_FlaXMarZ_ Wins $263,438.04 at FTOPS VIII Tournament on Sunday
5,090 players generated a $1,527,000 prize pool at the $322 buy-in NLHE tournament hosted by Gus Hansen on Sunday May 11, 2008. Event #9 of the FTOPS VIII was a star-studded affair featuring multiple Full Tilt pros. Many of these folks made some bank in the event including Stuart Paterson (514th place), Clonie Gowen (494th place), Eddy Scharf (436th place) David Singer (339th place) and Keith Sexton (257th place).
As the final table got underway, _FlaXMarZ_ held the chip lead. However, he took his time to pounce, picking up his first KO by eliminating nfa1080 in fourth place. From that point on, it was no looking back as _FlaXMarZ claimed the carcasses of his final two opponents, sealing the deal and winning more than one quarter of a million dollars in the process.
Here are the final results:
1) _FlaXMarZ_ - $263,438.04 2) MK376 - $159,571.50 3) xqsays - $102,614.40 4) nfa1080 - $80,167.50 5) jbs07 - $60,316.50 6) lonolin - $45,046.50 7) POCKET FIVE - $35,121 8) papychulo777 - $26,722.50 9) highbury90 - $19,851
Phil Gordon takes to the felt on Wednesday night, May 14th at 21.00 ET for the 16th event in the FTOPS VIII. This $322 buy-in NLHE short-handed rebuy tourney has a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Satellites are still going on. Head on over to Full Tilt Poker now to get in on the action!