FTOPS Day 3: Three More Winners Crowned; Vinsant Tied Atop Leaderboard
Three more events from the Full Tilt 35-event schedule concluded Tuesday and saw “Mikleler”, “mrcall912” and “errr_rick” add their names to the champions list, which already includes Michael "doneNdusted84" Kanaan and João “joaosimaobh” Simão.
With seven events in the books, the FTOPS XXI is already a fifth of the way over, and currently, two men are tied atop the Full Tilt with 300 points each — Jeremiah “Believer8219” Vinsant and “fowirls”. The latter won Event #3: $1,060 No-Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry for $149,950 and took 94th in Event #1 $216 No-Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry for $931.94 while the former has a sixth-place finish in Event #2 $216 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Six-Max, 15th in Event #3 $1,060 No-Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry for $5,287.50, and a 13th-place finish in Event #5 Pot-Limit HA (Hold’em/Omaha High) 6-Max for $1,050.
Here’s a summary of Tuesday’s tournaments:
FTOPS XXI Event #5 Pot-Limit HA (Hold’em/Omaha High) 6-Max
Event #5 Pot-Limit HA 6-Max became the first event of this year’s FTOPS that didn’t surpass its guarantee of $100,000. Instead, it fell five players short as 495 ponied up the $216 buy-in to test their skills in the first mixed event on the schedule.
Of course, the aforementioned Vinsant cashed in the event with a 13th-place finish, but he wasn’t the only notable to earn a payday. The other notables included Alex “PostflopAction” Kostritsyn (43rd - $450), Kevin “-1SickDisease-“ Eyster (33rd - $550) and Brandon “norajean” Meyers (20th - $700). All finished in the money. Another player with a deep run was Jacob “bazeman” Bazeley, who ultimately left disappointed in seventh place as the final table bubble boy with a $2,300 consolation prize.
In the end, a heads-up deal was made at the final table between “TheKoalabear” and “Mikleler”, a deal that saw the former finish with a little bit more money, but the latter walk away with the title.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$16 | 495 | $100,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | “Mikleler” | $18,000* |
| 2nd | “TheKoalabear” | $18,500* |
| 3rd | “CocazeroPlz” | $10,500 |
| 4th | “ITrashYou” | $7,800 |
| 5th | “shakentucan” | $5,500 |
| 6th | “karfaton” | $3,600 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Full Tilt FTOPS XXI Event #6 H.O.R.S.E.
Mixed games seemed to be the order of the day on Full Tilt Poker as an impressive 377 players turned out for Event #6 $216 H.O.R.S.E. and smashed the $25,000 guarantee by creating a prize pool of $75,400.
As far as notables were concerned, Brazil’s Thiago “DecanoBR” Nishijima (39th - $527.80) managed a min-cash, while Paul “paulgees81” Volpe went a bit deeper and finish in 31st for $565.50. It’s also worth noting that Chance “Chances Cards” Kornuth, who finished sixth in Event #4 $216 No-Limit Hold’em Rush Turbo on Monday, notched his second cash of the FTOPS XXI when he finished in 15th place for $791.70.
The biggest notable to make the final table was David “betudontbet” Emmons, though he made his exit in seventh place for a paltry $1,885, a far cry from the $18,699.20 award to the eventual winner, “mrcall912”.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$16 | 377 | $75,400 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | “mrcall912” | $18,699.20 |
| 2nd | “knluiy” | $12,516.40 |
| 3rd | “Manechka” | $8,746.40 |
| 4th | “nilsef” | $5,428.80 |
| 5th | “tron34” | $3,468.40 |
| 6th | “Alxbanana” | $2,488.20 |
| 7th | David “betudontbet” Emmons | $1,885 |
| 8th | “Tueff123” | $1,357.20 |
Full Tilt FTOPS XXI Event #7 NLHE Super Turbo Knockout Multi-Entry
Event #7 $322 NLHE Super Turbo Knockout Multi-Entry was another tournament to exceed expectations, drawing 1,391 players to create a prize pool of $361,660 — more than double the $150,000 guarantee. Super Turbo Knockout Multi-Entry tournaments have proven popular on FTP, so it was no surprise to see the sharks turn out in force. They included Simão (122nd - $488.24), Joao Barbosa (82nd - $560.57), Raul Paez (71st - $669.07), Mike “SirWatts” Watson (38th - $940.32), Pascal “Pass Lefrancois” Lefrancois (31st - $1,084.98) and Jordan “Jymaster11” Young (17th - $1,573.22).
While all of those pros had good showing, Bryan “enterthewu19” Piccioli did the best among the notables, finishing in fourth place for $29,384.87. In the end, a Finn-versus-German heads-up match played out, with Finland’s “errr_rick” defeating Germany’s “Tom1211HH” to claim the gold jersey and $79,565.20 first-place prize.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $310+$12 | 1,391 | $361,660 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | “errr_rick” | $79,565.20 |
| 2nd | “Tom1211HH” | $50,632.40 |
| 3rd | “thelumeister” | $36,618.07 |
| 4th | Bryan “enterthewu19” Piccioli | $29,384.87 |
| 5th | “ Andras Nemeth” | $22,169.76 |
| 6th | “Paul Merson” | $16,274.70 |
| 7th | “jochee” | $10,488.14 |
| 8th | “K-zouls” | $7,594.86 |
| 9th | “Kotik-Narkotiks” | $5,424.90 |
FTOPS XXI will resume on Wednesday with two more events: Event #8 $216 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi Rush ($50,000 guarantee at 11:00 ET) and Event #9 $109 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Rebuy ($200,000 guarantee at 14:00 ET). To view the entire schedule, Full Tilt.
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