Michael Watts put up some nice results at the FTOPS X(credit: Poker Stars Blog)
The FTOPS X kept on going Tuesday November 11th, 2008 with three events. The first was a HA (Pot Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha) tournament which drew in 936 entrants and generated a prize pool of $187,200. Lee Watkinson finished in the money (100th place - $355.68). Other notable finishes included the aviator1, PeachyMer, and UgottaBKiddin.
Jeff “Biggest Donkey” Banghart made the final table, finishing in fourth position and earning $14,227.20. The final two players were losebigpots and hmiester. Losebigpots did not live up to his name. He won the day and the nearly $40,000 top spot as well as the coveted FTOPS avatar.
Here are the final results:
1) losebigpots - $39,967.20
2) hmiester - $26,208.00
3) JonStephenson - $18,720.00
4) Biggest Donkey - $14,227.20
5) Transeporter - $10,108.80
6) satfat - $6,458.40
Jennifer Harman was the hostess for the 13th event of the FTOPS X, a $535 buy-in HORSE competition. The diminutive diva was the runner-up in the 2007 WSOPE HORSE championship, losing to fellow Full Tilt-er, Thomas Bihl. 597 players took to the virtual felt for this event, which was guaranteed at $300k. Eli Elezra and Berry Johnston both earned some bank in the event as did online celebrities such as ryanbluf, Cre8ive, and TeamShizzz, champion of the 2nd event of FTOPS X.
Making the final table again was hmiester, the runner-up to the title in Event #12. hmiester finished fifth in this event, adding $12,600 to his FTOPS X earnings and putting some more points on his leaderboard totals. (Note: hmiester is currently in fourth place on the leaderboard with 305 points.)
In the end, LaTanyaWilliams battled for the title against POCKET FIVE. LaTanya defeated FIVE for the championship during a round of Razz (stud-low). She claimed victory and $69,570 for her efforts.
These are the standings:
1) LaTanyaWilliams - $69,570
2) POCKET FIVE - $45,750
3) HelloCity - $31,800
4) Vortex2099 - $20,400
5) hmiester - $12,600
6) FOsubliminaLD - $8,700
7) AmazingChase - $6,600
8) slumptown - $4,500
Aaron Bartley’s been having one heck of a run at the FTOPS X so far, making bank in at least three of the first five events himself. In event 14 he took the reins as host. The NLHE turbo tourney saw 2,583 entries and a prize pool of $516,600. Brandon Adams was the only FTP-er to make any money in the event, but G de Ipanema and Travis “TravestyFund” Rice, a former Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic winner, were in the house representing for the online community.
Also there was LaTanyaWilliams, winner of the 13th event. LaTanya made the final table in this tourney, finishing fourth. She added $37,711.80 to her FTOPS X earnings. Finishing one slot ahead of her was Mike “SirWatts” Watson, a Canadian poker player with a World Poker Tour title (Bellagio Cup IV).
The final two players were wallstreet3 and imabigkidnow. Imabigkidnow raked in the last pot, taking home the only six-figure payday of the entire event.
Here are the final payouts:
1) imabigkidnow - $104,869.80
2) wallstreet3 - $67,674.60
3) SirWatts - $50,110.20
4) LaTanyaWilliams - $37,711.80
5) scrubbyz - $26,346.60
6) amrasaralond - $17,564.40
7) zurc3 - $11,881.80
8) kor44 - $8,265.60
9) Dutchalicious - $6,199.20
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