by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
MiniFTOPS XVII is a week old today and to celebrate it’s hosting a bunch of online poker tournaments. The climactic event of the first seven days was Event #18, a straightforward No Limit Hold’em Turbo contest. Full Tilt is laying on a whole variety of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
One of the biggest events of MiniFTOPS XVII came to an end Tuesday morning. Event #16, a $100+$9 deep-stack NL tournament, attracted more than 4,000 players creating a $401,100 prize pool. The tournament was initially guaranteed for just $300,000 but easily bust...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series may have finished, but its little brother has only just begun. The MiniFTOPS XVII has an identical schedule to the original FTOPS, yet with buy-ins at only a fraction of the cost. Event #11 was structured as a knockout tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
This past Sunday was significant even for small stakes tournament players as two huge MiniFTOPS events were scheduled to take place. The second of the day featured No Limit Hold’em with a $30+$3 buy-in and an absolutely amazing $400k guaranteed. An astounding...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The MiniFTOPS XVII might not have the razzmatazz of its bigger brother, but for the thousands of people entering every tournament it can be just as life changing. Event #10 cost just $20 + $2 to enter and sported a huge $150,000 guarantee. As it turned out, Full Tilt...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 13, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
If you’re a microstakes tournament player then you’re probably struggling to get to sleep at nights this month. Either you’ll be staying up having run deep in an event, or you’ll barely be able to keep your eyes closed as you imagine all the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 12, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
One of the biggest poker rooms in the world is giving back to the little guy in September. FullTilt, host of the ever popular FullTilt Online Poker Series, has recently begun running a Mini series that gives players the ability to compete in huge tournaments for a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 11, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
MiniFTOPS continued yesterday with Event 6, the $31+$2 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo tournament. Even though turbos (especially super turbos) are high variance and can be extremely frustrating, every tournament player has a special spot in their heart for them....
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
There’s no better time to be an online poker tournament player than right now, with major tournaments running basically everywhere you look. For once, the micro stakes players among us aren’t being left out, thanks to Full Tilt Poker’s Mini FTOPS...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Almost 15,000 entrants showed up to kick off the MiniFTOPS festivities. MiniFTOPS Event #1 was a rather vanilla No Limit Hold ‘Em superstack event, which meant players started with 5000 chips. The prize pool nearly reached the $300,000 mark and attracted a bevy...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 17, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
With a field made up of an astonishing 5,055 players, Event 32 proved to be both one of the most lucrative and exciting matchups of this latest FTOP running. With $1,000,000 in guaranteed money on the line, players flocked to this $240 + $16 6-Max tournament.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker
Sunday is traditionally a huge day for the online tournament player, but the three last FTOPS events meant that yesterday was bigger than usual. The highly anticipated Event 33 was yesterday’s 2nd FTOPS tournament, and it featured Rush NL Hold’em with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2010 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, Poker News
Over 1000 players decided to test their skill, and luck, in FTOPS Event 31, Super Turbo No Limit Hold ‘Em Knockout. Players started with just 300 chips and the blinds rose every five minutes, leaving little to no room for post-flop play. The $115 a player got...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series came to a close today, after running for nearly two weeks. It’s been a great series with a huge amount of money won, and there will be many tournament players now looking forward to a well-deserved break. This FTOPS XVII offered...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 15, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker has had a regular two-day event at each Full Tilt Online Poker Series since FTOPS V. They can be characterized by their large buy-ins and super deep stacks. This two-day event was no different. Event 29 of FTOPS XVII was a two-day event with a starting...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
As quick as it arrived, the 17th Full Tilt Online Poker Series is on its way out again, but not before hosting some of the biggest poker tournaments in the world. Yesterday afternoon, Event #26 was the focus of attention, featuring one of the more straightforward...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 13, 2010 | FTOPS
One of the more intriguing FullTilt Online Poker Series XVII events is in the books! Event #24, the $200+$16 NL “Cash-Out” tournament attracted 1,248 players Thursday afternoon. The cash-out events are a much different structure than standard poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
You’d have to be living under a rock this past week to not have realized that the Full Tilt Online Poker Series is well underway and drawing huge crowds of young poker hopefuls to compete on Full Tilt. This is, of course, the seventeenth FTOPS and the biggest so...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 11, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker
Event 21 of FTOPS XVII featured the fastest tournament of the series: a $207+$9 NL Hold’em Rush Super Turbo. Starting stacks were only 300 which guaranteed a tournament full of mostly pushing and folding, and 1,782 people entered hoping to score a quick win....
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 11, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
Over 2300 players ponied up $216 to play in FTOPS XVII Event 18, Turbo No Limit Hold’Em. The blinds escalated quickly as runners fought for their share of the $650,000 prizepool. The event was hosted by Full Tilt Pro and WPT Bracelet Winner Ryan Daut. Seven Red...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 11, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
After less than seven hours of play, JBurleson emerged as the winner of FTOPS XVII's Event No. 19. After wading through a field of 729 players in this $500+$35 shootout, the top finisher was awarded a prize of $76,545.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 10, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Series of Poker continues with some high roller action. Monday’s Event 16 attracted the cream of the crop with its huge $1,000 + $60 buy-in and $1,250,000 guarantee. It was a full ring tournament hosted by online poker professional, Jon...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 10, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The variety of tournaments offered in every Full Tilt Online Poker Series is huge. All of the popular poker disciplines are catered for, along with various new and innovative structures. Away from the FTOPS, Full Tilt is renowned for their grand new ideas, such as...
by givememyleg | Aug 9, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The latest edition of Full Tilt’s renowned poker series, FTOPS XVII has proved to be one of the most lucrative in recent memory. Nowhere was this more evident than in Event #9, a $100+$9 NLHE contest, with $600,000 guaranteed, plus rebuys and add-ons allowed....
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 9, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicked off this week and is starting to get into full swing with Event 11 drawing the largest crowd of the series thus far. The FTOPS is a series of online tournaments hosted by Full Tilt every few months offering massive guarantees...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 9, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
One of the more interesting events of FTOPS XVII came to an end early this morning. The 12th Event of the FullTilt Online Poker Series was a heads-up championship pitting 1,024 players against one another in a single-elimination bracket style tournament. Winning the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 8, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Poker News
Nearly 1500 entrants registered for the $322 Super Turbo FTOPS XVII Event 6. Although the Super Turbo pace isn’t quite Rush Poker, players start with only 300 chips and must be aggressive early. Each player, including Full Tilt Pros, were vying for a piece of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 8, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is under way! Friday was a huge day for the FTOPS as all three events combined for a prize pool of over $1 million. One of the more popular events of the series, the $200 + $16 No Limit Hold ‘Em tournament, took place during the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 8, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The 1st No Limit Hold’em Rush tournament of FTOPS XVII took place last night, attracting 1,971 entrants. The guaranteed prize pool was $350,000, but the actual prize pool ended up being $394,200 with a healthy $81,205.20 for 1st place. Not only was Rush Poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 6, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Players traveling back to their PC monitors post-WSOP have immediately been greeted by the latest Full Tilt Online Poker Series. The predictably titled FTOPS XVII is a 34-event tournament series, featuring guaranteed prize pools that total over $19 million. All the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 5, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The 17th installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series got underway yesterday with Event #1, $200+$16 NL Hold’em $750k Guaranteed. FullTilt began the online tournament series craze in August 2006 and has since run anywhere from 2-4 each year. FTOPS XVII is...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 4, 2010 | FTOPS, High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Over 4500 runners ponied up $640 to take part in the FTOPS Main Event on Sunday. The event failed to meet its guarantee, so Full Tilt Poker was forced to cover the $300,000 overlay. $3 million was on the line when the cards started flying. Recently signed poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
In the world of regular joe's, $20,000 per hour is a pretty impressive wage. After earning that kind of cash for a full day, most of us may not need to work for a little while. Such was exactly the case for Dihxm, the winner of FTOPS XVI's 28th Event. After a 9.5 hour stretch at the tables, he emerged victorious. The prize for that playing session? A whopping $191,020.
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The biggest FTOPS game before the Main Event ended in disappointment for Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey, but saw an exciting final table with lots of great players. The event, a two day no limit hold’em tournament with an ante from the start, did not have enough players...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 3, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The various Full Tilt Online Poker Series have featured hundreds of different events since the festival began in 2006. The old stalwarts remain popular, with big-buy in Omaha freezeouts and cheap NLHE rebuys the order of the day for many tournaments, but the Full Tilt...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Over 1200 players registered for FTOPS XVI Event 19, $216 NLHE, 1 rebuy 1 add-on. The tournament is one of the few FTOPS events that failed to exceed its guaranteed prize pool of $600,000. The event was hosted by Bruno Stefanelli. Stefanelli is a 7 Card Stud wizard,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XVI Event 23 ended in a surprising upset victory for PTownDrunk, who left the final table with $56,500 dollars. PTownDrunk came back after barely surviving most of the final table with a small stack – when four players remained, he held barely 12% of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 1, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Just after a quarter-past midnight on May 1, 2010, play completed for the 22nd time in the FTOPS XVI contest. With a first place position worth $86,716.56 on the line, two competitors fought to the finish.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day, another dollar, and we also have another FTOPS event in the books! Today’s coverage is for the FTOPS XVI event #17, which is a cash out tournament. This is a unique tournament format, currently exclusive to Full Tilt, which allows players to cah out...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 29, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XVI Event 18 was a six-max No Limit Holdem $300 buy-in tournament with rebuys. Full Tilt Poker guaranteed a $1,000,000 prize pool and a total of 877 players registered. However, the tournament ended up $95,200 short of the $1 million guarantee. The final table...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Players looking for action Tuesday night were served up with a special Turbo tournament courtesy of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. Event #14 of FTOPS XVI was a turbo-format which means the blinds were increased every 5 minutes as opposed to a standard structure...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 27, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
We are just four days into this year’s Full Tilt Online Poker Series and the unstoppable tournament train has already hit Event #12. This 6-max No Limit Hold ‘em event features the biggest buy-in of any single day event this series, meaning that only the very best...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2010 | EPT, FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker is the king of knockout tournaments. This was apparent on Sunday when nearly 9,000 runners turned up for FTOPS XVI Event 7, No Limit Hold ‘Em with bounties. Each player had a $20 bounty on their head, and the remainder of their buy-in formed a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS 11, a 6-max turbo quadruple shootout with 1,102 players and $330,600 prize pool ended with a decisive victory for BegsClutch. BegsClutch defeated kiwid10 on the final table when kiwid shoved with AKo and BegsClutch called with pocket aces. The Full Tilt Pros...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Saturday was a busy day at FTOPS XVI. Event 5 of the FTOPS was a $100 No Limit Holdem rebuy tournament. A total of 1,936 players registered for the tournament. There was a guarantee of $600,000 but the tourney fell $8,800 short of the guarantee. The top winner of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Sunday tournaments usually attract a huge number of players, and FTOPS XVI Event 9 was no exception. The $322 No Limit Hold Em tournament saw 4,192 players show up, causing the prize to swell to $1,257,600, just passing the $1,250,000 guarantee. The tournament was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 26, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
If this keeps up, people will remember FTOPS XVI for its repeat champions. Earlier, in Event #1, it was BRO20. This time, it was JackQKA taking home the gold after an epic shootout in heads-up No Limit Holdem.
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another big-money winner. Today was a particularly special one, because it was a super turbo 6-Max event. Every player would start with only 300 chips, with blinds at 15/30! Needless to say, it was a very fun...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
The 16th installment of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series is underway! This year 30 tournaments hosted by some of the biggest and best names in poker will run over the next 10 days for more than $18,000,000 in guaranteed money. Event #1 was a $750,000 guaranteed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker’s multi-annual poker series features a whole range of different events. Along with games from Omaha to Razz, there are also plenty of different format variations to keep high-stakes tournament junkies on their toes. Conventional ideas like shootouts...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #24 of FTOPS XV was an extremely unique event. It was a $500 buy-in tourney with a twist: it was a Super Turbo. The 910 players that entered the event began with 300 chips and the blinds beginning at 15/30. In other words, the players only began with 30 big...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The FTOPS Main Event concluded early this morning, finishing off yet another highly successful series of events for one of the world’s biggest poker sites. This year 27 events tested some of the best tournament players in the world as more than $17,000,000 in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Every time the Full Tilt Online Poker Series rolls around, most of the attention is centered on the Main Event. But if there’s one event that can compete with that show-stopping climax, it’s the much-loved Two-Day tournament. Event #22 is the only one of the 27 FTOPS...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
Nearly 1600 players registered for FTOPS XV – Event 18 $200 No Limit Hold ‘Em Cashout. The Cashout Tournaments present runners with a unique structure. One half of the prizepool is set aside for players to cashout up to the final table, and the other half is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2010 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Rail, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Congratulations to shuriken555, who took home the gold in Fult Tilt Poker's latest marque tournament, the 20th event in this year's FTOPS XV. It was a long, hard road which began at 14:02 PM ET on Friday, February 19.
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2010 | FTOPS, Poker News
The FTOPS XV keeps going with a 6-handed No Limit Hold ‘Em Shootout Event. Event #13 of this season’s FTOPS cost $300 to buy into with a $300,000 guarantee. It actually missed its guarantee by six people, only drawing 994 players. At the final table, the average chip...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 6, 2010 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, PokerStars
It's something that can fell both the greatest players and the worst amateurs – something that has cost millions of people millions of dollars. It's a thing so evil that it's probably robbed little children of their Christmas presents at one time or another. Its name is the Bankroll Donkey, and it lurks in the heart of every aspiring player.
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 17, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day gone by, another FTOPS event in the books! This time it was the FTOPS XIV Event #22: $2,500 + $120 Super Stack NLHE. 938 hopefuls showed up of which only 90 cashed; just 6 of them took home prizes well into the 6 figures! The final table went down as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 17, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
With FTOPS XIV winding down, 9,832 players took part in $120+$9 No Limit Hold ‘Em Knockout event. Hosted by the 2009 World Series of Poker sixth-place finisher, Steven Begleiter, the tournament had a prize pool of $983,200 with its first-place finisher winning over...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 14th installment of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series has come to an end. FTOPS XIV went down swinging late last night, as the Main Event concluded at 9:11 AM EST Monday morning. Over 5,000 players ponied up the $535 entry fee, creating a massive $2,735,500...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 14, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Andy Bloch was on hand to host Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series Event #20. No-limit Hold’em was the game and 2,803 players paid the $216 to join-in on the fun. This created a prize pool of $560,600, easily eclipsing the $400,000 guarantee. Bloch is a very...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 13, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #18 in the FTOPS XIV schedule was a rare first for the festival. Although the Full Tilt Series of Poker always lays on a wide variety of different games and structures, it’s unusual to see something completely new pop up. This latest style of tournament is a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 12, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Another huge FTOPS Event is in the books. Event 17, a $300+$22 rebuy tournament, completed earlier this morning. Hosted by Isaac “Mr. Menlo” Baron, the tournament boasted a $1,000,000 Guarantee and hosted over 1,000 of the world’s best poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Turbo tourneys are always action-packed with many preflop shoves and chip leads changing regularly. FTOPS XIV Event #15 was no exception. It was a $200+$16 buy-in tournament that ran on a turbo schedule. With more than 2,800 players, the prize pool ran up to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day in the books, another FTOPS event gone by! This time it’s the FTOPS XIV event #13: Hold’em No Limit Shootout 6-max Deepstack $300+$22. Tonight’s event was hosted by the acclaimed pro David “The Dragon” Pham, who has many accolades in the many tournament...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 10, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
Event #12 of FTOPS XIV was the first $1,000 buy-in event of the series. The only other 4 digit buy-in will be Event #22, a $2,500 tournament featuring ante’s from the start. This one however, was just a good old fashioned 6-max no-limit Texas Hold’em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 10, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The sheer variety you get in an event like the Full Tilt Series of Poker is what makes them so enticing. It’s rare that the likes of Stud/8 or Razz get stand shoulder to shoulder with their more popular cousins. Similarly, there’s great scope for different styles of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 9, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The FTOPS are among us and tournament players are lining up by the thousands to take part in the events. FTOPS XIV Event 8 was no exception. The 6-handed NLHE Knockout event saw 4,639 players put up $240+$16 to register and play for their share of a $927,800 prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 9, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
One of the more interesting events in this year’s Full Tilt Online Poker Series has come to an end. The $500+$35 Deepstack Heads-Up Event sold out quite early, as the tournament capped off at 1,024 entrants and a $512,000 prize pool. The tournament took quite...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 8, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XIV, Event #7: $100+$9 R/A. Tonight’s event was hosted by Bruno Stefanelli, a relatively lesser known Italian pro poker player with an impeccable...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 7, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
FTOPS XIV continued last night with the first rebuy event of this year’s series. Actually, Event #4 was a $200 + $16 no-limit Hold’em tournament allowing 1 rebuy and 1 add-on and guaranteeing a prize pool of at least $600,000. This guarantee was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 6, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Just like McDonalds, you’re never too far away from a new Full Tilt Series of Poker. The latest episode of the tri-monthly series began yesterday, and has already stormed its way through three events. FTOPS XIV Event #3 was a straightforward tournament that stuck to ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 5, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 14th installment of FullTilt Poker’s Online Tournament Series has begun. For those unfamiliar with the series, it typically runs twice a year and contains 25 Events with different buy-ins and games. Event #1, a $200+$16 NL 6max Freeze Out completed earlier...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 17, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The Great Dane, Full Tilt Pro Gus Hansen, was on hand last night to wrap up FTOPS XIII by hosting the $500 + $35 Main Event. He was joined by 5,305 other players trying for their piece of the whopping $2.5 million guarantee ($2,653,000 total prize pool). In this mix...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 17, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 13th Full Tilt Series of Poker is drawing to a close, but seems determined to go out with a bang. The penultimate tournament of the series captured the crowds thanks to its low buy-in and big guarantee. Over 8,400 people logged on for Event #24, the $120 + $9 No...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day gone by, and another FTOPS Event in the books! Today we had the pleasure of witnessing the action of FTOPS XIII, Event #22: $2,500 NLHE 6-MAX Deep. Tonight’s event was introduced by one of the three players in the entire Poker World who actually...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS 13 continued over the weekend, starting on Friday at 2 p.m. with a $200 + $16 no-limit Hold’em 6-max tournament that drew 2,438 entrants. The prize pool was guaranteed at $400k and once again, the guarantee was exceeded. The final pool came to $487,600,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 15, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
While online poker and gambling in general may not always be held under the best light, there is no arguing that lately, FullTilt and other sites have been trying to change things. After the WSOP held yet another successful Ante Up for Africa event (which just aired...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 14, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Chris “Jesus” Ferguson was on hand to host Event #19 of FTOPS XII, a $200+$16 Fixed-Limit Hold’em Event. The tournament drew just over 1,000 players, creating a $206,400 prize pool. FullTilt was well-represented in Event 19, with eighteen of their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 13, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Just over an hour ago the Full Tilt Series of Poker Event #17 – a $300 + $22 6-max rebuy – came to an end. The tournament sported one of the largest guarantees of any in the 25 event schedule, coming in at $1 million. Yet again the Full Tilt team pitched...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 12, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day went by, and another FTOPS event is in the books. Yesterday’s event was the FTOPS XIII Event 13, $300+$22 NLHE Deepstacked ShootOut. It was hosted by TheHendonMob’s Barney Boatman. Tonight’s event was a triple shoot out, which means it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The first tournament of FTOPS 13 that featured a buy-in of $1,000 or more took place yesterday on Full Tilt. It was a no-limit Hold’em event that started with an ante from the very first hand. This format is always interesting because it generally is going to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The biggest FTOPS Event of this series thus far is in the books. Over 5,600 players participated in event #10, a $300+$22 NL Hold’em Freeze-Out. Thirty-nine of FullTilt’s very own sponsored professionals played in the event including host Allen...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 10, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Yesterday afternoon witnessed the first of two heads up competitions at the thirteenth Full Tilt Series of Poker. Over the past few years one-on-one battles have become a staple of high stakes tournaments, both live and online. The World Series now features a heads up...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 9, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another day gone by, another great FTOPS Event in the books, another yellow shirt handed out. One of the most prestigious online poker tournaments in existence, Full Tilt Poker’s own Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XIII is currently underway, and we just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 8, 2009 | FTOPS, Full Tilt Poker, Poker News
FTOPS XIII continued yesterday with the first rebuy tournament of this year’s series. Event #4 was a $200 buy-in no-limit Hold’em tournament, with 1 rebuy and 1 add-on allowed. It featured a $500,000 guarantee, which was easily surpassed as 1,415...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 7, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 13th Full Tilt Series of Poker got underway with bang this week with Event #1. Since its establishment in 2006, the FTOPS has become a regular highlight in the high stakes online calendar. Not only does it attract a strong contingent of Full Tilt sponsored pros,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 6, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #2 of FTOPS XIII is in the books, and a major congratulations goes to champion Jive32. This is the 13th installment of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series, and with huge guarantees it should be another successful venture. Event #2, a 6-max, Double-Stack,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The 12th FTOPS ended this weekend with the conclusion of the Main Event. The Main Event was a $500+35 NLHE tournament. There was a $2,500,000 guarantee and 4581 entrants. The chip count on the final table was as follows: Pocketownage420 – 6,355,367 azzabentonaces –...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2009 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Here are the results for the Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XII Event#13: NL Hold’em Knockout with Superstack. Basically, you will get a $20 bounty for every player you knock out of the tournament. It is also a superstack event, which means that there is a ton of play...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
With only two days and 6 events left in FTOPS XII, players are buckling down for a huge weekend of big buy-in, large guarantee tournaments. Event 20, a $200+$16, $400,000 guaranteed NL Hold’em Event saw 2,206 entrants create a prize pool of $441,200. This was...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Last night saw the return of a staple FTOPS event, the 6-max rebuy. The buy-in was set at $300, with a sizable $1,000,000 guaranteed ensuring the prize pool was well stocked. Although only 961 players opted to compete it seems they weren’t shy about reloading when...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2009 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
j__thaddeus Takes Down FTOPS XII Event#13 — Double stacked 6-MAX NLHE Shoot Out Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another big-money winner. Today was a particularly special one, because it was a double stacked 6-max shootout event; essentially a...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XII could be getting a little expensive for the folks over at Bovada. Yesterday’s Event 12 drew a decent crowd of 1,349 players to pay the $1,000 + $60 entry fee. However, that still left an overlay of $151,000 in the $1.5 million guaranteed tournament....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Sunday was a big day for FTOPS XII. Three tournaments (8,9,10) ran simultaneously throughout the day, the biggest of which was the $1,500,000 guaranteed Event #10. The tournament failed to reach its guarantee, an alarming trend so far in FTOPS XII. Yesterday only...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #8 of the FTOPS XI was $240+16 NL Hold’em Knockout 6-max, guaranteeing $600,000. A massive 4,411 players registered, creating a huge prize pool of $882,200 with first place a cool $168,527.84. The chip counts at the start of the final table were the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The twelfth Full Tilt Series of Poker is now in full swing, with Event #9 giving heads up specialists a chance to demonstrate their prowess for the first time this season. The $500 + $35 No Limit Hold ‘em tournament attracted a modest 933 entrants, including a number...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2009 | FTOPS, High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News
And another FTOPS Event is in the books. This time it was the FTOPS XII Event 7 high buy-in. It was a $100+9 R+A event, which had 2850 total rebuys and in excess of 1100 addons. For this event, 1807 hopefuls showed up to lay claim to the title. Among these were known...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 9, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XII continued yesterday with Event #4. This was a $200 + $16 no-limit Hold’em event allowing 1-re-buy and 1-add-on and featuring a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. That prize would rise, however, as there were 1,196 players to buy-in, followed by 872...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt’s Online Poker Series got off to a great start this week with huge prize pools and a wide variety of buy-ins. Last night a $500+$35 shoot-out event pitting 729 of the world’s best tournament players crowned “nypitbull24” as its...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
With Winter firmly behind us the masterminds at Bovada Poker decided the time was ripe to unleash their latest Full Tilt Series of Poker. The 12th incarnation of this festival began yesterday, with Event #1 concluding an hour ago. The new series kicked of with a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event 24, a $120 + $9 NL Hold’em knockout tournament, was the last event of the FTOPS XI before the big Main Event. The $750,000 guarantee attracted 9,061 hopefuls, swelling the prize pool to a grand total of $906,100! Of the 9,061, just under 12% were able to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The final event of FullTilt’s Online Poker Series, or FTOPS has just finished. 5,287 player entered the $500+$35 Main Event, creating an enormous $2,643,500 prize pool. Most of the world’s best online and live tournament professionals were on hand vying...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
For many, one of the highlights of the FTOPS calendar is the regular two-day event. Since FTOPS V it has proved to be a popular alternative to the standard online tournament, with the extended time period allowing for slower blinds and more considered play. This year...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Event #20 kicked off this Friday at 2pm eastern. The $200 buy-in event saw 2,360 entrants vying for their share of the $472,000 prize pool ($72,000 more than the guarantee). Adam Noone was the Red Pro host and unfortunately for him, was also the first Red Pro of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2009 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
vadka Takes Down FTOPS XI Event#19 — Deepstacked 6-MAX NLHE Shoot Out Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another big-money winner. Today was a particularly special one, because it was a deepstacked 6-max shootout event; essentially a deepstacked...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XI continued yesterday night with Event #17, the 6-max rebuy and addon tournament. The tournament had a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 and with a great turnout and lots of rebuys, it managed to surpass that by over $175,000. There were 1,091 entrants to the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS XI continued last night with Event 15. The No Limit Hold’em Turbo 6-max event brought out 2,528 players, just enough to surpass the guaranteed prize pool of $500,000. The accumulated $200 + $16 buy-ins brought the prize pool up to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 10, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XI has been an enormous hit so far, with huge fields creating large prize pools in the first 12 events. Event 13, the $200+$16, one re-buy one add-on tournament followed suit. The tournament had a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool, which was easily eclipsed. ...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Full Tilt kept their FTOPS series going strong last night with their largest guarantee of the tournament so far. Event #10 was a $300 + $22 No Limit Hold’em event in which each player started with a “Super Stack” of 5,000 chips. The guarantee for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
Just moments ago, Event #9 in the eleventh Full Tilt Series of Poker came to a thrilling conclusion. The first of two heads up events in this series, it was hosted by tournament superstar, and 2008 National Heads-Up Poker Championship title holder, Chris “Jesus”...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 8, 2009 | FTOPS, Online Tournaments, Poker News
Another great FTOPS event is in the books, and we have another 6 figure winner. Bruce Buffer, the brother of famed ring announcer Micheal Buffer, who is quite famous himself too as a UFC ring announcer and several other endeavors including poker and WSOP, was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 8, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XI continued today with Event #7, the $100+9 rebuy tournament. With 2,235 entrants, over 3,000 rebuys, and nearly 1,500 addons, the tournament far surpassed its $500k guarantee and ended just short of $700k. Thirty-five Full Tilt sponsored players showed up for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 7, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
The third day of the 11th Full Tilt Series of Poker featured its second Hold ‘em event so far. The FTOPS is known for the large variety of styles and variations on show throughout its event calendar, and event #4 was no exception. The $300 + $22 tournament followed a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 5, 2009 | FTOPS, Poker News
FTOPS XI kicked-off today with a huge bang. FullTilt continues to deliver a great tournament series with 25 scheduled events and over $15,000,000 in guaranteed prize money! First up, Event #1, a $1,000,000 guaranteed NL Hold’em Event. The $200+$16 buy-in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 5, 2009 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, Poker News
The next round of the famed FTOPS from Full Tilt Poker begins next month. This time, 25 events make up the circuit with a guaranteed prize pool of more than $15 million! Each event, which ranges from NL Hold’em to HORSE to Razz, is hosted by a Full Tilt Pro....
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 19, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series neared a close this past Sunday with Event #24. This tournament was a $129 buy-in Knockout tournament with a guaranteed $500k prize pool. The combination of the popular Knockout format and the relatively low buy-in attracted a huge...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 18, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
Countless quality players fall at the final hurdle in big tournaments, failing to adjust their game for heads up and missing out on the top spot. Those players would not have made it past the first round in FTOPS X Event #21, the $500 + $35 No Limit Hold ’em...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 17, 2008 | FTOPS, Online Poker News, Poker News
This past Sunday saw the climax of the FTOPS X series. The $500 + $35 NL Hold’em Main Event attracted 5,225 players, beating out the guaranteed $2,500,000 prize pool to $2,612,500. Of the 5,225, 63 were red pros, all vying for their chance at the Main Event...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 17, 2008 | FTOPS, Poker News
The biggest buy-in FTOPS tourney took place over the past two days on Full Tilt. Event #22 was a $5200, $2,000,000 Guaranteed 6-max event hosted by Full Tilt Pro and WSOP ME Final Table participant Craig Marquis. An event with such a large buy-in was sure to only...
