Full Tilt Poker Crowns First Victor In FTOPS XI
February 5, 2009
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series has returned to Full Tilt Poker, now in its 11th installment – FTOPS XI. Event #1, $200+$16 NLH got underway last night, February 4th, at 9pm ET, and just moments ago crowned the first victor of FTOPS XI – “muckducks”.
6,275 participants took the tables Wednesday evening to battle it out for their share of the $1,000,000 Guarantee, enough to boost the prize pool to $1,255,000 as the action got underway.
The massive field dwindled, slowly but surely, as 6,000+ fell to a final table of 9. One-by-one, the final participants were sent to the rails to watch anxiously as, at last, it came down to two, highly skilled, and likely exhausted, competitors.
By 9:45 am ET, heads-up challengers “muckducks” and “sticky seat” had seen the chips filtered back and forth quite a few times. Eventually, the final hand came.
“Muckducks” held a 2-to-1 chip lead over “sticky seat”, with about 20m to 10m. “Sticky seat” found himself holding As-Kc, an exceptional starting hand that lead him to an All-In push. Looking down at J-T suited, “muckducks” made the call.
As the board came down, “sticky seat” looked like the sure winner, grabbing a Pair of Queens, lead by his Ace high, to take the lead. But the River completed a Queen high Straight for “muckducks” that put an end to a long, weary night of poker.
The 1st place prize of $216,512.60, along with the honorable FTOPS bracelet, goes to “muckducks”. For his exemplary effort, “sticky seat” walked away with a 2nd place cash of $131,147.50.
Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XI Event #1, $1m GTD, Final Table Results
1st – muckducks - $216,512.60
2nd – sticky seat - $131,147.50
3rd – John Newcombe - $84,336
4th – two8off - $65,887.50
5th – headbang - $49,572.50
6th – Almerud - $37,022.50
7th – song1234 - $28,865
8th – ich_bin_pro – 21,962.50
9th – amster_ATX - $16,315
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