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 [...]
Black Friday may have kept US players from playing in FTOPS XX Event 42, but 302 players from across the globe still ponied up the $500+$35 needed to play in the event. These players battled it out head to head in this heads-up No Limit tournament that offered a $200,000 guarantee. Nine Full Tilt red [...]
FTOPS XX Event #35 featured 278 entrants buying in for $500, in a 3X shootout. In this format, each player who made it to the final table had to win one table in a freezeout, win another table in a freezeout, then move onto the final table. The tournament lasted for approximately 6 hours total [...]
Although players from the United States are unable to play at Full Tilt Poker since the recent FBI indictment on April 15, Full Tilt continues to be the place to be for players from the rest of the world as the twentieth FTOPS is currently in full swing. We’re officially well passed the halfway mark [...]
Poker is nothing if not resilient. Whether it be on the back streets of Texas or ethereal internet avenues, the game just keeps on trucking. Full Tilt is currently battling indictments in the U.S., having withdrawn their custom for that nation’s citizens, but nothing stops their flagship FTOPS event. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series [...]
The FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series), is one of the world’s largest and most popular online poker tournament series. It’s been 5 years since the beginning of FTOPS and Full Tilt is in the mood to celebrate. The FTOPS began in August 2006 and has run approximately every three months, with each event being [...]
Players with bankrolls of all sizes are hitting the online poker tables hard this week, as the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series is now well underway. It’s been over a month since the beginning of FTOPS XIX which was an enormous success. Mini FTOPS XIX looks to follow in its footsteps, offering great tournaments, [...]
The nineteenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series finally came to an end early this week, after an impressive 45 tournaments were played out. The series has been great for players and railbirds alike, with the giant guaranteed prize pools drawing huge crowds of players and making for weeks of fun, excitement and action. The Main [...]
The endurance of tournament players all around the world was being tested as the Full Tilt Online Poker Series started approaching its end with event 40. In addition to the constant lineup of actual events and satellites pushing the stamina of tournament players to the limit, Event 40 was a two-day event, meaning that the [...]
FTOPS XIX hasn’t stopped rolling since February 3rd and shows no signs of slowing down. Last night, Event #31 became the latest tournament to enter the Full Tilt history books, with 729 players setting down the $500 + $35 entry fee. Each and every player who harboured ambitions of winning an FTOPS title that night [...]
Mike ‘CuteiswhatIaim4′ Telker won Full Tilt Online Poker Series XIX Event 27. First prize was good for $408,068 in this multi entry $1,000 NLHE event. There were 2321 entries for a massive $2,321,000 prize pool, smashing the $750,000 guarantee. The tournament was hosted by none other than high stakes cash game regular and international businessman [...]