FTOPS XI Event #14, $500+35 H.O.R.S.E.: Jarzabek Returns to Winner's Circle

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Feb 11, 2009 3 min read

FTOPS XI Event #14, $500+35 H.O.R.S.E.: Jarzabek Returns to Winner's Circle 0001

Event #14 of the eleventh Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS XI) was a $500+35 H.O.R.S.E. tourney guaranteeing $300,000. The total purse amounted to $351,500, with 703 participants aiming for the $75,572.50 winner's payday. Falling just shy of the final table were Eugene "MyRabbiFoo" Katchalov in 10th ($3,515), Alan "I Am Ari" Engel in 11th ($3,515), DAT MOOSE in 12th ($3,515) and Gary "GB2005" Bogdanski in 13th ($2,882.30). The chip counts to start the final table:

LTBGGTBL - 583,757

destiny7 - 483,574

chiupilu - 473,869

Gerald "viking47" Ringe - 435,101

Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek - 434,284

Stephen "allinstevie" Devlin - 271,185

JP "MavFish" Kelly - 82,055

KipsterDK - 48,175

KipsterDK was the first player bounced from the final, at the 15,000/30,000/2,500 level in razz. Gerald "viking47" Ringe had a trey up and completed to 15,000. The rest of KipsterDK's chips went into the middle with an eight and the hands were revealed. Ringe held 8-4-3 and was fortunate to have an A and 2 dealt his way to make 8-4-3-2-A. KipsterDK started with 5-7-8 and made 8-7-6-5-3, but it was second best on this hand. The eighth-place finish (and second final table of FTOPS XI) earned KipsterDK $4,956.15.

Busting during 20,000/40,000/3,000 stud hi was chiupilu. Much of chiupilu's stack went to destiny7, who won the hand with an ace-high flush. Chiupilu busted one hand later and collected $7,381.50 for seventh.

LTBGGTBL went out next at 30,000/60,000 hold'em. In the cutoff, LTBGGTBL raised and Gerald "viking47" Ringe called out of the big blind. The flop came J?4?K? and Ringe check-called LTBGGTBL's bet, leading to the 8? on the turn. This time Ringe check-raised and LTBGGTBL called all-in with K?10?, trailing Ringe's J?8?. The river was the 6? and LTBGGTBL fell in sixth place for $10,193.50. A few hands later JP "MavFish" Kelly raised under the gun and Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek three-bet from the cutoff. Stephen "allinstevie" Devlin four-bet on the button and Kelly called all in. Jarzabek called as well, and the flop came 6?2?6?. Devlin's remaining 64,987 in chips ended up in the middle with 7?7?, but Jarzabek had flopped trips with A?6?. Kelly held K?J? and was drawing very slim. The turn and river came 5?4? as Jarzabek busted both opponents. JP "MavFish" Kelly finished in fifth for $14,411.50, while Stephen "allinstevie" Devlin took $22,847.50 for fourth.

It was not meant to be for destiny7, who finished in third place during 50,000/100,000/10,000 razz. Destiny7 was the short stack and made a stand against Casey Jarzabek, but could only manage to make a K-9-8-7-A low. Jarzabek's J-6-4-3-2 was best and destiny9 took $35,325.75 for third. The chip counts starting heads-up play:

Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek - 1,735,327

Gerald "viking47" Ringe - 1,076,673

Jarzabek went on a rush while heads up to take down the event. In the final hand during 60,000/120,000/10,000 stud hi, a raising war put Ringe's tournament life at risk with 8?Q?9? against Jarzabek's 6?7?8?. It was a done deal by fifth street when Ringe blanked out twice while Jarzabek made an ace-high flush with the 10? and A?. Gerald "viking47" Ringe took $52,022 for finishing as the runner-up. Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabek's win for $75,572.50 also gives him FTOPS event victories in consecutive series.