Ester Rossi hosted event five of FTOPs, which was the stud 8 or better event. She went deep in her own tournament finishing 12th place – cashing for a bit over a grand and just ahead of Gavin Smith. 67ofspades was the winner of this stud hi/lo event, cashing for $24,079.

Event 5 met its assured prize amount, slightly exceeding the $100,000 they guaranteed slightly. The MiniFTOPs counterpart, which is still going (3 players remain) actually tripled their guaranteed amount.

Presently, Two Stroke has a sizable chip lead with 3.2 million in chips, while Northerngent is just below the 2 million chips mark, and torden possesses 994K chips. Top prize for miniFTOPS is $6063.

Leopard18 takes down the $200 cubed

German poker player Leopard18 gets a $127,000 plus payday, taking down the cubed (1 rebuy, 1 add-on) FTOPs event 4. The top 135 players were paid in this event accomidating 1246 players.
It was a fishy showing for second and third place, as tuna_fish_tank takes second with an $81K payday, and tuff_fish finishes third, bringing home nearly $59,000.

BrunoStefanelli wins miniFTOPs cubed

BrunoStefanelli claimed top prize in MiniFTOPs event 4, cashing for $37,917. DeanoDeano was runner up, cashing for over $23,000.

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MiniFTOPs event 3 listed as full

The $50 buy-in triple shootout is full, with a maximum of 729 players entered and $36,450 in the prize pool.  The guarantee on this tournament was $30K.  Noteworthy names registered for this tournament are pros Scott Fischman, Gary Jones, Aaron Bartley, Lee Watkinson, and host Greg FBT Mueller.

FTOPs event 3 over their guarantee

For the first time in three events, the main FTOPs tournament exceeded its guaranteed prize. No overlay here tonight as there are 605 players currently registered. There’s still time to get in, with about 45 minutes until the first cards are dealt. Click here to visit FullTilt Poker to play in FTOPs.

Noteworthy players in the triple shootout poker tournament tonight are professionals Andy Bloch, Barny Boatman, Berry Johnston, Billy The Croc (note: he’s quite the character.  I will post some pics from the Aussie Millions sometime taken of Billy), Christian Kruel, David Pham, Gavin Smith, and Greg FBT Mueller (host).  Additionally playing are professionals Mike Matusow, and Scott Fischman – who is multi-tabling – playing in the MiniFTOPs as well.

Other noteworthy poker players or just straight up cool names as I quickly scroll down the list of registered players are tournament monster gboro780, darrenelias (winner of the cubed event in FTOPs XI), HEE HAW 24, MiltonTilt, and MrsESPN (went deep in FTOPs XII event 1).

FTOPs XII Event 3 Top Finishers

Taking down the $76,545 first prize was nypitbull24. Also going deep into tournament prize money were horryclutch, finishing second for $51K, WILLY-RUGS earning $36,000 in tournament winnings by finishing in third place. Rounding out the top ten were nickyluvshu, MrSmokey, Bhanks11, kudos1017, tiltstars and PocketPickles55.

MiniFTOPs Event 3 Winners

Rounder63 took down the triple shootout earning $7654.50, with hwgdf cashing for $5100 in second place. MookieBloaylock1 earned the third place prize of $3645, while udy2005 took down a bit over $2700 in fourth. In fifth place was Mary van King, followed by tarkyy, dabonz the donk, youdo, PokerCzar, with pes4fans finishing out the top ten.

Visit FullTilt Poker to compete for over $18 million dollars in guaranteed tournament prizes.  FTOPs Event 2 – the $250,000 guaranteed Pot Limit Omaha Knockout tournament is well underway.  This bounty tournament awards $40 per player you eliminate.  These knockout tournaments at FullTilt are nice, in that only a portion of the buy-in goes to the bounty side of the equation.  This differs greatly from the more traditional bounty tournaments seen at Cake Poker or Carbon Poker.  Same idea – get paid to bust a player out…  There is a $6000 overlay in this tournament today.

139 players remain at this moment in the FTOPs $250K guarantee, with top prize being $55,000.  Currently – SteveyMoney with 188K in chips is the leader.  ShowThaNuts, GromA35, McGuiler, and Akaperion rounding out the top 5.

masp797 takes down the Omaha Knockout Tournament

$55,000 in first place prize money goes to masp797 in this second FTOPs XII event. Finishing in second place was TheWhtWhale – earning $35,000. AJKHoosier1 earns third place money – scoring a bit over $25,000. sirscoopalot finished fourth, with FingerWeg, Laleh4ever87, On Tilt 1012 finished seventh. Rounding out the top ten was Akaperion, and hard_mule with SallyOmalley50 finishing tenth.

FTOPs XII – event 3 tonight at 9pm

FTOPs XII Event 3, the $500,000 guaranteed triple shootout, hosted by Greg Mueller starts at 9pm.

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loosenuts with a short stack pushed out a raise, The Quietwinner, with A-x reraised to all-in. The ace paired and held, as loosenuts in the short stack is caught on the Q-5 push of desperation and eliminated.

FTOPs Guaranteed paydays

$1 million dollars was guaranteed in the tournament prize pool. With 4445 players entering, there was over $100,000 in overlay!

• Top prize is $191K
• Second place receives $117K,
• 3rd place gets $81,200.
• Fourth place receives $60K,
• 5th $44K,
• 6th $30K,
• seventh & eighth place both received $19.300

Chip count going into the final table

URBEHIND 4.7 million chips
PXFACTOR 4.5 million chips
flopjunkie 3.8 million chips
Tomsk400 3.2 million chips
The Quietwinner 3 million chips
Chasingidiot 2.7 million chips

Event 1 has a winner

URBEHIND, the chip leader entering the final table pulls off the victory in the opening event of FTOPS XII.  Payouts for the final table were awarded as follows:

• URBEHIND $191,020
• TheQuietwinner $117,000
• Chasingidiot $81,200
• flopjunkie19 $60,000
• PXFACTOR $44,000
• Tomsk400 $30,000

14,059 players started, 7 remain in mini-ftops event 1 – $20 short handed event, hosted by Erick Lindgren.  Currently, oldman1214 is the chip leader with 16 million.  Following behind is mralan2950 with 15 million, LearnedHand13 10 million, ioi zon 9 mil, LHBeazilll 7 million, Lammbock 7 million, and ele4up rounds the field with 5.4 million.

Top prize in event 1 is $42,177.

FTOPs XII Event 1 winner crowned

Fighting through a field of 14,059, LHBrazilll emerged the victor, collecting a payday worth over $40G!

Payouts

• LHBrazilll $42,177
• mralan2950 $28,286.71
• oldman1214 $19,682.60
• ele4up $12,653.10
• ioi zon $8,154.22
• Lammbock $5,623.60

9 players remain In the $200 short-handed $1 million guaranteed tournament.  4445 players started, leaving an overlay of over $100,000 – what a value!  Blinds are 25,000-50,000 ante 6000.

FTOPs Chip count

MrsESPN currently leads with over 4 million chips, and has really stepped up the aggression.  The Quietwinner, also over 4 million chips leads the second table.  Rounding out the field, URBEHIND 3.3 million, ChasingIdiot 3.7 million, and PXFACTOR nursing the shortstack with 870K.

Table 1 has Tomsk400 at 2.5 million, while flopjunkie19 has 1.5 million, and loosenuts99 1.8 million.

Double through with AA

With a short stack, flopjunkie19 moves all-in, doubling through The Quietwinner while holding pocket aces.  FJ is now up to 2.8 million, while The Quietwinner is down to 950K right before the break.

Chip count at the break:

Tomsk400 5.4 million chips

URBEHIND 4.2 million chips

Chasingidiot 3.4 million chips

flopjunkie 2.7 million chips

MrsESPN 2.3 million chips

PXFACTOR 1.7 million chips

loosenuts99 1.3 million chips

The Quietwinner 949K chips

Payouts

Top prize for the first event of FTOPs 12 is a nice $191K.  Second place receives $117K, while 3rd place gets $81,200.  Fourth place receives $60K, 5th $44K, 6th $30K, and seventh & eighth place both receive $19.300 in this million dollar guaranteed prize pool.

Elimination hand

AQ v pocket tens MrsESPN gets reraised to all-in vs PXFACTOR.  The tens hold up and MrsESPPN is eliminated in 8th place to kick off hand for hand play.

With a little bit left to go in late registration, there’s a little over $100,000 overlay in the opening event of FTOPs.  The buy-ins sit around $900,000 while the guaranteed prize pool is $1,000,000.  A bit over 4400 participants have entered this tournament.

Mini-FTOPs over guarantee

By way of comparison, mini-FTOPs is over their guarantee, with nearly 14,000 players entering the tournament.

Late registration is still being accepted in both events.  Visit FullTilt Poker to play in FTOPs.

The FullTilt Online Poker Series FTOPS is a top, prestigious online poker series.

Over $18 Million Guaranteed!

Starting May 6th, FTOPS XII offers a total guaranteed prize pool worth more than $16 million. Additionally, more than $2 million in guaranteed prize money shall be awarded via MiniFTOPS, totaling over $18 million in guaranteed prize money in MiniFTOPS and FTOPS XII. This series features a wide selection of poker tournaments.  The Online Poker Circuit Poker Pub poker blog will be on hand, providing coverage and recaps of FTOPs XII and Mini FTOPs

MiniFTOPS gives every player the chance to get in on the action of the 25 FTOPS XII events. The mini FTOPS events are all set at ten percent of the buy-in, allowing you to participate in an FTOPS event at 1/10th the cost, allowing even the smaller bankrolls to get in on the exciting poker series action! Visit FullTilt Poker to play FTOPs/MiniFTOPS now!

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