FTOPS Two-Day Event: Looking Back
Ever since FTOPS V, there has been a two-day event on the FTOPS docket. Today, FTOPS XV will keep that tradition with event #22, a $2,500 two-day six-max no-limit hold��em affair. The two-day tournament has provided the biggest paydays in all but one of the last ten FTOPS and has boasted some of online poker��s biggest names at the final table. Listed below are the winners of each two-day event.
FTOPS V �C Grndhg25 ($396,900)
FTOPS VI �C wuddacooler ($418,800)
FTOPS VII �C Adam ��csimmsux�� Geyer ($488,175)
FTOPS VIII �C Halfrek ($516,925)
FTOPS IX �C Will ��hAAydon�� Haydon ($416,287.50)
FTOPS X �C Amit ��amak316�� Makhija ($550,000)
FTOPS XI �C fyrtuk ($625,000)
FTOPS XII �C Travis ��TravestyFund�� Rice ($460,000)
FTOPS XIII �C Jake ��psutennis11�� Toole ($453.687.50)
FTOPS XIV �C Pat ��obiedman�� O��Brien ($539,350)
Tidbits you may not know about the two-day FTOPS events.
Biggest Cash - $625,000/Best Final Table
A $5,000 buy-in, the two-day event in FTOPS XI, was a nine-handed game. The final table was stacked with superb online poker talent as it featured Adam ��Roothlus�� Levy, Kevin ��Wu_Wizard�� MacPhee, Michiel ��utreg�� Brummelhuis and Steve ��gboro780�� Gross. However, it was little-known "fyrtuk" who emerged victorious for $625,000, the single-biggest prize won in FTOPS history.
Multiple Final Tables for Makhija
Amit "amak316" Makhija final-tabled the two-day event in FTOPS VI, finishing eighth for $41,880. Just under one year later, FTOPS X came around and for the first time, the event was made a $5,000 six-max event. This suited Makhija just fine as he led after day one and went on to win the tournament for $550,000.
Halfrek��s Amazing Run
"Halfrek" defeated a tough final table in FTOPS VIII that included Matt ��Hoss_TBF�� Hawrilenko, Benjamin ��TheStein�� Zamani and Carter ��ckingusc�� King. The win was his second of that series, a feat matched only by Yuval ��yuvee04�� Bronshtein. In addition, the six-figure score was also his second of that series. He banked $342,495 for his win in event #11.
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