Full Tilt Poker have introduced Rush Poker Tournaments

Every time you click fold you will immediately move onto a new hand at a new table.  Therefore you can play a normal structured tournament (ie normal blind speeds and intervals) at about 3 times the normal speed.

Rather than spending 7.5 hours to complete a whole tourney, you can play one in about 2.5 hours, without losing out on any of the skill element.  Not bad eh.

When the tournament gets down to 30 players or less the tables become shorthanded in order to keep up the speed of new tables and new hands.  This will continue until the final table is reached, then the tournament will just revert to a normal tourney.

You can find the Rush Poker Tournaments in the main tournament lobby.  They have a black R next to the them (on the left hand side).

If you would like to give Rush Poker Tournaments a go then sign-up to Full Tilt Poker and get a bonus up to $600 at the same time

The high stakes cash tables on Full Tilt contain some of the best poker players in the world.  But who are the big winners and losers, and who are the most consistant players?

Winners (Total Profit on Full Tilt for 2008)

Phil Ivey $7.328.672,04  (96203 hands)
OMGClayAiken $7.080.790,21  (154760 hands)
durrrr $5.413.470,30  (223259  hands)
Urindanger $3.673.050,78  (168811 hands)
trex313 $3.492.242,32  (144,748 hands)
David Benyamine $2.939.865,49  (241499 hands)
howisitfeellike $2.668.631,60  (46387 hands) 
CHUFTY $2.368.891,85  (138715 hands)
La Key U $2.098.427,69  (77221 hands)
David Oppenheim $1.695.769,85  (21990 hands)
Ziigmund $1.608.285,92  (136920 hands)
sunra18 $1.333.077,40 (36610 hands)
-NoName- $1.225.677,94  (67317 hands)
Patrik Antonius $1.224.799,42  (105082 hands)
ICallSoWhat $1.215.640,70  (145112 hands)
Nuts78 $1.160.515,30  (17404 hands)
LarsLuzak $1.031.101,89  (40661 hands)
Eli Elezra $874.133,30  (46902 hands)
ByTheBy $795.518,50  (29098 hands)
ActionJeff $763.247,50  (1222 hands)
EazyPeazy $760.659,60  (28081 hands) 
The_Houdini $718.529,45  (74517 hands)
Eila $681.957,10  (65297 hands)
slaktarn $681.625,80  (24431 hands)
dingepling $618.844,80  (13419 hands)
DIN_FRU $604.413,40  (23868 hands)
LIMPA_DIRR $573.807,50  (69785 hands)
Nebuchad $567.812,69  (35162 hands)
mastrblastr $564.560,75  (29428 hands)
PrtectYaNeck $551.914,15  (20766 hands)

Losers (Total Profit on Full Tilt in 2008)

lady marmelade $-6.632.177,45 (36712 hands) 
patatino $-4.328.466,38  (36496 hands)
elmariachimacho $-4.161.883,92  (18862 hands)
Bleachbum $-1.097.457,00  (8562 hands)
luvtheWNBA $-1.041.669,15  (38970 hands)
John Juanda $-1.023.810,50  (37548 hands)
SteveSung $-1.010.158,75  (61497 hands) 
PostflopAction $-999.256,10  (29973 hands)
noataima $-990.652,40  (9279 hands) 
MSampoerna $-945.242,15  (23453 hands)
Gus Hansen $-931.681,64  (219932  hands)
Cole South $-891.619,45  (33126 hands)
Ugadabugada $-876.097,20  (30522 hands)
tsarrast $-795.047,00  (64375 hands)
whitelime $-778.657,30  (14130  hands)
Idontgiveashi $-741.906,50  (7201 hands)
halfdozen999 $-740.696,25  (34939 hands)
KObyTAPOUT $-720.660,60  (22493 hands)
MR B 2 U SON $-709.715,70  (34835 hands)
mrcall912 $-703.911,35  (6164 hands)
theASHMAN103 $-688.203,85  (46323 hands)
FakeSky $-677.636,30  (13128 hands)
Mike Matusow $-673.633,75  (34954 hands)
Eric Liu $-647.409,20  (32444 hands)
ahtata $-643.490,50  (5762  hands)
PixKim $-640.664,25  (85078 hands)
PAKD650 $-621.948,00  (10559  hands)
thecranium $-566.652,40  (5175 hands)
Niki Jedlicka $-565.555,60  (19356 hands)
DaEvils $-561.487,90  (24413 hands)

2009 Winners to Date
 
Patrik Antonius $5.135.292,22  (68850 hands)
trex313 $3.009.023,32  (65292  hands)
Phil Ivey $1.938.949,38  (45382 hands)
Gus Hansen $1.922.973,07  (117264 hands) 
Mark Vos $1.877.845,95  (8677 hands)
Ziigmund $1.761.102,29  (46607 hands)
__FullFlush1__ $1.014.530,00  (25632 hands)
PostflopAction $675.211,85  (9234 hands)
SirWatts $499.684,30  (6753 hands)
luckexpress10 $491.977,91  (41434 hands)

2009 Losers to Date

durrrr $-2.346.302,44  (105503 hands) 
MR B 2 U SON $-1.669.033,56  (16651 hands)
LarsLuzak $-1.597.169,11  (70768 hands)
papa ninja $-1.245.031,65  (4766 hands)
ahtata $-971.744,05  (7115  hands)
Urindanger $-771.297,80  (44185 hands)
HarrisMP $-734.921,30  (10857 hands)
Brian Hastings $-722.910,26  (3663 hands)
world1969 $-674.313,10  (5067  hands)
Chau Giang $-652.723,55  (7726 hands)

 Full Tilt is doing its eleventh FTOPS series in February.  Here are the dates, times and events:

Event #1
Weds Feb 4th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #2
Thurs Feb 5th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 PL Omaha/8 Knockout
$200,000 Guaranteed

Event #3
Thurs Feb 5th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Stud
$100,000 Guaranteed

Event #4
Fri Feb 6th 14:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem 3xShootout
$200,000 Guaranteed

Event #5
Fri Feb 6th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Limit Holdem 6-max
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #6
Sat Feb 7th 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 PL Omaha 6-Max
$300,000 Guaranteed

Event #7
Sat Feb 7th 16:00 ET
$100 + $9 NL Holdem with rebuys
$500,000 Guaranteed

Event #8
Sun Feb 8th 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 NL Holdem Knockout 6-max
$600,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #9
Sun Feb 8th 16:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Holdem Heads Up
$500,000 Guaranteed

Event #10
Sun Feb 8th 18:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem
$1,500,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #11
Mon Feb 9th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 HA (Mixed PL Holdem/Omaha)
$150,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #12
Monday Feb 9th 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60 NL Holdem Second Chance
$1,500,000 Guaranteed

Event #13
Tues Feb 10th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem 1 rebuy and 1 add-on
$300,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #14
Tuesday Feb 10th 21:00 ET
$500 + $35 HORSE
$300,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #15
Tuesday Feb 10th 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Holdem Turbo 6-max
$500,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #16
Wed Feb 11th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 Omaha/8
$150,000 Guaranteed

Event #17
Wednesday Feb 11th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem 6-max Rebuy
$1,000,000 Guaranteed 

Event #18
Thurs Feb 12th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 PL Omaha Heads Up
$100,000 Guaranteed

Event #19
Thursday Feb 12th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Holdem 4xShootout 6-max
$300,000 Guaranteed 

Event #20
Fri Feb 13th 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ‘em 6-max
$400,000 Guaranteed

Event #21 Friday
Feb 13th 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 Razz
$150,000 Guaranteed 

Event #22
Sat Feb 14th 14:00 ET
$5,000 + $200 NL Holdem (2 Day Event)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
 
Event #23
Sat Feb 14th 16:00 ET
$100 + $9 PL Omaha with Rebuys
$350,000 Guaranteed

Event #24
Sun Feb 15th 14:00 ET
$120 + $9 NL Holdem Knockout
$750,000 Guaranteed

Main Event
Sunday Feb 15th 18:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Holdem
$2,500,000 Guaranteed

David Singer beat whitelime (real name Emil Patel) in the final of the $25K buy-in Heads-up championship on Full Tilt.   A very impressive 64 players took part, with Singer winning $560,000

The last hand saw a shortstacked whitelime pushing his 10-3, and getting a call from Singers pocket 8’s, with the snowmen holding up.

Singer’s full list of victims on the way to victory were OMGClayAiken , Brandon Adams, Buck99, Mastrblastr, Brian Hastings and whitelime

whitelime took-out the following players on the way to his $320,000 for 2nd place: Phil Ivey, Taylor Caby, Nordberg, Ansky451, and Andy Bloch

Full Tilt Poker - Sunday Mulligan ($1m prizepool guaranteed)

 There were 2006 entrants for the Sunday Mulligan, which at $500 buy-in each, meant the guarantee was just met, without Full Tilt having to dip into their own pocket.

1st MayhoodXXX - $184,552
2nd beaurgard - $113,339
3rd donttakeshots - $74,222
4th theusual06 - $59,177
5th Bukowski - $45,135
6th ship hamilton - $32,297
7th classic - $23,571
8th o LIMIT 45 o - $18,556
9th da_professional - $14,042

 Jonathan Little has been axed as a Full Tilt Pro after allowing someone else to play on his account.   Whereas it may seem a little harsh to some, I believe it is important that the red pros are actually the named players themselves, especially considering the number of railers that they draw, and questions that they encounter.

 Here is the full statement from Full Tilt Poker

 ”Despite having a great year on the WPT, Jonathan Little is no longer affiliated with Full Tilt Poker. He violated the terms and conditions of Full Tilt Poker by allowing other players to play his account. While we encourage our pros to play as much as they can, we do not allow them to share their account with any other players.

When a player on Full Tilt Poker plays against and chats with a red pro on the site, it is imperative that they be able to trust that it is really the advertised pro playing the account. Given that Mr. Little violated that trust, we have decided to sever his ties to the site, and close his account.

Full Tilt Poker values the trust of its players and will deal with any violation of that trust swiftly. We apologize to any of our players who may have been misled during the past few months by Mr. Little’s actions.”