onejacktallback wins FTOPS XV – Event 18

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 distributed normally. Once players reach the final table they “cashout” half the remaining prizepool based on their chip stacks.

Aaron “GambleAB” Bartley, a seasoned tournament veteran, hosted FTOPS XV – Event 18. Only Lee Watkinson represented Team Full Tilt by finishing in the money. Watkinson’s 18th place finish pales in comparison his dominance on the tournament circuit. Watkinson has won a WSOP bracelet in Omaha and manged to navigate his way to the elusive final table of the WSOP Main Event in 2007.

Players may have recognized a few named at the star-studded final table. MattSuspect, who took second in the Full Tilt Poker Sunday Mulligan in late 2009, finished runner up. fergwrx, who binked an $85,000 payday on PokerStars last year, entered the final table as the chip leader, but bowed out in fourth place. Finishing in sixth was another solid tournament grinder, fizix87. The big winner was onejacktallback who took down FTOPS XV – Event 18. He earned $55,000 and a gold jersey for taking down FTOPS XV – Event 18.

Event #18 – NL Hold ’em, Cashout
Players: 1,564
Prize Pool: $156,400

1.) onjacktallback – $54,699
2.)  MattSuspect – $28,846
3.) Treadin Dank – $36,978
4.) fergwrx – $46,601
5.) I Am Ari – $20,687
6.) fizix87 – $17,939
7.) SurferKel – $12,535
8.) Fidget65 – $7,458
9.) mymuckyourluck – $9,419