Gruissem's 2013 Heater Continues; Captures FTOPS XXIV Event #2 for $93,940

It’s been an incredible year for Philipp “philbort” Gruissem. He has an astounding $4,605,401 in tournament winnings for 2013 (only three players — Ryan Riess, Anthony Gregg, and Jay Farber have more), and that includes big wins in the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific High Roller for $863,386; World Poker Tour Alpha8 London for $1,379,840; and WPT Alpha8 St. Kitts for $1,086,400.
Now, the young German has a FTOPS victory on his résumé.
On Sunday, November 24, Gruissem emerged victorious from a field of 427 players in FTOPS XXIV Event #2: $1,000 buy-in NLHE 6-max by defeating “BluffurBluff” in heads-up play for $93,940. Interestingly, “BluffurBluff” topped a field of 155 players to win a title in Event #12: $215 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi Heads Up a few days later.
Here’s a look at the FTOPS XXIV winners thus far.
Event | Date | Game | Guarantee | Players | Winner | Prize |
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Event #1 | Nov 24 | $200 + $15 NL Hold'em Re-Entry Tournament | $500,000 | 2,851 | PrishChips31 | $100,856.24 |
Event #2 | Nov 24 | $1,000 + $50 NL Hold'em 6-Max | $300,000 | 427 | philbort | $93,940 |
Event #3 | Nov 25 | $100 + $9 PL Omaha Hi Rebuy | $75,000 | 24 | WhoaIHave4Cards | $19,656 |
Event #4 | Nov 25 | $300 + $20 Razz | $50,000 | 162 | mattyv | $13,750 |
Event #5 | Nov 25 | $200 + $15 NL Hold'em Rush | $100,000 | 555 | husajn54 | $27,750 |
Event #6 | Nov 26 | $200 + $15 NL Omaha Hi/Lo 6-Max | $50,000 | 284 | Antiher000 | $13,632 |
Event #7 | Nov 26 | $200 + $15 HORSE | $40,000 | 208 | Betong | $11,440 |
Event #8 | Nov 26 | $100 + $9 NL Hold'em Turbo Multi-Entry Tournament | $200,000 | 2,196 | apestyles | $41,724 |
Event #9 | Nov 27 | $200 + $15 PL Irish | $50,000 | 205 | GoLeafsGoEh | $12,500 |
Event #10 | Nov 27 | $300 + $20 NL Hold'em Rebuy | $250,000 | 254 | ftpballerstatus | $50,701.90 |
Event #11 | Nov 27 | $207 + $8 NL Hold'em Rush Super Turbo | $100,000 | 488 | r4ndomr4gs | $25,254 |
Event #12 | Nov 28 | $200 + $15 PL Omaha Hi Heads Up | $25,000 | 155 | BluffurBluff | $8,835 |
Event #13 | Nov 28 | $300 + $20 NL Hold'em Escalator | $100,000 | 348 | seven_spb70 | $22,968 |
Event #14 | Nov 29 | $100 + $9 NL Hold'em | $100,000 | 1,006 | VILAVICENCIO | $15,540.84 |
Event #15 | Nov 29 | $200 + $15 7-Stud | $25,000 | 106 | ViTaMin_F22 | $6,956.67 |
Event #16 | Nov 30 | $1,000 + $50 NL Hold'em Re-Entry Tournament | $500,00 | 517 | MUFAZZA | $109,385 |
Event #17 | Nov 30 | $300 + $20 PL Omaha Hi 6-Max Triple Chance | $100,000 | 341 | UhhMee | $24,347.40 |
Event #18 | Nov 30 | $100 + $9 NL Hold'em Rush | $75,000 | 934 | Illini213 | $21,482 |
Event #19 | Dec 01 | $120 + $9 NL Hold'em Knockout Multi-Entry Tournament | $400,000 | 5,099 | Byniolus | $72,545.48 |
Event #20 | Dec 01 | $300 + $20 NL Hold'em Re-Entry Tournament | $600,000 | 2,329 | sluggy27 | $111,768.04 |
Event #21 | Dec 01 | $200 + $15 Hold'em Limit Escalator | $50,000 | 340 | Ozgur Arda | $13,003.69 |
While the FTOPS win was the online highlight of Gruissem’s year, he’s actually up $49,505 playing cash games, which has come from 2,857 hands of primarily $50/$100 no-limit hold’em.
Here’s a look at Gruissem’s two biggest cash game pots of the year:
Hand #1: Action was five handed at a $50/$100 NLHE table when “4rebmun” ($15,580) opened for $300 under the gun and received calls from “limmouse” ($7,490.48) and “Shark2u” ($24,031.08) in the cutoff and button, respectively. After the small blind folded, Gruissem ($12,054) three-bet to $1,400 from the big. The original raiser folded, “limmouse” called, and “Shark2u” four-bet to $8,500. Gruissem responded with an all-in five-bet, which prompted “limmouse” to fold. “Shark2u” made the call and the board ran out 5♠6♦7♦3♣10♠. Gruissem tabled the Q♣Q♥, and it was good enough to win the $25,853 pot as “Shark2u” simply mucked.
Hand #2: