Online Poker: Philmcgill Wins FTOPS HORSE Event

The second event in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series III continued the success of the first. The $100,000-guaranteed H.O.R.S.E. event had 569 entrants, each paying $200+$16 to make the prize pool $113,800.

Of the entrants, only 56 would make money in the tournament. Full Tilt-sponsored pro David Chiu was one of them when he eventually busted out in 44th ($654). Last night's winner, jpo123, made a deep finish again tonight when he came in 26th ($740).

When it came down to the final table and the final eight players, philmcgill had the chip lead with $380,000. SG1fan was in second place with $319,000, and Arbol Linda was bringing up the rear at $97,000. Arbol Linda's short stack lasted six minutes into the final table. In a limit hold'em round, PhilGordonsHOTT and Arbol Linda capped betting preflop at $32,000. The flop came K 9 9 and the betting and raising continued until Arbol Linda was all in and called by PhilGordonsHOTT. Arbol Linda showed A Q and PhilGordonsHOTT revealed A K for top pair, top kicker. The turn and river were the 3 and the 7 and Arbol Linda was eliminated in eighth ($1,650).

The next elimination hand was in an Omaha eight-or-better round 10 minutes later. Lichti42 ($260,000) raised to $20,000 preflop and both Getthecheck ($33,000) and SG1fan ($317,000) called in the small and big blind, respectively. The flop came 8 5 3 and Getthecheck bet $10,000, leaving himself with $2,600 behind. Both SG1fan and Lichti42 called and the turn was the 3. Getthecheck put in the last of his chips and SG1fan called. Lichti42 raised to $20,000 and SG1fan again called. The river was the K and SG1fan bet $20,000. Lichti42 called and showed A 6 2 2 for two pair, treys and deuces for his high and an 8-5 low. SG1fan showed 8 7 4 3 for a full house, treys full of eights to take the high hand. Getthecheck mucked his hand, SG1fan and Lichti42 split the pot, and Getthecheck was eliminated in seventh place. Getthecheck earned $2,219 for his finish.

Motorhead was the next to go, in a razz round. After an aggressive six streets of betting, Motorhead was showing 9 2 5 7 and PhilGordonsHOTT was showing 8 8 2 7. Motorhead, left with only $16,000 after starting the hand with $126,000, checked on seventh street. PhilGordonsHOTT bet $24,000 and Motorhead called all in. PhilGordonsHOTT showed (5 3) 8 8 2 7 (A) for a 7 low and Motorhead mucked. Motorhead received $3,073 for his sixth-place finish.

Lichti42 went down to the felt on fourth street of a seven-card stud round almost 20 minutes later. He was showing 9 K and was up against philmcgill with 9 5. After a bet and a raise, Lichti42 pushed in the remainder of his stack and showed 10 9, for a pair of nines. Philmcgill revealed pocket sevens and needed help. Both players' hands remained unimproved until seventh street. Lichti42 was dealt a king to give him two pair, kings up, but philmcgill snagged a third 7 for three of a kind to win the hand. Lichti42 was eliminated in fifth ($4,097).

Ronancanning's stack had been trending downwards and he was finally left with just $98,000, when the big blind was at $25,000, in a limit hold'em round. Ronancanning raised to $50,000 preflop and philmcgill reraised up to $75,000. Ronancanning pushed in the rest of the way and philmcgill called and showed A K. Ronancanning revealed 8 7 and needed to improve. The board ran out A K 4 6 6, completely missing ronancanning and giving philmcgill top two pair. Ronancanning was sent to the virtual rail in fourth place, with $6,600.

The stacks among the last three remaining players were relatively close. Philmcgill had the lead with $699,000 while SG1fan and PhilGordonsHOTT were in a tight race for second place with $509,000 and $499,000, respectively. PhilGordonsHOTT lost a lot of ground fairly quickly when he was at the losing end of some key hands and he was down to just $57,000 in 10 minutes of play. After a raise, reraise, and call, he was all in against philmcgill preflop. PhilGordonsHOTT turned over J 3 and had a narrow lead against philmcgill's 10 7. The flop changed that when it came A 9 7, giving philmcgill a pair of sevens. The turn put out the 10, giving philmcgill two pair but also giving PhilGordonsHOTT a gutshot-straight draw with an 8. The river, however, was a useless trey and PhilGordonsHOTT was knocked out in third place ($11,380).

Philmcgill had $1.4 million in chips versus SG1fan's $322,000 at the beginning of the heads-up match. Philmcgill chipped SG1fan's stack down to $72,000 in just over seven minutes before the final hand. In an Omaha eight-or-better round, philmcgill raised to $60,000 preflop and SG1fan pushed all in for $72,000. Philmcgill called the extra $12,000 and showed A 8 7 6 while SG1fan held 8 4 3 2. The flop came 9 6 5, giving philmcgill a nine-high straight and putting no low hand on the board. SG1fan could still survive by completing a low hand, as he had a better low draw. The turn was the J and the river the J, leaving no possible low hand on the board and giving the pot to philmcgill. SG1fan collected his $18,777 second-place payday while philmcgill raked in $28,450 for first place, along with an exclusive golden FTOPS avatar for his win.

The final standings were:

1) philmcgill - $28,450
2) SG1fan - $18,777
3) PhilGordonsHOTT - $11,380
4) ronancanning - $6,600.40
5) Lichti42 - $4,096.80
6) Motorhead - $3,072.60
7) Getthecheck - $2,219.10
8) Arbol Linda - $1,650.10

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