Mexico’s norajeanis the most recent person to score his $3 million cash badgeon PocketFives. He crossed the milestone on November 21 and was one of just three members of our community to accomplish the feat last month. The Mexico pokerplayer added to his haul by taking down Event #12 of the ongoing Full Tilt Online Poker Series, or FTOPS, a $216 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max contest. He added another $40,000 to his war chest and became our fifth FTOPS XXI champ in five days. Visit Full Tilt for full details.

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The recent FTOPS event winner has now logged 60 first place finishes in online poker MTTs tracked by PocketFives. His richest outright win came in the Full Tilt $100 Rebuy in February 2010, which was good for $61,000. His largest tracked score overall was worth nearly double that and came by virtue of a second place finish in a SCOOP $215 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max event earlier this year.

norajean edged out Full Tilt Poker player yderein Friday’s FTOPS tournament, and five players landed five-figure paydays. Members of PocketFives have now taken down FTOPS XXI events every single day the series has been held so far.

Fifth place in Event #12 belonged to Norway’s superf1sh, who walked away with $10,000. He sits at #668 worldwide in the PocketFives Poker Rankingsand is just $65,000 away from logging a half-million dollars in tracked scores. superf1sh final tabled the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up two months ago for $36,000, his largest tracked score to date, and won the PokerStars $109 Cubed for $12,000 in the first month of 2012.

Here is how the final six in FTOPS XXI Event #12 cashed out:

1. norajean – $40,907.70 (norajean)
2. ydere – $27,271.80
3. eh90tcm – $19,423.80
4. Klompie – $14,518.80
5. r1mf1sh – $10,398.60 (superf1sh)
6. Funkytwisted – $6,670.80

Also held on Friday during FTOPS XXI was a $322 2-7 Triple Draw Limit Six-Max event that attracted 208 runners. The tournament’s prize pool swelled to triple its guarantee and Gennadiy As emerged victorious to pocket $13,000 after a heads-up deal with PocketFiver kingkai. The top 24 finishers cashed:

1. Gennadiy As – $13,590.78
2. kingkai – $12,274.02 (kingkai)
3. KKHoldem – $7,550.40
4. cladarth – $5,491.20
5. Budnikov – $3,931.20 (BudnikovDP)
6. MrTightass – $2,620.80

The weekend means three events a day as part of FTOPS XXI. All three MTTs that kick off on Saturday sport $100,000 guarantees:

FTOPS XXI Event #14
Saturday, December 8 at 11:00 ET
$500 + $35 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up
$100,000 Guaranteed

FTOPS XXI Event #15
Saturday, December 8 at 14:00 ET
$300 + $22 Pot Limit Omaha High Six-Max Triple Chance
$100,000 Guaranteed

FTOPS XXI Event #16
Saturday, December 8 at 17:00 ET
$200 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Rush
$100,000 Guaranteed

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