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Slaktarn takes down Patrick Antonius for 25K PLO Win.

After changing tables immediately from a grueling match with Di Dang (Urindanger) Patrick Antonius sat with another like-minded aggressive online player in slaktarn who eliminated Ugadabugada in but a single hand and had been waiting on the sidelines to see who would join him at the final table.

You got to wonder if the slug-fest patrick just finished with Urindanger, had anything to do with his declining slaktarns offer for a deal as the tournament got underway. Patrick quickly, (but politely) declined to the detriment of his bankroll, as slaktarn went on to oust Patrick in about 90 hands or 40 minutes of play.

Final money finishers for the Full Tilt 25K PLO Championship were:

1- slaktarn                   $560,000
2- Patrick Antonius       $320,000
3- Urindanger               $168,000
4- Ugadabegada            $168,000
5- trex313                      $96,000
6- David Benefield           $96,000
7- SteveSung                   $96,000
8- Erich Kollmann             $96,000

Some first round Full Tilt Pro casualties included Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Josh Arieh, David Benyamine, Steve Zolotow, Andy Bloch and Erick Lindgren.

This was the final hand of the tournament:

 

Full Tilt Poker Game #7978419029: $25K Heads-Up PLO Champ. (58250407), Table 1 - 25/50 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 18:02:35 ET - 2008/09/07

Seat 1: slaktarn (9,705)

Seat 2: Patrik Antonius (2,295)

Patrik Antonius posts the small blind of 25

slaktarn posts the big blind of 50

The button is in seat #2

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Patrik Antonius raises to 150

slaktarn calls 100

*** FLOP *** [Jh 6d 7s]

slaktarn checks

Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act

Patrik Antonius bets 250

slaktarn raises to 1,050

Patrik Antonius raises to 2,145, and is all in

slaktarn calls 1,095

Patrik Antonius shows [Ad Ah Th 9c]

slaktarn shows [Jc Jd 8c Qh]

*** TURN *** [Jh 6d 7s] [9s]

*** RIVER *** [Jh 6d 7s 9s] [5s]

Patrik Antonius shows a pair of Aces

slaktarn shows three of a kind, Jacks

slaktarn wins the pot (4,590) with three of a kind, Jacks

Patrik Antonius stands up

slaktarn stands up

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 4,590 | Rake 0

Board: [Jh 6d 7s 9s 5s]

Seat 1: slaktarn (big blind) showed [Jc Jd 8c Qh] and won (4,590) with three of a kind, Jacks

Seat 2: Patrik Antonius (small blind) showed [Ad Ah Th 9c] and lost with a pair of Aces

FTOPS # 9 May 11/08

Solid play in this FTOPS event by the eventual winner. This is the final table that includes all the big hands.

1st - 263,500 - _FlaxmarZ_
2nd - 159,600 - MK376
3rd - 102,600 - xqsays
4th -  80,200 - nfa1080
5th -  60,300 - JBS07
6th -  40,000 - lonolin
7th -  35,100 - pocket-five
8th -  26,700 - papychulo777
9th -  19,800 - Highbury90

FTOPS VIII

The May 2008 edition of FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series) has been announced and scheduled to start on May 7th with a 6 seated $200+$16, $750K Guaranteed NL Hold'em tournament. The series features 24 hosted events by Full Tilt Pros like David Pham, Paul Wasicka, Lee Watkinson, and it seems Mike Matusow has his bankroll back in tact as he too returns to FTOPS hosting a Pot Limit Omaha/8 Tournament.

The two-day event returns to FTOPS as well with it being held on May 17th with a $2,500+$120 buy-in and a huge guaranteed $1.5 million prize pool. This buy-in should feature many pros coming out to to play and is a great spectacle of how pros have adapted their online game amongst very stiff and serious competition.

The whole FTOPS comes to a fabulous end two days later on the 18th with the main event hosted by the lovely Jennifer Harman. It is a whopping $2 million guaranteed with a $500+$35 buy in, which is sure to feature the highest entry count of the FTOPS VIII. Of course, as always satellites are already underway for most of the FTOPS tournaments. You can find them under the tournament tab on the main game window, then selecting the satellites tab below

As always I will post a video or two of the major events and the final table play-by-plays.