How to Go From 5m to 0 in 3 Hands!

First off I want to say, in case anyone was wondering, I finished in FTOPS event 24 today somewhere in the 2200s. No money, but I did score $40 in knockouts--not bad for a $6 investment.

Okay, so I am watching the FTOPS Main Event at the moment and boy did I ever see someone melt down ala Scotty Nguyen in the '07 Main Event. With 14 players left player KingKenneth was sitting pretty with over 5,000,000 in chips with blinds at 60,000-120,000. The average stack at the time was just over 2,000,000 chips. Then, these three hands happened.

Seat 1: Hummelhintern (1,163,330)
Seat 2: TRIPPYTUCKER (552,952)
Seat 3: sckilla (4,720,167)
Seat 5: SPIRITSLAYER (1,470,193)
Seat 6: KingKenneth (4,989,104)
Seat 7: sd bum (1,666,912)
Seat 8: Kraag (3,340,211)
Hummelhintern antes 15,000
TRIPPYTUCKER antes 15,000
sckilla antes 15,000
SPIRITSLAYER antes 15,000
KingKenneth antes 15,000
sd bum antes 15,000
Kraag antes 15,000
sd bum posts the small blind of 60,000
Kraag posts the big blind of 120,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Hummelhintern folds
TRIPPYTUCKER has 15 seconds left to act
TRIPPYTUCKER folds
sckilla raises to 300,000
SPIRITSLAYER folds
KingKenneth calls 300,000
TRIPPYTUCKER: tx mate
sd bum folds
Kraag has 15 seconds left to act
Kraag folds
*** FLOP ***
sckilla checks
KingKenneth has 15 seconds left to act
KingKenneth bets 240,000
sckilla has 15 seconds left to act
sckilla raises to 670,000
KingKenneth calls 430,000
*** TURN ***
sckilla has 15 seconds left to act
sckilla bets 840,000
KingKenneth calls 840,000
*** RIVER ***
sckilla has 15 seconds left to act
sckilla checks
KingKenneth bets 1,200,000
sckilla has 15 seconds left to act
sckilla has requested TIME
sckilla calls 1,200,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KingKenneth shows a pair of Jacks
sckilla shows two pair, Aces and Jacks
sckilla wins the pot (6,305,000) with two pair, Aces and Jacks

What a fantastic call by sckilla with a pair of aces with no kicker there!

Seat 1: Hummelhintern (1,148,330)
Seat 2: TRIPPYTUCKER (537,952)
Seat 3: sckilla (8,000,167)
Seat 5: SPIRITSLAYER (1,455,193)
Seat 6: KingKenneth (1,964,104)
Seat 7: sd bum (1,591,912)
Seat 8: Kraag (3,205,211)
Hummelhintern antes 15,000
TRIPPYTUCKER antes 15,000
sckilla antes 15,000
SPIRITSLAYER antes 15,000
KingKenneth antes 15,000
sd bum antes 15,000
Kraag antes 15,000
Kraag posts the small blind of 60,000
Hummelhintern posts the big blind of 120,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
TRIPPYTUCKER folds
sckilla folds
KingKenneth: ouch
SPIRITSLAYER folds
KingKenneth calls 120,000
sckilla: not a good plan to bluff me m8
sd bum folds
sckilla: im a call station
Kraag calls 60,000
Hummelhintern checks
*** FLOP ***
sckilla: i almost mucked tho
Kraag checks
Hummelhintern has 15 seconds left to act
Hummelhintern bets 280,000
KingKenneth raises to 560,000
Kraag has 15 seconds left to act
Kraag folds
Hummelhintern raises to 1,013,330, and is all in
KingKenneth calls 453,330
Hummelhintern shows
KingKenneth shows
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
Hummelhintern shows a straight, King high
KingKenneth shows a pair of Tens
Hummelhintern wins the pot (2,491,660) with a straight, King high

So now he has a short stack and puts it all on the line from the next hand. It's pretty safe to say he is steaming.

Seat 1: Hummelhintern (2,491,660)
Seat 2: TRIPPYTUCKER (522,952)
Seat 3: sckilla (7,985,167)
Seat 5: SPIRITSLAYER (1,440,193)
Seat 6: KingKenneth (815,774)
Seat 7: sd bum (1,576,912)
Seat 8: Kraag (3,070,211)
Hummelhintern antes 15,000
TRIPPYTUCKER antes 15,000
sckilla antes 15,000
SPIRITSLAYER antes 15,000
KingKenneth antes 15,000
sd bum antes 15,000
Kraag antes 15,000
Hummelhintern posts the small blind of 60,000
TRIPPYTUCKER posts the big blind of 120,000
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sckilla raises to 300,000
SPIRITSLAYER folds
KingKenneth raises to 800,774, and is all in
sd bum folds
Kraag folds
Hummelhintern folds
TRIPPYTUCKER folds
sckilla calls 500,774
KingKenneth shows
sckilla shows
*** FLOP ***
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
KingKenneth shows Ace King high
sckilla shows a pair of Tens
sckilla wins the pot (1,886,548) with a pair of Tens
sckilla: ul m8 gg
KingKenneth stands up

You cannot blame him though for pushing with an ace with under 10 big blinds left.

And that's how you go from about 5 million chips to 0 in 3 hands.

They just reached the final table in the Main Event. No red names made it there this time. The last of the red names to survive was Nordberg who busted in 17th place.

I also want to congratulate skitmoney aka Stinky Budz for cashing in the Main Event and finishing in 339th place!

Good luck on the felt everyone!