Showing last month's victory was not a fluke, defending champion bigbluffzinc was back on the final table again. After taking home $12K from winning the June triple shootout bigbluffzinc can be trying to become the primary back-to-back champ of this event. andyafc#1 also made a return trip to the overall table placing seventh last November. The cards fell andyafc#1's way on the end, putting off the defending champ in third place and claiming the $12,000.00 as much asp just three hands later.

IAMPOKER11 and grampabumkin who made couple of WCOOP final tables back in 2009 would square off for the 81st and final money spot of the triple shootout. With the blinds up to 150/300 ante 25 grampabumpin would shove from the button for 1,961 chips as IAMPOKER11 made the decision holding Q♥J♦. grampabumkin turned over 3♣T♦ and flopped a couple. However, IAMPOKER11's queens at the T♥ Q♦ 8♥ 4♣ A♦ board would take down the pot and startup the second one round.

Table seven held to key to setting out the overall table as exportion, dirty.brasil (final table here in March taking fourth place), and woody1234321 battled it out for the general spot. exportion would export dirty.brasil out in 11th place to stand woody1234321 heads-up. woody1234321 would dominate the match winning all six hands because the last one pitted exportion's pocket jacks J♥J♦ versus woody1234321's Q♦K♦. A jack at the turn could be a foul thing for exportion because it filled woody1234321's straight draw A♣ T♠ 7♥ J♠ 6♠ and began up the overall table below:

Seat 1: draken08 (1500 in chips)Seat 2: scirrocco777 (1500 in chips)Seat 3: XxSouthyxX (1500 in chips)Seat 4: taska223 (1500 in chips)Seat 5: omba (1500 in chips)Seat 6: andyafc#1 (1500 in chips)Seat 7: woody1234321 (1500 in chips)Seat 8: bigbluffzinc (1500 in chips)Seat 9: vandecouter (1500 in chips)

Early cooler

Usually the primary bust out happens across the 25/50 level however the cards sometimes force the action early. With the blinds at 15/30 XxSouthyxX would make a raise to 80 as taska223 call and woody1234321 made it 240 to move from the small blind. XxSouthyxX dumped the raise but taska223 shoved for 1,470 total. Holding pocket jacks J♦J♣ woody1234321 made the decision for less. taska223 turned over the dominating pocket kings K♠K♥ and hit third one by the turn 3♣ T♦ 4♠ K♦ 8♠ to fasten up the 2,870 chip pot and end woody1234321's final table early in ninth place ($775.00).

Chips going south

Still within the 15/30 blind level XxSouthyxX would raise it as much as 90 from the button as taska223 called from the small blind and omba made it 218 from the large blind. XxSouthyxX shoved for 1,080 holding A♣Q♣ as omba's kings K♠K♥ were desperate to make the decision for 830 chips. Eagerness doesn't always win the pot however as an ace at the flop 7♠ A♦ 8♠ 5♣ 3♣ shipped the 2,186 chip pot to XxSouthyxX and $1,200.00 to omba in eighth place.

Defending champ takes the chip lead

Watch below as bigbluffzinc lets the cards do the talking for a double knockout:

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Bad timing to catch big slick for scirrocco777 K♥A♥ and XxSouthyxX K♣A♦ as either one of them didn't overtake the pocket sevens 7♦7♠ of bigbluffzinc at the T♠ 5♦ 8♣ 4♥ Q♦ board to send 4,938 chips to the defending champ. Because of stack sizes scirrocco777 took home $2,200.00 in sixth place while XxSouthyxX got $1,700.00 in seventh.

Last task of the day

If getting $2,735.00 in a freeroll was at the to-do list for taska223, mission accomplished. Just nine hands after bigbluffzinc's double KO and the blinds moving as much as 100/200 the 2 microstacks vandecouter and taska223 tried to assemble some headway by shoving preflop for a 1,758 chip pot. taska223's 4♠Q♣ out of the massive blind hoped for live cards but instead vandecouter's Q♦T♦ dominated preflop and after the river card fell A♠ 2♣ A♦ 7♠ 5♥ sending out the aforementioned $2,735.00 to taska223 in fifth place.

Quick release

Just two hands later draken08 would shove from the cutoff for 1,627 chips because the table folded to vandecouter within the big blind holding pocket sevens 7♣7♠. The previous shortstack had barely enough for the decision again to tackle draken08's A♠5♥. Only the five would discover a match at the T♣ T♦ 5♦ 4♣ K♦ board to take down the 3,354 chip pot and surrender $3,350.00 to draken08 in fourth place.

Missed opportunity

A three-way chop could be briefly discussed but a rebuttal by andyafc#1 sent the cards back into the air.

bigbluffzinc would have andyafc#1 all-in on a preflop flip of A♦J♣ versus andyafc#1's pocket eights 8♦8♣ but did not catch at the 9♣ 7♠ 2♠ K♦ Q♥ board for a 7,682 chip pot, sliding the chip result in the correct. Eight hands later with the blinds still at 100/200 andyafc#1 tried bullying bigbluffzinc with a shove from the small blind. Holding big slick A♠K♥ the champ quickly made the decision. 6♠7♣ for andyafc#1 watched four clubs 6♣ K♣ J♣ 3♣ 9♥ trickle out at the board to overhaul the flopped top pair and killed the danger for back-to-back victories in third place ($4,500.00).

Three and out

Just three hands of heads-up play between andyafc#1 and vandecouter sent the $12,000.00 to this month's champ. Watch below as andyafc#1 takes the teachings learned in November's final table run to today's win:

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andyafc#1 applied the pressure from the small blind with a 10,994 chip shove holding 5♦A♣ as vandecouter made the decision for 2,206 with Q♠T♦. No cards over a nine 6♦ 2♦ 9♦ 8♠ 8♥ sent vandecouter to the rail as andyafc#1 collected the $12,000.00 first place prize because the July Battle of the Planets champion!

PokerStars Battle of the Planets triple shootout results (07-28-13)

Players entered: 509Places paid: 81Prizepool: $50,000.00 (freeroll)

1. andyafc#1 (UK) $12,000.002. vandecouter (Argentina) $7,500.003. bigbluffzinc (Canada) $4,500.004. draken08 (UK) $3,350.005. taska223 (Hungary) $2,735.006. scirrocco777 (Belgium) $2,200.007. XxSouthyxX (Canada) $1,700.008. omba (Sweden) $1,200.009. woody1234321 (UK) $775.00

David Aydt is a contract contributor

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