Full Tilt Online Poker Series
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]
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]
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.[7]
FTOPS Main Event winners
| Series | Date | Entrants | Winner | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTOPS I | August 2006 | 1,468 |  Crownnginger |
$161,480 |
| FTOPS II | November 2006 | 2,449 | Spiked |
$224,653 |
| FTOPS III | February 2007 | 3,217 | Traheho (Alec Torelli) |
$288,001 |
| FTOPS IV | May 2007 | 3,798 | John_McClane17 |
$336,217 |
| FTOPS V | August 2007 | 4,578 | CrazyZachary (Zachary Clark) |
$395,905 |
| FTOPS VI | November 2007 | 4,371 | fkscreennames (Daryl Jace) |
$385,937 |
| FTOPS VII | February 2008 | 5,291 | Reverse |
$456,401 |
| FTOPS VIII | May 2008 | 4,750 | cheesemonster (Keith Lehr) |
$410,780 |
| FTOPS IX | August 2008 | 4,880 | dubbeemin (Brian Mintz) |
$432,400 |
| FTOPS X | November 2008 | 5,225 | Julian Verse (Va Shon Watkins) |
$450,708 |
| FTOPS XI | February 2009 | 5,287 | csimmsux (Adam Geyer) |
$456,056[8] |
| FTOPS XII | May 2009 | 4,581 | Pocketownage420 |
$432,400[9] |
| FTOPS XIII | August 2009 | 5,306 | Poligraph (Matthew Waxman) |
$453,663[10] |
| FTOPS XIV | November 2009 | 5,471 |  zhivago2 (Heinz Kamutzki) |
$418,839[11] |
| FTOPS XV | February 2010 | 5,645 | JackQKA |
$237,644 (7-way deal)[12] |
| FTOPS XVI | May 2010 | 4,534 | Kirbynator |
$327,057.40 (3-way deal)[13] |
| FTOPS XVII | August 2010 | 4,805 | TyboVegas |
$423,057.41 (2-way deal)[14] |
| FTOPS XVIII | November 2010 | 5,023 |  JHoWn |
$411,932.13 (3-way deal)[15] |
| FTOPS XIX | February 2011 | 14,479 |  GIAMPP |
$877,949.74 (3-way deal)[16] |
| FTOPS XX | May 2011 | 4,666 |  ArielBahia (Ariel Celestino) |
$346,696 (4-way deal)[17] |
| FTOPS XXI | December 2012 | 4,766 |  yadio1111 (Yann Dion) |
$453,229.40 (2-way deal)[18] |
| FTOPS XXII | March 2013 | 3,653 |  feel fine |
$392,332.20[19] |
| FTOPS XXIII | August 2013 | 3,327 | Itahaschi |
$270,828.43 (3-way deal)[20] |
| FTOPS XXIV | December 2013 | 2,755 |  poksu pete |
$207,016.12 (3-way deal)[21] |
| FTOPS XXV | April 2014 | 2,557 |  Firaldo87 (Niall Farrell) |
$236,232.74 (3-way deal)[22] |
| FTOPS XXVI | August 2014 | 1,500 | ponyo88 |
$153,962.72 (3-way deal)[23] |
| FTOPS XXVII | December 2014 | 1,767 | natfalber11 (Nathaniel Falber) |
$212,040[24] |
| FTOPS XXVIII | March 2015 | 1,260 | potta_x_potta (Mustapha Kanit) |
$239,400[25] |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Full Tilt Poker FTOPS - Qualify for the FTOPS". www.pokersite.org.
- ^ "FTOPS Schedule Explained by Howard Lederer". 6 February 2009.
- ^ a b "FTOPS XV Schedule Announced". 6 January 2010.
- ^ "Domain Registered at Safenames". www.coinflip.com.
- ^ a b "%%TITLE%% - Online Gambling". www.onlinegambling.com.
- ^ "Full Tilt Poker and FTOPS Gold - Poker News Daily". 31 July 2009.
- ^ "Poker News - Current News & Features from Around the Poker World". Pokerlistings.
- ^ "FTOPS XI Main Event: Adam 'csimmsux' Geyer Takes Top Honors".
- ^ "FTOPS XII Main Event: 'Pocketownage420' Captures Title".
- ^ "Sunday Briefing: Matt "Poligraph" Waxman takes the FTOPS Main Event".
- ^ "Zhivago2, Obiedman Win FTOPS XIV Poker Titles". 17 November 2009.
- ^ "FTOPS XV Main Event Ends in Seven-Way Chop". 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Casino Bonuses & Promotional Offers - Casino". www.fulltilt.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Blair Hinkle Scores $1 Million in FTOPS Main Event". www.cardplayer.com.
- ^ "Ariel "ArielBahia" Celestino Wins FTOPS Main Event". www.cardplayer.com.
- ^ "FTOPS Day 15: Yann "yadio1111" Dion Wins Main Event for $453,229".
- ^ "FTOPS XXII Day 15: "feel fine" Wins Main Event; Kevin Eyster Takes Down High Roller".
- ^ "The Sunday Briefing: Toby Lewis Wins $2,000 FTOPS Event for $253,000".
- ^ ""sincinaty118" Wins $5m Sunday Million, FTOPS XXIV Concludes".
- ^ "The Sunday Briefing: Mike McDonald, Niall Farrell Chop FTOPS XXV Main Event".
- ^ "The Sunday Briefing: Espen Sørlie Chops Sunday Million and FTOPS Main Event for $312K".
- ^ "natfalber11 Wins FTOPS XXVII Main Event - PocketFives". 15 December 2014.
- ^ "lasagnaaammm Wins FTOPS XXVIII Main Event - PocketFives". 30 March 2015.