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The online poker weekend: three get rich
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2010-08-18 08:34
The last online poker weekend went down bearing the mark of the FTOPS’ 17th edition. A whole host of FTOPS events rolled to a conclusion on Sunday, on top of the usual flagship guarantees.
The FTOPS Main Event was the
poker tournament which created no fewer than 5 6-figure winners. Of these players, two walked away with prizes bigger than $400k.
The $600+$40 event attracted a starting field of 4,805 players, who combined buy-ins for a $3 million prize-pool. The two top finishers struck a deal which left the eventual winner, TyboVegas, with $423k. Second place man, DQnk collected $446k for his efforts.
Event #29, the $2,000+$100 NL Holdem Six-Max two day event, created 5 more 6-figure winners. McLean Carr walked away with the title and the jersey in this one, not to mention the $417k he picked up on the side.
FTOPS event #32, the $240+$16 NL Holdem Knock out 6-max event, was a smaller-scale affair, but it still turned two players into 6-figure winners. Drunkspirit was the first to cross the line, pocketing the $193k top prize.
BgsaPnaples won $118k for his second place.
Event #33, the
NL Holdem Rush with Rebuys one, saw another deal at the top. Dalbaiyob and David Peters duked it out heads-up, with the former emerging victorious. First place was thus worth $182k. David Peters picked up $152k for his second place.
PokerStars’ Sunday Million attracted a starting field of 8,294 players, and managed to cover its guarantee. $1.6 million was up for grabs as the hostilities commenced. The lion’s share of that haul went to the four players who made a deal at the top: RAZZER777 took home $168k for his second place. Tim Ulrich had to settle for $160 for first. YouHave2outs and The Pot SWE finished with 6-figure prizes too.
