The 18th installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) wrapped up early Monday morning with the $600 Main Event. More than 5,000 players entered, exceeding the prize pool of $3 million, and the top five spots earned six-figure paydays.
After more than 13 hours of play, “JHoWn” was crowned the champion, collecting $411,932.13 following a three-way deal at the final table. The other members of the chop were “hilyaki“($337,929.87) and “ReifesEisen” ($380,313.00), each earning their own colossal payday, but “JHoWn” won the title and the coveted FTOPS Main Event jersey. Former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tablist Lee “acumen53” Childs finished in fifth place for $144,511.71, while Laurent “macqueen56” Bachelet took eighth for $45,207.
Eighty-five of Full Tilt’s Red Pros participated in the Main Event, including tournament host Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad, and November Niners Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Joseph Cheong, John Dolan, Soi Nguyen, and John Racener.
While several landed among the 720 players that reached the money, none were able to make the final few tables. Among those Red Pros who cashed were Felipe “Mojave” Ramos (113th), Stuart Patterson (226th), Jeff Madsen (327th), Lee Watkinson (423rd), Marco Liesy (539th), Bruno Stefianelli (564th), Ben Roberts (567th), Marco Traniello (603rd), Maciek Gracz (693rd), and Luis Velador (700th).
Here’s a look at the results of the FTOPS XVIII Main Event:
1. JHoWn – $411,932
2. hilyaki – $337,929
3. ReifesEisen – $380,313
4. sik0tic27 – $192,883
5. Lee “acumen53” Childs – $144,511
6. kasper74 – $99,455
7. Leeba3443 – $64,796
8. Laurent “macqueen56” Bachelet – $45,207
9. UGOTGYPSYD – $31,644
The other prestigious FTOPS tournament that came to a close Sunday was Event #29, the $2,000 buy-in Two-Day Event that drew in more than 1,000 of online poker’s top minds. Like the Main Event, the tournament saw a three-way deal at the final table, with “log1c07” earning the largest payday ($354,808). However, after “log1c07” exited the tournament in third place, “tennisassxy” bested “Yubaball” for the jersey and $332,265. “Yubaball” collected $342,175 despite the runner-up finish. Online poker pros Matthias “goodvibe” Neu, Keith “DaMurdera3” Ferrera, and Phil “USCphildo” Collins also reached the final nine, but ultimately fell short of the gold.
Here’s a look at how the final table played out in the Two-Day Event:
1. tennisassxy – $332,265
2. Yubaball – $342,175
3. log1c07 – $354,808
4. Matthias “goodvibe” Neu – $179,520
5. gomore – $136,000
6. tehe stop it – $97,920
7. Keith “DaMurdera3” Ferrera – $65,280
8. Phil “USCphildo” Collins – $48,960
9. ericontilt – $34,816
Full Tilt Poker unleashes its Mini FTOPS XVIII in December, where players will get their shot at the same 34 events, but at one-tenth of the buy-in. The series kicks off on Wednesday, December 8th with a $20 No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool. It will conclude on Sunday, December 19th with the flagship $70 Main Event featuring a $1 million guaranteed prize pool.
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