMBTON went out like a lion in victory.

2012 TCOOP Event 12 $ 33 Triple Stud results (reflects five-way deal):

* 1st: LAMBTON ($ 5,432.65)

* 2nd: LarssonDJ ($ 4,934.27)

* 3rd: Paokgeorge ($ 7,628.23)

* 4th: Oddla ($ 4,365.92)

* 5th: aless_84 ($ 4,213.14)

6th: YaaGy ($ 1,548.00)

7th: vpisjak ($ 1,032.00)

8th: capotinha ($ 516.00)

Today is Day 3 of the 2012 TCOOP. There are still eight more days to go. You can find a complete schedule of events, including all satellites, on the TCOOP Main Page.

From the Crown Casino in Melbourne it’s the Aussie Millions with Jungle Man and Tony G. Join us as Daniel Cates aka Jungleman talks more about his recent 100K challenge he made at the recent WPT in Prague.

Opening Day. A magical time for fans and players alike in any sporting contest. Everyone on equal footing, no week-long road trips away from spouses and kids, no massive injuries to the team’s star player that signed a $ 100 million contract in the offseason. No brutal losing streaks that have you doubt why you play this game or root for this team. The grass in the infield is freshly cut, untouched by cleats as the fresh paint from the sidelines still emits a slight buzzing smell. Then the rivals score in the first 30 seconds of the match and your beer gets spilt from the goon on your right while you begin to question “why did I make this trip”. Today’s 2012 Turbo Championship of Online Poker Event #3 NLHE Shootout had 5,561 forwarding their $ 134 buy-ins for a shot not only at the $ 25 bounties but the $ 86,993.63 first prize which stands to make someone happy they showed up on Opening Day.

Right at the two hour and fifteen minute mark min-raises were spread out over 81 different tables as the big stacks dared those nursing a small stack to make the call for their bounty and tournament life. zzzFFFzzz held fast to 188 chips surviving the bubble, bullara12′s short stack however would not as the remaining 720 players would make at least $ 177.95 plus any $ 25 bounties they picked up on the way. Within a mere five minutes of the bubble breaking so were the tables as 100 players made their way to the door with cash in hand.

Ten minutes later nearly 200 players would travel to the rail, but remaining three lovely players with Red Spades by their names remained. Friend of PokerStars, deadly CounterStrike pro Charlotte Van “sjlot” Brabander getting the 2012 TCOOP off to a good start with a cash, along with South Korean Team PokerStars Pro Vivian Im, and someone who needs no introduction Team Pro Liv Boeree.

Vivian Im and Brabander would meet their tournament end at the same time. With blinds at 3500/7000 ante 875, Brabander would open shove from the button holding a scant 25,394 in chips as parsol2009 in the big blind debated a call. Holding [Tc][As] the call was made as “Sjlot” needed some spades showing [2s][4s]. Ace on the door and spadeless flop [Ah] [6d] [9d] made the comeback difficult, the [Ts] on the turn made it impossible as Brabander took home $ 289.17 in 254th place. Just as the blinds moved up to 4K/8K ante 1K Vivian would be all-in from UTG for 44,693 chips holding pocket treys [3d][3c] and up against the call of KuosiKK1 who flipped up [9h][Ac] . A clean flop [Jd][5s][Kc] looked good for the APPT Cebu champ but the [Ad] hit the turn and blank river [Qd] ended Vivian’s night in 252nd place ($ 300.29).

Liv would lose a decent sized 193,430 chip pot on the river just before the third hour break and get knocked down under the average chip count holding 138,407 chips with chip leader Cherryforwin holding the only million chip stack and 113 players left.

SCOOP champ RunThisTable would appear up in the chip lead along with Audit TT owner (from Turbo Takedown win) SixthSenSe19, and Boeree staying alive as the field was trimmed to just five tables of nine half way through the fourth hour of play.

Yikes.

Things would come to a sudden end for our remaining Team Pro. With the blinds at 20K/40K ante 5K Liv would find a rare occurrence in the small blind with a chance to open the betting. She would take her 306,656 chips and pressure the big blind with a shove daring soulwally77 to make the call. souwally77 made a soul read and called with [Ad][4s], the UK pro flipped up a light queen [Qs][2d]. Ace on the door [Ac] [8c] [Jc] [3s] [5d] would end the Team PokerStars Pro’s TCOOP run in 38th place ($ 1,112.20) as the tournament continued to barrel towards the final table.

 

SixthSenSe19 would be the first to three and four million chips as we hit the final two tables before the fourth hourly break and seemingly an all-in on every other hand dealt as SlaterDaKing and his Scrooge McDuck avatar leapt into the lead after taking down a massive four million chip pot against WRM79, rivering a full house against WRM79′s flopped straight. 12 players would go to the break with blinds at 60K/120K ante 15K, about the average blinds before the start of the Sunday Warm-Up final table but these blinds would increase every five minutes, and the average stack here holding under 20BBs.

SixthSenSe19 would take care of segun88 in 12th place ($ 3,308.79) after his big slick stayed the course over segun88′s AQ. Not much after segun88′s seat was vacated, a massive 3.7 million chip three-way pot developed on the opposite table between RunThisTable, bogmar79, and falco330. Watch the video below to find out who won:

RunThisTable would run this hand after out running falco330′s pocket sevens [7s][7h] and bogmar79′s [Qc][Kc] with his big slick [Kh][As] to chalk up 3.7 million chips and another major final table!

 

Seat 1: RunThisTable (5333285 in chips)

Seat 2: spetsern (2237912 in chips)

Seat 3: SlaterDaKing (2260922 in chips)

Seat 4: TomAmater (2218957 in chips)

Seat 5: FrenszKK (2986698 in chips)

Seat 6: SixthSenSe19 (6151142 in chips)

Seat 7: remior (1650812 in chips)

Seat 8: Kynu KynoH (2053537 in chips)

Seat 9: TODO ADENTR0 (2911735 in chips)

Massive downswing

Despite winning that huge pot to start up the final table, RunThisTable would not dash away with the first TCOOP/SCOOP title double. After doubling up TODO ADENTR0 and remior, RunThisTable was left with just 1.2 million chips and blinds at 100K/200K ante 25K when he found a place to open shove in the small blind, but spetsern was there with enough chips to make the call holding two face cards [Kc][Jh]. [Tc][6d] caught a ten on the flop, but spetsern also paired up hitting a jack [Jc] [Th] [5h] [Ac] [4h] which carried spetsern to victory and RunThisTable to a disappointing ninth place finish ($ 4,448.80).
Three-way again?

We do not pretend to know what players do on the their own time, but another massive three-way pot would break out while still in the 100K/200K ante 25K level. 12.3 million chips in the middle with SixthSenSe19 covering both remior, and TomAmater. Check out this huge pot below:

SixthSenSe19 [Kc][Jc]

remior [Ah][As]

TomAmater [Ts][9s]

The aces would hold on the [7c] [5s] [Ks] [9d] [7d] board netting remior the 9.1 million main pot and SixthSenSe19 would eliminate TomAmater in eighth place ($ 6,951.25) after racking up the 3.1 million chip side pot.
I can see your chips in my stack

SixthSenSe19 thriving once again late in a big tournament, and would gain even more chips after this hand. Five hands after that chipmongous three-way, SixthSenSe19 would min-raise from UTG+1 as SlaterDaKing called out of the big blind. [9c][7h][7c] flop got SlaterDaKing to shove for just over a million chips as SixthSenSe19 made the call. Two overs and two clubs for SixthSenSe19 [Qc][Jc] as SlaterDaKing found top pair [Td][9d]. [5h] was safe but the club on the river [5c] notched a win for SixthSenSe19 and $ 12,512.25 for SlaterDaKing in seventh place.
I’ll remior you tomorrow

Or maybe not. As the all-in hands at this point have started to meld together into a massive card frenzy with $ 86K still standing for the player who survives this storm of flips. As the blinds moved up to 125K/250K ante 31,250 spetsern needed to make something happen with just 1.2 million as the short stack and shoved from the hijack seat as remior with chips to spare also shoved from the small blind for 9.8 million just in case Kynu KynoH felt frisky in the big blind. No call from Kynu as remior showed the superior ace [Ts][Ad] to spetsern’s [Ac][9c]. spetsern would grab a couple of extra outs on the [5c][8c][7d] flop. Ok more than a couple… but they remained “outs” instead of “wins” as the 2.9 million chip pot moved to remior after the rest of the board blanked [Js][Kd] ending spetsern’s night in sixth place ($ 18,073.25).
Todo finally gets off the tornado ride

No ruby slippers tonight for TODO ADENTR0 after this whirlwind final table ride, he would have to settle for fifth place money ($ 23,634.25) after trying to intimidate FrenszKK with a shove from the button with [7d][Ks] and 1.4 million chips and getting FrenszKK to call holding [Ts][Ad] in the small blind for just a little less. A [3s] [Tc] [Td] [6h] [Ac] board would knock TODO ADENTR0 down to just 1,565 chips or just about the amount of starting chips in a normal Sit and Go. Despite a quadruple-up, TODO ADENTR0′s chips and bounty would fall to SixthSenSe19 in the next hand in fifth place.
Namesake hand = Fourth place

Cannot blame FrenszKK for shoving all-in from the button with the namesake [Kh][Ks] over a min-raise by remior in the cutoff with the blinds at 150K/300K ante 37,500. Nor can anyone blame remior calling with [Ah][8h] while holding 8.5 million chips. But, the kings would get brutally cracked with remior’s turned two pair [2d] [8c] [7c] [Ac] [2s] leaving FrenszKK to re-think that name in fourth place ($ 31,419.65).
Big stack to the little stack “your chips are mine”

With the blinds moving up to 200K/400K ante 50K remior took full advantage of the shorten table and 15.08 million chips in his stack. SixthSenSe19 would fold as remior put Kynu KynoH to the test by shoving from the small blind. Holding 2.9 million chips and a middle suited king [8s][Ks] Kynu KynoH made the call as remior showed the middle ace [Ad][6c]. The club splattered board [Tc] [6s] [9c] [4c] [7c] would give the chip leader an additional 6.7 million chips as Kynu KynoH bid farewell in third place ($ 45,878.25).
Even chop or play on?

remior said “deal?”

SixthSenSe19 said “even?”

No, was the answer from remior offering to give 5K but no more, so the two started up heads-up play with remior holding a 18.4 million to 9.3 million chip lead. By hand nine SixthSenSe19 would even things up but still no even chop so the players were determined to play it out for the entire $ 86,993.63 first prize.
Epic battle (in turbo years)

The 14 minute heads-up battle in a turbo tournament would be comparable to a long lasting Sunday Major game for the title. With the blinds at 300K/600K ante 75K, remior now down 8.5 million to SixthSenSe19′s 19.2 million would shove from the button holding a suited king [Kd][2d] hoping to take down the blinds. Instead SixthSenSe19 woke up with [Ac][Ts] and made the call. Ten on the flop [Tc][2s][8c] and claimed the 2012 Event #3 TCOOP title with a [Td] on the turn to win $ 86,993.63 and the most important $ 25 bounty of this shootout tournament.
2012 Event #3 TCOOP $ 250,000 guarantee NLHE Shootout results (01-19-12):

1. SixthSenSe19 (Uruguay) $ 86,993.63

2. remior (Poland) $ 64,785.65

3. Kynu KynoH (Russia) $ 45,878.25

4. FrenszKK (Hungary) $ 31,419.65

5. TODO ADENTR0 (Mexico) $ 23,634.25

6. spetsern (Norway) $ 18,073.25

7. SlaterDaKing (Germany) $ 12,512.25

8. TomAmater (Czech Republic) $ 6,951.25

9. RunThisTable (Canada) $ 4,448.80

That’s right folks you too could be winning your share of our $ 1 million promotion on 5th February

Starts: 00:00 ET, 7 November 2011
Ends: 13:30 ET, 05 February 2012

Our Winter Million promotion is your big chance to play for a million dollar prize pool. So make sure you kick off 2012 with a blistering bankroll when you cash in this tournament. And the best part is you can compete for this giant prize pool for as little as $ 1.

Just to let you know we’ve already kicked off our $ 1 qualifiers so join the action now and view the full qualifying structure to start planning your route to the Winter Million final table.

To join the action, secure your seat in the main event on 5th February.

The 2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, is taking place at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The series encompasses 26 separate events, including the prestigious AUD$ 10,600 No Limit Holdem Main Event. Team Titan’s Sam Trickett and Marvin Rettenmaier are in Australia ready to take their seats.

Last year, Sam enjoyed huge success at the Aussie Millions. He won the AUD$ 100,000 Challenge for a prize of AUD$ 1,525,000 and followed that up days later with a second place finish in the AUD$ 250,000 Super High Roller for a prize of AUD$ 1,400,000. Will he be able to repeat his success this year?

Each year Titan Poker stages satellite tournaments awarding winning players with seats to the Aussie Millions Main Event. In addition, the professional poker players of Team Titan make annual appearances at the Australian tournaments. In 2010, Canadian Sorel Mizzi finished in 3^rd place in the Main Event, and he went on to become Team Titan’s captain. In 2011, Sorel again made the Main Event final table and finished in 9^th place.

The 2012 Australian poker championship series kicked off on January 12^th with a $ 1,000 + $ 100 No Limit Hold’em event that was won by Australian Brendon Rubie. A total of 946 players participated in the event and Rubie took home the first prize of AUD$ 200,000 as well as an Aussie Millions gold ring.

In celebration of the Aussie Millions’ 10th anniversary, a special Tournament of Champions will be held on January 21^st, the day before the Main Event begins. Eight previous Main Event winners will compete for a lifetime of buy-ins to the Aussie Millions Main Event, a so-called “golden ticket.” The eight previous champions who will compete will be Peter Costa (2003), Tony Bloom (2004), Jamil Dia (2005), Lee Nelson (2006), Gus Hansen (2007), Stewart Scott (2009), Tyron Krost (2010), and David Gorr (2011).

When online tournaments and live events collide, the online events sometimes take the hit. As the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure wound down in the sunny Bahamas resort, the Women’s Sunday actually saw a dip in the usual numbers. Poker fatigue? Sunburn? It’s anyone’s guess.

The PCA did, in fact, wind down just yesterday, and Friday saw the final table of the PS Women Live Ladies Event. It was an exciting event that drew 75 players and a $ 72,750 prize pool, allowing the final eight to be paid. And in the end, Kathy Saraf beat Lauren Kling to take the title and $ 25,460 for first place. Kling was awarded $ 16,010 for her second place, the same finish as in last year’s event. Updates were provided on our PS Women Facebook page.

And that brings us to the Women’s Sunday to wrap up an exciting week in women’s poker. The final numbers for today’s tournament:

Total players: 250
Prize pool: $ 12,500.00
Paid finishers: 36

There were two women in the field with special $ 50 bounties on their virtual heads, and they were members of Team PokerStars Pro. Ana Marquez of Spain was the first to be eliminated not long into the tournament, and Celina Lin of Macau was out shortly after.

Past the two-hour mark of the tournament, the money bubble burst when Solo Futte exited in 37th place. Way2lucky247 became the first woman to cash today, taking home $ 93.75 for the 36th place finish. Other familiar names followed, like Sisa4ok, Princesa, and Hedda C.

Just past the three-hour mark, the final table bubble neared after sexyhands was eliminated in 11th place. Hand-for-hand play saw a huge double-up for luana_pad through Camogie, and short-stacked Livia Leigh doubled through sanosan34. Then 9872512 doubled through Camogie, leaving the latter super short.

Camogie then moved all-in with [Qh][Js], and Livia Leigh called with [Ah][9h]. The board of [8s][9c][Jh][Ac][9s] gave Livia Leigh the full house and left Camogie out in tenth place with $ 200.00.

On the other table, there was action on the same hand, as former Women’s Sunday champion Lizetta moved all-in with [3s][3d] preflop, but Sabirova123 called with [Ac][Ad]. The board of [8s][Qh][8h][Ah][Qc] prevented Lizetta from going for a second title, out in ninth place today for $ 237.50.

Luana_pad leads eight-player table

At the beginning of Level 18, the final table began with blinds of 2,000/4,000 with a 400 ante. Players’ starting stacks were:

Seat 1: sanosan34 (45,606 in chips)
Seat 2: Sabirova123 (166,682 in chips)
Seat 3: mamalice (64,428 in chips)
Seat 4: luana_pad (192,032 in chips)
Seat 6: 9872512 (67,786 in chips)
Seat 7: whiteshad155 (109,302 in chips)
Seat 8: Livia Leigh (63,910 in chips)
Seat 9: QUACK$ ON 007 (40,254 in chips)

The eight-person final table started with more big action, and QUACK$ ON 007 doubled through Sabirova123 on the third hand of the final table.

Three hands after that, sanosan34 raised a hand, only to be reraised all-in by luana_pad. Sanosan34 called all-in with [Kd][9h], and luana_pad showed [Ad][Qc]. The latter found two pair on the [2d][8c][Qh][6s][As] board, eliminating sanosan34 in eighth place with $ 312.50.

The 9872512 takeover

After 9872512 doubled through mamalice, the latter was riding a short stack and moved all-in on the next hand from the small blind. Priginal raiser Livia Leigh called, as did luana_pad from the big blind. the flop of [Ac][2h][Td] prompted a bet from Livia Leigh and fold from luana_pad, and Livia Leigh showed [Ad][Kc] for top pair. Mamalice was at risk with [3c][2s] and bottom pair. The [8s] and [Ah] finished the board with trip aces for Livia Leigh, and mamalice exited in seventh place with $ 437.50.

Then 9872512 doubled again, this time through Sabirova123, and again the latter was in trouble. Sabirova123 moved all-in preflop for less than 32K with [Ks][Td], and 9872512 was there with [Qh][Qd]. The board of [Js][8d][Qs][Jd][4c] delivered a full house to 9872512, and Sabirova123 had to depart in sixth place with $ 562.50.

By that time, 9872512 held a two-to-one lead over second place and seemed to dominate the final table of five.

In other action, QUACK$ ON 007 doubled through launa_pad, and whiteshad155 did the same, putting a dent in launa_pad’s stack.

Just after the 3.5-hour break, Livia Leigh made her move preflop from the small blind with [As][Jh]. QUACK$ ON 007 called from the big blind with [Kd][Qc] but caught the flop of [2c][Kc][7h]. The turn of [7s] and river of [Td] kept QUADK$ ON 007 in the lead to eliminate Livia Leigh in fifth place with $ 725.00.

Play slows four-handed

With talks of a possible deal, play amongst the final four players slowed a bit.

Short-stacked luana_pad made the most of the situation and moved all-in multiple times. She finally received a call when she held [Ah][As], and whiteshad155 showed [7c][7h]. But the board of [4c][4h][6s][7s][8s] gave whiteshad155 the full house to crack those aces and leave luana_pad out in fourth place, which was worth a $ 1,062.50 payday.

On the very next hand, QUACK$ ON 007 doubled through whiteshad155. Though 9872512 remained the chip leader, the distance between the three stacks was distinctly narrowed.

Finally, though, QUACK$ ON 007 made another move. She pushed with [Ad][6d] against the [Qc][4c] of whiteshad155. The first four cards came [Js][3h][Jd][Jh], giving both players the three jacks, and QUACK$ ON 007 had the best kicker. But the [Qd] dropped on the river, giving whiteshad155 the full house and eliminating QUACK$ ON 007 in third place with $ 1,412.50.

Whiteshad155 takes lead into heads-up

The last two players started their duel with these counts:

Seat 6: 9872512 (287,933 in chips)
Seat 7: whiteshad155 (462,067 in chips)

Though 9872512 got off to a strong start and chipped up a bit, whiteshad155 took control and whittled her opponent under 200K chips. That prompted 9872512 to move all-in with [3s][3d], and whiteshad155 called with [9d][7d]. The flop of [Tc][Qh][Ah] changed nothing, and the pocket pair held up as the [8s] came on the turn as well. But the [9c] hit hard on the river, eliminating 9872512 in second place with $ 1,875.00.

Whiteshad155 of Germany won this week’s Women’s Sunday, and the prize was $ 2,556.25 in cash. Congratulations!

Women’s Sunday Results for 01/15/12:

1st place: whiteshad155 ($ 2,556.25)
2nd place: 9872512 ($ 1,875.00)
3rd place: QUACK$ ON 007 ($ 1,412.50)
4th place: luana_pad ($ 1,062.50)
5th place: Livia Leigh ($ 725.00)
6th place: Sabirova123 ($ 562.50)
7th place: mamalice ($ 437.50)
8th place: sanosan34 ($ 312.50)
9th place: Lizetta ($ 237.50)