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The highly anticipated FTOPS IX Main Event played on Sunday and more than 60 Full Tilt Poker pros were among the 4,880 players to participate in the $500 + $35 tournament.The tournament began at 6pm ET and it took almost 11 hours to narrow the field down to the final table of nine. dubbeemin began the final table in third place and got off to a great start when he picked up pocket aces against ace-king, almost doubling his stack and eliminating the player just behind him on the leaderboard. The pot vaulted dubbeemin into the lead and he never looked back, riding the momentum all the way to the title of FTOPS IX Main Event champion and a massive $432,400 payday.

Here is how it all went down.Starting chip stacks.Seat 1: valleyho (4,177,484)Seat 2: Pokerguru19 (1,252,960)Seat 3: dubbeemin (3,574,154)Seat 4: hemlock1313 (1,273,018)Seat 5: sckilla (5,646,087)Seat 6: aaaFRANCESCOzzz (1,641,169)Seat 7: TiltinShoes (3,472,702)Seat 8: tvcsa (1,426,134)Seat 9: TheTotalPkg (1,936,292)Eliminated in 9th place:

TiltinShoesWith blinds at 60K/120K (15K ante) dubbeemin raised to 280,000 from first position and TiltinShoes reraised to 600,000. Everyone folded back around to dubbeemin and he reraised to 1.3 million. TiltinShoes then moved all-in for 3.2 million and dubbeemin instacalled.TiltinShoes: As Kcdubbeemin: Ah AcFlop: 3s 2d QsTurn: 3cRiver: 5sTiltinShoes found big slick in an inopportune spot and was eliminated by the pocket aces of dubbeemin just a few minutes after the final table began.Eliminated in 8th place: aaaFRANCESCOzzzPokerguru19 raised to 360,000 before the flop and aaaFRANCESCOzzz moved all-in for 1.3 million from the big blind. Pokerguru19 quickly called.aaaFRANCESCOzzz: Ad 5dPokerguru19: Jc JsFlop: 2h Ac 2sTurn: JhRiver: KsaaaFRANCESCOzzz hit his ace on the flop but Pokerguru19 took back the lead with a jack on the turn. The river was no help to aaaFRANCESCOzzz and he headed to the rail in 8th place.Eliminated in 7th place: tvcsatvcsa raised to 280,000 from the cut-off and Pokerguru19 called the extra 160,000 from the big blind.Flop: Kc 9h Kh Pokerguru19 checked the flop and tvcsa bet out 300,000. Pokerguru19 check-raised to 720,000 and tvcsa pushed all-in for another 146,134. Pokerguru19 called and the hands were turned over.tvcsa: Ad AsPokerguru19: Ks 10dTurn: 2dRiver: 10sPokerguru19 hit a lucky flop to overtake tvsca's pocket aces, busting him in 7th place.Eliminated in 6th place: hemlock1313With blinds at 80K/160K (20K ante) valleyho raised to 399,995 from second position and hemlock1313 moved all-in for 1.3 million from the small blind. valleyho made the call.hemlock1313: Jc Jsvalleyho: Qs QdFlop: Ks Kd KhTurn: ThRiver: 8sThe cooler eliminated hemlock1313 in 6th place and guaranteed the remaining five players a payday of at least $100,000.Eliminated in 5th place: sckillavalleyho opened the pre-flop betting again with 399,995 and sckilla moved all-in. valleyho called the 844,577 reraise and the hands were turned over.sckilla: 3c 3hvalleyho: Ac 9dFlop: Ad Ks 10cTurn: JhRiver: 5hvalleyho won the race and sckilla was eliminated in 5th place.Eliminated in 4th place: Pokerguru19Pokerguru19 was shortstacked at this point with 1.7 million chips and blinds at 120K/240K (30K ante). After dubbeemin and TheTotalPkg folded, valleyho moved all-in from the small blind, forcing Pokerguru19 to make a decision for all his chips. Pokerguru19 called from the big blind.valleyho: Qc QhPokerguru19: Ac JhFlop: 6s 6c 8sTurn: 7cRiver: JdPokerguru19 hit a pair on the river but it wasn't enough to beat valleyho's pocket queens. Pokerguru19 was eliminated in 4th place for a $132,500 payday.TheTotalPkg and valleyho asked to look at deal figures but chipleader dubbeemin said he would rather play. dubbeemin had 13.2 million going into three-handed play, ahead of valleyho with 8.4 million and TheTotalPkg with 2.7 million.Eliminated in 3rd place: TheTotalPkgWith blinds at 140K/280K (35K ante) dubbeemin raised to 620,000 from the button and TheTotalPkg called from the small blind.Flop: 7d 6c 2dTheTotalPkg bet 1,625,000 and dubbeemin went into the tank before reraising all-in. TheTotalPkg had 2.7 million left behind and he went into the tank. He finally elected to call and risk his tournament life.dubbeemin: Ac 7sTheTotalPkg: Qd JdTurn: 6sRiver: 4hTheTotalPkg missed his flush draw and overcards, giving the 10 million chip pot to dubbeemin and setting up the heads-up match.dubbeemin wins FTOP IX Main EventThe heads-up match began with dubbeemin in the lead with 18.7 million and valleyho holding 5.7 million. The match lasted for 16 hands and valleyho was able to climb to 8.3 million after a lucky hand where his pocket eights hit a set on the turn to double up through dubbeemin's pocket tens.On the final hand dubbeemin called from the small blind and valleyho raised to 725,555 from the big blind. dubbeemin called the raise.Flop: 9c 7c 6hvalleyho led out for 999,955 and dubbeemin raised to 3.5 million. valleyho thought for a few moments before moving all-in for another 4 million and dubbeemin called.valleyho: Kc 10cdubbeemin: Qc JcTurn: AdRiver: JdBoth players flopped a flush draw but valleyho was way ahead with the better draw and the better hand.

However, the river was the miracle jack dubbeemin needed and the pot was sent his way. After more than 12 hours of play dubbeemin collected the $432,400 first place prize, the gold FTOPS jersey and the title of FTOP IX Main Event champion. Full results from the event and all the big Sunday tournaments are available over at the Sunday Report.