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Full Tilt Announces FTOPS IX Schedule

July 10, 2008

Full Tilt Online Poker Series - FTOPS IXAs the 2008 WSOP is coming ever closer to crowning its champion, Full Tilt Poker has announced yet another massively lucrative poker tournament to catch the attention of today’s top pros, not to mention online poker fans around the world. You guessed it – the Full Tilt online poker Series is returning in August with its 9th installment – FTOPS IX.

It wasn’t that long ago – May 2008 in fact – that online poker player “cheesemonster” was awarded the 1st place prize in FTOPS VIII Main Event, earning his $410,780 share of the $2,375,000 prize pool. Yet here we are, looking ahead to FTOPS IX, which guarantees a minimum of $15,000,000 in overall prize money.

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FTOPS IX will kick off August 6th with its first of 25 events, $216 NL Hold’em with a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000. August 17 will mark the start of the FTOPS IX Main Event, $535 NL Hold’em worth a guaranteed prize pool of $2.5 million. See the complete Full Tilt Poker FTOPS IX Schedule below for more details.

Full Tilt Poker has not started hosting Satellites to FTOPS IX yet, but has announced the FTOPS IX Satellite Challenge. Should a player win a seat in the same FTOPS IX event more than once, the player will receive T$ (tournament dollars) equal to the buy-in of the FTOPS IX event. For example, winning two FTOPS IX Main Event Satellites would first award an entry to the event, followed by T$535. T$ can be used as the buy-in to enter tournaments the same way a player would use real cash.

Full Tilt Poker is also running an FTOPS IX Leaderboard Competition. The player who collects the most points in FTOPS IX events will win a custom avatar for use at the Full Tilt Poker online poker room.
Full Tilt Poker FTOPS IX 25-Event Schedule

Aug 6 @ 9pm ET: $216 NL Hold’em - $1,000,000 GP
Aug 7 @ 2pm ET: $256 PL Omaha/8 Knockout - $200,000 GP
Aug 7 @ 9pm ET: $216 6-Max NL Hold’em 4xShooutout - $250,000 GP
Aug 8 @ 2pm ET: $322 NL Hold’em 1 Re-Buy, 1 Add-on - $600,000 GP
Aug 8 @ 9pm ET: $216 Stud - $100,000 GP
Aug 9 @ 2pm ET: $535 6-Max PL Omaha - $300,000 GP
Aug 9 @ 4:30pm ET: $109 NL Hold’em Re-Buy - $500,000 GP
Aug 10 @ 2pm ET: $256 6-Max NL Hold’em Knockout - $500,000 GP
Aug 10 @ 4pm ET: $535 Heads-Up NL Hold’em - $500,000 GP
Aug 10 @ 6pm ET: $322 NL Hold’em - $1,500,000 GP
Aug 11 @ 2pm ET: $216 Limit Hold’em - $200,000 GP
Aug 11 @ 9pm ET: $1,060 6-Max NL Hold’em - $1,500,000 GP
Aug 12 @ 2pm ET: $216 PL H.A. - $200,000 GP
Aug 12 @ 9pm ET: $535 H.O.R.S.E. - $300,000 GP
Aug 12 @ 9pm ET: $216 NL Hold’em Turbo - $500,000 GP
Aug 13 @ 2pm ET: $216 Omaha/8 - $200,000 GP
Aug 13 @ 9pm ET: $322 6-Max NL Hold’em Re-buy - $1,000,000 GP
Aug 14 @ 2pm ET: $535 NL Hold’em 3xShootout - $300,000 GP
Aug 14 @ 9pm ET: $3226-Max Mixed Hold’em - $300,000 GP
Aug 15 @ 2pm ET: $216 6-Max NL Hold’em - $400,000 GP
Aug 15 @ 9pm ET: $322 Razz - $150,000 GP
Aug 16 @ 2pm ET: $2,620 NL Hold’em - $2,000,000 GP (2 Day event)
Aug 16 @ 4:30pm ET: $109 PL Omaha Re-buy - $350,000 GP
Aug 17 @ 2pm ET: $129 NL Hold’em Knockout - $400,000 GP
Aug 17 @ 6pm ET: $535 NL Hold’em Main Event - $2,500,000 GP

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    Written by Donna Norman · Filed Under FTOPS IX, FTOPS VIII, Full Tilt Poker, Online Gambling News, Poker News 

    FTOPS VIII Main Event; Online Poker Tourney Ends, Paying Over $15mil

    May 19, 2008

    The long-anticipated Full Tilt online poker Series (FTOPS VIII) has finally come to an end at Full Tilt Poker, the world’s second largest online poker room. When all was said and done, FTOPS VIII - originally guaranteeing $10 million throughout the 24-tournament series - paid out a whopping grand total of $15,378,400 to its combined winners.

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    Yesterday, the FTOPS VIII Main Event was played out, bringing about the end of Full Tilt Poker’s most lucrative online poker event. But before we get into the details of the big finale, let’s take a brief glimpse into the results of Sunday’s first tournament, Event #23.

    FTOPS VIII – Event #23
    The afternoon began with a $240 + $16 NL Hold’em Knockout, with 6-max re-buys and a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000, hosted by Full Tilt Pro Roland de Wolfe. The turn-out became a massive field of 3,149 players, the third largest throughout FTOPS VIII thus far, raising the guaranteed value to $629,800.

    Only one of Full Tilt Poker red-tagged players finished in the enormous bubble that paid the top 348 positions. David Pham snagged a 235th place finish, collecting $346.39; enough to cover the buy-in fee and purchase a nice dinner for two – maybe even take in a movie.

    The final table came down to heads-up play between “elheroe” and “Panamatony”. In the end, it was “elheroe” taking the 1st place prize of $124,020.22, along with his brand new FTOPS VIII jacket and custom gold avatar. “Panamatony” earned $78,221.16 for the second place finish.

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    FTOPS VIII - Main Event #24
    With a proper drum roll and imagined gasps of anticipation, I proudly announce the conclusion of FTOPS VIII Main Event #24, a $500 + $35 NL Hold’em tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $2,000,000. Hosted by the exquisite Full Tilt Pro Jennifer Harman herself, 4,750 participants took their seats at the finale of Full Tilt Poker’s most prestigious series of online poker tournaments; enough to extend the GP by another $375,000.The top 648 finishers in the FTOPS Main Event would see a piece of the prize, four of which were Full Tilt Poker’s red-tagged players. “HuckleberrySeed” was the last red-tag player eliminated, earning $1,163.75 for a 282dn place finish. Stuart Patterson gained honorable mention for coming in 354th with $950. Andy Bloch finished 429th, worth $855, followed by Robert Mizrachi in 578th position for $736.25.As the final table was slowly reduced, heads-up action began between the notable skills of online poker players “cheesemonster” and “MarMoss”. The battle to finish continued until one final participant remained standing – er, seated. When the smoke cleared, it was “cheesemonster” who was proclaimed 1st place victor of the FTOPS Main Event.“cheesemonster” received the FTOPS VIII championship title, an FTOPS VIII jacket and the coveted gold FTOPS avatar. Oh yes, and let’s not forget an imposing reward of $410,780! “MarMoss” proudly walked away with the 2nd place prize $249,375.

      Written by Donna Norman · Filed Under FTOPS VIII, Full Tilt Poker, Online Gambling News, Poker Tournament Results 

      Online Poker Tournament Winners: FTOPS VIII - Events 12, 13 and 14

      May 15, 2008

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      Full Tilt Poker’s 8th Full Tilt online poker Series (FTOPS VIII) crowned three more 1st place victors Tuesday, dealing out impressive prize pools that totaled more than $1.1 million. The winners, “DaEvils”, “the aviator1” and “dud711”, were each awarded with a gold FTOPS VIII jacket and gold FTOPS VIII custom avatar.

      FTOPS VIII – Event #12
      The first event of the day turned out to be the biggest, starting as a $200 + $16 NL Hold’em with one re-buy, one add-on and a guaranteed prize pool of $300. Hosted by Full Tilt Pro and 2007 WSOP final table finisher Lee Watkinson, an enormous field of entrants eventually jumped the GP up to $455,200.

      As the tournament dwindled, Steve Berhcer was the only member of team Full Tilt to cash, taking 18th place and $1547 for his efforts, but it was “DaEvils” and “DERAJ21” who went heads-up at the final table. The skilled game play of “DaEvils” turned out to be too much for “DERAJ21”, hitting the rails in 2nd place to pocket $66,004. “DaEvils” was crowned the victor, earning the gold FTOPS jacket and avatar, along with the day’s highest payout of $104,696.

      FTOPS VIII – Event #13
      Full Tilt Poker commenced the 13th event of FTOPS VIII with a $500 + $35 NL H.O.R.S.E. tournament guaranteeing a prize pool of $300,000. Full Tilt Pro David Singer, final tablist in both the 2006 and 2007 WSOP $50k H.O.R.S.E. events, gained the honor of hosting the event that attracted a field of 607 participants; enough to raise the GP by an additional $3,500.

      Notable cashes were awarded to 51st place finisher “fkscreennames”, winner of FTOPS VI, and Jeff Madsen, the highest cashing Full Tilt Pro of Event 13, who ended the day in 23rd position.

      The final table came down to heads-up play between “the aviator1” and “OrBigEarn”. In the end, it was “the aviator1” besting his opponent for the 1st place prize of $70,381. “OrBigEarn” took home $46,283 for his 2nd place triumph.

      FTOPS VIII – Event #14
      This $200 + $16 NL Hold’em Turbo tournament, hosted by Full Tilt Pro Amanda “MandyB” Baker, saw an impressive field of 2,140 rounding out the entrants, hiking the expected guaranteed prize pool of $200k to a whopping $428,000.

      Team Full Tilt saw several cashes in the event, including Scott Fischman in 37th, placing him in 8th place on the FTOPS VIII leaderboard, and Berry Johnston in 25th position, placing him in 22nd place on the leaderboards. When Event #14 came to a close, it was “whothedonk” topping the FTOPS VIII leaderboard, who’s cashed multiple times in the series thus far, including a 1st place victory in Event #2.

      Heads-up play commenced as the final table was decreased to “dud711” and “OneUponAStar”, who eventually relented to the upper-hand of “dud711” to claim 2nd place and $56,496. “dud711” ended the day with a shiny new gold jacket, the coveted gold FTOPS VIII avatar, and $87,290.60 to roll in.

        Written by Donna Norman · Filed Under FTOPS VIII, Full Tilt Poker, Online Gambling News, Poker Tournament Results 

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