The Sunday Briefing: "JHoWn" Wins FTOPS XVIII Main Event

Mickey Doft
Live Reporter
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The Sunday Briefing:

Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS XVIII came to an end early Monday morning with the conclusion of the Main Event. Four new gold-jersey winners emerged in the last 24 hours, but no one claimed a bigger prize than "JHoWn," who outlasted the Main Event final table for $411,932.13. Event #29, the $2,000 2-Day, was won by "tennisassxy" for $332.264.92. Also winning gold jerseys, as well as six-figure paydays, were John "pixie183" Law and Timothy "timkrank" Miles.

Over on PokerStars, the Sunday Million was won outright by "RICOFELIZ" for $252,276.50. Also claiming victories on Sunday were Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka and Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg.

Full Tilt FTOPS Main Event (NL Hold'em)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$600+$405,023$3,013,800
PlacePlayerPrize
*1JHoWn$411,932.13
*2hilyaki$337,929.87
*3ReifesEisen$380,313
4sik0tic27$192,883.20
5Lee "acumen53" Childs$144,511.71
6kasper74$99,455.40
7Leeba3443$64,796.70
8macqueen56$45,207
9UGOTGYPSYD$31,644.90

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Brendon "Brendooor" Rubie (12th - $21,699.36), Justin "YourTimeIsUp" Schwartz (14th - $16,575.90), William "imahustla1" Given (20th - $8,137.26), Fabrizio "sixthsense119" Gonzalez (36th - $6,027.60)

Full Tilt FTOPS Event #29 (NL Hold'em 2-Day)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$2,000+$1001,088$2,176,000
PlacePlayerPrize
*1tennisassxy$332.264.92
*2Michael "Yubaball" Hull$342,175.25
*3log1c07$354,807.93
4Matthias "goodvibe" Neu$179,520
5gomore$136,000
6tehe stop it$97,920
7Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera$65,280
8Phil "USCPhildo" Collins$48,960
9ericontilt$34,816

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Scott "stpauli111" Hall (10th - $19,584), Kenny "Hixx" Hicks (12th - $19,584), Jack "Jack4339" Pan (13th - $14,361.60), Jesse "laburro" Haabak (15th - $14,361.60), Mark "Eppy1" Epstein (16th - $10,009.60), Jon Turner (19th - $7,942.40), Nick “PureCash25” Rampone (21st - $7,942.40), Charles “HellaStacks_” Lee (22nd - $7,942.40), Erich Kollman (26th - $7,942.40), Steve "gboro780" Gross (29th - $6,963.20), Ty "GimmeDa1time" Reiman (32nd - $6,963.20), Jason "JCarver" Somerville (36th - $6,963.20)

Full Tilt FTOPS Event #32 (NL Hold'em Knockout 6-Max)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$165,490$1,098,000
PlacePlayerPrize
*1John "pixie183" Law$202,484.41
*2MrSoprano8$117,298.52
*3LeMeWinPlz$86,915.11
*4LoLGoodCall$86,545.52
501GrandPrixGT$48,312
6MAK123$32,940

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Dan "imabigkidnow" Kelly (22nd - $5,160.60), Matt "berkey11" Berkey (33rd - $3,239.10)

Full Tilt FTOPS Event #33 (NL Hold'em Re-Buy)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$150+$131,949$895,200
PlacePlayerPrize
1Timothy "timkrank" Miles$184,411.20
2Sam "theman2892" Iola$121,747.20
3Matt "berkey11" Berkey$90,415.20
4Nicolas "nicos11" Chouity$70,720.80
5Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad$52,816.80
6foldimo$36,703.20
7WHENTHUGSCRY$22,380
8spikedag$15,218.40
9Rodney "BIGFLOPPER01" Burt$10,742.40

Notable Finishes: Athanasios "Athanasios 9" Polychronopoulos (11th - $7,161.60), Dave "Doc Sands" Sands (14th - $4,923.60), Tommy “blanks plz” Wesley (22nd - $2,864.64)

PokerStars Sunday Million

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$158,575$1,715,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1RICOFELIZ$252,276.50
2musicom$184,362.50
3James "j_t_s80" Broom$128,625
4DuggerGerngy$85,750
5alex987$68,600
6onealtiseven$51,450
7omalos$34,300
8StrungOut1$18,865
9costel725$13,291.25

Notable Finishes: Matt "All_in_at420" Stout (14th - $6,774.25), Joseph "Joey Capp" Cappuccio (26th - $3,773), Brad "BradL" Libson (45th - $3,172,75)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$154,748$949,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Pinowww$148,975.39
2kenz085$110,628.40
3Moritz “Catenaccio” Kranich$78,342
4MSAKI$53,652.40
5lancevk$40,359
6Steve "Illini213" Barshak$30,862
7supahmario$31,366
8Kyazho$11,870
9Dmitry "Russian_nuts" Stelmak$7,596.80

Notable Finishes: Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera (28th - $2,089.12), Dan "djk123" Kelly (32nd - $2,089.12)

PokerStars Sunday 500

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$301,180$590,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1brianm15$100,300
2clunged$73,750
3Moritz “Catenaccio” Kranich$55,991
4dia_stallion$40,120
5Shhh00kem$29,205
6Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet$23,305
7Brandon "Brandon78" Adams$17,405
8adametes$11,505
9capoch$6,372

Notable Finishes: Adam "simmsux" Geyer (12th - $5,074), Nicholas "CPT CRUX" Stowell (16th - $2,832)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,573$314,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka$56,628
2PMCQ$40,898
3Will "CutiePi314" Ma$31,460
4Hafiz "hafizzle" Khan$23,595
5Ti_Thompson$16,516.50
6PokerSickNr1$13,370.50
7bybycu77$10,224.50
8Matt "berkey11" Berkey$7,078.50
9Nemoqwe88$4,404.40

Notable Finishes: Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez (11th - $2,988.70), Hiren "hustla16" Patel (14th - $2,359.50), Jude "j.thaddeus" Ainsworth (17th - $1,730.30)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,278$471,700
PlacePlayerPrize
1Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg$86,085.25
2danskemann$62,688.93
3szusza84$47,170
4Simon Sun$35,377.50
5TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer$24,764.25
6bustardo$20,047.25
7John "johne147" Eames$15,330.25
8pvas2$10,613.25
9EASY DZ$6,603.80

Notable Finishes: Josh "brikdog24" Brikis (14th - $3,773.60), Mike "Gags30" Gagliano (15th - $3,773.60), Jason "TeamWispy" Helder (17th - $2,830.20)

Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$161,537$307,400
PlacePlayerPrize
1jochee$66,091
2Nico "PokerKaiser" Fierro$41,806.40
3Alec "traheho" Torelli$31,047.40
4David Pham$24,592
5ship em 613$18,444
6basic_elements$13,218.20
7Matt "mattster24" Sterling$8,607.20
8Mike "SPIN101" Spinasanta$6,148
9racehorse$4,303.60

Notable Finishes: Neil "theVisionay" McFayden (10th - $2,566.79), Larry "PrishChips31" Sharp (11th - $2,566.79), Yann "yadio111" Dion (14th - $1,844.40)

UB $200K GTD

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,019$203,800
PlacePlayerPrize
1VACANTSEAT$45,508.54
2Taylor "TAZED1SPURR" Paur$27,207.30
3Jason "N0VASKY" Koon$18,443.90
4SODAIRA11$13,145.10
5DONKLIFE4EV$11,107.10
6NUQUATTRO$9,069.10
7OMAHAHAHA83$7,031.10
8TCHK$4,993.10
9INYOUREYE11$3,464.60

Notable Finishes: Dave "HOLLYWOODDAVE" Stann (15th - $1,732.30)

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