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Full Tilt’s FTOPS XIX slated for February 6th

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) just keeps getting bigger and bigger every time. This time around, Full Tilt Poker will offer $22 million across 45 tournaments in FTOPS XIX; this is decidedly bigger than FTOPS XVIII, which offered $19 million across 34 tournaments. FTOPS XIX starts on February 6th at 16:00 ET with a $1 million holdem poker tournament. Online poker players won’t have to wait long for the next million dollar tournament since Event #4 on February 7th is also a $1 million holdem event. In all, there will be eight tournaments with at least $1 million …

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November Nine Member Nguyen wins FTOPS Event

Soi Nguyen has already etched his name into casino poker history after earning a place among the 2010 November Nine.  Nguyen was the first player to be eliminated from the 2010 WSOP Main Event final poker table, and he earned over $811k for his finish.  Less than two weeks removed from his Main Event appearance, it hasn’t taken Nguyen long to make a name for himself in the online poker world after winning FTOPS Event #18. If you’re unfamiliar with FTOPS, this is Full Tilt Poker’s biggest event and it offers millions of dollars to players; in fact, FTOPS XVIII …

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Full Tilt’s FTOPS XVIII has Started

These days, it seems like either PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker is running some huge multi-million dollar event every other month.  This time it is Full Tilt that is running another big online poker event since the Full Tilt Online Poker Series has just kicked off with a new installment. By the time FTOPS XVIII is over with, it will have ran 34 poker games and paid out over $19 million in guaranteed money.  In fact, the event has already paid out $1.4 million because the first three tournaments are finished.  Event #1 was a holdem poker tourney with $900,000 …

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FTOPS XVII Mini Series Concludes

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series Mini Series recently concluded play and millions of dollars were given away in this fantastic internet poker event.  The biggest poker tournament in the FTOPS XVII Mini Series was the Main Event where a total prize pool of $1.09 million was offered.  Since the buy-in was only $75, the huge prize pool prompted 15,527 players to sign up for this holdem poker tournament.  In the end, “The_Dean221” played his poker hands the best and ended up winning the tournament.  Both The_Dean221 and “castellmich” topped the $100,000 mark while other players cashed in big too.  …

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Mini FTOPS Holding 34 Tournaments Soon

Even if you missed out on the Full Tilt Online Poker Series where $20.5 million was given away, you still have an opportunity to get in on the FTOPS action.  That’s because Full Tilt Poker is going to be running Mini FTOPS XVII starting on September 8th.  Just like the regular FTOPS, Mini FTOPS will run a total of 34 poker games where the buy-ins cost a fraction of what the normal FTOPS tournaments do. To illustrate this point, consider that the FTOPS Main Event cost $640 to enter while the Mini FTOPS Main Event poker tournament, which offers a …

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“TyboVegas” Wins FTOPS XVII Main Event

FTOPS XVII proved to be the biggest online poker series ever at Full Tilt Poker.  61,150 players participated in the 34 poker games that ran during FTOPS XVII while a total of $20,598,444 was given away during the series.  The biggest poker news in FTOPS XVII came during the Main Event when “TyboVegas” navigated through 4,805 players to capture the title.  Interestingly enough though, “TyboVegas” ($423,057) earned less money than his heads-up opponent “DQnk” ($446,942) since a deal was made before the two played the final poker hands. Another big story in FTOPS XVII included Mike “chapmoney” Chapp taking first …

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RTR Veterans Owning early stages of FTOPS XVII

Since 2006 Full Tilt has been running its ever growing FTOPS events.  From the start of August Full Tilt have been giving their players the chance to win a share of $19,000,000 across 34 events – their biggest FTOPS to date! RakeTheRake member of 5 years Broberts85 was the triumphant winner of event 1, landing himself a massive $164,357! Our members dominated the tournament with an impressive second prize of $113,856 going to Doorbread, an RTR member of 3 years.          RTR players continued their success in events 2 and 7, with Maxxscam and Dooks each placing second, winning $32,205 and …

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Full Tilt Poker releases FTOPS XVII Schedule

In just three weeks, Full Tilt Poker will be launching yet another rendition of their flagship event.  The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVII will kick off on August 4th with a huge $750,000 Guaranteed poker tournament.  In all, 34 different tournaments will be held, and $19 million in guaranteed prize money is slated to be given away.  Some of the poker games that will be offered during FTOPS XVII include Omaha, H.O.R.S.E., Stud, Razz, and of course texas poker.  In addition to the different poker variations offered, 6 of the tournaments are going to have Rush Poker formats.  For …

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