Results from FTOPS VI Events 1 – 5
Andy Black (Credit: Full Tilt Poker)
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series VI is currently underway. Five events are already in the record books. The first tournament, hosted by former pizza delivery boy turned poker pro Brad “Yukon Brad” Booth, was a $200 + 16 buy-in, short-handed No Limit Hold'em tournament. That means that there was a max of 6 players at each table. blur5f6 took the top spot, earning $146,287.50 of the $750,000 guaranteed prize pool. 432 of the 3,676 total entrants made bank. These are the results: 1) blur5f6 - $146,287.50 2) demonchild724 - $90,750 3) TiltaMents - $62,250 4) Lbisponger9 - $47,625 5) anzell - $33,750 6) FatalError - $22,875 679 people paid to play in Event 2 at the FTOP VI, the $322 Razz tournament. This drove the prize pool up to an impressive $203,700, smashing the original 100k guarantee. As in Event #1, no Full Tilt pros cashed in the event, but 80 people earned at least $712.95 for their efforts. This is how the final eight fared: 1) crisp86 - $43,795.50 2) BrickMaterial - $30,147.60 3) RaisinFool - $20,471.85 4) payne1 - $13,240.50 5) LL7358 - $8,351.70 6) orokosaki - $5,907.30 7) colenel decker - $4,277.70 8) edbinc - $2,872.17 Jon “PearlJammed” Turner, one of the world's most successful online poker pros – and a recent addition to the FTP roster, hosted Friday's $216 Pot Limit Hold'em event. 1,468 people put up the entry fee for the $300,000 guarantee. 216 players earned money in the tournament including a player using the moniker Annette_15 - Annette Obrestad's usual handle. She received $570.00 for her 66th place finish. Here are the final table standings: 1) mischiefofmagic - $56,400 2) masjo93 - $34,950 3) fcarrico - $24,150 4) JCarver - $18,600 5) FinddaGrind - $14,100 6) callmachine24 - $10,080 7) Jucifer - $7,350 8) rushgold - $5,700 9) sl22795 - $4,380 David Benyamine, former Tennis player and current beau of fellow Full Tilt pro, Erica Shoenberg, presided over Saturday's $535 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha, six max, tournament. The prize pool narrowly exceeded the $300k mark (by $8,000) with the 616 players in attendance. FTP players Kenny Tran and Max Pescatori earned $800.80 each for their 60th and 57th place finishes respectively while Toto Leonidas, a former US Poker Champion (2003) received $954.80 for coming in 45th. This is how the final six fared: 1) allaround22 - $66,220 2) WHENTHUGSCRY - $43,428 3) monika13 - $31,200.40 4) DRwvu - $23,716 5) Hssson - $16,940 6) gaffel15 - $10,780 Andrew “The Monk” Black came out to play on Saturday as well. The devout Irish-born Buddhist hosted the $109 NLHE Re-Buy tournament. 1,600 people paid to play in the tournament including Annette_15, who cashed yet again. This brought the $400,000 guaranteed prize pool up to $460,800. Greg__Chimp took the top spot, receiving over $85,000 for the effort. These are the results: 1) Greg__Chimp - $86,630.40 2) FromThaGroundUp - $53,683.20 3) THEnaturalACE - $37,094.40 4) eatschips - $28,569.60 5) kgplay - $21,657.60 6) LPI8618 - $15,482.88 7) BootySmooth - $11,289.60 8) Cogaz - $8,755.20 9) PJShark - $6,727.68