Full Tilt Online Poker Series

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is an online poker tournament series sponsored by Full Tilt Poker. It was established in August 2006 [1] and is held approximately every three months.[2]

The FTOPS consists of multiple tournaments in a variety of different poker games, each of which is hosted by a different Full Tilt professional.[3] FTOPS I consisted of eight Texas Hold 'em and Omaha Hold 'em tournaments,[1] but the series has since expanded to include Stud, Razz, and mixed games, as well as knockout bounty, shootout, cashout, short-handed, and heads up tournaments.[3] With the FTOPS XIII in August 2009, Full Tilt added a charity event to the series to benefit Ante Up for Africa, hosted by Don Cheadle.[4] The main event was a $500 buy in No Limit Holdem tournament for FTOPS I to XV and is now $600 from FTOPS XVI onwards. The $2,100 Two-Day Event has for a long time been the highest buy-in tournament in the series, but as of FTOPS XIX, the $10,300 Two-Day Heads-Up Event has surpassed it.

The series features a number of ongoing challenges that reward players for certain feats, such as winning 30 hands without showdown.[5] Players who make the final table are awarded an FTOPS jacket, and event winners are awarded an FTOPS gold jersey and an FTOPS gold jersey avatar to represent them at Full Tilt’s tables.[6] At the FTOPS XV in February 2010, any player who makes the money in 17 of the 27 events will receive a $1 million bonus.[5]

Full Tilt also sponsors the MiniFTOPS, which takes place one month later and features the same events at one-tenth of the original buy-ins.[7]

FTOPS Main Event winners

SeriesDateEntrantsWinnerFirst Prize
FTOPS IAugust 20061,468United States Crownnginger$161,480
FTOPS IINovember 20062,449United States Spiked$224,653
FTOPS IIIFebruary 20073,217United States Traheho (Alec Torelli)$288,001
FTOPS IVMay 20073,798United States John_McClane17$336,217
FTOPS VAugust 20074,578United States CrazyZachary (Zachary Clark)$395,905
FTOPS VINovember 20074,371United States fkscreennames (Daryl Jace)$385,937
FTOPS VIIFebruary 20085,291United States Reverse$456,401
FTOPS VIIIMay 20084,750United States cheesemonster (Keith Lehr)$410,780
FTOPS IXAugust 20084,880United States dubbeemin (Brian Mintz)$432,400
FTOPS XNovember 20085,225United States Julian Verse (Va Shon Watkins)$450,708
FTOPS XIFebruary 20095,287United States csimmsux (Adam Geyer)$456,056[8]
FTOPS XIIMay 20094,581United States Pocketownage420$432,400[9]
FTOPS XIIIAugust 20095,306United States Poligraph (Matthew Waxman)$453,663[10]
FTOPS XIVNovember 20095,471Germany zhivago2 (Heinz Kamutzki)$418,839[11]
FTOPS XVFebruary 20105,645United States JackQKA$237,644 (7-way deal)[12]
FTOPS XVIMay 20104,534United States Kirbynator$327,057.40 (3-way deal)[13]
FTOPS XVIIAugust 20104,805United States TyboVegas$423,057.41 (2-way deal)[14]
FTOPS XVIIINovember 20105,023France JHoWn$411,932.13 (3-way deal)[15]
FTOPS XIXFebruary 201114,479Italy GIAMPP$877,949.74 (3-way deal)[16]
FTOPS XXMay 20114,666Brazil ArielBahia (Ariel Celestino)$346,696 (4-way deal)[17]
FTOPS XXIDecember 20124,766Canada yadio1111 (Yann Dion)$453,229.40 (2-way deal)[18]
FTOPS XXIIMarch 20133,653Russia feel fine$392,332.20[19]
FTOPS XXIIIAugust 20133,327Germany Itahaschi$270,828.43 (3-way deal)[20]
FTOPS XXIVDecember 20132,755Finland poksu pete$207,016.12 (3-way deal)[21]
FTOPS XXVApril 20142,557United Kingdom Firaldo87 (Niall Farrell)$236,232.74 (3-way deal)[22]
FTOPS XXVIAugust 20141,500United Kingdom ponyo88$153,962.72 (3-way deal)[23]
FTOPS XXVIIDecember 20141,767Brazil natfalber11 (Nathaniel Falber)$212,040[24]
FTOPS XXVIIIMarch 20151,260United Kingdom potta_x_potta (Mustapha Kanit)$239,400[25]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Full Tilt Poker FTOPS - Qualify for the FTOPS". www.pokersite.org.
  2. ↑ "FTOPS Schedule Explained by Howard Lederer". 6 February 2009.
  3. 1 2 "FTOPS XV Schedule Announced". 6 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Domain Registered at Safenames". www.coinflip.com.
  5. 1 2 "%%TITLE%% - Online Gambling". www.onlinegambling.com.
  6. ↑ "Full Tilt Poker and FTOPS Gold - Poker News Daily". 31 July 2009.
  7. ↑ "Poker News - Current News & Features from Around the Poker World". Pokerlistings.
  8. ↑ "FTOPS XI Main Event: Adam 'csimmsux' Geyer Takes Top Honors".
  9. ↑ "FTOPS XII Main Event: 'Pocketownage420' Captures Title".
  10. ↑ "Sunday Briefing: Matt "Poligraph" Waxman takes the FTOPS Main Event".
  11. ↑ "Zhivago2, Obiedman Win FTOPS XIV Poker Titles". 17 November 2009.
  12. ↑ "FTOPS XV Main Event Ends in Seven-Way Chop". 22 February 2010.
  13. ↑ http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/promotions/full-tilt-online-poker-series/ftops-xvi-results-main-event/
  14. ↑ http://w.fulltiltpoker.com/promotions/full-tilt-online-poker-series/ftops-xvii-results-34
  15. ↑ http://news.bluffmagazine.com/ftops-jhowh-wins-main-while-tennisassxy-takes-down-two-day-event-17028/
  16. ↑ "Blair Hinkle Scores $1 Million in FTOPS Main Event". www.cardplayer.com.
  17. ↑ "Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino Wins FTOPS Main Event". www.cardplayer.com.
  18. ↑ "FTOPS Day 15: Yann "yadio1111" Dion Wins Main Event for $453,229".
  19. ↑ "FTOPS XXII Day 15: "feel fine" Wins Main Event; Kevin Eyster Takes Down High Roller".
  20. ↑ "The Sunday Briefing: Toby Lewis Wins $2,000 FTOPS Event for $253,000".
  21. ↑ ""sincinaty118" Wins $5m Sunday Million, FTOPS XXIV Concludes".
  22. ↑ "The Sunday Briefing: Mike McDonald, Niall Farrell Chop FTOPS XXV Main Event".
  23. ↑ "The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for $312K".
  24. ↑ "natfalber11 Wins FTOPS XXVII Main Event - PocketFives". 15 December 2014.
  25. ↑ "lasagnaaammm Wins FTOPS XXVIII Main Event - PocketFives". 30 March 2015.
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