by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2013 | FTOPS, Poker News
MiniFTOP XXII is now over, and we have all the results written down, counted and confirmed. We also have a new Leader Board Champion. Event #34, the Two Day, $200 +$16 was fought over two days, starting on the 4th of May, and lasted 39 levels, and finished in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2013 | FTOPS, Poker News
The incredibly successful MiniFTOPS series is in it’s twenty second season, and last night we saw Event #30 go into the books. This was the $20 + $2 NLHE $30,000 GTD event, and this was an Escalator Tournament, which meant the further into the event we got, the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2013 | FTOPS, Poker News
MiniFTOPS XXII is heading into week two of it’s schedule, and the battle for the Leader board is hotting up. Last night saw Event #15, the $50+£5 10 Game Mixed event, which was won by “BPotMHeHOGi.” He won out against 981 other entrants over the ten...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 31, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
The MiniFTOPS XXI has arrived! A mainstay for value-minded players, the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series has returned to provide players with the chance to turn a small buy-in into a big payday. The MiniFTOPS XXI runs from January 6-20 and has 35 events in all, with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 17, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XXI Final Day – Events #34 and Main Event After two weeks of fierce competition, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series finished with two massive events yesterday to cap off an amazing tournament series. Event #35, a $256 6max Superstack Multi-entry with knockout...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
It’s hard to believe that Saturday began with only a handful of events left in FTOPS XXI. Even though Full Tilt Poker’s annual tournament series seems to have gone by quickly up to this point, there is still time for you to buy into one of the biggest...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2012 | FTOPS, Online Casino News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
FTOPS XXI, Days 12 and 13 The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XXI continued on Thursday and Friday, with exciting offerings in a number of formats. Despite the reduced docket for the two days, there were only four events total, some serious action took place...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
Click here to to create an account at Bovada Poker and try your luck at winning an FTOPS event! Click here to to create an account at Bovada Poker and try your luck at winning an FTOPS event! The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XXI continues it’s strong showing on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XXI Day 11 – Event #25 and #26 Despite there being only 2 events today there was still plenty of excitement and entertainment! Yet again, both tournaments smashed their guarantees; $30,000 becoming $70,500 and $100,000 becoming $271,500. Event #25 was an Omaha...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 12, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XXI Day 11 – Event #22, Event #23, Event #24 Day 11 of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is in the books, with a number of spectacular finishes and big payouts to show for it. There were three events on the schedule for the day, the second consecutive...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2012 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XXI continued today with a whopping three events. All three events continued the streak of prize pools surpassing the Full Tilt guaranteed amount. Event #19 was a Pot-Limit Omaha High/Low, Knockout, Super Stack tournament with a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 8, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
With FTOPS XXI now a week old, some people seem to have the impression that they can no longer win their seats in the remaining events via satellites. Well the truth is, you can still qualify for more than half of the events included in this year’s FTOPS series by...
by givememyleg | Dec 8, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
Day 6 of the FTOPS XXI came to an end with two events, both surpassing their guaranteed prize pools. Let’s take a closer look at the results. Event #12 – NL Hold’em, 6-Max Players: 981 Buy-In: $200 + $16 Guarantee: $150,000 Prize Pool: $196,200 With...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 7, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
Day 5 of FTOPS XXI was relatively tame compared to the past four days. There were two events played on December 7th with another event in the FTOPS missing its guarantee. FTOPS Event #10 6-max multi-entry double-stack Rush holdem tournament Registrants: 363 Buy-in:...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 5, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
Click here to to create an account at Bovada Poker and try your luck at winning an FTOPS event! Day #5 of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series XXI continues to show that Bovada has removed all doubt who is the second biggest online poker site. Today the big events were...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 5, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
The third day of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS , XXI has finished but not without any fireworks. Three events were played on December 4th: FTOPS #5, #6, and #7. Russian and Finnish players stood out on the third day of FTOPS XXI. FTOPS Event #5 Pot-Limit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 4, 2012 | FTOPS, Poker News
This past Sunday was an exciting day as Full Tilt Poker re-launched its tournament series, FTOPS, or Full Tilt Online Poker Series. Before FTOPS XXI comes to an end on December 16th, Full Tilt will crown 35 tournament champions and reward participants in the 35-event...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
Black Friday may have kept US players from playing in FTOPS XX Event 42, but 302 players from across the globe still ponied up the $500+$35 needed to play in the event. These players battled it out head to head in this heads-up No Limit tournament that offered a...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
U.S. players may not be able to play on Full Tilt Poker, but that didn’t stop 657 players from putting up the $300+$22 to play in FTOPS XX Event 32, a No Limit Hold’em freezeout with $100,000 guaranteed. The amount of players pushed the total prize pool to...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The FTOPS XX has been under way for a little while now at FullTilt Poker with the usual large amounts of entries. Play got underway earlier in April on the 17th and wouldn’t stop until the FTOPS XX Main Event on May 1st. Event #40 was one of the most popular. It...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
If you need proof that online poker is alive and well outside the US, look no further than Event 45 of FTOPS XX, the Main Event. The showdown started at 16:05 ET and continued until the early morning, finishing up at 7:04 ET. The guaranteed prize pool was $2,500,000,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
Luke Fields, of the UK, who plays as LFMagic, worked his magic at the tables last night to win FTOPS XX Event #44 for $200,904! FTOPS XX #44 was a 6 max knockout format and featured multi-entries totaling 6,088. At $240 per buyin the total prize pool was brought to...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
As the first post-meltdown FTOPS draws to a close, onlookers can now get a good sense of the health of the online poker industry. Although guarantees and attendance were down overall, it seems like it was business as usual for high stakes tournament players in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 30, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XX introduced an event yesterday for players who like to live life in the very, very fast lane. This Tournament was a $515+20 Super Turbo KO Event (300 chips to start), meaning that the action would be absolutely fast and furious. It...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS Event #37 was action-packed and a showcase for aggressive, winning poker from scores of players. Iseeyouthrough won the tournament, but not without extremely stiff competition from pros and amateurs alike. Mike McDonald, the young...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
FTOPS XX Event #35 featured 278 entrants buying in for $500, in a 3X shootout. In this format, each player who made it to the final table had to win one table in a freezeout, win another table in a freezeout, then move onto the final table. The tournament lasted for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker lost players from the United States, but FTOPS XX is still going strong. FTOPS XX Event 22 was a multi-entry, super stack, knockout-fest. The tournament drew over 10,000 entrants who all had their eye on the $165,000 top prize. FTOPS XX Event 22...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Although players from the United States are unable to play at Bovada Poker since the recent FBI indictment on April 15, Full Tilt continues to be the place to be for players from the rest of the world as the twentieth FTOPS is currently in full swing. We’re...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Whether it’s because you have continued playing on Full Tilt or whether you have been following our coverage here on FlopTurnRiver.com, you probably already know that FTOPS XX is in full swing. Players from all over the world have stepped up to the plate and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Poker is nothing if not resilient. Whether it be on the back streets of Texas or ethereal internet avenues, the game just keeps on trucking. Full Tilt is currently battling indictments in the U.S., having withdrawn their custom for that nation’s citizens, but...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
One of the more exciting events of FTOPS XX is in the books! The two-day $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up Championship started with 21 players late Saturday afternoon, but by Sunday evening there were just two players standing. The tournament was noticeably smaller than...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS XX, added a little adrenaline rush for its 20th Event. The event cost players $200+$16 to enter and guaranteed a total prize pool of $150,000. In all, 555 players registered for the tournament and surpassed the guarantee by...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
IfHeDiesHeDies took home top prize in lat night's Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XX Event 15, adding $88,000 to his bankroll.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 24, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
Over 45,000 players registered for the MiniFTOPS XIX Main Event. This tournament was multi-entry so entrants could purchase multiple $75 entries and increase their chances of cashing. The prize pool ballooned to a whopping $3.2 million. Poker pros and amateurs brought...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As MiniFTOPS XIX rolled along, action continued to be hot as players took their shot in the $20 + $2, 6-Max, NL Hold’em Multi-Entry Tournament that was Event 37. After it was all said and done, 20,209 separate entries ended up battling it out for the $404,180....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
It goes without saying that one of the major differences in live v. online tournament play is the breaks in the action. When you’re playing online, outside of the 5 minute synchronized breaks, you play until you’re finished, end of story! Or at least...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The MiniFTOPS XIX Main Event is only hours away, but there are still a few side events of note to wrap up before the series reaches its climax. Over the weekend, the third and final Heads Up event took place. Event #42 cost $50 + $5 to enter, with a guarantee of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
In just over two and a half hours, Full Tilt user betudontbet turned a $52+$3 entry fee into a $27,840 payday.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 17, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The miniature version of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series continues to roll on. MiniFTOPS XIX, which comes to an end this weekend, now has more than 30 events in the books as late last night Event #33 capped off another big day of online tournaments. The $33 re-buy,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
MiniFTOPS XIX featured its largest buy-in event on Saturday: the two-day $1,000+$60 No Limit Holdem Heads-Up tournament. Full Tilt kept the guarantee for this event quite low at $100,000 probably because it is a new event and they had no idea what to expect. An...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Full Tilt’s Rush Poker, where players are rushed to a new table the second they fold a hand, makes for exciting, fast-paced tournaments. And MiniFTOPS XIX Event #26, one of Full Tilt’s exciting Rush Poker tournaments, did not disappoint! The Rush Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Full Tilt’s Mini FTOPS Series is definitely a place for recreational players to make a big, career-changing score, and usually these events meet or at least come close to meeting their guaranteed prize pools. What they usually don’t do, however, is nearly...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As MiniFTOPS continues, action is heating up in the popular Full Tilt Poker tournament series. Event 15 was a multi-entry tournament, which means players could have more than one entry in the tournament, ZeeJustin style. Overall, this $31+2, No Limit Hold’em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Nearly a year after his last big cash, Ylaan emerged as the winner of Full Tilt's MiniFTOPS Event 10.
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Wherever an FTOPS treads a MiniFTOPS shall follow in its wake. Probably not a surprise then, to see MiniFTOPS XIX cresting the hill just as its bigger brother has been and gone. The miniature series was conceived as a way for non-stacked players to experience the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Players with bankrolls of all sizes are hitting the online poker tables hard this week, as the Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series is now well underway. It’s been over a month since the beginning of FTOPS XIX which was an enormous success. Mini FTOPS XIX looks to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 10, 2011 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Nearly 16,000 players registered for the third event of MiniFTOPS XIX. The event was a $33 Rush Poker tournament. Oh, and you could have bought in multiple times thanks to Full Tilt Poker’s Multi Entry Tournaments. Essentially, it was pure madness as the $100k...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
MiniFTOPS is up and running! Coming off the heels of a record breaking FTOPS XIX, the 10% version of the popular poker series has already completed more than a handful of events. Players from all over the world are competing for big prizes in events with buy-ins as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
With $300,000 guaranteed, and a bargain buy-in at $20+$2, the MiniFTOPS XIX Event #1 was sure to attract a lot of action. The prize pool ended up at a staggering $550,780, generated by the 27,539 players who made up the day’s field. 3,240 places were paid. Full...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2011 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker Series (FTOPS) XIX Event 44 was the series’ penultimate event. As such, over 6,000 players registered for one last shot at FTOPS’ glory. The format of the tournament was a doozy – a Super Stack Knockout played Six-Handed. The players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Casino News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
The nineteenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series finally came to an end early this week, after an impressive 45 tournaments were played out. The series has been great for players and railbirds alike, with the giant guaranteed prize pools drawing huge crowds of players and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
The endurance of tournament players all around the world was being tested as the Full Tilt Online Poker Series started approaching its end with event 40. In addition to the constant lineup of actual events and satellites pushing the stamina of tournament players to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Casino News, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Besting 6,581 of his fellows, “A Caveman Can” defied the odds to capture the crown in Friday's Event 37 of the 19th running of FTOPS.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
While FTOPS XIX winded down, the action remained hot as 1,895 ponied up $100+9 to play in FTOPS Event #41, a No Limit Hold’em Rush Poker rebuy. Full Tilt guaranteed a prize pool of $600,000 but after all the entries and rebuys, the prize pool escalated to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2011 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Nearly 1,000 players registered for Full Tilt Poker Series (FTOPS) XIX Event 33. The $1 million guaranteed event was a $300 rebuy played shorthanded, so it attracted some of the most skilled tournament poker players in the world. Hosting the event was Isaac Baron,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Casino News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Alexander_rus made a comeback to win FTOPS Event #38, with a dramatic comeback 4th place finish (but second in money) by Julian Gardner.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XIX hasn’t stopped rolling since February 3rd and shows no signs of slowing down. Last night, Event #31 became the latest tournament to enter the Full Tilt history books, with 729 players setting down the $500 + $35 entry fee. Each and every player who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Mike ‘CuteiswhatIaim4’ Telker won Full Tilt Online Poker Series XIX Event 27. First prize was good for $408,068 in this multi entry $1,000 NLHE event. There were 2321 entries for a massive $2,321,000 prize pool, smashing the $750,000 guarantee. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
One of the more interesting tournaments in FTOPS XIX has come to an abrupt end. Event #29, a $200+$16 “cashout” style tournament attracted more than 1,300 players creating a $134,400 prize pool and $134,400 cash out pool. For those unfamiliar with these...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As the Full Tilt Online Poker Series continues, more players are fulfilling poker fantasies by scoring big in a tournament. Event #26 would do the same, as 1,907 players put up $200+$16 for their chance at the $350,000 guaranteed prize pool. With so many people buying...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tournament action is getting as hot as it comes this month, as thousands of internet poker players from every corner of the earth meet at Bovada Poker to do battle in FTOPS XIX. There are a huge range of events to choose from, but for the massive crowd of players who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Casino News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
After an incredible 14 hours of play, LilPokerGirlie emerged victorious in Full Tilt's FTOPS XIX Event #22. The long stretch of running time was due in large part to the structure, which featured deep-stack, multi-entry gameplay. Knockouts were available as well, each going for $20.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
This past Sunday was even bigger than usual for online tournaments because of FTOPS XIX. Rebuy enthusiasts took part in Event 23, a $150+$13 NL Holdem rebuy tourney with $800k guaranteed. There were 1,791 entrants and with 2,213 rebuys and 1,381 add-ons, the prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As far as online tournament series go, the FTOPS tends to be pretty accessible. The buy-ins encourage the best online poker players and healthy prize pools, without being prohibitive. Of course, there are always exceptions to that rule. Event #19 of FTOPS XIV was just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series always offers up some exciting tournaments and event 14 was no exception. 1,364 players put up $200+$16 in this one rebuy, one add-on No Limit Hold’em Event. The prize pool was $500,000 guaranteed but after 993 rebuys and 954...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Over 2,000 players ponied up $216 to enter FTOPS XIX Event 20. the name of the game was Rush Poker so the pace was fast and furious. In Rush Poker, players are instantly sent to a new table each time they fold. The runners were also given a starting Super Stack of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2011 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XIX continues to roll on into its second weekend of play as more than 20 events are now in the books. A trio of tournaments took place yesterday including Event #18, a $100+$9 re-buy championship with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. The tournament was hosted...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
3500 players entered the FTOPS #15 event. Sam ‘Miserd00d’ Stein took first place for $182,447. Before this year the biggest all time win for Sam ‘Miserd00d’ Stein had been $52,000 in FTOPS Event 8 in 2008. In 2009 Miserd00d had cashed twice in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Poker players young and old all around the world are sitting down at their desks and powering up their computers this month, as the poker action is getting hot on Full Tilt Poker. The nineteenth Full Tilt Online Poker Series is in full swing, and with serious amounts...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 10, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
FTOPS XIX is well under way, and the introduction of Multi-Entry events has created some incredible prize pools. Event 10, a $100+$9 NL Holdem 6 max rebuy event with Multi-Entries, was the perfect example of this. The guaranteed prize pool was a mere $500,000, but the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
After just over four hours of play, Nick “Grippolio” Grippo has snagged the title of champion in FTOPS XIX's Event #6.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 8, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Over 1,200 entrants did battle on the virtual felt of Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XIX Event #4. The stacks were very deep as each player started with a Super Stack. Besides starting with a ton of chips, Event 4 was played 6-handed. A hefty buy-in of $1,060...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 8, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The World Series of Poker is great and all, but wouldn’t it be better if there were four of them every year? The folks at Bovada certainly seem to think so. Their quad-annual online poker series is a mainstay of the tournament calendar that has pros and amateurs...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 7, 2011 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The 19th installment of the FullTilt Online Poker Series is underway! FTOPS XIX, home to 45 events over the next two weeks, was officially kicked off Sunday with Event #1, a $216 buy-in, $1,000,000 Guaranteed tournament. The event was hosted by famous poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 21, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Nearly 7,000 players showed up on Sunday afternoon, arguably the most popular time for online tournaments, and plunked down $22 to register for MiniFTOPS XVIII Event 33. The event was a rebuy, so during the first hour, madness ensued as players re-bought over 9,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 21, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker’s MiniFTOPS XVIII was very eventful this time around. Many people turned small buy-ins into big bucks. As the series winded down, Full Tilt held Event 29, a two-day NLHE Super Stack tournament. The event featured the largest buy-in of the series...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 20, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The past several weeks have been completely action-packed for online poker tournament players, both serious and recreational. Full Tilt Poker has, of course, been hosting its latest MiniFTOPS following the recent conclusion of FTOPS XVIII, and the series enjoyed a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 20, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Event #32 in this year’s MiniFTOPS went off with a bang. 17,746 players entered the $24+$2 6 max tournament for a prize pool $354,920. The event was hosted by Shawn Buchanan, the tournament pro with over $3 Million in tournament winning. Tiltoholic took the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The eighteenth Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series is slowly starting to wrap up and come to an end, but there are still a small number of events left to be played. Tournament players from all around the world are jumping at the chance to play for big guaranteed prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As MiniFTOPs comes to a close, the prize pools are getting bigger and bigger. MiniFTOPS XVIII Event 22 was no different as it attracted over 3,000 players that formed a purse in excess of $300,000 thanks to rebuys and add-ons. Stacks were deep and the tables...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
MiniFTOPS XVIII is winding down, but Full Tilt has saved some of the best events for last. Short handed experts had Event 26 to look forward to, a No Limit Hold’em 6 max tournament with $150,000 guaranteed. Players started with 5,000 chips, and as usual blinds...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 17, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
With a run time of just over three hours, Full Tilt's MiniFTOPS Event 24 resulted in some bigtime paydays in a scant amount of time. Eschewing the rebuy and add-on options in use by so many other events, this particular go around featured Turbo gameplay in a standard Rush Poker format.
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 16, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
One of the most exciting types of tournaments are shootout tournaments. Full Tilt Poker chose this type of tournament for their 19th Event of this season’s MiniFTOPS. Full Tilt Poker guaranteed a prize pool of at least $125,000 and 2,544 players paid the $50 +...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Over at Bovada Poker, they’re wasting no time ripping through MiniFTOPS XVIII. More than half of the $6 million guaranteed prize pools have spilled into lucky pockets, with the big Two-Day and Main Events appearing over the horizon. It was fitting, in a series...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 14, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
One of the more expensive events in MiniFTOPS XVIII kicked off late Monday evening. Event #16, a $100+$9 buy-in 6-max Super Stack tournament, attracted more than 3,800 players. The $300,000 guaranteed championship eventually ended up with a $380,300 prize pool with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tournament players all around the world are currently going crazy for the great value being offered to them by the generous tournament organizers at Bovada Poker. Although the main part of the latest FTOPS is now complete, the fun is far from over. We are currently in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
While the weather outside was frightful, the felt was so delightful in Full Tilt Poker’s MiniFTOPS XVIII Event 12. 4096 participants from across the globe put up the required $50+5 to battle it out mano-a-mano in this No Limit Hold ‘Em Heads Up Shootout....
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
A huge turnout of 16837 players entered the MiniFTOPS XVIII Event #13 for a whopping prize pool of $505,110! MiniFTOPS XVIII #13 was hosted by multiple EPT winner and Full Tilt Pro Martin Kabrhel. After 14 hours of joy and agony, pleasure and pain, one man emerged...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 12, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Almost 9,000 players braved the cold weather to register for MiniFTOPS XVIII Event 10. Actually, the only thing cold was the cash, $173,860 was up for grabs. MiniFTOPS is a 1/10 scale model of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), but six figure prize pools are...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 12, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
After an epic seven hour struggle, Josek_pl emerged victorious in Full Tilt Poker's MiniFTOPS Event 9. In total, 9,816 entrants ponied up the necessary $10+$1, in an effort to capture the title.
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 12, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Over 5,200 players registered for the sixth event of MiniFTOPS. MiniFTOPS is the little brother of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). MiniFTOPS’ buy-ins are 10% of their counterpart, but the action doesn’t suffer. This was especially true in Mini...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is one of the most talked about series of online poker tournaments in the industry. The buy-ins are usually quite large as are the prize pools. Most micro and low stakes players have a hard time buying into the tournaments. For this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 10, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
If you were watching wistfully from the sidelines as the biggest names in online poker fought it out in FTOPS XVIII, you’ll be happy to hear that its little brother, the MiniFTOPS, is now firmly underway. This miniature poker festival stuffs more than $6 million...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 9, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Just weeks after a highly success FTOPS XVIII came to an end FullTilt has given the little guy a chance. MiniFTOPS XVIII kicked off yesterday afternoon with a $20+$2 NL Hold’em Freeze-out hosted by FullTilt professional Andy Block. The $250,000 Guaranteed event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 23, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tournament players will be breathing a sigh of relief and enjoying a few days to themselves after a hectic two weeks of November. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series, which was in full swing from the 10th of November, came to a close today as the Main Event wrapped up....
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 22, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVIII is close to its end but that doesn’t mean the action is winding down. Full Tilt Poker has kept the best events for the tail-end of the series. Everything about FTOPS Event 29 was huge and it promised to be a tournament of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 22, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Nearly 5,500 of poker’s best registered for FTOPS XVIII Event 32. With Super Stacks and shorthanded tables there was plenty of room to make moves. Whether it was triple barreling with air or 7-bet shoving 25os, the format left a lot of room to maneuver. The fact...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 22, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
After close to a half day's worth of play, timkrank has earned the coveted golden jersey in FTOPS Event #33.
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 21, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVIII has been winding down, but that did not stop Event #27 from getting lots of action! 1,122 players ponied up $515+20 to compete in this Super Turbo, Knockout, No Limit Hold’em tournament. The Super Turbo format has players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 20, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Tournament players have quite the life these days. It seems every month there’s a series of major live tournaments taking place in some beautiful city around the world, or heading online and enjoying the many daily and weekly guarantees offered by poker sites....
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 19, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Today saw Event 24 of FTOPS XVIII take place, a $200+$16 NL Holdem Rush Turbo tournament. A Rush turbo event always gets a great turnout, and today was no different. The $400,000 guarantee was eclipsed by $55,000 as 2,275 people participated, creating an impressive...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
After one of the hardest fought battles we've seen during the current FTOPS running, Private ATM has emerged from the Six-Max Rebuy ordeal that was Event 22.
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series continued Tuesday, November 16th, with a rather interesting tournament. Every poker player has heard of Rush Poker and the excitement that comes with playing Full Tilt’s innovative game. Rush Poker has stretched out into the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 17, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Over 700 players formed a prize pool of $364,500 in Event 19 of FTOPSXVIII. The entry fee to this tournament was a bit steep, $535, but the event managed to surpass its guarantee none the less. The shootout nature of the tournament limited entries to 729 players. In a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 17, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The latest Full Tilt Series of Poker passed its halfway point earlier this week, a milestone commemorated with Event #16. This 6-max no frills No Limit Hold’em tournament featured the biggest guarantee outside of the Main and 2-Day events – a whopping...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 16, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
This past Sunday was a big day for FTOPS XVIII with three big events being run through out the day. Event 13, hosted by FullTilt professional Hans Vogl, was a $300+$22 NL Freezeout with deep starting stacks. The high-stakes major attracted quite a field including...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 15, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
November is looking like it’s going to be the tournament poker month of 2010. Not only have we seen exciting live tournament final tables from the likes of the World Series of Poker and the Partouche Poker Tour, but even online players are getting a taste of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 15, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 12th event of Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVIII saw players clash one-on-one in the first heads up tournament of the series. The tournament, a $500+35 NL Hold’em Heads Up Shootout, had a guaranteed prize pool of an astonishing $500,000! With 1024 players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 14, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Over 1,200 players registered to do battle in the sixth event of FTOPS XVIII. The $322 event was rather vanilla, except for the super turbo blind structure. It’s not quite Rush Poker, but the blinds do escalate rather quickly, five minutes per level to be exact....
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 14, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
In as much time as it takes most of us to complete a single shift at a day job, Mr Perfekt managed to rake in an astonishing $138,696.50 in the ninth event of the 18th FTOPS running. After punching in for this Rush No Limit Hold'em matchup, the winner took down the lion's share of the guarantee-beating $645,100 prize pool.
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 14, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Event 10 saw the first regular turbo of FTOPS XVIII take place yesterday: a $200+$16 No Limit Hold’em tournament with $350,000 guaranteed. The actual prize pool surpassed the guarantee, reaching $428,600 thanks to 2,143 participants. This created an incredible...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVIII continued Friday, November 12th, with the tournament series’ first rebuy/add-on tournament: FTOPS XVIII Event 5. Full Tilt Poker guaranteed at least a $600,000 prize pool that enticed 1,223 players to register. Players...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 12, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
There’s barely been time to draw breath since the last Full Tilt Online Poker Series impacted the internet and it’s already time for the next installment in this multi-annual poker festival. FTOPS XVIII is set to feature 34 events, with $19 million in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 12, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 18th installment of the most successful tournament series in the world got underway Wednesday night. FullTilt Online Poker Series XVIII event #1 kicked things off with a $800,000 guarantee NL Hold’em freeze out hosted by John Racener. The tournament was well...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 21, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Almost 3000 players registered to test their poker skills and endurance in Full Tilt Poker’s MiniFTOPS 2 -Day event. Never have so many players entered a MiniFTOPS 2-Day tournament. $600,000 was up for grabs and antes kicked in from the beginning so you knew the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 20, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
After nearly two weeks of high-octane action, the MiniFTOPS finally drew to a close earlier this morning. There’s just enough time to take a look at the ups and downs of this final tournament and congratulate the player crowned overall champion of this giant...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Even with the FullTilt Mini Online Poker Series nearing an end there are still a handful of big events left. The appropriately named miniature version of the FullTilt Online Poker Series has hosted 31 events so far and with just three remaining on Sunday the race for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
September is definitely the month to be a micro tournament player at Bovada Poker! While those players with a lot of time and deep pockets can find tournament action pretty much whenever they want to, for those of us a little more on the conservative side of things,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The highly anticipated Event 24 took place yesterday, a $20+$2 No Limit Hold’em Cashout tournament hosted by Eddy Scharf. The guaranteed prize pool was $60,000, but only 5,296 players participated, creating an overlay of $7,040. Everyone started with 5,000 chips...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 16, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
MiniFTOPS is in full swing and it was quite apparent when over 2500 player registered for MiniFTOPS 19 No Limit Hold ‘Em Shootout. In a Shootout format, players must win their table before advancing to the next table full of other table winners. First place was...