With a run time of just over three hours, Full Tilt’s MiniFTOPS Event 24 resulted in some bigtime paydays in a scant amount of time. Eschewing the rebuy and add-on options in use by so many other events, this particular go around featured Turbo gameplay in a standard Rush Poker format.

In the end, it was jorgisjelis taking home the largest chunk of the cash, with a reward of nearly $27,000 — that’s a lot of money to earn in only a few hours, especially considering the buy-in of just $22.

As has so often been the case in the current MiniFTOPS running, this event outpaced its guarantee. Full Tilt had ensured a total of $125,000, but thanks to a registering body of 6,937, Event 24 beat its projection by nearly $14,000 to wind up at $138,740. At only $20+$2 per seat, this proved to be a major haul for the upper-level finishers.

Here’s how the final table turned out:

#1 – jorgisjelis ($26,987.71)
#2 – Luther 1903 ($16,510.06)
#3 – Palming_77 ($11,654.16)
#4 – elan4501 ($9,324.40)
#5 – The_Dr_Bet ($5,965.82)
#6 – zzzash ($4,023.46)
#7 – apriori 1986 ($2,774.80)
#8 – Galwaylegend08 ($1,942.36)
#9 – lazarlazar ($1,387.40)

The top 720 participants received a return on their investment, with the minimum payout weighing in at $38.85; just enough to fill up the gas tank of a small economy car. Host Steve Wong notched the highest finisher by a Full Tilt Pro, ending his run in 144th place ($91.57). Lee Watkinson continued to find his way into the MiniFTOPS money, earning $77.70 with a 184th place elimination.

After those two, however, the closest a pro got to sniffing a payday was Scott Clements, who was knocked out in 847th. Other notable finishers included Svetlana Gromenkova (1,321st), Jon Turner (2,155th), Chip Jett (2,308th), Hulya Pehlivan (2,550th), and Ferrari Zumbini (2,887th).