{"id":25791,"date":"2013-01-30T21:34:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T20:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=25791"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:26:17","slug":"i_love_-the-300k-guaranteed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/i_love_-the-300k-guaranteed.html","title":{"rendered":"I_Love_ the 300K Guaranteed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/guaranteed-sunday-banner590.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"322\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/guaranteed-sunday-banner590.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/guaranteed-sunday-banner590-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you read our 300K Guaranteed articles over the last couple of weeks, you may remember that early chipleaders at the final table usually don&#8217;t manage to take advantage of their position.<\/p>\n<p>This time it worked. <strong>I_Love_P_Stars<\/strong> started the last table with 1,75 million in chips, followed by <strong>Run dat Game<\/strong> with 1,6 million. Nothing could stop him to go on taking 1st place and more than $40,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n<h3>How much they were playing for<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s rewind to the beginning of the tournament and get some numbers out of our way. Anyone who was hoping for one of those beloved overlays got satisfied. With 1,490 players in the $200+15 tournament on Sunday and $300,000 guaranteed the overlay was minimal, but it was there.<\/p>\n<h3>Early action at the final table<\/h3>\n<p>The final table started with an elimination in the very first hand. <strong>Arno1956<\/strong> was one of the shortstacks and pushed with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> in late position. Next to act was <strong>Run dat Game<\/strong> who found Aces and \u2013 who would&#8217;ve guessed \u2013 looked him up.<br \/>\nEven though <strong>Arno1956<\/strong> managed to hit both his holecards, the board paired on the river and gave <strong>Run dat Game<\/strong> two better pairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run dat Game<\/strong> liked his newly gained lead and it didn&#8217;t seem easy to get any chips out of him. Meanwhile, <strong>I_Love_P_Stars<\/strong> lost some ground and <strong>geoelt<\/strong> managed to catch up. After what seemed to be an eternity of tactical play, <strong>Bring cabbage<\/strong> joined the leaders to turn this final table into an open game.<\/p>\n<h3>Heading into the final lap<\/h3>\n<p><strong>CattleAndCane<\/strong> made a dent into <strong>Run dat Game<\/strong>&#8216;s stack, when he doubled up with his Kings against Queens. <strong>Run dat Game<\/strong> must hate Kings right now, as some time later they sealed his fate. At that point they were lying on a board showing <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and his <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> had to surrender to <strong>I_Love_P_Stars<\/strong>&#8216; <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few hands later <strong>I_Love_P_Stars<\/strong> took out another player. It was shortstack <strong>Bronathon<\/strong>, who found himself dominated with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> against <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">.<\/p>\n<p>With three players left at the table and <strong>I_Love_P_Stars<\/strong> having more than 50% of all chips in his stack, discussions for a possible deal started. The three agreed on how to split the money, bringing another successful 300K Guaranteed tournament to a happy ending.<\/p>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s what the Top10 took home:<\/h3>\n<p>  1. \tI_Love_P_Stars \t\t\t\t$41,495<br \/>\n  2. \tCR000 \t\t\t\t$30,988<br \/>\n  3. \tgeoelt \t\t\t\t$30,118<br \/>\n  4. \tBronathon \t\t\t\t$14,250<br \/>\n  5. \tRun dat Game \t\t\t\t$11,250<br \/>\n  6. \tBring cabbage \t\t\t\t$8,250<br \/>\n  7. \tCattleAndCane \t\t\t\t$5,550<br \/>\n  8. \tLordFlvcko \t\t\t\t$4,050<br \/>\n  9. \tLotti711 \t\t\t\t$3,000<br \/>\n  10. \tArno1956 \t\t\t\t$2,550 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you read our 300K Guaranteed articles over the last couple of weeks, you may remember that early chipleaders at the final table usually don&#8217;t manage to take advantage of their position. This time it worked. I_Love_P_Stars started the last table with 1,75 million in chips, followed by Run dat Game with 1,6 million. 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