Turbo Takedown: BigFlopper01 hits flops and pulls off big win
Want to roll like a ballah but have a bankroll that more fitting for a used tricycle? PokerStars is here to help in two different ways. One, for the past month we have been running qualifiers (freerolls, $1.10, and $11 buy-ins) for the chance to win a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. Each week ending with a $100,000 weekly final in which the top 2,000 players get a seat into the grand final to be played on October 3rd where one lucky player will roll away with that fine automobile.
The other way you can get a pimpin’ ride? Each month PokerStars and the Team PokerStars pros put up a little piece of themselves for just 3,000 Frequent Players Points (FPPs). The $1,000,000 Turbo Takedown is a freeroll that can only be entered with FPPs as the buy-in and first prize is the sleek Audi TT and $60,000.00 just in case you need to buy gas or some music for the ride. The pros put up a bounty off $100.00 each should someone be lucky enough to knock that Team PokerStars pro patch right off the table.
Alvaro “VARICO” Blanco, Pete De Korver, Noah “Exclusive” Boeken, Christian “el grillo” de Leon, Veronica “Princesa” Dabul , Martha “marene” Herrera, were a few of the PokerStars pros that gave up their bounty before the 5,000 players who got paid this evening. Mathew “chipstar1″ Didlick ($78.00, 4701st place), Christophe “chrisdm” De Meulder ($81.15, 4459th place), Thierry van den “BOKPOWER” Berg ($95.00, 3045th place), Joep “Pappe_Ruk” Van Den Bijgaart ($170.00, 877th place), Chrien80 ($180.00, 734th place), Martin “AABenjaminAA” Hrubý ($300.00, 267th place), Alexey “elmagopr” Makarov ($2,000.00, 30th place) all managed to weave through enough of the 13,864 player field to take a little money back from their bounties.
After 13,854 players lost their chips we were five-handed on two tables with blinds at 70K/140K ante 14K as both tables managed to have an all-in at the same time. tuffa1 shoved from UTG for 4.3 million and was called in the big blind by brainwash for 700K less holding [Ks][Ad]. tuffa1 flipped up [Qd][Kd] for the dominated hand and brainwash was looking great for a double-up to 7.6 million. But, a cruel queen was on the door as the board failed to re-suck for brainwash as the spiraled avatar left the tournament in tenth place ($8,000.00). The other all-in had taylor44770 in for less than brainwash, but taylor44770 would survive also holding big slick against a dominated hand and took down the 5.3 million chip pot against vzgo, earning a seat at the final table below:
Seat 1: taylor44770 (5392044 in chips)
Seat 2: LochemLand (2493532 in chips)
Seat 3: Sonderskönig (4865507 in chips)
Seat 4: juandadi (6946484 in chips)
Seat 5: JFKme (4462016 in chips)
Seat 6: DESS66 (4015433 in chips)
Seat 7: tuffa1 (8223369 in chips)
Seat 8: vzgo (1260782 in chips)
Seat 9: BigFlopper01 (3932833 in chips)
Pepto Bismol is needed after the river
No one took leave during the 80K/160K ante 16K chip level but as we moved on to the 90K/180K ante 18K level there was action between vzgo and JFKme. JFKme would start the hand with a raise to 475K as vzgo on the shortstack in the big blind decided to push for 1.3 million. JFKme started out with 4.5 million and made the call holding pocket eights [8h][8c] as vzgo turned over [Qc][As] for the coinflip. A eight would flop [Jh] [Th] [8d] putting JFKme firmly in front only having to dodge a king. Turn card: [Kh] which gave vzgo the broadway straight, as vzgo now had to dodge the board pairing. And vzgo failed to do just that as a second king fell [Kd] giving the table an upset stomach and vzgo ninth place money ($10,000.00).
Back-to-back for JFKme
On the very next hand LochemLand would open shove from UTG for 1.6 million as the table folded around to JFKme who quickly called holding big slick [Kh][As]. This time there was no such excitement as the players did not need to worry about a soul-crushing river as LochemLand’s [Qc][Ah] came in dominated and left dominated after two kings hit the [Ts] [6s] [Ks] [Kd] [8c] board and sent LochemLand back home with eighth place money ($12,500.00).
Silence broken by DESS66
While the chat box was only filled with the occasional “nh” and “gg” seven players made it thru the 100K/200K ante 20K and 125K/250K ante 25K levels without a loss, but as they started the 150K/300K ante 30K level we would lose at least one. JFKme would lose some of those chips acquired from knocking out both LochemLand and vzgo. Down to 3.05 million, JFKme shoved over the top of a limping DESS66 holding pocket deuces [2c][2s] as DESS66 would make the call holding six million chips and a suited [Ah][Qh]. The ducks would avoid the flop [6c] [Th] [7s] but not the turned ace [Ad] as DESS66′s turned pair would hold thru the [9s] river. The former hunter became the hunted as JFKme finished in seventh place ($15,000.00).
Not king for a day
In some three-way action BigFlopper01, Sonderskönig, and juandadi get mixed up as the blinds stayed at 150K/300K ante 30K and one player would be asked to leave the tournament table. Watch below as the hand plays out:
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BigFlopper01 would abandon his preflop min-raise as both Sonderskönig and juandadi both shoved behind with juandadi covering Sonderskönig’s bet. juandadi flipped up [Qc][Ah] which was slightly ahead of Sonderskönig’s [Kc][Tc] for the 5.4 million chip pot. Sonderskönig would flop a flush draw [9c] [8h] [8c] but failed to find a club, a ten, or a king on the [2h] or [5d] river shipping sixth place money his way ($17,500.00).
Tuff night
tuffa1 would start off with a min raise from the button as the blinds moved up to 200K/400K ante 40K, but BigFlopper1 in the small blind was not giving up easily and shoved for 12.5 million. The bet well-covered tuffa1′s 3.8 million stack as tuffa1 thought it through and felt the [7c][Ad] sitting in his hand was superior and made the call. No drama here either as BigFlopper01 turned over [9d][Ah] for two pips higher which was bolstered by the ace and nine on the flop [8d] [Ac] [9c]. After the turned [Kh] failed to produce a straight or flush draw the 9.8 million chips were post marked for BigFlopper01 sending tuffa1 home in fifth place ($20,000.00).
Big Flopper continues to live up to the name
taylor44770 got blinded down to just 1.1 million as juandadi and BigFlopper01 took the majority of the four handed hands with preflop raises. The blinds still at 200K/400K ante 40K BigFlopper01 opened for 1.6 million in the small blind forcing taylor44770 to call in the big blind for 720,423. Holding pocket fives [5s][5c] had a fighting chance to double-up against BigFlopper01′s [Qd][Jd]. But, as the name implies, BigFlopper01 would hit another flop connecting with a pair of jacks and turning two pair [Jh] [2h] [As] [Qc] [4d] to knock out taylor44770 in fourth place ($25,000.00).
Chop talks end quickly
The players had the moderator stop the tournament clocks for what was a quick discussion of supply and demand. BigFlopper01 had the biggest supply, but juandadi demanded too much for his much smaller chip supply as BigFlopper01 scoffed at the idea of giving up several thousand dollars as the cards were back in the air.
You are not my dadi
As three handed play lasted several orbits, as the blinds moved up to 225K/450K ante 45K juandadi was knocked down to 4.7 million chips and was facing a shove by BigFlopper01 while in the big blind holding [7h][Kh]. Electing to gamble, juandadi made the call as BigFlopper01 did have a better hand [Th][Ah] and despite having live cards, any heart draw was taken away. No matter since the cold, heartless [2s] [8c] [Ac] [Ts] [2c] came out as BigFlopper01 once again flopped a pair and it held to ship third place money ($30,000.00) but no car to juandadi.
Only Canadians allowed
Quebec’s DESS66 would start out holding 8.1 million chips far behind Vancouver’s BigFlopper01′s 33.4 million chips. But, certainly was not about to lay down as four hands into heads-up play DESS66 would sneak pocket eights [8c][8s] past the [4d][Ah] of BigFlopper01 after an ace flopped but and eight turned to give DESS66 a 16.7 million chip pot.
Shortly after DESS66 went on a little run, winning five hands in a row and took the chip lead up to 28.7 million against 12.8 million for BigFlopper01. DESS66 would continue to pull away from BigFlopper01 getting the lead up to 31.8 million to 9.7 million as the lead crumbled quickly. First, BigFlopper01 got pocket eights to hold up versus [As][7d] for a 19.4 million chip pot. Then after taking down the blinds, the hand of the tournament happened, watch it play out below:
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After a min-raise and call preflop with the blinds capped at 250K/500K ante 50K both players saw the [Qh] [Th] [8s] flop as DESS66 led out for 1.44 million. BigFlopper01 came back with a lot of sixes, raising to 6,666,666. But, DESS66 was not done three-betting all-in as BigFlopper01 snap called with pocket aces [Ad][As]. DESS66 was behind but not by much holding straight and flush draws [Jh][7h]. The [5c] was not red nor a nine, neither was the [Ts] river which gave BigFlopper the 39.4 million chip pot leaving DESS66 with just 2.1 million. The very next hand those 2.1 million chps went in as DESS66 held [Td][7s] and BigFlopper01 made the call with [Jc][Th]. A seven would flop, but a straight would turn for BigFlopper01 to take down the final 4.3 million chip pot and this month’s $1 million Turbo Takedown!
August $1,000,000 Turbo Takedown Results (08-29-10)
1. BigFlopper01 (vancouver) $60,000.00 plus Audi TT
2. DESS66 (Québec) $40,000.00
3. juandadi (arlington) $30,000.00
4. taylor44770 (pensacola) $25,000.00
5. tuffa1 (Helsinki) $20,000.00
6. Sonderskönig (Las Vegas / Wörthsee) $17,500.00
7. JFKme (Dubai) $15,000.00
8. LochemLand (Enschede) $12,500.00
9. vzgo (Springfield) $10,000.00
Turbo Takedown: Conning to victory, coNNBoyle takes down $60K and Audi in win
Several Team PokerStars pros tried their hand tonight at breaking thru the 17,281 player field of the $1 Million Turbo Takedown but only a handful would break into the top 5,000 to claim a little money. Anders “Donald” Berg (382nd Place – $260.00), Christophe “chrisdm” de Meulder (216th place – $350.00), and Julian Thew (212th place – $350.00) would all reach the final 500 but were unable to get within sniffing that great new car smell of the Audi TT and dropped off their $100 bounties before leaving.
Task cracked
Taska85 was sitting on the bubble with a comfortable 2.7 million in chips and facing a 345,000 raise from muezzo with the blinds at 80K/160K ante 16K. Looking down at ace-jack [Jh][Ac] and figuring muezzo for a button steal Taska85 would go all-in as muezzo had slightly less chips but a higher kicker [Qh][As] and made the call. An all low board drizzled out [5s] [6s] [7h] [2c] [8d] and Taska85 was chopped down to 111,122 chips. Those scraps were eaten up by APZ19 who’s [8s][9d] would beat out the [Kh][6h] leaving Taska85 off the final table in tenth place ($8,000.00)
Seat 1: muezzo (5345152 in chips)
Seat 2: coNNBoyle (13838222 in chips)
Seat 3: knif1807 (6463144 in chips)
Seat 4: APZ19 (5896874 in chips)
Seat 5: growby (10284413 in chips)
Seat 6: sgc0458 (796679 in chips)
Seat 7: naka34 (1937084 in chips)
Seat 8: pain-bg (3366390 in chips)
Seat 9: mossified84 (5535042 in chips)
mossifed84 got the race for the AudiTT going in a hurry by doubling-up off growby in the final table’s very first hand for an 11.2 million chip pot with blinds starting off at 80K/160K ante 16K.
Feeling the pain
It would take two full levels (100K/200K ante 20K) before our first elimination which seemed to open the gates of several others wanting to leave quickly tonight. sgc0458 had only 706,716 chips in early position, made the most of them by open shoving with pocket eights [8c][8h]. pain-bg two seats over would re-shove and covered holding big slick [Kh][Ac]. A king on the door [Kc] [5h] [Qh] [6c] [7d] on sgc0458′s night was over in ninth place ($10,000.00).
And they all come tumbling down
Four hands later muezzo was sitting UTG with just 1.1 million in chips holding a medium suited ace [Ah][8h] and shoved. Chip leader coNNBoyle was not make a big stack call here after matching the bet and turning over pocket rockets [Ad][Ac]. Slight scare on the [6h] [Ts] [Qh] flop gave muezzo some breath of life for the nut flush, [9s] on the turn opened up some straight outs. But the [5c] river was not the right five and muezzo buzzed off in eighth place ($12,500.00).
You been… MOSS-IF-IED
As a Minnesota Viking’s fan my heart broke a little bit seeing number 84 get shuffled off to the New England Patriots but much like the talented wide receiver mossifed84 showed he can race with anyone. The very next hand after muezzo left, mossified84 re-shoved on the all-in bet of naka34 holding pocket jacks [Js][Jd]. naka34 could only turn up an over card [Kd][Ts] and was unable to connect at all with the [2c] [9h] [3d] [2s] [6d] board ending his night in seventh place ($15,000.00).
Done with the all-in’s? I think not
Just another three hands later, and one hand after APZ19 doubled up off mossified84, knif1807 and pain-bg went toe-to-toe preflop for a 7.4 million chip pot. Watch the results below:
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Big slick [Ad][Kd] for knif1807 and pocket tens [Tc][Ts] for pain-bg. King on the flop and an unnecessary ace on the river [8h] [Jd] [Kc] [3d] [As] directed those 7.4 million chips to knif1807 as pain-bg limped from the final table with an extra $17,500.00 finishing in sixth place.
Jackedy Jack Don’t Talk Back
On the very next hand, the biggest pot of the tournament played out with coNNBoyle and knif1807 both holding over 14 million in chips with blinds at 100K/200K ante 20K. Both would be all-in preflop with coNNBoyle just holding 300K more in chips. Watch the 29 million chip pot play out below:
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coNNBoyle: [Jd][Jc]
knif1807:[Qc][Qs]
In one of those jaw-dropping flops BOTH coNNBoyle’s outs would hit [Jh] [Js] [2s] [7d] [3s] giving him quad jacks as knif1807′s 989:1 shot did not come with running queens and thus a very expensive bad beat story in fifth place ($20,000.00).
A moment to exhale
After that block of all-ins and eliminations, the final four would actually part thru three levels reaching the 175K/350K ante 35K before asking another person to leave the table. mossified84 would lose some steam four-handed and was down to 6.4 million chips while trying to make something happen with a three-bet shove in the big blind over growby’s small blind raise to 1.05 million. growby with nine million chips called the massive raise with [Jd][8d] as mossified84 was slightly ahead holding [Ks][Tc], live cards for all until two jacks fell on the flop for growby [Jc] [Jh] [2s]. mossified84 could not find running cards on the [4s] turn and [Ac] river to catch up and the Randy Moss fan was out in fourth place ($25,000.00).
Straight outta here
We would move our three-handed table into the ninth hour of play and blinds at 200K/400K ante 40K with the chip stacks fairly even (coNNBoyle – 20.6 million, growby – 18.9 million, and APZ19 – 13.8 million). Chop talks started and stopped several times but never got enough legs to stop the tournament. growby would led out for a three time the BB raise from the button as APZ19 would call from the big blind. [Jh] [5h] [6s] flop and both players checked. APZ19 would check the turned [7s] as growby bet two million and was called. On the rivered [4s] completing a flush draw, APZ19 would shove for 10.6 million. After turning the nut straight [9c][8c] growby had a decision for a big chunk of his stack and made the right call as APZ19 turned up the [As] but the second card was a club [5c] finishing APZ19′s day in third place ($30,000.00) as heads-up play would commence for the Audi TT.
Host YbrahimC here but not needed yet
Heads-up play would start with connBoyle slightly down 20.4 million to growby’s 33 million and blinds at 200K/400K ante 40K. The players would summon Host YbrahimC to the tables but were unable to get enough traction to stop the clocks for a deal. As the players moved through that level and the 225K/450K ante 45K level without a winner but the chip stacks becoming dead even for nearly the entire level.
A new host, but old rules
As the players tried to chop up the beautiful car you see above in to smaller pieces, Host Tanner came on to explain that the car cannot be a part of the chop talks and only the $100,000.00 left in the prize pool was open for discussion. They both agreed to a five-minute break as the cards went back into the air without a deal in place.
Looked up and it was over
growby was looking to take over the race to the Audi TT holding a sizable lead of 36.2 million to 17.2 million and the nug nuts holding the tires in place fell off. First, growby would raise to two million as the blinds were capped at 250K/500K ante 50K and coNNBoyle wasted no time in shoving for 17.1 million holding big slick [Ad][Kd]. growby thought for a few moments and made the call with a dominated [Kc][Qs]. They would both pair their king but the ace kicker played on the [2s] [2d] [Ks] [7c] [Tc] board and 34.4 million chips slid to coNNBoyle. Two hands later growby again led out for two million as coNNBoyle again shoved as growby made the call holding [Qh][8h]. Pocket tens for coNNBoyle was out in front and made a big leap when a third ten appeared on the flop [7c] [Td] [Kh]. No heart or potential straight card on the turn [8c] meant the Audi TT was going to be shipped to coNNBoyle along with the $60,000.00 first prize!
Congrats to all of our 5,000 cashers this evening and hope you will be back next month the next $1 Million Turbo Takedown.
$1 Million Turbo Takedown Results (07-25-10)
1. coNNBoyle (Williamsburg) $60,000.00 + Audi TT
2. growby (Burgas) $40,000.00
3. APZ19 (Grimsby, UK) $30,000.00
4. mossified84 (las vegas) $25,000.00
5. knif1807 (Offenburg) $20,000.00
6. pain-bg (Plovdiv) $17,500.00
7. naka34 (spain) $15,000.00
8. muezzo (Cumbria) $12,500.00
9. sgc0458 (stoney creek) $10,000.00