Full Tilt Online Poker Series VIII

[Hippy Dave]

This gets underway on Wednesday, going all the way through to May 18th, with a total 24 events. Buy in range from $100 rebuys to $2500, with endless variants of poker catered for.

Now, obviously I'm not going to be buying in directly to any of these, but thought it might be worth the odd shot at some super satellites. I will not be trying to qualify for every event as I am unable to play in a lot of them anyway, but I will only take a maximum of 1 shot at each event.

First attempt will be at Event 3, currently a mystery event hosted by (whatever that means) David Pham. I imagine that it will therefore be a NLHE Shootout event, as Pham has a bracelet in that, and that is structure of the satellite I'm about to play. The GTD prize pool is $300k.

Anyway, onto the super satellite (that means this is a satellite to a satellite by the way ), it's a $4.40 NLHE Shootout with 1 seat guaranteed to the satellite.

[Hippy Dave]

Failed to qualify for events 1 and 3.

Event 1 gets underway tonight, with no less than 30 full tilt pros (including Mike Matusow, David Benyamine and David Chiu) amongst the field of 4158. $200+$16 entry Shorthanded NLHE, 1st prize of $158,852.23

Berry Johnston and David Chiu are both on the same first table, so I'll be keeping an eye on that one for now.

Scott Fischman and Huck Seed are amongst the early chipleaders, with Stuart Paterson the first FTPro to be eliminated.

[Hippy Dave]

WPT winner David Chiu has just doubled through after taking and early hit with his QQ holding up against JJ.

Edit : Mike Matusow approaching early elimination.

[Hippy Dave]

And Matusow is gone.

Raises all in for his last 225 chips with A9o from the cutoff, button miniraises, everyone else folds.

A9 v 78

Flop 955
Turn 6
River J

[Hippy Dave]

Jens Voertman is the best placed pro at the moment, in 106th

[Hippy Dave]

Falling asleep, may still be going when I wake up

[Hippy Dave]

The whole thing lasted 9h 17m, the best placed Full Tilt Pro being Scott Fishcman in 18th.

Event 2 is well under way, $214k prize pool, PLOmaha and Scott Fischman well placed again, in 44th. Plenty of big names gone already, including Chiu, Pescatori, Jett and Watkinson

[Hippy Dave]

No Full Tilt Pros make it into the top 108 (cash)

[DAN DAN]

This looks like one of Komp's talking to himself threads Dave, we are all interested though.

[Hippy Dave]

Originally Posted by DAN DAN

This looks like one of Komp's talking to himself threads Dave, we are all interested though.

Yeah, I did think that too, but I'm enjoying myself anyway

[DAN DAN]

As long as you're enjoying yourself that's the main thing.

[Hippy Dave]

"Mystery" Event 3 (as predicted a $500 NLHE Shootout) passes, and again no FTPro wins, Erick Lindgren and Mike Matusow with minor cashes.

Event 4 (PL Hold'em) Scott Fischman 45th, Eddy Scharf 80th.

Event 5 (Limit Stud H/L), Berry Johnston finished 4th.

[Hippy Dave]

Event 7 is a $100 NLHE, $102k 1st prize, 1811 entrants, 261 paid.

Currently 411 left, notable pros out are Watkinson, Pham, Seed and Fischman.

Stuart Paterson is in 8th, Matusow 158th, a few others hanging on. Will we see our first FTPro victory?

[Hippy Dave]

Lindgren the last FTPro left, 75 of 177, after being extremely low earlier.

[Hippy Dave]

Nearly 7 hours in now (it was a rebuy btw), and Lindgren still there in 5th, 20 remaining.