FTOPS V Event #5 – “GBecks” Wins No-Limit Hold’em with Re-buys

In poker, as long as you have chips, you still have a chance to win the tournament.  Similarly, just because your stack dwarfs the others, it does not mean you will be handed the first place trophy.   

“GB2005,” a Full Tilt Online Poker Series II winner, went into the final table of the FTOPS V no-limit hold’em re-buy event with over a million more chips than his closest competitor.  But when the tournament was down to six players, “GB2005’s” fortunes took a turn for the worse.  After getting frustrated when “GBecks” raised him out of pots several times, he got overly aggressive with other players and lost a million chips in a hurry.  It wasn’t too long before he was out of the game in 5^th place. 

“GBecks” was a severe short stack going into heads-up play with “20KJAY,” looking up at a five million chip deficit.  But knowing it would only take a couple big pots to get back in the match, “GBecks” ratcheted up his aggression, pounding away on his opponent.  He tilted the table in his favor when he forced a huge fold, taking a million chips away from “20KJAY.”  Chip lead in hand, “GBecks” continued to roll, eventually ended the tournament when his A-7 bested K-5. 

With 1,678 players, 2,277 re-buys, and 807 add-ons, the total prize pool of the $300,000 guaranteed event eclipsed $476,000.  That made first prize a grandiose $102,383.   

Final Table Standings 

1. GBecks -- $102,383.00
2. 20KJAY -- $66,668.00
3. flopdisasta -- $48,215.25
4. darkbet -- $38,691.25
5. GB2005 -- $29,191.06
6. LaJune -- $21,429.00
7. ontherocksuga -- $13,809.80
8. Doobie75 -- $10,000.20
9. Vanssi -- $7,081.10