dud711 Rises to the Top at the FTOPS VIII NLHE Turbo Tournament
Amanda “Mandy B” Baker presided over Event #14 at the FTOPS VIII. The name of the game was No-Limit Hold'em and the format was turbo. The action was fast and furious. All tolled, the event lasted a shade over four hours. A popular event, this tournament drew in 2,140 entrants, driving up the prize pool to a tasty $428,000 – more than double the guarantee.
Finishing in the money were Chris Klecz, Scott Fischman and Berry Johnston. Fischman, one of the game's young guns, and Johnston, an old school player who also happens to be a former WSOP Main Event champ, continue to do well in this series. Both pros are on the series' leaderboard. Johnston currently sits in 22nd position and Fischman has cracked the top ten in 8th place.
However, it was dud711 who owned the night and the event. He defeated OnceUponAStar in a quick and dirty heads-up matchup, staking claim to the $87,290 first place prize.
Here are the results:
1) dud711 - $87,290.60 2) OnceUponAStar - $56,496 3) MattSuspect - $41,944 4) Pokah_Prinz - $31,672 5) zuzu99 - $22,256 6) comhood - $14,552 7) kkpapoose7 - $9,844 8) lamjones - $6,848 9) DannyMac31 - $5,136
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