The Professor in action(credit: Howard Lederer's Official Photo Gallery)
Howard “The Professor” Lederer took to the virtual felt to play host for the $322 buy-in Razz tournament at the ninth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. 576 other players joined him for the tournament, driving up the total prize pool to $173,100. Stuart Paterson was the lone Full Tilt Pro to earn money in the event. He received $830.88 for finishing in 46th place.
Previous winners in this series Yuval “yuvee04” Bronshtein and Nick “CapTainBisKuit” Blumenthal both earned some more money and leaderboard points in this tournament. yuvee04, who won back to back events, finished in 41st place and CapTinBisKuit came close to the final table, taking the 14th slot.
In the end, TheFatFISH defeated well-known rounder The Omaholic in heads-up play, receiving more than $40k for the win and the title.
Here are the results:
1) TheFatFISH - $40,141.89
2) The Omaholic - $26,397.75
3) DeuceBuster - $18,348.60
4) n2nguyen - $11,770.80
5) Ima_Whiner - $7,270.20
6) fatrabbit666 - $5,019.90
7) 2monte2 - $3,808.20
8) her ghost - $2,596.50
The Bodog Poker Open II begins soon. To qualify for this tournament series, visit the online poker room now!