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5225 players turned up for the main event in the 10th FTOPS on Full Tilt.  The buy-in was $535, and there was no shortage on talent on display.  Online legend Nordberg finished in 17th, and hoodini10 finished 32nd.   After the dust had settled following a very entertaining first hour of the final table, Julian Verse emerged the winner.

Here is the top 27, with the winnings of each
1 Julian Verse $450,708.50
2 sckilla $273,006.25
3 Hummelhintern $175,560.00
4 ilovepoka $137,156.25
5 bazeman $103,193.75
6 Kraag $77,068.75
7 sinrake $60,087.50
8 RollinHand1 $45,718.75
9 sd bum $33,962.50
10 SPIRITSLAYER $24,688.13
11 TRIPPYTUCKER $24,688.13
12 mossified84 $24,688.13
13 KingKenneth $18,156.88
14 supervorot $18,156.88
15 mazelucky13 $18,156.88
16 TankCleaner $12,801.25
17 Nordberg $12,801.25
18 badfish_40 $12,801.25
19 Pokerace 87 $9,405.00
20 David Byrne $9,405.00
21 airblaise $9,405.00
22 jorgeezy $9,405.00
23 Pot Odds 3 $9,405.00
24 Kanzzo $9,405.00
25 papham34 $9,405.00
26 head2782 $9,405.00
27 VLAD-VTX $9,405.00

DuckU has picked up yet another major in the 10th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS)

He bested a field of 897 entrants in Event 21, the $535 NL Holdem Heads-up event

Hear are the final 16, and the prize money won

1 DuckU $87,000.00
2 mendieta19 $52,000.00
3 PLAYM0NEYPR0 $26,500.00
4 JBlaze20 $26,500.00
5 DayDough $14,000.00
6 masjo93 $14,000.00
7 blackjack9 $14,000.00
8 molgul $14,000.00
9 SPIRITSLAYER $7,500.00
10 KudelyKQ $7,500.00
11 JROBB $7,500.00
12 IfloatU $7,500.00
13 SirWatts $7,500.00
14 p2ryan2003 $7,500.00
15 edub707 $7,500.00
16 Lance84 $7,500.00

The PokerStars Sunday Million fell 1 shy of 8000 entrants this week.   It was won by Danish player kesher79.   No chop was done at the table mainly due to rS.Wisdom’s earlier refusal with 3 players left, one of which being a shortstack

1st place: kesher79 ($195,975.50)
2nd place: rS.Wisdom ($132,143.48)
3rd place: mjluth ($89,588.80)
4th place: maverick8487 ($72,790.90)
5th place: Mr_BigQueso ($56,792.90)
6th place: orkim ($40,794.90)
7th place: RiverCardRob ($27,996.50)
8th place: jarocho123 ($18,397.70)
9th place: Lestradioto ($11,198.60)

This week’s Super Tuesday tournament on PokerStars attracted a field of 370 players.   The tourney took 7 hours 25 mins to complete, with JMPRODIGY securing the win

1st JMPRODIGY $78,000
2nd sandman651 $59,000
3rd cool0813 $44,000
4th StarsAbove $33,600
5th ryanghall $23,000
6th shaniac $18,000
7th ChadBrownPRO $14,000
8th fratboy247 $10,000
9th geirto $7,000

Notable finish for ComeOnPhish in 11th, who took home $5,600, and for apestyles in 13th who took home $4,800

Peter Eastgate has become the youngest WSOP Main Event Champion ever.   Eastgate from Odense in Denmark, broke Phil Hellmuth’s age record which has stood for the last 19 years. 

Eastgate dropped out of college to embark on a poker career.  A move reportedly supported by his parents.  This would probably be considered quite unusual to get such backing, but it sure has paid off.  We look forward to watching Eastgate’s progress over years to come.

1 $ 9,152,416 Peter Eastgate
2 $ 5,809,595 Ivan Demidov 
3 $ 4,517,773 Dennis Phillips 
4 $ 3,774,974 Ylon Schwartz 
5 $ 3,096,768 Scott Montgomery  
6 $ 2,418,562 Darus Suharto 
7 $ 1,772,650 David “Chino” Rheem 
8 $ 1,288,217 Kelly Kim  
9 $ 900,670 Craig Marquis

Full Tilt has reached a landmark in their online tournament series.   They are now at FTOPS Ten!  That sure seems to have flown by.  

Here is the schedule for series:

 Event #1
Wednesday Nov 5th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16
NL Hold ‘em
6-Max $1M
 
Event #2
Thursday Nov 6th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16
PL Omaha
Knockout $200K
 
Event #3
Thursday Nov 6th 21:00 ET
$500 + $35
NL Holdem
3 x Shootout $300K
 
Event #4
Friday Nov 7th 14:00 ET
$300 + $22
NL Holdem
1 rebuy and 1 add-on $600K

Event #5
Friday Nov 7th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16
Limit Holdem
6-Max $150K 
 
Event #6
Saturady Nov 8th 14:00 ET
$500 + $35
PL Omaha
6-Max $350K
 
Event #7
Saturday Nov 8th 16:00 ET
$100 + $9
NL Holdem
Rebuy $600K
 
Event #8
Sunday Nov 9th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16
NL Hold ‘em
Knockout
6-Max $600K

Event #9
Sunday Nov 9th 18:00 ET
$300 + $22
NL Hold ‘em $1.5M

Event #10
Monday Nov 10th 14:00 ET
$300 + $22
Mixed Hold ‘em $250K
 
Event #11
Monday Nov 10th 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60
NL Hold ‘em $1.5M  

Event #12
Tuesday Nov 11th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16
HA (half PL Hold ‘em, half PL Omaha) $150K 

Event #13
Tuesday Nov 11th 21:00 ET
$500 + $35
HORSE $300K

Event #14
Tuesday Nov 11th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16
NL Hold ‘em
Turbo $500K

Event #15
Wednesday Nov 12th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16
PL Omaha/8 $150K 

Event #16
Wednesday Nov 12th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22
NL Holdem 6-Max
Rebuy $1M
 
Event #17
Thursday Nov 13th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16
NL Hold ‘em
4 x Shootout
6-Max $250K

Event #18
Thursday Nov 13th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22
Razz $150K 
 
Event #19
Friday Nov 14th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16
NL Hold ‘em $400K

Event #20
Friday Nov 14th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16
Stud/8 $100K 

Event #21
Saturday Nov 15th 14:00 ET
$500 + $35
NL Hold ‘em
Heads Up $500K
 
Event #22
Saturday Nov 15th 14:00 ET
$5,000 + $200
NL Hold ‘em
Two Day Event
6-Max $2M

Event #23
Saturday Nov 15th 16:00 ET
$100 + $9
PL Omaha
Rebuy $400K

Event #24
Sunday Nov 16th 14:00 ET
$120 + $9
NL Hold ‘em
Knockout $500K  

Main Event
Sunday Nov 16th 18:00 ET
$500 + $35
NL Hold ‘em $2.5M

406 Entrants paid $1050 to enter this weeks Super Tuesday on PokerStars.  The usual suspects were all there, and “big online name” THE__D__RY finished in a very credible 4th place.   jonrubs was the man who emerged the victor.

1st jonrubs $78,155
2nd Phoenician88 $58,058
3rd bfineman $42,630
4th THE__D__RY $32,480
5th markysals11 $22,736

A notable final table finish for copi in 9th who seems to be running awfully good of late.

7836 Entrants entered this weeks Sunday Million on PokerStars.   After some chop negociations, including a request of a Twix as part of the chop, METZMAGNY eventually emerged the winner.  The tournament took a little under 11 hours to complete.

1st: METZMAGNY - $147,822.00
2nd: Idgii $104,841.00
3rd: h2oace $105,771.00
4th: jiacstrap $122,067.00
5th: Stammdogg $55,635.60
6th: dray313 $39,963.60
7th: Papatri $27,426.00
8th: aaaaaaaa $18,022.80
9th: tickkid $10,970.40

There was a 3-way chop, with 30K left on the table

A notable finish for online pro aaaaaaaa in 8th

Final Hand

METZMAGNY raised to 4 million
Idgii pushed all-in for his last 17.7million chips
METZMAGNY called with Ts 4s
Idgii showed a solid pair of fives
Flop: 7d-Th-Qd
Turn: Kh
River: 8c