FTOPS 14

Another day gone by, another FTOPS event in the books! This time it was the FTOPS XIV Event #22: $2,500 + $120 Super Stack NLHE. 938 hopefuls showed up of which only 90 cashed; just 6 of them took home prizes well into the 6 figures!
The final table went down as follows:
9th: just a few [continue]

With FTOPS XIV winding down, 9,832 players took part in $120+$9 No Limit Hold ‘Em Knockout event.  Hosted by the 2009 World Series of Poker sixth-place finisher, Steven Begleiter, the tournament had a prize pool of $983,200 with its first-place finisher winning over $100,000.
The final table was as follows:
Seat 1 – Dinhjo [continue]

The 14th installment of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series has come to an end. FTOPS XIV went down swinging late last night, as the Main Event concluded at 9:11 AM EST Monday morning. Over 5,000 players ponied up the $535 entry fee, creating a massive $2,735,500 prize pool.
The tournament was hosted by FullTilt’s newest professional, [continue]

Andy Bloch was on hand to host Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series Event #20.  No-limit Hold’em was the game and 2,803 players paid the $216 to join-in on the fun.  This created a prize pool of $560,600, easily eclipsing the $400,000 guarantee.
Bloch is a very accomplished poker player, however, many will know him as one [continue]

Event #18 in the FTOPS XIV schedule was a rare first for the festival. Although the Full Tilt Series of Poker always lays on a wide variety of different games and structures, it’s unusual to see something completely new pop up. This latest style of tournament is a completely original idea, made possible by the [continue]

Another huge FTOPS Event is in the books.  Event 17, a $300+$22 rebuy tournament, completed earlier this morning.  Hosted by Isaac “Mr. Menlo” Baron, the tournament boasted a $1,000,000 Guarantee and hosted over 1,000 of the world’s best poker players.  Baron is widely considered one of the best online tournament players around, having won both [continue]

Turbo tourneys are always action-packed with many preflop shoves and chip leads changing regularly.  FTOPS XIV Event #15 was no exception.  It was a $200+$16 buy-in tournament that ran on a turbo schedule.  With more than 2,800 players, the prize pool ran up to $564,800.  The tournament went from beginning to crowning [continue]

Another day in the books, another FTOPS event gone by! This time it’s the FTOPS XIV event #13: Hold’em No Limit Shootout 6-max Deepstack $300+$22. Tonight’s event was hosted by the acclaimed pro David “The Dragon” Pham, who has many accolades in the many tournament circuits worldwide.
This tournament drew 1,009 hopefuls of which only 108 [continue]

Event #12 of FTOPS XIV was the first $1,000 buy-in event of the series.  The only other 4 digit buy-in will be Event #22, a $2,500 tournament featuring ante’s from the start.  This one however, was just a good old fashioned 6-max no-limit Texas Hold’em Poker tournament.  It did feature one thing that has become [continue]

The sheer variety you get in an event like the Full Tilt Series of Poker is what makes them so enticing. It’s rare that the likes of Stud/8 or Razz get stand shoulder to shoulder with their more popular cousins. Similarly, there’s great scope for different styles of tournament structure. Shootout, Turbo, and Heads Up [continue]