Full Tilt Poker Announces Newest FTOPS Schedule

Full Tilt Poker released the schedule for its newest Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) today, highlighted by 12 events that are guaranteed to have a minimum prize pool of $500,000. In all, the tournament series will feature 25 events from May 8-17.

FTOPS XII kicks off with a $216 no-limit hold’em six-handed event on Wednesday, May 6 at 9 p.m. EST. That tournament has a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million with satellites into the event already scheduled.

The main event will take place May 17 — a $535 buy-in tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of at least $2.5 million. While that tournament will likely attract the attention of the masses, the $2,620 two-day event that starts on May 16 features the series’ biggest buy-in.

The majority of the 25 events will be strictly hold’em, although those events are varied in that they differentiate themselves in their formats. There are standard multi-table tournaments, but there are also tourneys that feature six-handed play, shootouts, rebuys, knockout formats, turbos, and even a tournament with a blinds structure that includes antes from the opening hand.

FTOPS XII will also feature tournaments in Omaha, Omaha eight-or-better, razz, stud eight-or-better, and HA (half hold’em, half Omaha).

There will not be a H.O.R.S.E. tournament in the upcoming FTOPS, as there has been in the past. Instead, the games will be re-arranged for a H.E.R.O.S. tournament on Tuesday, May 12.

Similar to what UltimateBet did for its UltimateBet Online Championship and what PokerStars did for its Spring Championship of Online Poker, Full Tilt will simultaneously be running a series for smaller-stakes players, aptly named the MiniFTOPS. MiniFTOPS XII will feature all of the same events as FTOPS XII, but with one-tenth of the original buy-in. That series will be highlighted by its two-day event with a $266 buy-in that starts on Saturday, May 16.

The complete schedule for FTOPS XII can be found below:

Event No. 1 Wednesday May 6 21:00 EST:  $200+$16  No-Limit Hold'em, Six-Handed ($1,000,000 Guarantee)

Event No. 2 Thursday May 7 14:00 EST:  $240 +$16  Pot-Limit Omaha Knockout ($250,000)

Event No. 3 Thursday May 7 21:00 EST:  $500+$35  No-Limit Hold'em 3x Shootout ($300,000)

Event No. 4 Friday May 8 14:00 EST:  $200+$16  No-Limit Hold'em (One rebuy and one add-on) ($500,000)

Event No. 5 Friday May 8 21:00 EST:  $200+$16  Stud eight-or-better ($100,000)

Event No. 6 Saturday May 9 14:00 EST:  $500+$35  Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed ($400,000)

Event No. 7 Saturday May 9 16:00 EST:  $100+$9  No-Limit Hold'em Rebuy ($600,000)

Event No. 8 Sunday May 10 14:00 EST:  $240+$16  No-Limit Hold'em Knockout Six-Handed ($750,000)

Event No. 9 Sunday May 10 16:00 EST:  $500+$35  No-Limit Hold'em Heads Up $500,000

Event No. 10 Sunday May 10 18:00 EST:  $300+$22  No-Limit Hold'em ($1,500,000)

Event No. 11 Monday May 11 14:00 EST:  $200+$16  Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-or-better ($200,000)

Event No. 12 Monday May 11 21:00 EST:  $1,000+$60  No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed, Ante From Start ($1,500,000)

Event No. 13 Tuesday May 12 14:00 EST:  $300+$22  No-Limit Hold'em 4x Shootout Six-Handed ($300,000)

Event No. 14 Tuesday May 12 21:00 EST:  $500+$35  H.E.R.O.S. ($300,000)

Event No. 15 Tuesday May 12 21:00 EST:  $200+$16  No-Limit Hold'em Turbo ($500,000)

Event No. 16 Wednesday May 13 14:00 EST:  $200+$16  HA (Half Pot-Limit Hold'em, Half Pot-Limit Omaha) ($200,000)

Event No. 17 Wednesday May 13 21:00 EST:  $300+$22  No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed with Rebuys ($1,000,000)

Event No. 18 Thursday May 14 14:00 EST:  $200+$16  Pot-Limit Omaha Heads Up ($150,000)

Event No. 19 Thursday May 14 21:00 EST:  $300+$22  Razz ($150,000)

Event No. 20 Friday May 15 14:00 EST:  $200+$16  No-Limit Hold'em ($400,000)

Event No. 21 Friday May 15 21:00 EST:  $200+$16  Mixed Hold'em Six-Handed ($150,000)

Event No. 22 Saturday May 16 14:00 EST:  $2,500+$120  No-Limit Hold'em (Two-Day Event) ($2,000,000)

Event No. 23 Saturday May 16 16:00 EST:  $100+$9  Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys ($350,000)

Event No. 24 Sunday May 17 14:00 EST:  $120+$9  No-Limit Hold'em Knockout ($1,000,000)

Main Event Sunday May 17 18:00 EST:  $500+$35  No-Limit Hold'em ($2,500,000)

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