Day 4 of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series was an eventful one on Saturday with PocketFives.com members final tabling both featured events. The 7th ranked online tournament player in the world, Phillip USCphildo Collins, was the big FTOPS winner on Saturday; taking home $62,700 for his 3rd place finish in Event #7 ($100 NLHE Rebuy). Phil is from South Carolina and has been one of the great stories of 2008; beginning the year unranked and quickly moving up to the top 10 worldwide thanks to his consistent results across major sites.

Sashi yoshdog22 Bobba (pictured) of Illinois final tabled Event #7 as well; taking home $36,600 after bowing out in 5th place. He was followed by Raoeoiku of Canada, who won $15,500 for 7th. Former ranked online tournament player Joshua bbbbb33 Weizer rounded out the final table in 9th place for $7,500. PocketFiver vacationfund of Canada was the lone member at the final table of Event #6; walking away with nearly #442k for 5th place in the $300k Guaranteed Pot Limit Omaha 6-handed tournament.

FTOPS action resumes today with three scheduled No Limit Holdem events. Event #8 (NLHE 6-handed Knockout) begins at 2:00pm ET, followed by Event #9 (NLHE Heads-Up) at 4:00pm ET and the $1.5M Guaranteed Event #10 will begin at 6:00pm ET. After four days of FTOPS play, PocketFives.com members have already taken home over $500,000 in cash winnings from final table appearances alone.

Players can compete in dozens of unique satellite tournaments every hour for a shot at FTOPS glory. Our readers are also encouraged to check out the high stakes FTOPS Contest which pits some of today's biggest online poker names against each other in a six-figure prize pool competition. Updates on the high stakes FTOPS Contest can be found here.


Following is a list of PocketFivers who have final table appearances in the FTOPS IX.

Event #1 ---- $200 No Limit Holdem ($1m Guar.)
5,779 entrants - $1,155,800 paid out to 738 spots
Dorinvandy	2nd	$120,781	New York
Mr_Bond222	6th	$ 34,096	Norway
fdel15	7th	$ 26,583	New Jersey
Event #2 ---- $240 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Knockout ($200k Guar.)
1,138 entrants - $227,600 paid out to 108 spots
Stuman123	9th	$ 3,642	Missouri
Event #3 ---- $200 No Limit Holdem 6-handed Shootout ($250k Guar.)
1,296 entrants - $259,200 paid out to 144 spots
#87	CapTinBisKuiT	1st	$ 45,360	Wisconsin
therobbob20	2nd	$ 28,512	---
lucky_aces08	4th	$ 12,960	Ohio
cane3418	5th	$ 9,072	Florida
Event #4 ---- $300 No Limit Holdem Cubed *1r+1a* ($600k Guar.)
970 entrants - $694,500 paid out to 90 spots
ryanghall	1st	$159,735	Canada
b7zzy	5th	$ 43,406	Michigan
benvo123	6th	$ 31,253	Texas
bfineman	7th	$ 20,835	Nevada
Event #5 ---- $200 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi ($100k Guar.)
581 entrants - $116,200 paid out to 64 spots
TheFellKnight	2nd	$ 17,721	---
ImaLucSac	7th	$ 2,556	Idaho
M Pi R	8th	$ 1,743	North Carolina
Event #6 ---- $500 Pot Limit Omaha 6-handed ($300k Guar.)
559 entrants - $397,000 paid out to 84 spots
vacationfund	5th	$ 21,835	Canada
Event #7 ---- $100 No Limit Holdem Rebuy ($500k Guar.)
1,961 entrants - $621,100 paid out to 189 spots
#7	USCphildo	3rd	$62,731	South Carolina
yoshdog22	5th	$ 36,645	Illinois
Raoeoiku	7th	$ 15,528	Canada
bbbbb33	9th	$ 7,453	Pennsylvania
Event #8 ---- $240 No Limit Holdem 6-handed Knockout ($500k Guar.)
TODAY @ 2pm ET
Event #9 ---- $500 No Limit Holdem Heads-Up (500k Guar.)
TODAY @ 4pm ET
Event #10 ---- $300 No Limit Holdem ($1.5m Guar.)
TODAY @ 6pm ET

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