When Alan Meltzer passed away last October, he left behind $1 million in his will to his chauffeur and another $500,000 to the doorman of his building. An entrepreneurial success story, Meltzer built his fortune in the music business and gained fame in the poker world when he appeared on Season 5 of High Stakes [...]
Just moments ago, Event #9 in the eleventh Full Tilt Series of Poker came to a thrilling conclusion. The first of two heads up events in this series, it was hosted by tournament superstar, and 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship title holder, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson. Each entrant would need to battle through a swathe of [...]
Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another 6 figure winner. Bruce Buffer, the brother of famed ring announcer Micheal Buffer, who is quite famous himself too as a UFC ring announcer and several other endeavors including poker and WSOP, was today’s Full Tilt Pro host. Today’s event was a special [...]
FTOPS XI continued today with Event #7, the $100+9 rebuy tournament. With 2,235 entrants, over 3,000 rebuys, and nearly 1,500 addons, the tournament far surpassed its $500k guarantee and ended just short of $700k. Thirty-five Full Tilt sponsored players showed up for the beginning of the tournament, and after the rebuy hour was complete, two [...]
The third day of the 11th Full Tilt Series of Poker featured its second Hold ‘em event so far. The FTOPS is known for the large variety of styles and variations on show throughout its event calendar, and event #4 was no exception. The $300 + $22 tournament followed a Shootout format, in which each [...]
FTOPS XI kicked-off today with a huge bang. FullTilt continues to deliver a great tournament series with 25 scheduled events and over $15,000,000 in guaranteed prize money! First up, Event #1, a $1,000,000 guaranteed NL Hold’em Event. The $200+$16 buy-in tournament attracted 6,275 of the best tournament players around the world, creating a prize pool [...]
The next round of the famed FTOPS from Full Tilt Poker begins next month. This time, 25 events make up the circuit with a guaranteed prize pool of more than $15 million! Each event, which ranges from NL Hold’em to HORSE to Razz, is hosted by a Full Tilt Pro. The series kicks off on [...]