Ship It 2010 Poker Championship
There's something about the number 10. Such a nice, round number. Suitable for all sorts of things. Bowling pins. Lists of popular songs. Canadian provinces. Commandments.
One could go on and on counting many more examples. On one's ten fingers. And ten toes. It's a number sometimes regarded as a signifier of the perfection of the divine order. Or the perfection of Bo Derek.
Thu 30 Dec 2010 10.38 EST The owners of a Las Vegas casino are serving notice to a thief who made off with $1.5m in chips that the most valuable ones will become worthless unless they are redeemed.
Thus did many circle the date October 10, 2010 -- 10/10/10 -- and think of it as perhaps holding some special significance. This sort of thing won't happen again for another 100 years, observed some. There's bound to be something special -- something perfect -- about this day!
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Whatever one thinks of such an idea, one thing was certain this particular Sunday. For one of the 7,661 players who took the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in the Sunday Million on 10/10/10, it would indeed prove a perfect day.
That group together created a prize pool of $1,532,200. The top 1,170 finishers would cash, while the winner was due to earn a handsome $229,833.60 for successfully grabbing everyone else's chips.
It took a couple of hours for the field to be chopped to 4,000 players, of whom only zugzwang had more than 100,000 chips. A little after the three-hour mark, the field had been halved again to 2,000 players, with jcbro, REY CUERVO, and monacobart leading the way.
After another hour the field had shrunk under 1,200, and soon after Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada hit the virtual rail just shy of the cash in 1,188th place. It didn't take long for the money bubble to burst, and with 1,170 players left welshwizard9 was atop the counts followed by DalconOpeaN and icallseat3.
With Cada's elimination, just four members of nearly 40 Team PokerStars players who entered this week's Sunday Million were still with chips. Leo Fernandez (Argentina), Arnaud 'frenchkiss' Mattern (France), and Juan Maceiras (Spain) were all still in, though with below average stacks, while Juan Manuel Pastor (Spain) was in the top 200. However, over the next couple of hours all four would be eliminated.
Mattern was the first of the group to go, knocked out in 1,059th ($321.76) by eggiengel when his K♠6♠ couldn't catch up to his opponent's A♦K♣. Maceiras would join his teammate a little while later. The Spaniard committed his stack before the flop with A♠6♠ but like Mattern had run into an opponent holding Big Slick, in this case Scarypooper5 with A♣K♥. The board ran out J♠Q♥J♥J♣5♦, and Maceiras was out in 875th place ($352.40).
Juan Manuel Pastor then saw his chips shrink to short-stack status, at which point he went for broke with A♣3♣ and was up against franxic's Q♣J♣. Pastor was okay through the turn -- 2♣T♠4♦K♠ -- but the A♥ on the river gave franxic a straight, knocking Pastor out in 539th place ($474.98).
That left just Leo Fernandez to represent Team PokerStars. Fernandez hung on for a while, enjoying some remarkable good fortune along the way. At one point the Argentinian was all in versus two opponents holding pocket kings, hoping to survive against pocket tens and A♦K♣. An ace flopped, and Fernandez chances appeared dim. But the case king came on the turn, giving Fernandez new life.
A little later Fernandez would be all in again, this time with A♠J♠ versus danipesis' pocket aces. But the community cards delivered Fernandez a Broadway straight, and once again he'd defied the odds to survive.
Play continued, and with fewer than 300 players remaining. zivziv had pushed way out in front with 1.58 million, well ahead of second-place SHIPP ITT with 912,058 and Lubino22 in third with 861.234.
Finally, the good fortune of Leo Fernandez ran out when his A♠2♠ was beaten by Oakmeal's K♦J♣. A king flopped, Fernandez couldn't catch up, and the last member of Team PokerStars was out in 221st ($704.81).
With six hours down, just 200 remained. suchthaufen led with 2.13 million, with zivziv, Legendus, and Lubino22 the only other players with more than 1 million. An hour later the field had been reduced to 100 players, with ivantdrvc now leading and closing in on the 3 million-chip mark, followed by birs320 and suchthaufen. And a half-hour after that they were down to 50, led by ivantdrvc, qbgoose, and suchthaufen.
With 27 players left, SHIPP IT had pushed way out in front, accumulating more than 9.5 million chips to sit well ahead of CRFer in second with 5.42 million and yourmybread with 5.21 million.
By the time they reached 18, a big exchange of chips had taken place between SHIPP IT and yourmybread, catapulting the latter into the chip lead with more than 16 million, with CRFer next with just under 8 million, followed by cyberkanguru, birs320, and Oakmeal.
yourmybread continued to increase his stack. Then, with 10 left and the blinds up to 125,000/250,000, danger0us shoved his last 1.23 million in the middle with A♣6♦ and yourmybread called with A♦J♣. yourmybread's hand held, and after nine hours and 45 minutes the final table was set:
Seat 1: cyberkanguru -- 11,855,603
Seat 2: SHIPP ITT -- 3,734,120
Seat 3: yourmybread -- 25,446,682
Seat 4: repz221 -- 9,612,253
Seat 5: qbgoose -- 5,045,213
Seat 6: Oakmeal -- 4,938,732
Seat 7: suchthaufen -- 4,198,993
Seat 8: e1mdopp -- 5,498,229
Seat 9: CRFer -- 6,280,175
At the start of the final table, yourmybread held a sizable lead, with that stack of more than 25.4 million representing nearly a third of the total chips in play.
Oakmeal scored a huge double-up early on through qbgoose, claiming nearly all of the latter's stack. Oakmeal was all in before the flop with A♥8♠ against qbgoose's A♣J♥, but managed to spike an eight to move up over 9.3 million, leaving qbgoose with but 676,481.
qbgoose would double up once, but was soon all in again for his last 1,367,962 with Q♠9♣ against suchthaufen's K♥T♣. The board came 2♠J♥Q♥2♥7♥, giving suchtaufen a flush and knocking qbgoose out in ninth.
A short while later, suchthaufen was attempting to put those new chips to use, opening with a 3x raise to 900,000 from under the gun. Two players would call the raise -- CRFer (middle position) and yourmybread (button). The flop came a raggedy J♥7♠3♦, and suchthaufen continued with a smallish bet of 900,000. CRFer got out, but yourmybread made the call.
The turn was the 5♠, and suchthaufen made another tentative-looking bet of 1.2 million. yourmybread again called. The river then brought the 2♠. This time suchthaufen checked, and when yourmybread bet 3.6 million, suchthaufen called with the 3,480,474 he had left. yourmybread showed A♦J♠ for a pair of jacks, and that was enough as suchthaufen had Q♠J♦ for the same pair, worse kicker. suchthaufen was out in eighth.
Now yourmybread was pushing the 39 million-chip mark -- over half the chips on the table with seven players left. The next three eliminations came in rather short order.
With the blinds 200,000/400,000, cyberkanguru opened for 800,000 from UTG and got one caller in yourmybread. The flop came Q♠6♣2♥. cyberkanguru bet 1.4 million, and yourmybread called. The turn was the 9♦, prompting an all-in push for 3,715,483 from cyberkanguru and a call from his opponent. cyberkanguru held K♥J♥ for a gutshot, while yourmybread had top pair with A♥Q♥. The river was the 4♦, and cyberkanguru hopped away in seventh.
Next it was CRFer open-raising all in for 3,562,480 from under the gun with A♥J♦ and getting called by yourmybread who held 6♠6♣. The flop provocatively came T♥2♥6♥, giving yourmybread a set but CRFer a flush draw. But the turn was the Q♦ and the river the 5♦, and CRFer was gone in sixth.
Oakmeal was the next to go. Oakmeal's final hand began with an open-shove from the button for 2,292,909. e1mdopp reraised all in from the small blind for 10,133,496. Then SHIPP IT called from the BB with his last 8,650,980.
e1mdopp: A♥5♣
SHIPP ITT: T♠T♣
Oakmeal: A♣6♥
Perhaps it goes without saying that on this day, it was preferable to be the one holding pocket tens. The community cards came 2♥9♣4♠9♠4♥, and SHIPP ITT won the 20 million-plus chip pot. Oakmeal was out in fifth, while e1mdopp was knocked back down to less than a million.
e1mdopp would battle gamely, however, and eventually scored a big double-up through SHIPP ITT to move back out of the danger zone with four players left.
The jockeying continued, with yourmybread still in front with 39.9 million, SHIPP ITT was 17.5 million, e1mdopp with 16.2 million, and repz221 the short stack with 2.97 million. Then came a hand in which SHIPP ITT opened with a minimum-raise to 1.6 million from UTG, repz221 reraised all in from the blinds, and SHIPP ITT called.
repz221 had the advantage before the flop with A♥Q♥ to SHIPP ITT's K♥J♥. But that changed after the first three cards came 2♣3♣J♣. The turn and river brought a couple of eights, and repz221 was out in fourth.
yourmybread had enjoyed the chip lead for the entire final table, but the tide was about to turn. First SHIPP ITT doubled through yourmybread when his pocket eights held up against yourmybread's A♣Q♦. Then another large pot won by SHIPP ITT knocked yourmybread down under 12 million -- about even with e1mdopp while SHIPP ITT now had more than 53 million.
Then came a hand in which SHIPP ITT open-raised all in from the small blind, and yourmybread called from the BB, showing A♦7♣ to SHIPP ITT's J♦9♣. The flop -- T♥3♣3♥ -- and turn -- K♥ -- were good for yourmybread. But the Q♦ on the river gave SHIPP IT a straight, and yourmybread was toast.
Heads-up play began with SHIPP IT enjoying a more than 5-to-1 chip lead with 64,427,826 to e1mdopp's 12,182,174. However, e1mdopp managed to score a couple of double-ups, and suddenly had seized a 4-to-1 chip advantage of his own. SHIPP ITT kept his poise, though, and soon doubled back himself to bring the match close to even.
SHIPP ITT then asked if e1mdopp was interested in possibly discussing a chop. The tourney was paused, at which point e1mdopp had a little over 41.3 million and SHIPP ITT almost 35.3 million. SHIPP ITT was only interested in an even chop, but e1mdopp was not, and the tourney was soon restarted.
The pair remained even for the next several minutes, then e1mdopp edged out to a slight advantage. Then -- about 11-and-a-half hours after the first hands of this week's Sunday Million had been dealt -- came what would prove the key hand of the tournament.
And for a special day like today, well... it was just perfect.
The blinds were up to a whopping 500,000/1,000,000. e1mdopp opened with a raise to 2 million from the small blind/button, SHIPP ITT made it 4,125,550, e1mdopp reraised to 7,855,555 total, SHIPP ITT shoved for 36,889,375, and e1mdopp called the all-in, leaving just 2,631,250 behind.
e1mdopp had A♥Q♠. And SHIPP IT? You guessed it. T♠T♦.
Then came the flop -- A♦T♥9♠. 10-10-10 for SHIPP IT. The turn was the 7♥ and river the 4♥, and SHIPP ITT claimed the 73,978,750-chip pot.
On the next hand, e1mdopp was all in for that last 2.63 million with 6♣2♠ against SHIPP ITT's K♠7♠. And five cards later -- A♦3♣9♥5♣7♣ -- it was over. The player who'd begun the final table ninth out of nine in chips had won. Ship it to SHIPP ITT!
Sunday Million Results for 10/10/10:
1st: SHIPP ITT ($229,833.60)
2nd: e1mdopp ($168,542)
3rd: yourmybread ($114,915)
4th: repz221 ($77,222.88)
5th: Oakmeal ($61,288)
6th: CRFer ($45,966)
7th: cyberkanguru ($30,644)
8th: suchthaufen ($17,620.30)
9th: qbgoose ($11,874.55)
Uncanny! Twice did pocket tens prove key to SHIPP ITT at the final table of this 10-10-10 Sunday Million! Perhaps there's something to this number ten stuff after all.
Go check out the Sunday Million page for information about how you, too, can join the fun and perhaps find yourself enjoying a special -- even perfect -- day at PokerStars.
Finally, pull up a chair and enjoy it all in moving pictures...
The final $1,000 + 50 Super Tuesday of July on PokerStars drew a field of 402 players, creating a $402,000 prize pool This was a slight increase from last week's 384 participants, with the final 45 making the money, with the winner expecting to take down the first prize of $77,787.
A handful of Team PokerStars players participated in the Super Tuesday tournament, however none lasted long enough to make the money. Team PokerStars PRO Veronica 'princesa' Dabul was the last member of Team PokerStars with chips, eventually finishing 63rd, two tables short of the money.
The final table bubble was burst on in a hand between chip leader Peetoon and alwaysnice. Peetoon made a raise from UTG +1 to 12,500 as alwaysnice called from the big blind. The flop came down 8♦5♣4♦ with alwaysnice check-raising Peetoon's 17,500 bet to 56,000 as Peetoon made the call. The 5♥ on the turn had alwaysnice moving in for their final 152,653 with Peetoon making the call with Q♥Q♦. Alwaysnice wasn't feeling so nice, revealing A♦8♠, when the J♥ came on the river meaning a 10th place finish, good for $6,030. The final table was at table 27 with play resuming at level 30, with blinds at 2,800/5,600 and a 700 ante:
Seat 1: anybodybut17 (102808 in chips)
Seat 2: D0N4LdO (177436 in chips)
Seat 3: thechips55 (97926 in chips)
Seat 4: justcall6969 (282654 in chips)
Seat 5: tonyton55 (84021 in chips)
Seat 6: Peetoon (671915 in chips)
Seat 7: SHIP_IT.NET (148609 in chips)
Seat 8: Altrum Altus (366467 in chips)
Seat 9: foolflash (78164 in chips)
Justcall6969 eliminates two for Tuesday
The final table went just five hands before the first elimination as D0N4LdO 4-bet all-in their last 112k with 9♠9♦ with justcall6969 calling with A♦K♥. The J♣A♠ [Th} flop moved justcall6969 into the lead. D0N4ldO was unable to retake the lead as the turn and river went 2♣8♣, earning $7,035 for a ninth place finish. A few hands later, justcall6969 added to their stack by calling thechips55's UTG shove with K♣Q♣ withA♠Q♦. The board ran out 8♦6♠4♦4♥4♣, leaving thechips55 without chips, collecting $9,648 for an eighth place finish.
Three-way all-in, anybodybut17 sent packing
Play had moved to level 31 with blinds at 3200/6400 with an 800 ante as the action at the Super Tuesday final table didn't slow down. as the three shortest stacks -- foolflash, anybodybut17 and tonyton55 put all of their chips in the middle before the flop. Tonyton55 had the other two players covered, as well as having the best hand: K♣K♦ with anybodybut17 holding Q♣Q♠ and foolflash holding T♥9♠. The 4♠8♦8♣ flop was good for tonyton55, but the 7♦ gave foolflash an open-ended straight draw. The J♥ on the river moved foolflash from worst to first with a runner-runner straight, as Anybodybut17 was eliminated in seventh place for $13,668.
Peetoon pockets pair of protagonists
Play slowed down as the remaining six players stole blinds and antes for several hands. However, Peetoon would retake the chip lead from justcall6969, first disposing of tonyton55's stack when Peetoon's 7♦7♥ held up against A♠J♣ as the board ran out 8♥4♠2♥2♠4♦, leaving tonyton55 with a sixth place finish with $17,688 appearing in their account. On the very next hand with blinds now at 3,600/7,200 with a 900 ante, Peetoon opened with a raise, as foolflash moved in from the big blind for last 129,492 with A♦3♣. Peetoon made the call with a dominating A♠8♠. The flop was 9♣T♣8♦, the Q♥ gave foolflash hopes for a chop with a Jack, which disappeared when the 4♣ appeared on the river instead. Foolflash finished in fifth place, earning $22,914 for the effort.
Altrum Altus sent to rail by Ace
Altrum Altus started the final table second in chips, but the chip stack was moving in the wrong direction when their final hand happened. Altrum Altus made a raise to 14,600 with justcall6969 and Peetoon both calling from the blinds. The flop of T♠Q♥4♥ had Peetoon bet 24,000, followed by Altrum Altus shoving for 161,458 holding K♠K♦. Justcall6969 folded while Peetoon made the call with A♥5♥. The call was rewarded when the turn brought the A♦, with the 3♦ river meant Altrum Altus leaving the virtual table in fourth place, cashing for $33,165.
Fortunate five favors SHIP_IT.NET
Play was now three-handed with Peetoon and justcall6969 holding most of the chips, while SHIP_IT.NET was down to just over 100,000 as the players wanted to discuss a deal. It took some time for someone to help with the numbers while play continued. SHIP_IT.NET moved in with 5♦5♣ over justcall6969's raise, making the call with A♣9♣. The flop of 3♠A♦7♦, along with the 2♣ turn left few outs available. Fortunately, the river was the 5♥ as SHIP_IT.NET doubled up to over 250,000 in chips, still in third, but hoping to make his move.
A deal is made, a tournament is finished
During the :55 minute hourly break, a PokerStars representative appeared at the table to negotiate a deal among the remaining players. Here's how the chip stacks looked, along with the adjusted figures if a deal was made:
Peetoon 877,266 $65,366.70
justcall6969 791,198 $62,615.89
SHIP_IT.NET 341,536 $52,314.40
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SHIP_IT.NET stated he would rather have $55,000. Peetoon was reluctant to contribute, while justcall6969 countered to give $1,500. That wasn't enough for SHIP_IT.NET's needs, and after a few minutes, justcall6969 decided to give SHIP_IT.NET the $2,685.60 needed to complete the deal, and all three quickly agreed left to play for TLB points and bragging rights.
The trio played another 25 hands before deciding to end the tournament by going all-in every hand. On the first hand, SHIP_IT.NET won the first hand when his K♥5♦ outflopped Peetoon's A♣9♥ and justcall6969's 8♥3♥ to take the lead. The second hand saw Peetoon turn a straight, eliminating justcall6969 in third for $59,930.30. The final hand of the tournament had SHIP_IT.NET waking up with J♦J♣ while Peetoon held A♥3♦. The chance of a double-up didn't happen, with the final five cards dealt being 2♥5♠2♦K♦Q♦, giving Peetoon the second place finish, but pocketing the most money, $65,366.70. That leaves SHIP_IT.NET with the Super Tuesday victory, good for $55,000.
Super Tuesday Results for 07/27/10:
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1st place: SHIP_IT.NET (Norristown) - $55,000.00*
2nd place: Peetoon (Minsk) - $65,366.70*
3rd place: justcall6969 (Woodstock) - $59,930.30*
4th place: Altrum Altus (Sioux City) - $33,165
5th place: foolflash (The Zoo) - $22,914
6th place: tonyton55 (Lansing) - $17,688
7th place: anybodybuy17 (Charlotte) - $13,668
8th place: thechips55 (Penn Valley) - $9,648
9th place: D0N4LdO (Bookham) - $7,035
* Payouts adjusted for 3-way deal.