Online Poker: dubbeemin Wins FTOPS IX Main Event

Full Tilt Online Poker Series IX Main Event

The 25-event Full Tilt Online Poker Series IX concluded last night with a $500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The tournament guaranteed a $2.5 million prize pool, and that’s what players got when 4,880 entrants bought in. Five thousand entries were needed to reach the guarantee, so Full Tilt came out of pocket for $60,000 to match the quoted prize pool.

Kelly Kim, a 2008 World Series of Poker main event finalist, was the longest-lasting, red-named Full Tilt pro. He finished within the final two tables in 16th place, earning $12,375. The final four players were Pokerguru19, valleyho, dubbeemin, and TheTotalPkg. Pokerguru19 went out in fourth place ($132,500). TheTotalPkg was the next to hit the rail, finishing in third place, for $170,000.

The heads-up match was between dubbeemin and valleyho. Dubbeemin eventually took down the final pot of the night, earning the $432,400 first-place prize and the coveted gold FTOPS jersey and avatar. Valleyho made a not-too-shabby $262,500 for his runner-up finish.

The final results were:

1. dubbeemin — $432,400
2. valleyho — $262,500
3. TheTotalPkg — $170,000
4. Pokerguru19 — $132,500
5. sckilla — $100,000
6. hemlock1313 — $75,000
7. tvcsa — $57,500
8. aaaFRANCESCOzzz — $43,750
9. TiltinShoes — $32,500

Full Tilt Online Poker Series IX $2,500 Two-Day Event

The FTOPS main event had the largest prize pool of the night, but the largest prize pool doesn’t always mean the largest first-place prize. That honor went to FTOPS event No. 22, which was a $2,500 buy-in two-day event that started on Saturday and concluded last night. The tournament had 942 entrants, building a prize pool of $2,355,000. That prize pool left a whopping $541,650 on the line for the first-place finisher in the event.

Red-named Full Tilt pro Erich Kollmann finished in 10th ($22,373) in the event, the deepest of any Full Tilt pro. Six players at the final table landed six-figure paydays, but the only half-million-plus prize would go to the last man standing. When two players were remaining, it was Will “hAAydon” Haydon versus triathlon4 gunning for the top prize. Triathlon4 barely missed the finish line as hAAydon outlasted his final foe to pocket the lion’s share of the prize pool, along with one of the most coveted titles in the FTOPS.

The final results were:

1. Will “hAAydon” Haydon — $541,650
2. triathlon4 — $341,475
3. knickadam55 — $253,163
4. sebbau — $194,288
5. BootySmooth — $147,188
6. Tony G — $105,975
7. theMightyZep — $70,650
8. Yeshaya — $55,107
9. ClockWyze — $40,035

PokerStars Sunday Million

The FTOPS was the darling of the weekend, as expected, but the PokerStars Sunday Million was no slouch, either. The event lured 7,651 entrants last night, which meant a prize pool of $1,530,200 (just $30,200 higher than the new $1.5 million guarantee). That was actually the lowest attendance the tournament has had since early July.

The final five players in the tournament made a five-way deal that left everyone earning at least $83,000. RBC* and Gunslinger3 were the top two stacks when the deal was made, with RBC* holding the chip lead. RBC* eventually went out in fourth place, earning $121,000 because of the deal, but Gunslinger3 made it to heads-up play versus M.nosbocaJ. Gunslinger3 eventually gunned down his final opponent to snag the extra $30,000, putting his total winnings at $140,922.

The final results were:

1. Gunslinger3 — $140,922*
2. M.nosbocaJ — $89,014*
3. OCTAGONS — $83,907*
4. RBC* — $121,197*
5. bastinho06 — $88,441*
6. x-13 — $39,020
7. Neab — $26,779
8. exomil — $17,597
9. Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich — $10,711

* Payout reflect a five-way deal made at the final table with $30,000 going to the eventual winner, per the PokerStars chopping rules.

UltimateBet $200,000 Guarantee

The UltimateBet $200,000-guaranteed event had 871 entrants last night, which was slightly better than the previous two weeks, but still on par with its recent performance. UltimateBet had to put $25,800 into the prize pool to match the guarantee in the event.

It came down to feldliss versus micojones for the $45,000 top prize. Micojones put up a fight, but could not hold on to the last of his chips. Feldliss raked in the final pot to win the tournament and the biggest chunk of the prize pool.

The final results were:

1. feldliss — $45,000
2. micojones — $27,000
3. JACKofHOGS — $18,500
4. nw star — $13,000
5. -HH7- — $11,000
6. dodohead — $9,000
7. frozencanuck — $7,000
8. PuntnKo — $5,000
9. iamintears — $3,500
10. mescalin8 — $2,000

Bodog $100,000 Guarantee

Bodog’s $100,000-guaranteed event had 666 entrants last night. (Let’s hope not too many players were freaked out by that attendance number.) That meant that Bodog had to put up a full one-third of the prize pool at $33,400, more than the first- and third-place prizes, combined.

After 664 other players had fallen, it was down to jjbrut and nikkiyayo. A $10,000 difference in paydays was on the line between a first- and second-place finish. Nikkiyayo ultimately raked in that extra $10K when he eliminated jjbrut from the tournament. Nikkiyayo netted himself a total of $23,600 for his win in the event.

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The final results were:

1. nikkiyayo — $23,600
2. jjbrut — $13,600
3. nickdodoublegee — $9,100
4. Evan “Oakplayer” Schwartz — $7,000
5. Remih — $5,700
6. Al “alcarmo” Carmo — $4,500
7. villus — $3,300
8. Cory “Ozone23” Albertson — $2,200
9. 1_newbie — $1,300

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