By
P5s Staff |
Published
Aug 20 2007, 02:27 AM
Some of the biggest prizepools of the year were seen during the past week in the FTOPS (Full Tilt Online Poker Series), which culminated over the weekend. Several P5ers won events, and they will be recognized in a coming article this week. In the meantime, several other sites still had their weekend majors, including Absolute , where Potroast (pictured) picked up a $45k win.
Titantom32, sheets, and Andy McLEOD were also at the final table on Absolute, and for Andy, it wasn't the highest finish of the weekend. He went on to win the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan for more than $40k, beating out P5ers currier58, z32fanatic, MrTimCaum, Bry23, and kidzero at the final table.
AcTionJaCson had a break through win in the Sunday Million on PokerStars this week. He'd taken down some decent-sized tournaments in the past, having picked up a few five-figure scores, but nothing compared to making a two-way chop in the biggest weekly event in online poker. After winning the heads up match for the $30k he and his opponent left on the table, AcTionJaCson got to see $166k shipped to his account.
J.C. "PrtyPsux" Alvarado final tabled a big time event for the second straight week; this time it was the Sunday Million, in which he finished 8th. TonyG_ was also at the final table, and he actually finished 3rd for $69k. Remarkable was the fact that he was also playing the final table of the $200 rebuy at the same time, and he finished 7th in that event.
That $200 rebuy, as usual, had several big name P5ers at the final table, including the top two finishers. Atimos (pictured), no stranger to first place finishes in huge events, took it down for over $60k. He beat number1pen heads up, and scarface_79 and Morgoth were the 4th and 5th finishers. As previously mentioned, TonyG_ took 7th, and he was followed by P5ers xxCelticFCxx and Tmay420.
Aaron_Hacker took 3rd in the Bodog $100k Guaranteed a couple months ago, and it wasn't long before he was back at the final table. This week, he made it count. Aaron finished first place in the event and won $25k. BigSanka was also at the final table, taking 4th place in the event.
Long time online winner Riverloser once again showed his tournament prowess this week with a second place finish in the PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed on Sunday. He was part of a deal for an undisclosed amount of money--undoubtably a very large five-figure score. Raulsoli finished right behind him in 3rd place, making his second consecutive final table in the event.
Other Stars action included a win in the Sunday Warm Up by another long time online winner and a player who was known for a long time as a huge winner on PokerRoom. Thechemist83 took down the top prize of just under $80k, besting coxquinn, Mossified, and former Sunday Million winner and current ranked player ch0ppy to get the win. Structure took first place in the Second Chance for over $54k, and his opponents toward the end included TheMiltMan (3rd) and Randers (4th).
TravestyFund, who finished 5th in a WSOP No Limit Hold 'Em event in 2007, nearly won an online major this week, taking 2nd in the $200k Guaranteed on UltimateBet, barely besting third place finisher bikocruz. Rps5000 took 6th place, and The-Toilet, a former winner of this event, finished 10th.
Finally, on to the FTOPS! Saturday and Sunday, a $2,500 No Limit event was played out by over 600 entrants. In the end, schmeek was the P5er who came closest to the $396k first prize. He finished 3rd for more than $182k. Stoweski took 4th place, and Mattman14 followed in 5th. Long time P5ers Batera and soggyvag2 were the 8th and 9th place finishers, each cashing for over $30k.
The Main Event drew a crowd of more than 4,500 and a prizepool of nearly $2.3M, and three P5ers made the final table! Clayton_27 and chardrian were the 2nd and 3rd place finishers, netting $240k and $155k respectively. Rppkoz finished 7th and went home with over $52k.
Congrats to everyone who cashed this weekend! Here are the results:
Absolute 150k Guaranteed $500+30
365 entrants- $182,500 paid out to 45 spots
POTR0AST - $45,625
TOOTIGHTDIZ - $28,105
PALL223 - $19,162
CALVINHOBBES - $12,775
JAMESCLEMENT - $10,037
LAURRRA - $8,212
MADTON - $6,387
TITANTOM32 - $4,745
COCESARYUME - $3,102
Bodog 100k Guaranteed $100+9
873 entrants - $100,000 paid out to 81 spots
ImTheJackal - $25,000
julespf - $14,000
Henge - $9,000
BigSanka - $6,500
elladaddy_mc - $5,400
IlDiavolo - $4,400
jqhottie - $3,400
OlazabalJuan - $2,400
buckets13 - $1,550
PartyPoker $300k Guaranteed $200+15
1,393 entrants - $300,000 paid out to 200 spots
GENund
Gustavsson
Raul_Oliv
MrJoeyGee
ramboldt
carreiram
She_DiDIt
evorG
LittleZcam
Loser_kid_13
Full Tilt $600k Guaranteed $2,500+120 FTOPS Event #12
648 entrants - $1,620,000 paid out to 63 spots
Grndhg25 - $396,900
Viktor - $247,050
bashpup - $182,250
SkinnyRick - $141,750
Mattman14 - $105,300
naskoxx - $76,950
fridhem - $50,220
Batera - $38,880
soggy dogg - $30,780
Full Tilt $2M Guaranteed $500+35 FTOPS Main Event
4,578 entrants - $2,289,000 paid out to 648 spots
CrazyZachary - $395,905
Clayton_27 - $240,345
chardrian - $155,652
MFjimmyLOWRY - $121,317
pokerskibum - $91,560
jbaggs - $68,670
rppkoz - $52,647
kiwid10 - $40,057
chubbawubba - $29,757
Full Tilt $100k Guaranteed "Sunday Mulligan" $200+16
889 entrants - $177,800 paid out to 81 spots
TheFatFISH - $41,783
CokeFiending - $26,225
zippy525 - $19,558
currier58 - $15,113
z32fanatic - $11,557
MrTimCaum - $8,001
dwballz - $5,511
Bry23 - $4,196
kidzero - $3,022
PokerStars "Sunday Warm-Up" $400k Guaranteed $200+15
2,035 - $407,000 paid out to 270 spots
thechemist83 - $79,853
nederen_dk - $40,293
coxquinn - $28,652
BananasJoe - $23,199
ch0ppy - $18,192
mossified84 - $13,715
Jon9ball - $9,645
TotallyWired - $5,982
sonelk!!! - $3,581
PokerStars "Sunday Million" $200+15
6,459 entrants - $1,291,800 paid out to 900 spots
(Numbers based on two-way deal, leaving $30k for first)
hockeystud94 - $166,000
Dunk_17 - $116,516
wwwBTHEREcom - $69,628
SevenToes - $54,255
ArbahChamesh - $41,466
jeanette_33 - $29,711
ZillaalliZ1 - $21,314
PrtyPsux - $12,918
sharp - $8,009
PokerStars "Second Chance" $200k Guaranteed $200+15
1,278 entrants - $255,600 paid out to 180 spots
StructureK - $54,417
imjuniar - $27,349
TheMiltMan - $19,170
Randers - $15,208
Zock'n'Rock - $12,013
adametes - $9,073
Flank Speed - $6,390
ladieluck123 - $3,961
andrewkole - $2,428
PokerStars $150k Guaranteed $200+15 with Rebuys
294 entrants - $223,000 paid out to 27 spots
Jovial Gent - $61,325
#1PEN - $39,025
aWizard - $25,868
scarface_79 - $17,840
FA_Morgoth - $13,380
lb6121 - $10,035
wwwBTHEREcom - $7,805
xxCelticFCxx - $5,798
Tmay420 - $3,791
UltimateBet $200k Guaranteed $200+15
909 entrants - $200,000 paid out to 100 spots
Roywing - $45,000
t_fund - $26,500
bikocruz - $18,000
jmxthievez1 - $13,100
MASTERHO - $10,500
rps5000 - $8,500
Sin77Seven - $6,500
ron_mexico7 - $4,500
AlamodeMaw - $3,400
The-Toilet - $2,000