‘dajatt13’ Triumphs in Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee

April 27 2009, Mickey Doft

Sunday’s $750,000 Guarantee at Full Tilt Poker attracted 3,492 players to the virtual felt in one of the weekend’s biggest online events. First place awarded $132,787.50, and “dajatt13” claimed that six-figure payday by finishing off early final-table leader and eventual runner-up Tom “titantom32” Braband for the win. Notable finishes by players not making the final included those of Ilya “ilushan” Gorodetsky in 14th spot ($5,325), Matt “berkey11” Berkey in 16th ($3,750), Luj0_1989 in 18th ($3,750), David “muckducks” Cairns in 27th ($2,775), Rayan “rkruok” Nathan (of poker-staking site ChipMeUp) in 34th ($2,250), Greg “DuckU” Hobson in 46th ($1,387.50), Johan Van “busto_soon” Til in 61st ($1,387.50) and David Pham in 75th ($1,125). The chip counts early on at the final table were as follows:

Tom “titantom32” Braband -- 2,036,024
JonnyMalc -- 1,946,594
OwChS -- 1,873,000
dajatt13 -- 1,330,889
officehound -- 1,203,065
Duffman08 -- 643,000
dmmickey -- 577,813
Lucas “Luho Pickle” Horrell -- 444,423
CWahl4 -- 421,192

Duffman08 kicked off the action by eliminating dmmickey during the 17,000/34,000/4,000 level. From the hijack, dmmickey shoved with for 511,313, but ran into Duffman08’s in the cutoff. The board ran out and dmmickey’s tournament was over in ninth place for $10,050. CWahl4 was felted at 20,000/40,000/5,000. From the cutoff CWahl4 went all in for 261,192 holding , and Duffman08 isolated the hand on the button with . The board rolled out as CWahl4 took eighth place for $13,500.

At 25,000/50,000/6,000, Lucas “Luho Pickle” Horrell was eliminated. He went all in for 429,364 with , which raced against officehound’s . The board rolled out and Horrell failed to improve, finishing in seventh place for $17,250. Later in the level officehound got the chips in with on a board. However, Tom “titantom32” Braband tabled an unbeatable . Officehound won $23,025 for sixth place.

OwChS departed at 30,000/60,000/7,500 after running into Braband’s . No seven found the table for OwChS, who collected $31,050 for fifth. The majority of JonnyMalc’s chips went to Duffman08 when JonnyMalc’s failed to hold against Duffman08’s when an ace hit the flop. JonnyMalc fell two hands later in fourth place for $41,400. The tournament swung in dajatt13’s favor three-handed. All in with pocket nines against Tom Braband’s pocket kings, dajatt13 made a straight and took the chip lead. A few hands later Duffman08 hit the rail in third place for $52,500. Tom “titantom32” Braband finished as the runner-up, when on the final hand, his pocket nines lost to dajatt13’s A-Q when an ace hit the board. Braband earned for $80,250 for second place, and dajatt13’s surge to victory in the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee was worth $132,787.50.

Final Results:

1. dajatt13 -- $132,787.50
2. Tom “titantom32” Braband -- $80,250
3. Duffman08 -- $52,500
4. JonnyMalc -- $41,400
5. OwChS -- $31,050
6. officehound -- $23,025
7. Lucas “Luho Pickle” Horrell -- $17,250
8. CWahl4 -- $13,500
9. dmmickey -- $10,050

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