FTOPs update – Event 3

FTOPs-XII Event 3 triple shootout

The Online Poker Circuit is providing coverage of FTOPs XII and MiniFTOPS hosted by FullTilt Poker. The 12th edition of FullTilt Online Poker Series is guarantees over $18 million in prizes.  Find Guaranteed Poker Tournaments with the Online Poker Circuit.

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.