Event 24, a $120 + $9 NL Hold’em knockout tournament, was the last event of the FTOPS XI before the big Main Event.  The $750,000 guarantee attracted 9,061 hopefuls, swelling the prize pool to a grand total of $906,100!  Of the 9,061, just under 12% were able to place in the money, and only one [...]

The final event of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series, or FTOPS has just finished.  5,287 player entered the $500+$35 Main Event, creating an enormous $2,643,500 prize pool.  Most of the world’s best online and live tournament professionals were on hand vying for a first place check of $456,056.  FullTilt was well represented, as 67 of its [...]

For many, one of the highlights of the FTOPS calendar is the regular two-day event. Since FTOPS V it has proved to be a popular alternative to the standard online tournament, with the extended time period allowing for slower blinds and more considered play. This year it was positioned as Event #22, and commanded a [...]

Event #20 kicked off this Friday at 2pm eastern.  The $200 buy-in event saw 2,360 entrants vying for their share of the $472,000 prize pool ($72,000 more than the guarantee).  Adam Noone was the Red Pro host and unfortunately for him, was also the first Red Pro of the 22 that entered to be eliminated, [...]

vadka Takes Down FTOPS XI Event#19 — Deepstacked 6-MAX NLHE Shoot Out Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another big-money winner. Today was a particularly special one, because it was a deepstacked 6-max shootout event; essentially a deepstacked sit-n-go, 6-max, with the winner advancing to the next 6-max sit-n-go, and [...]

FTOPS XI continued yesterday night with Event #17, the 6-max rebuy and addon tournament. The tournament had a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 and with a great turnout and lots of rebuys, it managed to surpass that by over $175,000. There were 1,091 entrants to the tournament, 27 of which were Full Tilt pros. During [...]

Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XI continued last night with Event 15.  The No Limit Hold’em Turbo 6-max event brought out 2,528 players, just enough to surpass the guaranteed prize pool of $500,000.  The accumulated $200 + $16 buy-ins brought the prize pool up to $505,600.  Of the 2,528 players, 35 were red pros, but none [...]

FTOPS XI has been an enormous hit so far, with huge fields creating large prize pools in the first 12 events.  Event 13, the $200+$16, one re-buy one add-on tournament followed suit.  The tournament had a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool, which was easily eclipsed.  1,210 players re-bought 861 times and 805 players took advantage of [...]

Event 12, with the third largest guaranteed prize pool of this season’s Full Tilt Poker FTOPS, got underway last night at 21:00 ET.  The $1,000 + $60 No Limit Hold’em Second Chance tournament brought out 1,630 hopefuls, helping the prize pool to sweep past the $1.5 million guarantee to a whopping $1,630,000!  Players that busted [...]

Full Tilt kept their FTOPS series going strong last night with their largest guarantee of the tournament so far.  Event #10 was a $300 + $22 No Limit Hold’em event in which each player started with a “Super Stack” of 5,000 chips.  The guarantee for this tournament was a healthy $1.5 million, which was covered [...]