‘KtownCicero’ Clinches Victory in Full Tilt $750K Guarantee
This week’s $750,000 Sunday Guarantee at Full Tilt Poker drew a crowd of 4,401 with first place set at $155,434.52. Notable finishes that missed the final table included Kyle “kwob20” Bowker in 13th ($6,205.41), Ace18 in 17th ($4,356.99), A6540 in 21st ($3,256.74), Hans “miAmihAns” Winzeler in 33rd ($2,640.60), and Brandon Adams in 49th ($1,584.36). KtownCicero began the final table as the chip leader and finished as the champion to take home the six-figure payday. Here are the chip counts at the beginning of the final table:
KtownCicero – 2,894,057
crazyz987 – 2,146,534
jba1986 – 2,017,000
Jacob “wvumaniac2” Bucher – 1,734,617
HITTHEPANDA – 1,734,209
kishotti –1,025,034
00s – 774,672
feltingfools – 749,148
chkrazethedevil – 127,729
Despite nearly tripling up in the early going, chkrazethedevil busted first at 25,000/50,000/6,000. Under the gun, chkrazethedevil shoved for 346,458 and KtownCicero called from middle position. Jacob “wvumaniac2” Bucher then reraised all in for 1,381,617 from the hijack and crazyz987 went all in over the top for 2,340,805 out of the big blind. KtownCicero got out of the way and the hands were revealed to be A♥8♠ for chkrazethedevil, A♠K♣ for Bucher, and Q♦Q♠ for crazyz987. The board ran out 4♥J♠K♥J♥10♠ as Bucher made the best hand to eliminate chkrazethedevil in ninth place for $11,794.68. Soon after, 00s was sent to the rail at the end of the level despite getting it in ahead. All in with A♦K♦, 00s fell to HITTHEPANDA’s A♥Q♦ as the board ran out 6♥A♠J♦Q♠J♥. 00s pocketed $15,843.60 for eighth place.
Heading out at the 30,000/60,000/7,500 level was kishotti. Jacob “wvumaniac2” Bucher raised to 148,500 from middle position and kishotti called from the cutoff. The flop came 7♥2♠10♣ and Bucher fired a continuation bet of 240,000. Kishotti min-raised to 480,000 and Bucher countered by moving all in with the bigger stack. Kishotti called all in for 985,031 and showed 6♥6♣, miles behind Bucher’s A♦10♦. The turn and river fell 9♠ and K♥ as kishotti was ousted in seventh place for $20,244.60.
Jba1986 was sent packing in the 50,000/100,000/10,000 level. Under the gun, jba1986 shoved for 826,056 with A♣6♣ and found action from KtownCicero in the big blind with A♠Q♠. The board fell Q♣10♣10♦A♥6♥ as jba1986’s tournament came to an end in sixth place for $26,934.12. The next hand, Jacob “wvumaniac2” Bucher ran pocket kings into pocket aces and became the short stack at the table. His remaining 503,832 went into the middle the following hand with K♠6♦, but he found himself up against KtownCicero’s 7♦7♣. The board rolled out A♣3♣A♥A♠9♥ and Bucher was out in fifth place for $36,352.26.
Feltingfools was felted at 60,000/120,000/15,000. From the cutoff, feltingfools shoved for 1,168,076 with K♣Q♠ and KtownCicero made the call on the button with the dominated K♥8♥. But the board came A♥K♠A♣10♥9♥ as KtownCicero made a flush to send feltingfools to the rail in fourth place for $48,411. Crazyz987 said goodbye at 80,000/160,000/20,000. On the button, KtownCicero raised to 320,000 and crazyz987 went all in from the big blind for 1,534,925 with K♦Q♥. KtownCicero called with 7♥7♣ and won the coinflip as the board fell 8♣2♣A♦4♦A♣. Crazyz987 pocketed $61,614 for third place.
As heads-up play began, the chip counts stood as follows:
KtownCicero: 9,712,027
HITTHEPANDA: 3,490,973
The duel went back and forth for awhile, but in the end it was KtownCicero notching the victory at the 100,000/200,000/25,000 level. HITTHEPANDA moved all in for 1,370,292 and KtownCicero made the call with J♦10♠, leading HITTHEPANDA’s 7♦4♣. The board ran out Q♠6♠2♣J♣8♦ and HITTHEPANDA was out in second place for $94,093.38. The winner of the Full Tilt $750,000 Sunday Guarantee was KtownCicero for $155,434.52.
Final Results:
1. KtownCicero - $155,434.52
2. HITTHEPANDA - $94,093.38
3. crazyz987 - $61,614
4. feltingfools - $48,411
5. Jacob “wvumaniac2” Bucher - $36,352.26
6. jba1986 - $26,934.12
7. kishotti - $20,244.60
8. 00s - $15,843.60
9. chkrazethedevil - $11,794.68
