I played in this morning's Limit Tourney, and took a chop in the final 3. I had a big chiplead and ended up chopping for $424.50. By the time support got to the table to enforce the deal we had made, I was down to 3rd place, and I had to fight for it, but the chop got done appropriately.



Report:

Level 1: 20/40 blinds:
10:05am (T1320): I take a couple hits early folding to raises and re-raises when my hands miss the board. Hands like ATs, AKo just missed and I ate a little chip loss.

Level 2: 30/60 blinds:
10:18am (T860): My AJ runs into JJ. Bad news. I'm way closer to the bottom of the leaderboard than the top.

10:24am (T785): Yay! A pot win! A small win, but it equals the number of showdown wins I had last tourney.

Level 3: 50/100 blinds:
10:34am (T1170): My A9s flops two pair and holds up. There may be life!

10:36am (T1635): I get KJs in the BB, flop the open ended and river the straight. No resistance, so sure, I'll lead. A nice pot win for me, and...

Level 4: 100/200 blinds:
10:45am (T2170): AQ wins me an uncontested pot on the flop. Rollin'!

I take a couple small hits, until---

Level 5: 150/300 blinds:
11:11am (T2020): Rockets on the button. One caller to my pre-flop raise. I flop the set with a 6-A-9 rainbow. I lead out (after his check) and get called. The turn card fills me up, I check it. Damnit---I missed a bet. The river brings an 8. He leads, I raise, he folds. I have to show it. Yay me!

I stay pretty much out of the way, folding and playing tight until:

Level 6: 200/400 blinds:
11:22am (T2695): I look down to see 2 red nines. I open raise in LP after two limpers. I get re-raised by the BB, and call, just me and him to the flop. I flop the set with a 9-7-T board (2 clubs). He leads into me and I raise him, fearing a flush or straight draw. He calls. The river puts the King of clubs on the board (3 clubs). I get nervous here, especially when he leads out with a 400 chip bet. I flat call him. Then, the beautiful King of diamonds falls on the river. He leads, I raise him, he re-raises me (??--I'm worried about KK here, but he could have hit a flush and I could just go crazy here.), then I re-raised him, going all-in. He shows AKo, and MHIG. I drag the T3195 pot.

Level 7: 300/600 blinds:
11:36 am (T4390): My AKo wins a pot on the flop uncontested after someone calls my pre-flop raise then bails on my lead out.

11:45 am (T4390): Mostly all blind play until my 88 runs into a turned flush.

11:46 am (T2890): KQo in EP. I open-raise with it (just to vary things up), and flop top two. It holds up for a nice pot. Another player flopped a flush draw and missed all the way to the river.

11:47 am (T7390): Next hand--rockets. My rockets hold and I take down ANOTHER great pot. I had T10540 in chips, and I'm think ing--"Hey, maybe I can make the money here."

Level 8: 400/800 blinds:
11:52 am (T8317): Rockets again. They hold again, and I eliminate a player in the process. Some more blind play until this gem of a hand that hurt so bad, I had to post it's full history:

11:56 am (T9617):
PokerStars Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind t400 (8 handed)

CO (t6939)
Button (t3119)
SB (t11350)
BB (t13710)
UTG (t13700)
UTG+1 (t2510)
MP1 (t6027)
Hero (t9617)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, 4 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: (5.50 SB, t2200) , , (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls.

Turn: (3.75 BB, t3000) (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls.

River: (5.75 BB, t4600) (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls.

Final Pot: 7.75 BB (t6200)

Results in white below:
UTG has Td Qh (straight, ace high).
Hero has As Tc (one pair, aces).
Outcome: UTG wins 7.75 BB (t6200).

I paired my ace on the turn, and he called 800 chips with Th, Qc to hit a gutter. He was down the whole way, and hit a 4-outer. Punk.

12:04pm (T5817): Revenge is mine. Rockets in the small blind. They hold up again for a great pot win.

Level 9: 600/1200 blinds:
12:14pm (T9817): QJs UTG (I know, I know). I flop top pair, and I show aggression all the way to the river where my opponent gives up the hand. He asked me if I had rockets again. I told him no. He tilted real good.

From that point, I was only involved in blind play, not really gaining or losing a lot until these back-to-back hands:

Level 11: 1200/2400 blinds:
12:53pm (T9412): Q7s in the BB. I limp with the SB who redefines LAGgy play, and I miss the flop. He'll bet with anything, so I call. A queen falls on the turn. He bets, I raise, he calls. Another queen on the river, I go all-in and take down the pot uncontested. Yes, you heard that right. He walked away from a T16800 pot so he wouldn't call T1012 on the river.
12:54pm (T17812): AJo in the SB. I flat call, flop an ace, and win another pot.

Level 12: 1600/3200 blinds:
12:56pm (T26212): Pocket 3's UTG. The way this table is, I call with them. Another lag raises another T330 and is all-in, so I call that. Flop the set, turn the boat. Capped betting on the river. My 3's full beats his Q6o for trips. I now have T52072, and hold the chip lead!
1:04pm (T51272): QJs in the BB. I re-raise with it to isolate a player successfully. He's the small stack at the table with just 10 players left in the tourney. I flop a gutshot with a backdoor flush draw, lead out, and he mucks his pocket 7's.

Blind play (and hand-for-hand) continues until:

Level 13: 2000/4000 blinds:
1:18pm (T64872): QQ in the small blind wins me a T10000 pot uncontested on the flop.

1:21pm (T74872): KK in the big blind next orbit. I 3-bet pre-flop, 3-bet the flop (5-9-8, all hearts, with me holding the King of hearts), and lead out with a caller on the turn and the river. MHIG, and I win T25000.

A lot of folding on the flop as we reach the final table, and I build a chip stack (shown above) to over T150K. I offer a deal starting at the 5-handed point. Everyone wouldn't accept until we got 3-handed. I was getting low on chips (dropped to 3rd), when we finalized the deal and chopped the pot evenly for a nice profit on the tourney. I ended up finishinig 3rd, but got better than 2nd place money with the even chop. I felt like I played well, and overall, my first MTT final table was a success.

Congrats Tib...well done

Well done

Why did not you all " sit out". That is the normal procedure and then wait on support to arrive.
This could have cost ya.

Tommmyhawk.

We ended up figuring it out with support's help. They arranged for the even chop agreed to earlier in chat.

I had never final tabled an online MTT, so I didn't know about the idea of just sitting out.

Live and learn.