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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

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

 4880 players showed up for the Main Event of FTOPS IX on Full Tilt, each paying $535 for the privaledge.   12 hours of top class poker saw dubbeemin take down over $400K and the title

1. dubbeemin - $432,400
2. valleyho - $262,500
3. TheTotalPkg - $170,000
4. Pokerguru19 - $132,500
5. sckilla - $100,000
6. hemlock1313 - $75,000
7. tvcsa - $57,500
8. aaaFRANCESCOzzz - $43,750
9. TiltinShoes - $32,500

Notable finish for B_O_K_E in 23rd

Full Tilt Poker - Sunday Mulligan Result ($750K Guaranteed)

1st syzygy-1-1-1-1 — $143,285
2nd govshark2 — $86,739
3rd Babooyah — $56,798
4th blizair — $44,627
5th thekellster89 — $33,511
6th Brundaddy — $24,829
7th IndianRope — $18,662
8th Capax Infiniti — $14,605
9th EricaSchoenberg — $10,873

The Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan, hit a million prizepool this week.  Top online player AJKHoosier1 had an impressive result in 2nd place

1st GulahPapyrus — $219,773
2nd AJKHoosier1 — $134,895 (Alex Kamberis)
3rd hurikane3 — $88,293
4th A__theKevlar__2 — $70,442 (Kevin Schulz)
5th SitAndStack — $53,311
6th Chipleader56 — $38,336
7th Nom Sayin — $28,153
8th acatlover — $22,043
9th ILIKEPONIES — $16,772

Full Tilt Pro Greg “FBT” Mueller went close in the WSOP NL Holdem Shootout, finishing 2nd to Phil Tom

WSOP Event 11 $5000 NL Holdem Shootout (360 entrants)
1 $ 477,990 Phil Tom  
2 $ 298,638 Greg Mueller
3 $ 187,812 Leo Wolpert  
4 $ 118,440 Sirous Jamshidi  
5 $ 63,450 Tim West  
6 $ 38,070 Thomas Roupe  
7 $ 16,920 John Juanda
8 $ 16,920 John Murphy  
9 $ 16,920 Elton Beebe  
10 $ 16,920 Eugene Katchalov  
11 $ 16,920 Richard Kirsch  
12 $ 16,920 John Monnette  
13 $ 16,920 Eric Froehlich
14 $ 16,920 Adam Levy  
15 $ 16,920 William Palmer  
16 $ 16,920 Biechel Remy  
17 $ 16,920 Gabriel Costner  
18 $ 16,920 Bill Blanda

John Juanda in 7th, continuing his good series with another good finish

Full Tilt are shadowing the whole WSOP with their own Mini Series of Poker (MSOP)

From May 30th until July 5th, the MSOP will let you play the same day’s tournaments that will be running at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, with a buy-in anywhere from $10 to $500.  That is basically 1/100th of the normal cost for each event.  Eg the WSOP 50K is the MSOP $500 buy-in, and a normal $1500 WSOP event, is $15 MSOP Event.

Each event winner, as well as obviously a chunk of cash, will also gets a limited edition Full Tilt Poker Champion’s Watch.

There is also a MSOP Leaderboard (best overall performance in the MSOP) with a prize of a $10K seat at the 2009 Main Event in Las Vegas.

Mini Series Of Poker Schedule
Event Date Time (ET) Game Guarantee
1 May 30th 15:20 $100 + $9 PL Hold’em $20,000
2 May 31th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em $15,000
3 June 2nd 15:20 $15 + $1.50 PL Hold’em $4,000
4 June 2nd 20:20 $50 + $5 Mixed Hold’em $10,000
5 June 3rd 15:20 $10 + $1 NL Hold ‘em Rebuy $8,000
6 June 3rd 20:20 $15 + $1.50 Omaha Hi/Lo $3,000
7 June 4th 15:20 $20 + $2 NL Hold ‘em $10,000
8 June 4th 20:20 $100 + $9 Mixed Hold’em $20,000
9 June 5th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em 6max $7,500
10 June 5th 20:20 $25 + $2.50 OE $2,500
11 June 6th 15:30 $50 + $5 NL Hold ‘em Shootout $25,000
12 June 6th 20:20 $15 + $1.50 Limit Hold ‘em $3,000
13 June 7th 15:20 $25 + $2.50 NL Hold ‘em $10,000
14 June 7th 20:20 $100 + $9 Stud $10,000
15 June 8th 15:20 $10 + $1 NL Hold ‘em $5,000
16 June 8th 20:20 $20 + $2 Omaha Hi/Lo $4,000
17 June 9th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em Shootout $7,500
18 June 9th 20:20 $50 + $5 Razz $5,000
19 June 10th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 PL Omaha $3,000
20 June 10th 20:20 $20 + $2 Limit Hold ‘em $4,000
21 June 11th 15:30 $50 + $5 NL Hold ‘em $25,000
22 June 11th 20:20 $30 + $3 HORSE $5,000
23 June 12th 15:20 $20 + $2 NL Hold ‘em $7,500
24 June 12th 20:20 $25 + $2.50 HA $3,000
25 June 13th 15:20 $100 + $9 NL Hold ‘em Heads-Up $10,000
26 June 13th 20:20 $15 + $1.50 Razz $2,000
27 June 14th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em $7,500
28 June 14th 20:20 $50 + $5 PL Omaha Rebuy $15,000
29 June 15th 15:20 $30 + $3 NL Hold ‘em $15,000
30 June 15th 20:20 $100 + $9 Limit Hold ‘em $15,000
31 June 16th 15:20 $25 + $2.50 NL Hold ‘em 6max $10,000
32 June 17th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em $6,000
33 June 17th 20:20 $50 + $5 Stud Hi/Lo $5,000
34 June 18th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 PL Omaha Rebuy $5,000
35 June 18th 20:20 $15 + $1.50 Stud $2,000
36 June 19th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em $7,500
37 June 19th 20:20 $100 + $9 Omaha Hi/Lo $15,000
38 June 20th 15:20 $20 + $2 PL Hold’em $5,000
39 June 21st 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em $7,500
40 June 22nd 21:30 $500 + $35 HORSE $50,000
41 June 22nd 20:20 $15 + $1.50 Mixed Hold’em $5,000
42 June 23rd 15:20 $10 + $1 NL Hold ‘em $3,000
43 June 24th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 PL Omaha/8 $3,000
44 June 25th 15:20 $10 + $1 NL Hold ‘em Rebuy $5,000
45 June 25th 20:20 $25 + $2.50 Razz $3,000
46 June 26th 15:30 $50 + $5 NL Hold ‘em 6max $25,000
47 June 26th 20:20 $15 + $1.50 Stud/8 $2,000
48 June 27th 15:20 $20 + $2 NL Hold ‘em $6,000
49 June 28th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em $5,000
50 June 29th 15:20 $100 + $9 PL Omaha $20,000
51 June 29th 20:20 $15 + $1.50 HORSE $3,000
52 June 30th 15:20 $15 + $1.50 NL Hold ‘em $5,000
53 July 1st 15:20 $15 + $1.50 Limit Shootout $3,000
54 July 5th 18:00 $100 + $9 NL Hold ‘em $250,000

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.

I posted the FTOPS VIII Schedule a few days back, so I thought I’d do a post on the winners to far

Event #1 4,158 entrants - Winner = the guru 11 $158,852.23
Event #2 1,070 entrants - Winner = whothedonk $48,150.00
Event #3 729 entrants - Winner = BOP B 3AKOHE 1 $76,545.00
Event #4 1,076 entrants = Winner = EMSBas $48,420.00
Event #5 645 entrants - Winner = voguepergola $27,735.00
Event #6 637 entrants - Winner = mmmadd $68,477.50
Event #7 1,811 entrants - Winner = jornx $102,249.50
Event #8 512 entrants - Winner = GoToChurch $51,200.00
Event #9 5,090 entrants - Winner = _FlaXmarZ_ $263,438.04
Event #10 1,137 entrants - Winner = lilkimmer77 $51,165.00
Event #11 1,593 entrants - Winner = Halfrek $342,495.00

The best performances by Full Tilt Pros, have been

Scott Fischman - 18th in Event 1

Berry Johnston - 4th in Event 5

Scott Fischman - 12th in Event 6

Erick Lindgren - 13th in Event 7