Online Poker Weekend: 'skattman' Wins War of Attrition in Full Tilt Tourney

Haley Hintze

Mar 19, 2007 6 min read

Online Poker Weekend: 'skattman' Wins War of Attrition in Full Tilt Tourney 0001

A longer than usually night for the major Sunday events cam to an end in the pre-dawn hours of Monday, following a final table in the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee that lasted nearly three hours. skattman took down the triumph in the event, surging from the middle of the final-table pack. Over at Poker Stars, another great night of attendance marked the Sunday Million, with 'power2prut' making a steady push to the win.

Poker Stars Sunday Million

Poker Stars returned to its normal Sunday Million offering with an event that drew "only" 6,964 hopefuls, generating a solid prize pool of $1,392,800. 1,080 players cashed, with $196,384 on the line for first. 'Vorcirion' and 'renassence' led the way to the final nine, each with a bit over $10 million chips as the last table began.

'dontriverme2' had a brief final-table stay, exiting when his 4♠4♦ lost up against the 10♥10♣ of 'power2prut,' flopping a set but losing to a turned flush as the board showed K♥4♥3♥6♥7♣. Out soon after was 'espnman,' whose 3♣3♠ couldn't hold on against 'kuparinen's A♠J♦ when the board completed with 5♣Q♣4♥J♠Q♦.

Seventh place went to a crippled 'matlik,' bounced out when his 7♥6♥ couldn't connect against 'Round42,' who called for not much more from the big blind, with J♦2♠. The board arrived 10♠8♠A♦4♦K♦, narrowing the field to six. It went to five when Voicirion bounced 'geotico;' Voicirion had 7♦7♠ to geotico's A♥Q♣, and they watched as 6♠K♣5♥8♥7♣ was displayed.

power2prut padded his lead through the middle part of the final table, but stayed out of the knockout hands. The next all-in collison pitted kuparinen, with A♥K♥, against Round42, with A♦Q♥. Round42 was outchipped and dominated, and watched as the 5♥8♠7♥3♥4♠ board gave kuparinen a winning flush. kuparinen picked up the next knockout as well when his Q♣Q♥ held up over renassence's 3♣3♠, the board bringing a status-preserving K♣10♦A♥7♦5♥. power2prut then notched his own knockout, finishing off a desperately short Vorcirion. On that hand, power2prut's 3♥3♣ held on over Vorcirion's A♠4♥ when the board showed 5♥2♠8♠K♥7♠.

At this point, kuparinen, and power2prut agreed to a chop for most of the money, and played on for $30,000 and the title. On the final hand, power2prut started with A♣8♦, kuparinen with K♥9♦. The board came J♦A♦5♥Q♦5♠, giving power2prut two pairs and the win.

Final standings:

* 1st ($180,000): power2prut

* 2nd ($115,273): kuparinen

3rd ($69,640): Vorcirion

4th ($55,712): renassence

5th ($41,784): Round42

6th ($30,641.60): geotico

7th ($21,588.40): matlik

8th ($12,535.20): espnman

9th ($8,217.52): dontriverme2

* --- two-way deal for remaining prize money; $30,000 to eventual winner

Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee

Full Tilt's once-a-month $500+30 event drew 1,573 runners and generated a purse of $786,500, comfortably topping its guarantee. 216 places paid, with first place worth $147,862 and five-figure paydays awarded to everyone at the final table. 'skattman' amassed over $1.7 million in chips to lead the way to the final table.

Ninth place went to 'Howdoiplayxx,' who now knows how not to play A♦K♣ --- at least not to run it into K♥K♦. 'foshio' (noted online player Josh Klehr) held that and picked up the knockout when the board arrived J♣10♦9♦9♠6♣. A few hands later, 'livb112' sent 'Cancer' to the rail in eighth; livb112 had 10♥10♦ to Cancer's A♥8♣, and won out when a Q♥6♣4♠K♣6♥ board appeared.

Over fifty hands elapsed before the next knockout, when 'jpmetalfan's K♣J♦ fell to the A♥Q♠ of 'andre07,' the board showing 4♦9♦A♠6♦7♠. A bizarre hand then sent foshio to the rail, when he and andre07 mixed it up. andre07 had tried to steal from the cutoff, but foshio, with 2♣2♥, made the call. The flop of 6♥3♦5♥ seemed safe enough, and foshio bet $180,000, andre07 raised another $180,000, foshio pushed, and andre07 called, with a steal gone very right --- J♠6♦ for top pair and the lead. A 3♠ turn and Q♣ river completed the big knockout, although virtually all those chips went to 'titantom32' on a huge double-through moments later.

Another long period elapsed before livb112 fell in fifth, his A♦K♥ topped by andre07's 9♦9♠ as the board came 3♦J♣4♠J♦10♠. Fourth place went to 'fsoyars,' the shortest remaining stack; he made a move from the button with A♠2♠, but found a ready caller in 'skattmann,' with A♦9♣. The board came 4♣9♦4♥Q♥3♦, and the field was three.

skattmann finally finished off andre07 by getting the chips in ahead and flopping a flush to boot; on that hand skattmann held A♠7♠, andre07 9♥7♥, and the board arrived 4♠8♠3♠8♦8♣. After another 20 hands of see-saw play, skattman finally took down the win over titantom32. On the final hand, titantom pushed all-in after a turn jack had the board reading J♥8♣6♣J♦. titantom32 had 8♦3♥ for two pair, but skattmann had an easy call, holding J♣5♣ for made trips and a draw to a flush. A 2♣ river filled that flush and completed the victory.

Final standings:

1st ($147,862): skattmann

2nd ($91,627.25): titantom32

3rd ($63,313.25): andre07

4th ($48,763): fsoyars

5th ($36,965.60): livb112

6th ($26,426.40): foshio

7th ($19,269.25): jpmetalfan

8th ($14,943.50): Cancer

9th ($11,482.90): Howdoiplayxx

Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed

Maybe Party Poker's largely European player base has a fondness for American NCAA basketball? Who knows what was up, but attendance was off a good bit at the Party Poker $300,000 Guaranteed. 1,224 entrants were on hand, well shy of the 1,500 needed to cover the guarantee. As a result, the players that were there had the chance to carve up over $55,000 in overlay. 150 players cashed, with first prize bumped up to $63,000 due to the narrowed player pool. 'lotharpo' and 'ddaylee' were the leaders as the final table commenced play.

First out was 'DalconOpeaN,' whose A♠Q♦ couldn't connect against 'miamivice80's 10♠10♥, the board bringing 5♣5♠J♥K♠4♥. Then, 'HB8073' picked a bad moment to go to war with A♦K♠, running into lotharpo's A♠A♥ and getting no reprieve from the 9♠Q♠6♣3♠6♦ board. A short-stacked 'FaetterD' was third to exit, forced in with a 10♥6♣ holding that was outclassed by miamivice80's K♣8♣, with a board of 8♦K♠Q♠2♥A♥. And then by far the wildest player at the table, 'BIG_BEAR_123,' made a last push with J♠3♥ that found a caller in 'RoyNibbles,' with A♥Q♥. The board came 7♦Q♠Q♣J♣K♥, and the field was six.

Another desperate stack, 'partyjohan,' then found 8♠7♠ worth a try, but lotharpo had an easy call with A♥4♥ and triumphed as the board provided 3♥A♠K♥4♦J♠. With the blinds putting everyone in peril, miamivice80 first dropped a large pot, then bounced out in fifth when his ace-high hand ran into 'Immorttall's aces, the board bringing 8♦9♣4♦10♦3♦. At this point the four survivors agreed on a chop to split up the remaining money, with RoyNibbles having a tiny chip lead but settling for an easy-to-figure deal.

Final standings:

** 1st ($40,000): RoyNibbles

** 2nd ($40,000): Immorttall

** 3rd ($30,000): ddaylee

** 4th ($28,000): lotharpo

5th ($14,250): miamivice80

6th ($11,250): partyjohan

7th ($8,550): BIG_BEAR_123

8th ($5,700): FaetterD

9th ($4,350): HB8073

10th ($3,000): DalconOpeaN

** --- four-way deal for remaining prize money

Ultimate Bet $200,000 Guaranteed

952 players made it to the weekly Ultimate Bet $200,000 Guaranteed, providing an overlay of just under 10% to the players. 100 players cashed and first prize was the expected $45,000, also guaranteed. 'TheMasterJ33' led a tightly packed bunch to the final table, with just under $400,000 in chips. 'bassman64' departed quickly, first losing a race for two-thirds of his chips, then making a stand with A♦Q♠, which ran into the A♠A♣ of 'Maria Nuccia' (a.k.a. Brock 't soprano' Parker) and found no help when the board came 6♦4♥9♠4♠7♣.

'Froggy_06' picked up the next two knockouts, first sending 'Buckohfive' to the rail in ninth. On that hand, Froggy_06 had 8♥8♦ to Buckohfive's A♠K♠, and the board showed 4♣6♥2♥3♥J♠. Following that, 'bad_egg' found A♠J♣ unlucky against Froggy_06's K♥J♠, as the 2♥10♠K♠4♠6♥ board brought the king. Soon after, 'Kingdan23' departed, his A♠Q♣ losing a race to 'Fish991's 7♦7♣ as the board delivered K♠5♥4♠9♠10♦.

Froggy_06 croaked when he got all-in with 9♦9♣ against 'spiker123,' who held K♣K♠; the 5♦4♥A♦5♣8♦ board changed nothing. A couple of dozen hands elapsed before TheMasterJ33 bowed out in fifth, his 9♠9♦ overtaken by the A♥J♣ of 'One Above All,' the board offering A♣6♣3♠3♥2♥. spiker123 departed in two stages, ultimately finishing fourth; he lost most of his chips on a questionable call with a middle-pair holding on a J-high board (Fish991 had pushed with an overpair, queens), then ran 4♥4♣ into Fish991's K♥K♠ and watching helplessly as the 5♣2♣K♦10♣2♠ board played out.

Fish991 continued his surge to the win with knockouts on consecutive hands. First, his A♦10♥ hand dominated One Above All's A♣8♥, with the chips in the middle before the flop. The J♣5♦Q♠7♥6♥ board meant two players remained. That lasted exactly one hand, with Fish991 and Maria Nuccia again all-in before the flop; this time Fish991 held A♠Q♠ to Maria Nuccia's J♦7♥. The board of 6♣10♠9♥4♦Q♥ gave Maria Nuccia plenty of outs, but none of them arrived and Fish991 had his win.