FTOPS IX, Event #22 $2,500 NLHE: ‘hAAydon’ Tops in Three-way Chop
The tournament with the largest entry fee of FTOPS IX at Full Tilt was the two-day, deep-stacked NLHE Event #22, which attracted 942 players who each put up the $2,500+$120 buy-in. Notable finishers here included Tom “SBRounder” West in 16th place ($11,775.00), Luke “magikstick8″ Vrabel in 15th place ($16,485.00), and Wade “soggy dogg” Woelful in 11th place ($22,372.50). Just missing out on the final table was Full Tilt pro Erich Kollmann, finishing in 10th place, also earning $22,372.50. The final table’s nine participants were vying for a first-place prize of $541,650. Headlining the final nine players was PokerNews’ own Tony G, entering the final third
FTOPS IX Main Event: ‘dubbeemin’ Seals Victory
Full Tilt’s FTOPS Main Event saw 4,880 people enter the $500+35 buy-in, $2,500,000 guaranteed finale, all chasing a first-place payday of $432,400. Several notables made it close to the final table, among them Daniel “B_O_K_E” Bokesch in 23rd place ($9,250), 2008 WSOP ME “November Nine” member Kelly Kim in 16th place ($12,375), and Franklin “fsoyars” Hardy in 15th place ($17,500). Just missing out on the final table were Lee “acumen53″ Childs in 11th place ($23,750) and Faraz “The-Toilet0″ Jaka in 10th place ($23,750). The chip counts for the final nine were:
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Online Poker Weekend: ‘Gunslinger3′ Draws Sunday Million Win
A great Sunday night for online poker continued with two major events at PokerStars, the weekly Sunday Million and Sunday Warm-Up tourneys. In a rarity, the Warm-Up failed to reach its guarantee and thereby offered a small bonus overlay to its participants, while the Sunday Million, as usual, had little problem making its numbers. “Gunslinger3″ and “GrtWhtHype”, respectively, captured the events to headline play at Stars on the night.
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Online Poker Weekend: Sunday Million Goes to ‘ziggy47′
Daniel “ziggy47″ Bokesch pulled off one of the most unlikely final-table, “worst to first” runs in recent online memory to take down the weekend’s biggest event by total prize purse, the PokerStars Sunday Million. Elsewhere, the normal Full Tilt Sunday $750,000 Guaranteed went on a schedule hiatus for the duration of FTOPS IX, to be replaced by an exciting Event #10 finale (story here). And finally, Pass_72 pulled off a wire-to-wire victory in the Stars Sunday Warmup to finish off the night’s biggest online events.
‘MishkaT’ Wins Six-Handed FTOPS Event #17
Wednesday’s Event #17 of FTOPS IX drew 1,059 entrants, and the $300+22 six-max format produced 2,239 rebuys and 727 add-ons to build a total prize pool of $1,207,500. Several big names fell just short of the final table, including Robert Williamson III in 19th place ($6,250), Chris “Moormanl” Moorman in 13th place ($9,660), Nick Schulman in 10th place ($18,112.50), and Ram Vaswani in eight place ($25,357.59). The final table itself had a familiar name. Kevin “GetPWN3D” Saul was back at an FTOPS final table for the second time in three nights, and he looked to improve upon his fourth-place finish in Event #12. The chip counts to start the final table were:
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Kravchenko Latest Addition to Team PokerStars Pro
PokerStars has officially announced the latest addition to its vaunted Team PokerStars Pro lineup in prominent Russian star Alex Kravchenko. The signing solidifies a relationship between the two that had been growing for some time and represents another step forward for one of Eastern Europe’s best known poker players.
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