FTOPS 09

Event 3 of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series 9 was the first of its kind.  It was the first ever 4x shootout that the series has ever seen, but with a twist because it was also shorthanded.  Not quite knowing what to expect, Full Tilt gave the $216 buy-in a $250,000 guarantee.  However, 1,296 [continue]

Event eight of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series IX came to an end last Sunday with “ryanbluf” the man who finished ahead of his competitors and claimed the $121,184.57 first place prize.
The event was a $240 + $16 No Limit Hold’em 6-Max Knockout tournament, and the format certainly seems to be a popular one. [continue]

History was made and chips were flying for Event 15 of Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series. It was a Turbo Format. The $200+16 buyin $500,000 guarantee attracted a field of 2,472 players. One again the field failed to reach the guarantee and Full Tilt had to provide overlay, certainly a welcome site for [continue]

Last Saturday saw the completion of the second Omaha event in FTOPS IX, and this time the format was Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max. It was no surprise, then, to see that this event was hosted by well known Omaha master Robert Williamson III.
The buy in for the event ran to $500 + $35 and featured [continue]

Full Tilt’s 9th Online Poker Series continued this past Monday with a $1000+60 buy-in $1,500,000 guarantee start-studded tournament. One of the biggest buy-in tournaments of the series was full of high-stakes professionals and notable online winners. The tourmanet only drew 1,405 participants, forcing Full Tilt to contribute nearly $100,000 in tournament overlay.
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The Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued this past Saturday with Event #7, a $100+$9 NLHE rebuy tournament with a $500,000 guarantee. This format, popular with many higher stakes online players, drew 1,961 entries for a total prize pool of $621,100 after the rebuy hour and addon period.
Top spot went to bizzleraises, who earned just [continue]

Over 1,000 players took their chances in Event 9 of FTOPS IX this past Sunday. The No-Limit Hold’em Heads Up tournament started at 4:00pm ET with a $500 + $35 buy-in. Only 128 of the 1,322 hopefuls were able to place in the money. Tedsfishfry took home the victory landing himself a nice [continue]

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued yesterday with another met guarantee in a game with dwindling popularity, especially online, Stud Hi. 581 people bought in to Event #5, a $200+16 tournament to make a prize pool of $116,200 with almost 27k going to first place. The final table was mostly void of recognizable names [continue]

The 9th Full Tilt Online Pokers Series continued yesterday with Event #2, PL Omaha H/L Bounty. Full Tilt always seems to come up with new tournaments for their series’ to keep people interested and this event is no exception. The $240+16 buy-in PL Omaha H/L event with 40 dollar bounties brought in 1,138 players for [continue]