U.S. players may not be able to play on Full Tilt Poker, but that didn’t stop 657 players from putting up the $300+$22 to play in FTOPS XX Event 32, a No Limit Hold’em freezeout with $100,000 guaranteed. The amount of players pushed the total prize pool to $197,100.
Only five Full Tilt Poker red pros competed in Event 32. Of the five pros that competed, only Mike McDonald was able to make the money. McDonald is a successful Canadian tournament player and is the youngest player to win a European Poker Tour event. As of February 2010, McDonald had over $2,100,000 in tournament earnings.
The man of the hour, though, was a player named Betong. Already having won over $89,000 by finishing 2nd in a $750,000 guaranteed event in 2010, Betong added to his tournament winnings by finishing first in Event 32 and winning $48,289.50.
Congratulations to Betong and all other players that cashed in Event 32. Here are the results from the final table:
FTOPS XX – Event #32
Players: 657
Buy-In: $300 + $22
Prize Pool: $197,100
1. Betong — $48,289.50
2. biggus dikus — $30,057.75
3. blaniac — $22,173.75
4. ArielBahia — $17,246.25
5. levwinston — $12,811.50
6. callyoudownn — $9,362.25
7. AsCCCifTSP — $6,110.10
8. Mr_Deer — $4,730.40
9. SoSlow87 — $3,744.90