TheConcept79 takes down an exhilarating heads up match to say Sunday Warm-Up Gold!
The luck of the Irish held over a couple of days for TheConcept79 as he battled back to take down $147,310.32 without a deals within the post-St. Patrick's Day edition of the Sunday Warm-Up. The sphere of 4,695 players built up a whopping $939,000 prize pool, with the highest 675 players picking up cash. After nearly ten hours of wall-to-wall poker, the overall nine players settled in to complete off their quest for the large cash.
The first few confrontations of the general table went the best way of the underdog, because the shorter stacks doubled throughout the first few all-ins. But eventually juanan's luck ran out and he became the primary casualty of the overall table. Action folded around to the deep-stacked Civell within the small blind, and he put out a healthy raise with Q♠-2♠. Juanan moved all in excessive in defense of his big blind, and Civell called. Juanan tabled J♣-8♠, already behind, and fell further within the rearview because the flop came down 6♣-4♥-Q♦. Juanan picked up a couple at the J♥ turn, but had to catch another jack or an eight at the river to stick alive. Neither materialized, and when the river peeled off the T♣, juanan was done in 9th place ($7,512).
LukeFromB13 got all his money in good in his final hand, however the outcome clearly showed why it's called a favourite preflop, but not a winner until all of the cards come down. Trontrontron raised from late position with A♥-Q♣, and Luke quickly shoved all in excessive with A♣-K♠. Tron called and was a significant underdog, however the queen-high flop turned that every one around right away. The overall board read 8♦-Q♥-5♠-5♥-9♦, and Luke was the 8th-place finisher ($11,737.50).
Rounder13 watched his stack dwindle until his only option was the open-shove, and when he awoke with A♣-9♣ in middle position, that gave the impression of an even hand to do it with. He got action from TheConcept79, who awoke at the button with J♣-J♦, and rounder was in trouble. The K♥-T♠-3♠ flop was no help, and the 4♦ at the turn left rounder drawing thin to stick alive. The 8♦ at the river meant the most efficient hand preflop would hold up, and rounder13 headed home in 7th place ($21,127.50).
The rich kept getting richer because the night wore on, and when big stack TheConcept79 moved all in from the button, shorty yomahu felt compelled to name with A♥-7♦. Yomahu was actually ahead preflop, as TheConcept79 showed K♦-Q♣, but all that modified at the K♠-4♣-9♣ flop. The 9♠ at the turn gave TheConcept two pair, and the aceless 6♦ at the river meant that another short stack was gone, as yomahu busted in 6th place for $30,517.50.
TheConcept79's timely aggression and run of fine cards continued as he took out his third opponent in a row. This time the victim used to be again the shortest remaining stack, vtr82w. Vtr82w raised preflop from the cutoff, and TheConcept79 made an enormous re-raise from the small blind, moving all in in a tremendous bet. TheConcept's trap worked, as vtr82w made the decision with Q♦-T♠, only to search out himself facing TheConcept's K♠-K♣. The cowboys ran roughshod over vtr82w as they picked up a suite at the 7♠-K♦-3♥ flop. Vtr82w needed runner-runner to stick alive, so when the 4♠ landed at the turn, he was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless 7♣, and vtr82w collected $39,907.50 for 5th place.
A few orbits later, and again it was TheConcept79 claiming one more casualty. Action folded around to TheConcept, who raised from the small blind. Civell defended his big blind by moving all in excessive with J♥-T♦, and TheConcept quickly called with, once again, pocket kings. His K♣-K♦ was firmly within the lead going into the flop, and the 2♥-6♣-9♣ flop did nothing to switch that. The turn was a useless 2♥, and Civell was drawing dead. The 4♠ came at the river, and Civell headed to the rail with a $53,053.50 payday for 4th place.
Three-way action took only a few hands before the steamroller that was TheConcept79 rolled over trontrontron in 3rd place ($77,467.50). Tron opened with an all-in shove from the button holding K♣-8♣, and TheConcept made the decision from the large blind with Q♦-J♦. Tron was looking good at the 2♥-7♥-8♦ flop, however the worm turned at the Q♣ turn, as TheConcept made top pair. The 6♣ at the river was no help, and trontrontron was done done done in 3rd place.
After taking an incredible chip lead into heads up play, one might think that TheConcept79 would make short work of his last remaining opponent weriol. One could be wrong. After doubling through TheConcept at the first actual hand of heads up play, weriol pulled almost even in chips before slipping backtrack the ladder. After several more back-and-forth hands, weriol moved ahead for the primary time. Once he grabbed onto the chip lead, weriol kept the pressure on, taking a 2.5:1 chip lead into the general break of the night.
That final break gave TheConcept time to assemble his thoughts and get his game back on track, and only a few minutes after returning to the table, he had pulled almost even. Then in a single massive pot, he took back his chip lead in dominating fashion. After trading raises backward and forward preflop, all of the chips ended up within the middle with weriol holding the chip lead and K♦-7♦ to TheConcept's J♥-J♠. TheConcept's jacks hung on a board of 2♦-9♣-4♥-7♥-3♠ in a 42-million chip pot that left weriol on life support. However the wily weriol wasn't finished yet, as he doubled back through TheConcept only a few hands later.
TheConcept kept the pressure on, and at last all of it came all the way down to one big hand. Weriol were chipped down by the constant raises from TheConcept, and managed one last double up before all of the chips went into the center for the last time. With an almost 5:1 chip lead, TheConcept open-shoved from the button with J♠-T♠. Weriol called with A♠-4♠, and was ahead preflop. The flop came down K♥-T♥-9♥, and weriol needed an Ace at the turn. The deck didn't oblige, bringing the T♣ instead. Once again, TheConcept had his opponent drawing dead at the turn, and this time it was for the entire potatoes. The river was the K♣, and weriol was the runner up with a $109,393.50 payday.
TheConcept tore apart the general table in a single of probably the most dominating Sunday Warm-Ups in recent memory, but he had his hands full with weriol within the heads up match. When all was said and done, he earned every piece of the $147,310.32 he took down on the Sunday Warm-Up champion! Congratulation to TheConcept79, weriol for a whimsical runner up performance, and to all our PokerStars players who cashed within the Sunday Warm-Up this week!
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[Source: PokerStarsBlog.com :: PokerStars Sunday Tournaments]
