The 23rd edition of Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) concluded over the weekend after 38 events had been played over 2 weeks. Here's a brief recap on the most prestigous events...
The two-day $2,100 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry concluded on Sunday with Toby "sexystuff1989" Lewis (picture) defeating Clark "Snake8484" Hamagami, who won PokerStars Million last week, after a heads-up deal. Lewis, who has one European Poker Tour title and $2.6m in live tournament cashes, received $253,063 and his first FTOPS jersey and Hamagami received $223,141 for his second place finish.
Notable top finishers in this event included Calvin "Cal42688" Anderson (14th - $9,584), Jude "j_thaddeus" Ainsworth (18th - $6,589), Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka (23rd - $5,091), Joe "jcada99" Cada (30th - $4,193).
1 Toby "sexystuff1989" Lewis $253,063*
2 Clark "Snake8484" Hamagami $223,141*
3 Hombre555 $134,775
4 TyRusT $104,825
5 maybe25 $77,870
6 exposabre $56,905
7 d_perignon $37,138
8 keinebeine $28,752
9 Emil "whitelime" Patel $22,762
*reflects a two-way deal
The Main Event ($635 buy-in) attracted 3,327 players that generated a prize pool of $1,996,200. The last three players made a deal which meant that "DiaperSniper14 would take home the biggest cheque ($301,118). At the end of it all "Itahaschi" was the last man standing and received his first FTOPS jersey and $270,828 in prize money.
Notable top finishers in this event included Mike "wywrot" Wywrot (20th - $6,387), Dan "KingDan23" Smith (31st - $4,591), Jonathan "therookieqq9" Plens (34th - $4,591)
1 Itahaschi $270,828*
2 DiaperSniper14 $301,118*
3 MarkusG $234,517*
4 Rayan "rkruok" Nathan $131,749
5 mknickle $99,810
6 -zoopreme- $74,059
7 George Manousos $52,899
8 SpanishKey $37,528
9 propyroZ $25,351
*reflects a three-way deal