FTOPS IX: Coach Cornholio Seventh In Event 11

Published on 15 Aug 08 10:35 by Drakhor

Coach Cornholio finished seventh in the $200 Fixed-Limit Hold'em tournament (Event 11) of the FTOPS, receiving $6,000 for this feat. Sugarsweetness finished first.

932 players participated in the eleventh Event of the 'Full Tilt Poker (FTP)Online Series' (FTOPS) and paid the buy-in of $200 + $16. Thus the prize pool did not surpass the guaranteed sum of $200,000. 108 places were paid out.

Cornholio's Tourney in a short Overview

Coach and content expert Cornholio (on FTP: 'jollylester') began the FTOPS tournament during his FL SH Gold coaching. After he was down to only 600 chips at one point – the starting stack was 3,000 chips – Cornholio worked his way up again with two all-ins, and started the race to catch up after a longer break-even phase. When only 15 participants were left, he had the chip lead for the first time, and took it to the final table.

At the final table he kept on playing aggressively. Unfortunately, he lacked the last bit of luck you need to win in a tournament with such a strong line-up. With he had to give up a part of his stack. The flop came with and thus the flush draw plus overcards. The turn gave him the top pair. The river was the , but his opponent held . Even another heart wouldn't have helped then. With he had to submit in a blind battle. The flop of gave him the top pair. Turn , river . His opponent flipped over for the rivered set though.

As short stack his remaining four big blinds went all-in pre-flop with . His opponent held . Already on the flop came the first ten – . Turn and river even gave his opponent the straight. Cornholio had to join the rails on rank 7.

"I kept on playing for the win, but unfortunately I had no luck", Cornholio resumed his final table.

'Sugarsweetness' won the tournament, earning $45,000. Best Full Tilt Pro was Markus Golser on rank 24 for $730. John Cernuto (rank 41) and Michael Craig (rank 99) also finished in the money.