FTOPS XXII Day 2: Chris Moorman Wins First FTOPS Title
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XXII continued Monday with three more tournaments from the 38-event schedule — Event #3 $216 Pot-Limit Omaha , Event #4 $1,060 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max, and Event #5 $216 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo.
The big story of the day was British poker superstar Chris Moorman claiming his first FTOPS title by outlasting a field of 399 to win Event #3. Moorman is online poker's all-time tournament winnings leader with more than $9.2 million in career cashes. He added another $21,250 on Monday.
Moorman's closest brush with an FTOPS title prior to Monday came in 2009 when he lost heads-up to Mark "xqsays" Radoja in a $300 rebuy event. Moorman locked up $204,000 in that tournament after agreeing to a heads-up deal, but Radoja went on to win the jersey.
Despite the relatively small score in Event #3, Moorman was pleased to get the monkey off his back.
Finally won an FTOPS!, Of course it was in the RUSH PLO!! Thanks @PhilGalfond for those plo videos I grind every night just before bed :)
— Chris Moorman (@Moorman1)
Other notables reaching final tables on Monday were Jason "jadedjason" James, Anton "antesvante" Wigg, and John "kleath" Leathart. Here’s a summary of Monday's FTOPS tournaments:
FTOPS XXII Event #3: Pot-Limit Omaha Rush ($85K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$16 | 399 | $85,000 |
Event #3 attracted 399 players and fell short of its $85,000 guarantee by more than $5,000. The fast-paced Rush Poker format, combined with the loose play in pot-limit Omaha, resulted in Chris "Moormanl" Moorman needing only four and three-quarter hours to claim his first FTOPS jersey. Other notables went deep in the event including Spencer "UHBigTex" Hudson (23rd - $425) and Chris "Gettin Daize" Oliver (26th - $425).
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris "Moormanl" Moorman | $21,250 |
| 2 | Hudzzzzz | $13,175 |
| 3 | daniel levi1 | $9,775 |
| 4 | Effi101 | $7,650 |
| 5 | Casminco | $5,738 |
| 6 | aDrENalin17 | $4,250 |
| 7 | Numpter | $2,763 |
| 8 | jambeyang | $2,125 |
| 9 | Meneerbeer | $1,700 |
FTOPS XXII Event #4: No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max ($500K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$60 | 784 | $784,000 |
One of the largest buy-ins of FTOPS XXII drew 784 players to generate a prize pool of $784,000, smashing the $500,000 guarantee. As you would expect, many of the top online players in the game posted the $1,000 buy-in to participate, and several made deep runs late into the night. Brandon "norajean" Meyers (9th - $12,544), Matthias "goodvibe" Neu (10th - $12,544), Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (15th - $7,056) all reached the final three tables but fell short when it mattered, leaving Jason "jadedjason" James and Anton "antesvante" Wigg as the headliners at the six-handed final table.
Wigg busted in fourth place and missed a deal that guaranteed a six-figure payday for the top three finishers. James locked up $102,552 before busting in third place, and Germany's "keinebeine" went on to beat Sweden's "C Darwin2" for the title.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| *1 | keinebeine | $131,298 |
| *2 | C Darwin2 | $124,673 |
| *3 | Jason "jadedjason" James | $102,552 |
| 4 | Anton "antesvante" Wigg | $60,368 |
| 5 | Andrzejus | $43,120 |
| 6 | Tatute | $27,440 |
*denotes three-handed deal
FTOPS XXII Event #5: No-Limit Hold'em Turbo ($100K Guaranteed)
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $200+$16 | 931 | $186,200 |
The last event on the Day 2 slate saw 931 runners compete in the $215 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo. After only three and a quarter hours, "l Caio Pimenta l" defeated top online grinder John "kleath" Leathart heads-up for the jersey and the $37,240 top prize. Among the notables who fell short of the final table were Mat "checktrap11" Cuthbertson (11th - $1,862) and Dominik "bastet2004" Stopka (20th - $801).
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | l Caio Pimenta l | $37,240 |
| 2 | John "kleath" Leathart | $24,802 |
| 3 | WKD33 | $17,689 |
| 4 | EmyAndDave have | $13,220 |
| 5 | HardcoreParkour | $9,867 |
| 6 | karolis666 | $7,262 |
| 7 | relaxplz | $5,400 |
| 8 | HelicopterBen82 | $3,910 |
| 9 | biggus dikus | $2,793 |
FTOPS XXII resumes on Tuesday with three more events: Event #6 $216
PL Omaha Hi/Lo 6-Max ; Event $7 $322 Razz; and Event #8 $200 + $16 NL Hold'em
Rush Turbo. To view the entire schedule, head over to FullTiltPoker.com.
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