It took almost exactly 13 hours for this week's Super Tuesday, PokerStars' weekly marquee $1,050 no-limit hold'em event. to minimize from 430 entries to only one. Almost the last two hours of that was required for the general elimination to occur, because the last two players -- CrownUpGay and Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman, either one of the united kingdom.. -- carried their tourney-concluding heads-up duel deep into the night.

At last it was CrownUpGay (to not be confused with 2014 WCOOP Main Event champ Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz) winning the last pot and taking first, earning a groovy $73,500 following a three-way maintain Peterman and another British player, R Scientist.

The first six hours or so were had to play right down to 63 players and for the cash bubble to burst, at which point the $430,000 prize pool -- well over the $300K guarantee -- started to be divided up. By then Killer oooo had risen to the highest spot within the counts, then by the point they were halfway throughout the tournament's eighth hour just 18 remained, with Killer oooo within the mix and Oscar "MendaLerenda" Serradell having risen up into the highest spot.

Ds L1cH (18th) then Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone (17th) were eliminated, then after sliding within the counts Killer oooo (16th) went out, with those three each picking up $3,440. Then engantil (15th) and Bjorn "kleath" Kleathersson (14th) were knocked out, and after slipping within the counts Oscar "MendaLerenda" Serradell (13th) went out, too, with those three each finishing with $4,300 cashes. Powergolf (12th), Peter "Se7enTr3y" Akery (11th), and thagrinda444 (10th) were then successively felted, putting off $5,160 apiece.

With JohnyK91 the brand new leader with almost 2.3 million, the overall table was underway.

Seat 1: M Acevedo (Costa Rica) -- 861,362  Seat 2: Tamer "Tamthemanwho" Kamel (UK) -- 331,608  Seat 3: Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman (UK) -- 1,257,243  Seat 4: CrownUpGay (UK) -- 1,207,777  Seat 5: R Scientist (UK) -- 1,552,040  Seat 6: kostinio83 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) -- 480,026  Seat 7: JohnyK91 (Netherlands) -- 2,299,067  Seat 8: michallok (Poland) -- 1,945,707 Seat 9: shorezydrew (Canada) -- 815,170

All nine made it to the tournament's nine-hour mark, then a few minutes later the blinds were 2,500/5,000 when Tamer "Tamthemanwho" Kamel open-raised all-in for 287,608 from the cutoff seat and Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman called from the button. Kamel had 6♣6♠ but Peterman held 9♥9♠, and after a 7♣2♦A♦5♣3♠ rounout Kamel was the primary final table knockout.

Tamer "Tamthemanwho" Kamel

About a half-hour later the blinds were as much as 15,000/30,000 while M Acevedo's stack slipped to 77,740, and all of that went in from under the gun. R Scientist three-bet from a couple of seats over and all folded, then showed A♥K♦ versus M Acevedo's 9♦8♠. The board ran out 5♥A♠T♦5♣J♠, and M Acevedo was done in eighth.

They continued on another 15 minutes, then came a hand that saw shorezydrew nearly get felted in a hand versus R Scientist. shorezydrew was all-in with Q♦Q♥ versus R Scientist's A♠Q♣, and an ace at the board gave the latter the massive 1.8 million pot (and the chip lead) while shorezydrew fell to lower than 25,000.

All of that went within the very next hand for shorezydrew behind J♦7♠ versus Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman's K♣T♦, and five cards later -- A♣4♦9♣2♣A♥ -- shorezydrew was eliminated in seventh.

Just three hands after that michallok min-raised from UTG for 70,000 and only JohnyK91 called from the large blind. The flop came Q♦Q♥J♦, JohnyK91 checked, and michallok continued for 78,540. JohnyK91 then pushed all-in for 315,516, and michallok called the shove.

JohnyK91 had K♦3♦ for a diamond flush draw while michallok showed K♠J♥ for queens and jacks. The turn was the 6♠ and river the 4♠, and JohnyK91's Super Tuesday run led to sixth.

Play continued, and with the blinds as much as 25,000/50,000 it was CrownUpGay -- the brand new chip leader -- opening for 110,000 from the cutoff, then kostinio83 three-bet all-in for 370,596 from the small blind and CrownUpGay called. kostinio83 showed Q♦J♥ and had the preflop edge versus CrownUpGay's 7♥6♣, but after a 6♥2♣8♦9♠4♣ runout CrownUpGay had a couple and kostinio83 was at the rail in fifth.

Just four hands later michallok open-shoved all in for 763,859 over the small blind and Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman called from the massive. michallok had T♣8♣ and needed improvement versus Peterman's K♣J♣, however the J♥7♣3♦J♦Q♠ made trips for the latter and michallok was sent out in fourth.

At that the tournament was paused for some deal talk, with CrownUpGay on top with about 5.64 million, Peterman sitting on almost 3.34 million, and R Scientist with right at 1.77 million. Both "ICM"-based figures and "chip chop" numbers were presented -- leaving $5,000 for which to play -- and after just a little negotiation to choose something in between a deal was struck and play continued. 

Not long when they resumed, CrownUpGay made a just-over-2x raise from the button to 135,000, R Scientist reraised to 421,555 from the small blind, and CrownUpGay called. The flop came 5♥3♠J♣, R Scientist continued for 276,333, and CrownUpGay called again. The turn then brought the 6♠ and an all-in push for 1,416,419 from R Scientist, with CrownUpGay making the call.

R Scientist showed A♠7♦ for ace-high and a gutshot while CrownUpGay had top pair of jacks with J♥8♥. The river was the K♦, and R Scientist was out.

That pot gave CrownUpGay a greater than 2-to-1 chip result in start heads-up play with 7,432,058 to Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman's 3,317,942. Within 10 minutes, however, Peterman had seized the lead away, then lost it, then grabbed it back again, eventually build up with reference to 9.4 million while CrownUpGay fell back to 1.35 million.

CrownUpGay managed to double-up, though, winning a preflop all-in with queen-ten versus Peterman's king-nine. Then a ittle after that CrownUpGay grabbed two big pots to tug in front, and before long was the only up around 9.4 million. Then Peterman evened things up again, cracking CrownUpGay's pocket kings by turning two pair and getting an all-in called at the river. Peterman widened the lead once more, but CrownUpGay picked up kings again and doubled through, retaking the advantage.

They continued on, their heads-up battle extending right into a second hour, with Peterman again taking the advantage back and pushing well ahead. Then CrownUpGay earning another double-up to survive, and then the pair needed to share a chatbox chuckle:

CrownUpGay: it's going to never end hahaelliottpet: lol

On they grinded, the lead switching from side to side again until eventually CrownUpGay took the lead once more, and eventually the last hand took place.

The blinds were as much as 60,000/120,000, and after Peterman opened for 258,000 from the button, CrownUpGay three-bet to 780,000, Peterman made it 4.56 million to go, CrownUpGay shoved all-in, and Peterman called with the 335,938 he had left.

CrownUpGay: T♥T♦elliottpet: 6♥6♠

Peterman had the lesser of the 2 pocket pairs, then the 9♣7♦8♥ flop gave both players straight draws. Neither the 4♣ turn nor the 2♠ river changed anything, however, and Peterman -- whom we just saw recently taking 25th within the LAPT9 Panama Main Event -- came one spot shy of winning this week's Super Tuesday and the additional $5K. 

Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman

Congratulations to CrownUpGay for the win and to both Peterman and R Scientist in addition for making it to that three-way final table deal and ensuring themselves handsome paydays, too. Rule Britannia!

5/31/16 Super Tuesday ($1,050 No-Limit Hold'em) resultsEntrants: 430Prize pool: $430,000Places paid: 63

1. CrownUpGay (UK) $73,500*2. Elliott "elliottpet" Peterman (UK) $59,675.00*3. R Scientist (UK) $52,800.00*4. michallok (Poland) $33,540.005. kostinio83 (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) $23,650.006. JohnyK91 (Netherlands) $18,275.007. shorezydrew (Canada) $13,975.008. M Acevedo (Costa Rica) $9,675.009. Tamthemanwho (UK) $7,138.00*denotes three-way deal

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