The Sunday Briefing: Blair "blur5f6" Hinkle Earns $1,162,949.74 for Runner-Up Finish in FTOPS XIX Main Event

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Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS XIX concluded early Monday morning with its Main Event. While it was expected that multi-entries would result in the shattering of the $3 million guaranteed prize pool, not many expected that number to be nearly tripled. When the number of entrants hit 10,757, the first seven-figure first-place prize in FTOPS history was offered. Registration closed with a field of 14,479 and a prize pool of $8,687,400.

Several recognizable names made the final table, most notably Blair "blur5f6" Hinkle. With three players left, a deal was struck and chip leader Hinkle was guaranteed seven figures, but he ultimately finished runner-up for $1,162,949.74. Making the comeback victory was "GIAMPP" for $877,949.74. In addition to the Main Event, the $2,000 Two-Day Event also concluded with Ryan "NextCase222" Sharp taking it down for $332,041.25.

FTOPS Main Event: No-Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$600+$4014,479$8,687,400
PlacePlayerPrize
*1GIAMPP$877,949.74
*2Blair "blur5f6" Hinkle$1,162,949.74
*3Mads "SirMad" Amot$805,440.26
4Nayza$451,744.80
5Dan "WiLDmAn75" Buzgon$321,433.80
6J NOCK$230,216.10
7425wedabest$165,060.60
8beerocrat$121,623.60
9Nicholas "Colonel Mustard" Stowell$86,005.26

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Andras Nemeth (18th - $31,274.64), Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera (22nd - $21,718.50), Eric "jakz101poker" Crain (34th - $15,637.32)

FTOPS Event #40: No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Antes from Start Two-Day

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$2,000+$1001,036$2,072,000
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Ryan "NextCase222" Sharp$332,041.25
*2Bryan "enterthewu19" Piccioli$282,245.16
*3Ben "bonafidedonkey" Palmer$310,861.59
4minameeborat$153,328
5Maxine Waters$109,816
6Daheh$70,448

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Dan "LeonP" Colpoys (7th - $43,512), Christian "da_professional" Iacobellis (15th - $16,576), Jeremiah "Believer8219" Vinsant (16th - $13,468), David "Bussa Buss" Baker (20th - $11,188.80), Isaac Baron (23rd - $11,188.80), Taylor "ambiguosity" Paur (24th - $11,188.80)

FTOPS Event #44: No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Knockout

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$240+$166,127$1,225,400
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Andymcloed$163,365.07
*2King2173$131,611.93
*3Baby Drake$143,459.96
*4selinantis$112,037.23
5aj66johnson$53,917.60
6Calvin "cal42688" Anderson$36,762

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Alex "princetendee" Smith (9th - $15,562.58), Brent "bdubs3737" Wheeler (16th - $7,046.05), Nick "FU_15" Maimone (40th - $2,806.17)

PokerStars Sunday Million

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$159,178$1,835,600
PlacePlayerPrize
*1arabella1722$196,706.57
*2Glenn "surfstar33" McCaffrey$169,935.84
*3Brian "ZBTHorton1" Horton$224,884.55
4Peter Pan 43$91,780
5Gantz98$73,434
6sviestas$55,068
7Flush_Entity$36,712
8Darryll "df1986" Fish$20,191.60
9aizenxaim$12,849.20

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Daniel "ziggy47" Bokesch (12th - $9,545.12)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$155,175$1,035,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1Matt "BruceWizayne" Haugen$161,905.05
2steffo8$120,577.50
3jfitz23$85,387.50
4Nespotar$58,477.50
5mrlimp$43,987.50
6Agent Bear$33,637.60
7Enners$23,287.50
8xalbas11$12,937.50
9mike2379$8,280

Notable Finishes: Adam "Roothlus" Levy (11th - $6,158.25), Bryan "bparis" Paris (20th - $2,535.75), Joseph "JBlaze20" Chaplin (22nd - $2,535.75)

PokerStars Sunday 500

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$301,106$553,000
PlacePlayerPrize
1APD0290$94,010
2Cal_Baller$69,125
3Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron$52,479.70
4isuckoutonu$37,604
5OBVAMENTS$27,373.50
6Steve "PiKappRaider" Burkholder$21,843.50
7DarrenB25$16,313.50
8Larry "BBOY3110" Sharp$10,783.50
9Kevin "parksy1066" Parkes$5,972.40

Notable Finishes: Chad "badbeatman06" Eveslage (10th - $4,866.40), Eric “Mescalin8″ Appel (13th - $3,760.40), Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (15th - $3,760.40), Dan "APowers1968" Colpoys (17th - $2,654.40), Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (18th - $2,654.40)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$200+$151,523$304,600
PlacePlayerPrize
1stanman420$54,949.84
2Joel "JD9712" Dodds$39,750.30
3MaltLiquor40$30,460
4qucumba$22,845
5Scott "cool0813" Zakheim$15,991.50
6Fabrice "fabsoul" Soulier$12,945.50
7F_Spieler$9,899.50
8i need bond$$6,853.50
9g3ntlem4n$4,264.40

Notable Finishes: Shannon "basebal1b" Shorr (14th - $2,284.50), Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (17th - $1,675.30)

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

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$100+$91,285$456,100
PlacePlayerPrize
*1Phoenician88$71,926.97
*2Sirocko$71,926.97
3Doommy$45,610
4Jonathan "driverseati" Tamayo$34,207.50
5I'am_Sound$23,945.25
6Paolo69$19,384.25
7Peter "twirlpro" Turmezey$14,823.25
8Don "slicknastyAK" Boivin$10,262.25
9Michael "bEatNicK"OG"" Stroh$6,385.40

*denotes even heads-up chop

Notable Finishes: Travis "TravestyFund" Rice (12th - $4,561), Vanessa Selbst (20th - $1,961.23)

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