Final instalment of the 27-event online poker tournament series saw a seven-way chop with winner ‘JackQKA’ walking away with over $237,000.
Tuesday 23rd February 2010
The 15th edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) finished over the weekend and saw main event winner ‘JackQKA’ walk away with over $237,000 after a seven-way final table chop.
The final instalment of the 27-event tournament was a $535 buy-in no-limit hold’em affair hosted by Allen Cunningham featuring a prize pool of just over $2.8 million with 5,645 players signing up.
The main event hosted at leading online poker room FullTiltpoker.com awarded cash prizes all the way down to 720th position while notable cashes included Timothy ‘timkrank’ Miles in 17th for $11,290 while Anton ‘Antoshka’ Smolyanskiey crashed out in 14th spot for a prize of $15,523.
The final table saw a player going by the name ‘trojancountry’ bust out first for a prize of $29,636 before ‘vice67’ followed soon after in eighth for $42,337. It was then time for the seven-way chop with ‘The Fluke1200’ subsequently going out in seventh for $172,591 followed by ‘TheJunkie’ in sixth for $194,050.
‘SurferKel’ walked away with $236,865 for fifth while ‘ReloadPlz’ is celebrating a payday worth $186,530 for fourth. The top three was led by big earner ‘dfhjik’ for $261,077 while runner-up ‘PageUpV’ walked away richer to the tune of $239,484 followed by ‘JackQKA’ with $237,643.
FullTiltPoker.com is also reminding players that its Mini FTOPS XV tournament will begin on March 10 featuring the same 27 events only with considerably lower buy-ins. Series highlights will include the two-day event from March 20 featuring a $266 buy-in and at least $600,000 guaranteed alongside the Mini FTOPS XV main event on March 21 with a buy-in of $55 and at least $800,000 up for grabs.
“Mini FTOPS events feature large starting fields and great tournament structures giving you a lot of play for a little money,” read a statement from FullTiltPoker.com.
“Buy-in to any Mini FTOPS event directly now or satellite your way in for as little as 50 cents or 50 Full Tilt Points starting on February 21.”
