It’s that time again. The ninth installment of the wildly popular Full Tilt Online Poker Series kicks off on Wednesday, August 6th. The Main Event, which is a highly-anticipated $535 buy-in $2.5 million guaranteed tournament, takes place on Sunday, August 17th and will award one of the richest online poker prizes ever. There are 25 events that will comprise the tournament series, each hosted by a different member of Team Full Tilt. There is more than $15 million in guaranteed money on the line in FTOPS IX. Let’s take a look at the event schedule for the ninth Full Tilt Online Poker Series and check out some of the highlights of past tournaments.
Here’s an overview of the 25 events that will become the talk of the online poker world over the next 10 days:
Event #1: Wednesday, August 6th at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Event #2: Thursday, August 7th at 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 PL Omaha/8 Knockout
$200,000 Guaranteed
Event #3: Thursday, August 7th at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ’em 4 x Shootout 6-Max
$250,000 Guaranteed
Event #4: Friday, August 8th at 14:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Hold ’em 1 rebuy and 1 add-on
$600,000 Guaranteed
Event #5: Friday, August 8th at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 Stud
$100,000 Guaranteed
Event #6: Saturday, August 9th at 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 PL Omaha 6-Max
$300,000 Guaranteed
Event #7: Saturday, August 9th at 16:30 ET
$100 + $9 NL Hold ’em Rebuy
$500,000 Guaranteed
Event #8: Sunday, August 10th at 14:00 ET
$240 + $16 NL Hold ’em 6-Max Knockout
$500,000 Guaranteed
Event #9: Sunday, August 10th at 16:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Hold ’em Heads Up
$500,000 Guaranteed
Event #10: Sunday, August 10th at 18:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Hold ’em
$1,500,000 Guaranteed
Event #11: Monday, August 11th at 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed
Event #12: Monday, August 11th at 21:00 ET
$1,000 + $60 NL Hold ’em 6-Max
$1,500,000 Guaranteed
Event #13: Tuesday, August 12th at 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 HA (half PL Hold ’em, half PL Omaha)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Event #14: Tuesday, August 12th at 21:00 ET
$500 + $35 HORSE
$300,000 Guaranteed
Event #15: Tuesday, August 12th at 21:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ’em Turbo
$500,000 Guaranteed
Event #16: Wednesday, August 13th at 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 Omaha/8
$200,000 Guaranteed
Event #17: Wednesday, August 13th at 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 NL Hold ’em 6-Max Rebuy
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Event #18: Thursday, August 14th at 14:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Hold ’em 3 x Shootout
$300,000 Guaranteed
Event #19: Thursday, August 14th at 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 Mixed Hold’em 6-Max
$300,000 Guaranteed
Event #20: Friday, August 15th at 14:00 ET
$200 + $16 NL Hold ’em 6-Max
$400,000 Guaranteed
Event #21: Friday, August 15th at 21:00 ET
$300 + $22 Razz
$150,000 Guaranteed
Event #22: Saturday, August 16th at 14:00 ET
$2,500 + $120 NL Hold ’em Two Day Event
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Event #23: Saturday, August 16th at 16:30 ET
$100 + $9 PL Omaha Rebuy
$350,000 Guaranteed
Event #24: Sunday, August 17th at 14:00 ET
$120 + $9 NL Hold ’em Knockout
$400,000 Guaranteed
Main Event: Sunday, August 17th at 18:00 ET
$500 + $35 NL Hold ’em
$2,500,000 Guaranteed
The Main Event of the last FTOPS (VIII) boasted a $2.375 million prize pool and was won by cheesemonster, who walked away with $410,780. The top four players pocketed over $100,000. The top 18 cashed for over $10,000. Other Main Event champions have included Reverse, fkscreennames, CrazyZachary, John_McClane17, traheho, Spiked, and the very first FTOPS Main Event winner, crownnginger.
One of the highlights of this round of FTOPS tournaments is Event #22, the $2620 buy-in two day tournament. Day One will conclude whenever 17 levels of play are completed or the tournament is down to the final two tables, whichever comes first. The multi-day tournament made its debut during FTOPS V. Past winners have included wuddacooler, csimmsux and Halfrek. The uniqueness of this tournament is that it allows its players to feel as if they are at the World Series of Poker playing in an event that spans several days.
We’ll keep you up to date on the latest news from the ninth Full Tilt Online Poker Series right here on Poker News Daily.
