Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS - $15 Million Guaranteed
Jul 17, 2008By: smokkee Full Tilt Poker’s Online Poker Series (FTOPS) is back. This latest edition of FTOPS (IX) has 25 events scheduled with the two biggest events being Event #22 Saturday August 16th with a $2 million guarantee and the Main Event, Sunday August 17th which has a $2.5 million prize pool guaranteed.
Each FTOPS tournament is hosted by a well known Full Tilt Poker Pro. Several of Full Tilt’s pros participate in these events and you can receive your tournament buy-in back (up to $200) for busting them. Full Tilt also posts a leader board during the series and highlights of each event’s final table are replayed with commentary. The previous FTOPS series had final table commentary provided by NBC Poker After Dark’s host Ali “Ali-wood” Nejad.
Players who final table any FTOPS event receive a special limited edition FTOPS jacket from Full Tilt. Every FTOPS winner receives a gold FTOPS jersey in addition to a coveted gold jersey avatar on Full Tilt.
FTOPS Event #22 has a very unique structure for an online poker tournament. It’s a two-day event with a $2500+120 buy-in. Event #22 is scheduled for Saturday, August 16th at 2pm ET. You receive 5000 starting chips with 30 minute blind levels. Play concludes at level 17 on day one. Day two starts Sunday August 17th at 2pm. A $2 million dollar prize pool is guaranteed for Event #22.
FTOPS IX concludes with the Main Event Sunday, August 17th. The buy-in for the Main Event is $500+35 and has a $2.5 million guaranteed prize pool.
You can satellite into most FTOPS events for as little as $2. Compete in the FTOPS Satellite Challenge. Win the most satellites into any FTOPS event and receive two additional buy-ins credited to your account in tournament dollars (t$) in addition to the tournament dollars you win for each entry. For example, win five satellites into FTOPS Main Event and receive your entry for the 1st win plus $2140 in tournament dollars credited to your account. These t$ can be used for any other tournament or Sit n’ Go Full Tilt offers. You can also convert t$ to cash (5% fee).
Full Tilt also offers something new this time around, the “Bouncebackability” freeroll. Any player who is last to be bounced on the money bubble of an FTOPS event will win entry into this exclusive freeroll where a buy-in to the FTOPS X Main Event is up for grabs ($500+35 value). The “Bouncebackability” freeroll takes place Saturday, August 23rd at 3pm ET.
There are so many ways to win in Full Tilt’s FTOPS series. Download Full Tilt Poker now and take a shot at some of the biggest prizes Full Tilt Poker has ever offered.
