We all know that No Limit Holdem is a game of aggression, but sometimes the trail to victory for essentially the most aggressive player one of the peaks and troughs. It is the stuff of heart attacks. And we saw that today within the weekly Super Tuesday as Chilean karakrud mixed up some creativity and flair to endure a wild ride to the title and a six-figure pay day.
Today's $1,050 Super Tuesday brought together a robust field of 540 players to create a prize pool of $540,000. The highest 63 places would take home profit.
George Danzer, Nacho Barbero and Jake Cody were flying the flag for Team PokerStars, but they were early eliminations before the bubble burst at the UK's Cejakas14 in 64th place. Cejakas14 went home empty-handed because the remaining players were happy to have secured no less than $2,376.
After eight and a half hours of toil, CzarKassim lost a race with king-jack against karakrud's pocket deuces when a 3rd duck hit the flop, to peer our Super Tuesday final table set as follows:
Final Table line up
Seat 1: karakrud (885,550 in chips)
Seat 2: Dhr. Awesome (451,478 in chips)
Seat 3: all in 2526 (270,926 in chips)
Seat 4: Aggro Santos (194,902 in chips)
Seat 5: Paris Dedes (307,146 in chips)
Seat 6: Handebraken (140,222 in chips)
Seat 7: Gasnjep (189,680 in chips)
Seat 8: metallist353 (104,720 in chips)
Seat 9: F P C (155,376 in chips)
karakrud was a large chip leader, with the general table blinds taking off at 3,600/7,200/900, nevertheless it would take just a few hands for karakrud surrender that advantage.
karakrud tried to place the massive stack to work with a triple-barrel bluff against Paris Dedes, however Paris Dedes turned top pair with ace-queen and went with it to peer karakrud's nine-three exposed.
Paris Dedes shot to the lead, after which increased that further with the primary elimination of the general table. It might be metallist353 moving all in from early position with 7♦7♠ but Paris Dedes made the decision within the big blind with a very good pair - 9♠9♦. The board arrived A♥A♣K♦6♣3♠ to peer metallist353 collect $8,964 for 9th place.
F P C was next to go, moving all in from early position with A♦T♣ on the wrong time as Dhr. Awesome found K♣K♦ and made the decision. The board was laid out Q♠8♦6♦J♠3♣ to go away the kings in front and notice F P C finish in 8th place for $12,150 in prize money.
The troubles continued for karakrud with the double up of Aggro Santos. karakrud had the most efficient hand with ace-jack but Aggro Santos improved to a whole house with king-queen to double through.
That didn't slow karakrud, and the aggression eventually paid off with a slightly creative straight:
As the blinds ticked up, it might be Gasnjep next to leave. Gasnjep three-bet shoved with A♠J♠ and Paris Dedes made the decision with K♥Q♥. The board ran out K♦J♥3♣K♣4♥ to offer Paris Dedes trip kings to eliminate Gasnjep in 7th place for $17,550.
A few hands later and Handebraken joined the rail. karakrud was within the thick of the action once again, opening with a min-raise from under the gun. Action folded to Handebraken within the big blind who moved all in with A♣Q♦, but karakrud wouldn't budge from T♣T♥. The board landed K♣9♣3♥J♥9♠ to go away the pair in front as Handebraken was out in 6th place for $22,950.
Dhr. Awesome found a large double up with pocket kings against karakrud's pocket jacks, before the five remaining players dug their heels. Many of the pots remained small because the chips were passed across the table.
Something needed to give and it was former Sunday Million winner all in 2526 who made a move on the wrong time. all in 2526 moved all in for around fifteen big blinds with K♥T♠ but ran smack into the A♥A♠ of Aggro Santos. There have been no surprises at the board of 8♠8♣7♠2♦4♥ as all in 2526 departed in 5th place for $29,700 in prize money.
The four remaining players seemed in pretty good spirits. A FEW them looked as if it would know each other, with some friendly discussion unfolding within the chat box, while some unfriendly play unfolded at the felt akin to this hand that was six-bet but didn't see a flop:
karakrud was getting back on top until a million-chip cooler saw karakrud run ace-king into Paris Dedes' pocket aces. karakrud couldn't escape as Paris Dedes doubled through.
karakrud was in a position to weather the blow and the luck changed around when a flop of 2♣6♦A♦ greeted both karakrud and Dhr. Awesome. The chips went flying with Dhr. Awesome committing with A♣J♠ for high pair, only to seek out karakrud had flopped two pair with A♥2♥. The turn was the 7♠ and river the 5♥ to look Dhr. Awesome fall in 4th place for an excellent return of $42,120.
The wild aggression of karakrud went to a brand new level three-handed. karakrud three-bet shoved with just six-four offsuit but Aggro Santos found the double up with ace-jack. No problem for karakrud who got those chips back soon after, calling a three-bet shove holding J♣T♦ to be racing with Aggro Santo's 7♣7♠. The board ran out 3♠T♥K♠Q♥9♠ to look karakrud flop a couple and improve to a straight to go away Aggro Santos out in 3rd place for a $55,350 score.
Heads-up chip counts
Seat 1: karakrud (1,422,308 in chips)
Seat 5: Paris Dedes (1,277,692 in chips)
karakrud was back into the lead but with the blinds at 7,000/14,000/1,750, they were pretty deep when heads-up play commenced.
Paris Dedes drew first blood, winning a seven-figure pot with second pair when karakrud had kicker issues of the similar pair. However, as was the rage of the general table, karakrud quickly recovered with a large double up connecting at the river with a flush draw to raised Paris Dedes' top pair, top kicker.
karakrud continued to win the larger pots before the overall hand of the tournament erupted.
karakrud min-raised preflop, after which fired bets at the flop and switch at the board of 2♥7♣4♦8♠. At the turn, Paris Dedes check-raised all in with karakrud making the decision holding K♠7♥ for second pair, which was prior to Paris Dedes' J♥T♥ for a straight draw with overcards. The river was revealed because the 5♠ to depart Paris Dedes to assemble $75,600 for 2nd place with karakrud taking down the Super Tuesday to win an important $102,600 in prize money. Congratulations!
Super Tuesday Final Table Results
Entrants: 540
Prize pool: $540,000.00
Place paid: 63
1st karakrud (Chile) - $102,600.00
2nd Paris Dedes (Greece) - $75,600.00
3rd Aggro Santos (UK) - $55,350.00
4th Dhr. Awesome (Netherlands) - $42,120.00
5th all in 2526 (Israel) - $29,700.00
6th Handebraken (Malta) - $22,950.00
7th Gasnjep (Netherlands) - $17,550.00
8th F P C (Brazil) - $12,150.00
9th metallist353 (Russia) - $8,964.00
Heath "TassieDevil" Chick is a contract Contributor for the PokerStars Blog.
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