After 12 days, 24 events, more than 38,000 players, and a total prize pool worth a small matter of $15,378,400, the FTOPS VIII has drawn to a close. 

The final event (the main event) was taken down by cheesemonster, who went one better than his 2nd place in FTOPS IV

A notable mention also to WCOOP bracelet holder Jason Strasser (strassa2) who final tabled, finishing in 9th

1 cheesemonster $410,780.00
2 MarMoss $249,375.00
3 SLmelonman $161,500.00
4 frostey $125,875.00
5 Dwarf $95,000.00
6 R3dL0bster $71,250.00
7 kiwid10 $54,625.00
8 awriver $41,562.50
9 strassa2 $30,875.00
10 vjm1101 $22,562.50
11 TINA3012 $22,562.50
12 Pringleman $22,562.50
13 xianggangdao $16,625.00
14 SkyBalln333 $16,625.00
15 Gator93 $16,625.00
16 TheAsianVampire $11,756.25
17 Jaysick88 $11,756.25
18 Big Dann $11,756.25

If you are getting withdrawal symptoms already, fear not FTOPS IX will be along in 3 months time.  Looking forward to that already.