FTOPS Day 7: Nick "canofcorn22" Petrangelo Wins Gold
The Full Tilt continued Saturday with three more events: Event #14 $535 No-Limit Hold’em Heads-up, Event #15 $322 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max and Event #16 $216 NL Hold'em Rush. All of the events were well past their guarantee, and three more winners were crowned in Nick "canofcorn22" Petrangelo, "veeea" and "Branko07".
Saturday's win moved "veeea" into the top 10 of the Full Tilt. He sits in eighth place with 330 points, and "mrcall912" maintains his lead with 431 points. "canofcorn22" jumped up to 11th place with 309 points, and "Branko07" moved to 28th place.
Here’s a summary of Saturday's tournaments:
Event #14 $535 No-Limit Hold’em Heads-up
Event #14 easily surpassed its $100,000 guaranteed prize pool as 301 players generated a prize pool of $150,500. Of those making deep runs were Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier (13th — $3,010) and Bryn "OnceUponAStar" Kenney (9th — $3,010). Of those two, Kenney moved himself up the FTOPS XXI leader board into fourth place with 374 points after a good overall showing on Saturday.
Heads-up play came down to Petrangelo and eventual runner-up "naimad89". Petrangelo won the duel to earn the $36,872.50 first-place prize, but "naimad89" scooped up a nice payday of $21,070 for his efforts. With this score, Petrangelo boosted his all-time online tournament winnings to over $3 million.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $500+$35 | 301 | $150,500 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick "canofcorn22" Petrangelo | $36,872.50 |
| 2 | "naimad89" | $21,070 |
| 3 | "InspectorPo" | $10,911.25 |
| 4 | “BustedWadZ” | $10,911.25 |
Event #15 $322 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max
Event #15 attracted 534 runners and surpassed the $100,000 prize pool by $60,200. Of that field, the top 66 places were paid out, and notables Mohsin "chicagocards1" Charania (32nd — $736.92) and Timothy "highlandfox" Finne (9th — $2,659.32) both cashed, but fell short of the final table.
At the final table, it was Russia's "veeea" versus the United Kingdom's "The_Real_Kid83" at the end, and the two struck a deal before playing to a winner. With the deal, "The_Real_Kid83" actually scored more money for $30,431.17, but "veeea" walked away with the gold jersey and $28,041.83.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $300+$22 | 534 | $160,200 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "veeea" | $28,041.83* |
| 2 | "The_Real_Kid83" | $30,431.17* |
| 3 | "blony_tair" | $16,821 |
| 4 | “callyoudownn” | $12,335.40 |
| 5 | “michaelsc” | $8,811 |
| 6 | “Zumy” | $5,607 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Event #16 $322 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max
Event #16 was the third and final FTOPS event of a fun-filled Saturday on the virtual felt. The $100,000 guarantee was nearly doubled as 905 players came out, and a prize pool of $181,000 was generated.
Ryan "RJules" Julius (22nd — $705.90), Kenney (21st — $705.90) and Ben "NeverScaredB" Wilinofsky (18th — $905) all finished in the money. The United Kingdom's Jonas "Klausen" Klausen found his way to the final table, but ultimately fell in seventh place for $5,430.
No deal was made in this event, as "Branko07" defeated "Brainbuster777" heads up to win the $41,630 first-place prize.
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$16 | 905 | $181,000 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Branko07" | $41,630 |
| 2 | "Brainbuster777" | $26,245 |
| 3 | "KENTRAPU2" | $19,457.50 |
| 4 | “player107” | $14,932.50 |
| 5 | “rightdurrr” | $11,312.50 |
| 6 | “rdcrsm” | $8,145 |
| 7 | Jonas "Klausen" Klausen | $5,430 |
| 8 | "brikks66" | $4,235.40 |
| 9 | "VladPr" | $3,077 |
FTOPS XXI will continue on Sunday, and it's one of the biggest days of the series with two monster events. Event #17 $129 NL Hold'em Knockout Multi-Entry kicks off at 10:30 ET with a $600,000 guarantee. Then at 13:30 ET, Event #18 $322 NL Hold'em Multi-Entry takes place with an even bigger $750,000 guarantee. You won't want to miss those. Full Tilt.
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