FTOPS XI Event #10, $300+22 NLHE: Steve 'gboro780' Gross Wins

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Feb 09, 2009 3 min read

FTOPS XI Event #10, $300+22 NLHE: Steve 'gboro780' Gross Wins 0001

Event #10 of the eleventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS XI) was a $300+22 no-limit hold'em tournament guaranteeing $1,500,000. It drew a field of 5,325 to create a total prize pool of $1,597,500, the biggest purse of the series thus far, with first place being $275,600.70. Among the best finishers just missing out on the final table were Rodney "BIGFLOPPER01" Burt in 14th place ($11,102.63), Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera in 16th ($7,827.75) and Roy Winston in 17th ($7,827.75). Headlining the final table was online superstar Steve "gboro780" Gross. The chip counts to start the final table were the following:

Jeremy "Jerms13" Lordge �C 5,778,983

Steve "gboro780" Gross �C 3,950,608

BUSTYOU79 �C 3,937,303

Pat "TorontoToro" Pezzin �C 2,894,328

ilovemypuppy �C 2,550,376

nevermo �C 2,281,757

Shoomie �C 1,970,903

J4d3dr4g0n �C 1,858,984

Drow �C 1,401,758

Drow bid adieu at the 30,000/60,000/7,500 level. After raising to 180,000 from middle position, Drow faced being all in after BUSTYOU79 reraised on the button. Drow called quickly with A?Q? and was racing against BUSTYOU79's 9?9?. The board ran out 5?5?K?10?8? and Drow headed home in ninth place for $20,767.50. J4d3dr4g0n headed for the exit at 40,000/80,000/10,000. Jeremy "Jerms13" Lordge opened to 195,000 from early position and J4d3dr4g0n went all in on the button for 2,068,984. Lordge called, with his Q?Q? dominating J4d3dr4g0n's 7?7?. The board rolled out J?6?2?8?8? and J4d3dr4g0n was out in eighth place for $27,956.25. Pat "TorontoToro" Pezzin departed in the next hand. He raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and Steve "gboro780" Gross re-raised to 527,474 on the button. Pezzin took a moment before shoving for 2,664,328. Gross quickly called and tabled Q?Q? to Pezzin's A?K?. The board came 3?6?9?8?5? and Gross won the coin flip to eliminate Pat Pezzin in seventh place for $36,742.50.

At 50,000/100,000/10,000, ilovemypuppy went down to the felt. BUSTYOU79 raised to 300,000 in the cutoff and ilovemypuppy shoved for 1,556,350 on the button. Jeremy "Jerms13" Lordge re-raised all in for 4,720,269 in the small blind and isolated the action. Lordge's J?J? defeated ilovemypuppy's 5?5? when the board rolled out 7?2?8?A?Q?. For the sixth-place showing, ilovemypuppy collected $47,126.25. A few hands later Shoomie opened to 245,454 on the button, and nevermo went all in for 2,401,124 in the small blind with A?5?. Action folded back to Shoomie, who immediately called with A?K?. The board served up J?Q?9?9?2? and nevermo was nevermore, but with fifth-place money of $63,101.25.

Jeremy "Jerms13" Lordge was the next to exit, at 60,000/120,000/15,000. After losing with A?K? to Shoomie's A?Q?, Lordge was all in for 1,310,976 with 8d8c and was up against Steve "gboro780" Gross' A?Q?. A queen fell on the flop and it was enough to send Lordge to the rail in fourth place for $83,868.75. Shoomie succumbed in the next level, 80,000/160,000/20,000. BUSTYOU79 raised to 480,000 in the small blind and Shoomie shoved for 3,691,415 from the big blind with K?10?. BUSTYOU79 called all in with A?9? and won the hand when the board ran out 2?2?4?5?J?. Shoomie was down to less than a big blind and was soon eliminated in third for $107,352.

The chip counts to start heads-up play:

Steve "gboro780" Gross �C 17,421,922

BUSTYOU79 �C 9,203,078

Heads-up play lasted only two hands before Steve "gboro780" Gross took it down. He opened to 440,000 and BUSTYOU79 re-raised to 1,120,000. Gross immediately went all in and BUSTYOU79 called all in for 8,243,078 with K?Q?. Gross held 4?4? and was favored by the 7?5?6? flop. The turn card was the 6? and gave a few more outs to BUSTYOU79, but the river was the A? and BUSTYOU79 finished in second place for $166,938.75. The winner of FTOPS Event #10 and $275,600.70 was Steve "gboro780" Gross, who added the victory (and custom FTOPS avatar) to his outstanding accomplishments.