Full Tilt Online Poker Series

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The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) was an online poker tournament series which ran on Full Tilt Poker. It was established in August 2006 [1] and was held approximately every three months. [2]

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The FTOPS consisted of multiple tournaments in a variety of different poker games, each of which was hosted by a different Full Tilt professional. [3] FTOPS I consisted of eight Texas Hold 'em and Omaha Hold 'em tournaments, [1] but the series since expanded to include Stud, Razz, and mixed games, as well as knockout bounty, shootout, cashout, short-handed, and heads up tournaments. [3] With the FTOPS XIII in August 2009, Full Tilt added a charity event to the series to benefit Ante Up for Africa, hosted by Don Cheadle. [4] The main event was a $500 buy in No Limit Holdem tournament for FTOPS I to XV and $600 from FTOPS XVI onwards. The $2,100 Two-Day Event was for a long time the highest buy-in tournament in the series, but as of FTOPS XIX, the $10,300 Two-Day Heads-Up Event surpassed it.

The series featured a number of ongoing challenges that reward players for certain feats, such as winning 30 hands without showdown. [5] Players who made the final table are awarded an FTOPS jacket, and event winners were awarded an FTOPS gold jersey and an FTOPS gold jersey avatar to represent them at Full Tilt’s tables. [6] At the FTOPS XV in February 2010, any player who made the money in 17 of the 27 events would have received a $1 million bonus. [5]

While the FTOPs series included many notable performance by top poker pros, arguably the most notable feat was accomplished in August 2008, when poker pro Yuval Bronshtein, playing under his handle "Yuvee04" took down two FTOPS in the same day. [7] [8] [9] Bronshtein won four FTOPs total, which is also an all time FTOPs record. [10]

Full Tilt also ran the MiniFTOPS, which took place one month later and featured the same events at one-tenth of the original buy-ins. [11]

FTOPS Main Event winners

SeriesDateEntrantsWinnerFirst Prize
FTOPS IAugust 20061,468 Flag of the United States.svg Crownnginger$161,480
FTOPS IINovember 20062,449 Flag of the United States.svg Spiked$224,653
FTOPS IIIFebruary 20073,217 Flag of the United States.svg Traheho (Alec Torelli)$288,001
FTOPS IVMay 20073,798 Flag of the United States.svg John_McClane17$336,217
FTOPS VAugust 20074,578 Flag of the United States.svg CrazyZachary (Zachary Clark)$395,905
FTOPS VINovember 20074,371 Flag of the United States.svg fkscreennames (Daryl Jace)$385,937
FTOPS VIIFebruary 20085,291 Flag of the United States.svg Reverse$456,401
FTOPS VIIIMay 20084,750 Flag of the United States.svg cheesemonster (Keith Lehr)$410,780
FTOPS IXAugust 20084,880 Flag of the United States.svg dubbeemin (Brian Mintz)$432,400
FTOPS XNovember 20085,225 Flag of the United States.svg Julian Verse (Va Shon Watkins)$450,708
FTOPS XIFebruary 20095,287 Flag of the United States.svg csimmsux (Adam Geyer)$456,056 [12]
FTOPS XIIMay 20094,581 Flag of the United States.svg Pocketownage420$432,400 [13]
FTOPS XIIIAugust 20095,306 Flag of the United States.svg Poligraph (Matthew Waxman)$453,663 [14]
FTOPS XIVNovember 20095,471 Flag of Germany.svg zhivago2 (Heinz Kamutzki)$418,839 [15]
FTOPS XVFebruary 20105,645 Flag of the United States.svg JackQKA$237,644 (7-way deal) [16]
FTOPS XVIMay 20104,534 Flag of the United States.svg Kirbynator$327,057.40 (3-way deal) [17]
FTOPS XVIIAugust 20104,805 Flag of the United States.svg TyboVegas$423,057.41 (2-way deal) [18]
FTOPS XVIIINovember 20105,023 Flag of France.svg JHoWn$411,932.13 (3-way deal) [19]
FTOPS XIXFebruary 201114,479 Flag of Italy.svg GIAMPP$877,949.74 (3-way deal) [20]
FTOPS XXMay 20114,666 Flag of Brazil.svg ArielBahia (Ariel Celestino)$346,696 (4-way deal) [21]
FTOPS XXIDecember 20124,766 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg yadio1111 (Yann Dion)$453,229.40 (2-way deal) [22]
FTOPS XXIIMarch 20133,653 Flag of Russia.svg feel fine$392,332.20 [23]
FTOPS XXIIIAugust 20133,327 Flag of Germany.svg Itahaschi$270,828.43 (3-way deal) [24]
FTOPS XXIVDecember 20132,755 Flag of Finland.svg poksu pete$207,016.12 (3-way deal) [25]
FTOPS XXVApril 20142,557 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Firaldo87 (Niall Farrell)$236,232.74 (3-way deal) [26]
FTOPS XXVIAugust 20141,500 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ponyo88$153,962.72 (3-way deal) [27]
FTOPS XXVIIDecember 20141,767 Flag of Brazil.svg natfalber11 (Nathaniel Falber)$212,040 [28]
FTOPS XXVIIIMarch 20151,260 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg potta_x_potta (Mustapha Kanit)$239,400 [29]
FTOPS XXIXMarch 2016815 Flag of Denmark.svg CMoosepower (Christian Elgstrøm)$63,472 [30]

See also

Notes

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  2. ↑ Cypra, Dan (6 February 2009). "FTOPS Schedule Explained by Howard Lederer". Poker News Daily. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 "FTOPS XV Schedule Announced". 6 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Domain Registered at Safenames". www.coinflip.com.
  5. 1 2 "%%TITLE%% - Online Gambling". www.onlinegambling.com.
  6. ↑ "Full Tilt Poker and FTOPS Gold - Poker News Daily". 31 July 2009.
  7. ↑ "Yuval yuvee04 Bronshtein Wins Two FTOPS Titles in the Same Day".
  8. ↑ Cypra, Dan (13 August 2008). "Yuvee04 Wins Back to Back FTOPS Events". Poker News Daily. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "News: FTOPS IX: 'yuvee04' Wins Two Events In One Day" . Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Online Poker -- Raj 'BadcardsAA' Vohra Wins Two-Day FTOPS Event - Poker News".
  11. ↑ "Poker News - Current News & Features from Around the Poker World". Pokerlistings.
  12. ↑ "FTOPS XI Main Event: Adam 'csimmsux' Geyer Takes Top Honors". www.pokernews.com. 16 February 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "FTOPS XII Main Event: 'Pocketownage420' Captures Title". www.pokernews.com. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Sunday Briefing: Matt "Poligraph" Waxman takes the FTOPS Main Event". www.pokernews.com. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Zhivago2, Obiedman Win FTOPS XIV Poker Titles". 17 November 2009.
  16. ↑ "FTOPS XV Main Event Ends in Seven-Way Chop". 22 February 2010.
  17. ↑ "Casino Bonuses & Promotional Offers - Casino". www.fulltilt.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "Online Poker at Full Tilt Poker - FTOPS XVII: Main Event". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  19. ↑ "FTOPS: JHoWn Wins Main While Tennisassxy Takes Down Two-Day Event | BLUFF Poker News". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  20. ↑ "Blair Hinkle Scores $1 Million in FTOPS Main Event". www.cardplayer.com.
  21. ↑ "Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino Wins FTOPS Main Event". www.cardplayer.com.
  22. ↑ "FTOPS Day 15: Yann "yadio1111" Dion Wins Main Event for $453,229". www.pokernews.com. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  23. ↑ "FTOPS XXII Day 15: "feel fine" Wins Main Event; Kevin Eyster Takes Down High Roller". www.pokernews.com. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  24. ↑ "The Sunday Briefing: Toby Lewis Wins $2,000 FTOPS Event for $253,000". www.pokernews.com. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  25. ↑ ""sincinaty118" Wins $5m Sunday Million, FTOPS XXIV Concludes". Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  26. ↑ "The Sunday Briefing: Mike McDonald, Niall Farrell Chop FTOPS XXV Main Event". www.pokernews.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  27. ↑ "The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for $312K". www.pokernews.com. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  28. ↑ "natfalber11 Wins FTOPS XXVII Main Event - PocketFives". 15 December 2014.
  29. ↑ "lasagnaaammm Wins FTOPS XXVIII Main Event - PocketFives". 30 March 2015.
  30. ↑ "Mustapha Kanit Ships the Sunday Million and "CMoosepower" Wins the FTOPS XXIX Main Event | Online Poker News". Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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