FTOPS Day 9: Bill Gazes and Taylor "Ambiguosity" Paur Win Gold Jerseys
The Full Tilt continued Monday with three more events from the 35-event schedule — Event 19: $256 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, Event 20: $1,060 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max and Event 21: $216 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo.
Monday's action saw three more notables collect FTOPS jerseys. Bill Gazes won the $256 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event for $19,157, Taylor "ambiguosity" Paur took down the $1,060 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max event for $73,559 and Jareth "hteraaj2001" East emerged victorious in the $256 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo. Other notables who made final tables on Monday were Bolivar "Ramux" Palacios, Marshall "vvirtue" Virtue and Magnus "Giffordonian" Martin.
There were no changes atop the Full Tilt as "callyoudownn" maintained the lead with 558 points. Bryn "OneUponAStar" Kenney is second with 524 points, and former leader "mrcall912" is third with 431 points.
Here’s a summary of Monday's tournaments:
Event 19: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $240+$16 | 460 | $92,000 |
The second pot-limit Omaha hi/lo event on the FTOPS XXI slate saw 460 players pony up the $256 buy-in, creating a prize pool worth $92,000. Well-known poker pro Bill Gazes, now living in Brazil, headlined the final table, and went on to win the event after a heads-up chop with fellow Brazil native "BredaBreda." Gazes collected more than $19,000 and his first FTOPS jersey.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Gazes | $19,157* |
| 2 | BredaBreda | $18,102* |
| 3 | DoktorGre | $10,580 |
| 4 | Magnus "Giffordonian" Martin | $8,280 |
| 5 | PREDADOR-88 | $6,210 |
| 6 | Upeshka | $4,600 |
| 7 | tmi2891 | $2,990 |
| 8 | THE_WIZARD49 | $2,300 |
| 9 | eckram | $1,840 |
*Denotes heads-up deal
Event 20: No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+60 | 387 | $387,000 |
As you'd expect, the $1,060 price tag in Event 20 brought out some of the best in online poker, and the level of play didn't disappoint. Several notables made deep runs, including Charlie "Chaz_man_chaz" Combes (11th - $5,418), Steve "McNallyville" McNally (20th - $2,902), Mark “xqsays” Radoja (23rd - $2,902) and Kevin "kice32" Iacofano (25th - $2,515).
The final table was loaded with talent as Paur, Palacios and Virtue were each competing for the $92,106 top prize. After Virtue exited in fourth place, Paur, Palacios and "IITTII" agreed to a three-way deal, which saw each secure more than $55,000. Paur went on to win the tournament and his second FTOPS jersey after defeating Palacios heads-up.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor "ambiguosity" Paur | $73,559* |
| 2 | Bolivar "Ramux" Palacios | $64,510* |
| 3 | IITTII | $55,817* |
| 4 | Marshall "vvirtue" Virtue | $31,347 |
| 5 | T3G3S | $22,059 |
| 6 | blony_tair | $14,076 |
*Denotes heads-up deal
Event 21: No-Limit Hold'em Turbo
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$16 | 827 | $165,400 |
Event 21 attracted a massive field of 827 players, but it took only three hours to find a champion in the Turbo format. Steve "McNallyville" McNally, who also cashed in Event 20, bubbled the final table in 10th place, leaving nine players battling for the $33,907 first-place prize.
In the end, the U.K.'s Jareth "hteraaj2001" East was the last man standing. After making a heads-up deal with "Tiltn_Mafks," East won the gold jersey and $28,564.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jareth "hteraaj2001" East | $28,564* |
| 2 | Tiltn_Mafks | $28,498* |
| 3 | jervis333 | $17,383 |
| 4 | 9 to Five | $13,232 |
| 5 | madalain | $9,593 |
| 6 | Stacy99 | $6,781 |
| 7 | Romeopro33 | $4,962 |
| 8 | SoFrischSoGut | $3,804 |
| 9 | charly3005 | $2,811 |
*Denotes heads-up deal
FTOPS XXI will resume on Tuesday with three more events: Event 22, $109 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys ($150,000 guarantee at 1100 ET), Event 23, $535 10-Game Mixed Six-Max ($75,000 guarantee at 1400 ET) and Event 24, $216 No-Limit Hold'em Rush Super Turbo ($75,000 guarantee at 1700 ET). To view the entire schedule, Full Tilt.
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