Already over the course of its first week, it is quite obvious that this installment of Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS tournament series is a resounding success. For the first 10 events, each tournament has met and exceeded its guaranteed payouts meaning they are getting even more players than they had anticipated.
Players are turning out in droves and final table participants are raving about now being able to make deals for the gargantuan paydays. Not even half of the events have been completed so the action should pick up even more.
Results of the First 10 FTOPS Events:
Event No. 1 — No-Limit Hold’em Prize Pool: $1,142,400
Buy-In: $200+$16
Entrants: 5,712
1. Deception Pt — $107,518
2. MaKaVeLi121 — $141,692
3. phil_ivey41 — $120,298
4. HoundsBlood — $107,272
5. hir03yj — $89,508
6. lildavefish — $37,699
7. m_hawk_1 — $24,561
8. dousche — $17,136
9. TheHebrewHammer — $11,995
Event No. 2 — Short-handed No-Limit Hold’em Shootout Prize Pool: $357,900
Buy-In: $300+$22
Entrants: 1,193
1. jive32 — $62,632
2. CooLJohN22222 — $39,369
3. POCKET FIVE — $26,198
4. Jsbryan — $17,895
5. Mutha Flushaa — $12,526
6. Gracie8585 — $8,589
Event No. 3 — Limit Omaha Eight-Or-Better Prize Pool: $217,200
Buy-In: $200+$16
Entrants: 1,086
1. UgA7211 — $29,630*
2. Acesoverxxx — $21,224*
3. HelloCity — $32,238*
4. gr24 — $24,295*
5. LAJG — $26,840*
6. TheComeUp — $9,774
7. arobinson11 — $6,516
8. Jeremy “thechemist83” Gaubert — $4,887
9. knickadam55 — $3,475
* Five-way chop at the final table.
Event No. 4 — No-Limit Hold’em [One Rebuy, One Add-on] Prize Pool: $679,400
Buy-In: $200+$16
Entrants: 1,415
Rebuys: 1,024
Add-Ons: 958
1. John “TwistedEcho” Heath — $102,382*
2. YesImaHick — $103,811*
3. Craig “ELMO_MASK” Boyd — $100,895*
4. kautabjo — $54,352
5. OJ Limpsin — $40,764
6. Frank “Gator93” Hernandez — $29,214
7. Josh “professor plum” Prager — $19,023
8. KaPanY3 — $13,588
9. My Brim Low — $9,511
* Three-way chop at the final table.
Event No. 5 — Stud Hi Prize Pool: $108,800
Buy-In: $200+$16
Entrants: 544
1. Xsporean — $25,785
2. Andy Bloch — $17,081 (pictured right)
3. I Intent — $11,968
4. electron78 — $7,398
5. Austin “The Quietwinner” McCormick — $4,569
6. bobboufl11 — $3,155
7. fishhawker — $2,393
8. PPLL99 — $1,632
Event No. 6 — Short-handed Pot-Limit Omaha Prize Pool: $416,500
Buy-In: $500+$35
Entrants: 833
1. Smouse156 — $76,232*
2. zelik — $71,000*
3. countrymac — $41,650
4. thewood503 — $31,654
5. NoPasaran — $22,491
6. blend84 — $14,369
*Two-way chop at the final table.
Event No. 7 — No-Limit Hold’em With Rebuys Prize Pool: $696,300
Buy-In: $100+$9
Entrants: 2,316
Rebuys: 3,263
Add-Ons: 1,384
1. guilhermeosa — $126,632*
2. mralan2950 — $107,289*
3. blackjack9 — $68,237
4. hmiester — $51,526
5. Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo — $36,207
6. BeanzMcGriff — $23,674
7. 37ofhearts — $16,014
8. pracaka — $11,140
9. Steven “SteveyMoney” Merrifield — $8,355
* Two-way chop at the final table.
Event No. 8 — Short-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Knockout Prize Pool: 928,800
Buy-In: $240+$16
Entrants: 4,644
1. mikeyG16 — $177,419
2. Capax Infiniti — $108,669
3. animalcraka — $75,418
4. bob2bob — $55,728
5. pokermatt01 — $40,867
6. Isaac “westmenloAA” Baron — $27,864
Event No. 9 — Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Prize Pool: $512,000
Buy-In: 500+$35
Entrants: 1,024
1. NNNobodYYY — $72,721*
2. Craig “MrsESPN” Gray — $69,614*
3. Geoff “GeoffRas22” Rasmussen — $27,136
3. elymint — $27,136
5. Donkey Balboa — $14,336
5. Dustin “DDBeast” Dorance-Bowman — $14,336
5. SakiSaki — $14,336
5. Alex “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis — $14,336
* Two-way chop at the final table.
Event No. 10 — No-Limit Hold’em Prize Pool: $1,698,000
Buy-In: $300+$22
Entrants: 5,660
1. t1ger heat — $189,318*
2. conslice — $219,773*
3. POSITIV_NEGITIV — $160,330*
4. BacoPride — $176,000*
5. titslowplayer — $81,419
6. mrob00 — $56,034
7. CWTREFEREE04 — $36,507
8. Mike Daciuk — $25,470
9. HevvyDevvy — $17,829
* Four-way chop at the final table.