Gautchos Wins FTOPS $1K Buy-In EventTwo Talented Wests in Top 21 |
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Last night’s event in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series VII (FTOPS) was a much-anticipated tournament for many of the online poker professionals. The $1,000 buy-in shorthanded no-limit hold’em tournament, which replaced the normally scheduled $1K Monday, had a lofty guarantee of $1 million. However, like Sunday’s $1 million-guaranteed event (won by Erick Lindgren), this event easily surpassed its guarantee when 1,649 players entered to generate a total prize pool of $1,649,000. The first-place finisher would leave the table with $330,000.
Two red-named Full Tilt-sponsored pros made it into the top 100 in the event, Stefan Rapp and Brad Booth. Booth went out in 65th place and Rapp left the tournament shortly thereafter in 60th, both earning $3,298. Two notable Wests, Tim “Tmay420” West and Tom “SBRounder” West (pictured above left), both made the top 21 spots in the event. Tim finished in 21st ($8,245) and Tom came in 14th ($12,203).
When it got down to threehanded play, it was Corey “muchaka” Cheresnick (pictured at right), gautchos, and fish_lovr vying for the huge top prize. Muchaka’s dreams were dashed, however, when he was eliminated in third place ($148,410). Gautchos then reeled in fish_lovr to pocket the first-place payday. Gautchos moved into third place in the Card Player Online Player of the Year race with his win.
The final results were:
Today’s event is a $200 buy-in Omaha eight-or-better tournament with a $200,000-guaranteed prize pool. It will start at 9 p.m. ET. Players can register for the tournament now or play in the numerous qualifiers Full Tilt offers. Click here to see a news story with the full FTOPS VII schedule. Click here to sign up for Full Tilt now and to take advantage of an exclusive signup bonus.
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