Stars $20+2 180-person tourney - what a finish!

funkymunky

Just finished watching the end of this tourney. What a finish!! Last hand...




PokerStars Game #3052200993: Tournament #15072802, Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (2000/4000) - 2005/11/13 - 20:44:01 (ET)
Table '15072802 7' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: sharks1 (53706 in chips)
Seat 6: GTBR1 (216294 in chips)
sharks1: posts the ante 200
GTBR1: posts the ante 200
GTBR1: posts small blind 2000
sharks1: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
GTBR1: raises 8000 to 12000
sharks1: raises 8000 to 20000
GTBR1: raises 52000 to 72000
sharks1: calls 33506 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Kd 4s As]
GTBR1 said, "lol nh"
*** TURN *** [Kd 4s As] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 4s As 8s] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sharks1: shows [Ad Ah] (three of a kind, Aces)
GTBR1: shows [Ks Kh] (a flush, Ace high)
GTBR1 collected 107412 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 107412 | Rake 0
Board [Kd 4s As 8s 2s]
Seat 2: sharks1 (big blind) showed [Ad Ah] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: GTBR1 (button) (small blind) showed [Ks Kh] and won (107412) with a flush, Ace high

Chugs

You always have to remember a backdoor flush is worth about 1 out.

Sometimes you really need it.