Friday, April 9th, 2010
FTOPS XVI
FTOPS returns on April 23rd, 2010 with $18 million in guaranteed prize money. A favorite with Full Tilt Poker players, FTOPS XVI features 30 events. Each FTOPS event is hosted by Team Full Tilt and Full Tilt Poker pros – all pros conduct a pro chat during their hosted tournament, so it’s your best opportunity to learn from the top names in poker.
WSOP Qualifiers
Every player wants to win a bracelet at the world’s biggest live poker event – this year, Full Tilt Poker is offering a wide variety of WSOP qualifiers tournaments with a range of buy-ins that suits all players’ needs, including:
The $1 Main Event Seat – You could turn $1 + $0.10 into a $12K WSOP prize package each Sunday until June 27th. At least five prize packages will be awarded per tournament.
Direct Main Event Qualifier Tournaments – Running until June 27th, these weekly tournaments offer players the chance to win a $12K WSOP prize package. Buy-ins range from $200 to $1K, but all offer satellites for as little as $1 or 50 Full Tilt Points.
150 Seat Main Event Guarantee – With at least 150 Main Event seats up for grabs on June 20th at 18:00 ET (23:00 GMT), this is a player’s best chance to win their seat at the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event.
$10 Million Main Event Mania – Winning the Main Event would be a dream come true – but imagine receiving an extra $10 million on top of your first-place prize money.
Race for Bracelets – At least one $2K WSOP prize package including a seat to any of the 50+ preliminary events at the WSOP is up for grabs in each daily Race for Bracelets tournament.
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Full Tilt Poker Grand Jury Investigation
It has been reported that a federal grand jury in Manhattan is investigating Full Tilt Poker. Allegations of money laundering violations seem to be one of the biggest concerns according to information in an article in the Financial Times. Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer seem to have been specifically targeted by this probe and could possibly face indictments.
A company spokesperson for Full Tilt Poker said that reports by Financial Times regarding an alleged Manhattan grand jury investigation is news to them. “We are not aware of any grand jury investigation of Tiltware or any related individual or entity, and the company’s position is that it has done nothing wrong. We are not going to comment about a speculative grand jury investigation that we are not aware of and we have no idea what, if anything, they are investigating.”
Kentucky Tries a New Angle on Legal Issues with Online Gambling Domains
Kentucky has been in the news in regard to their attempt to seize 141 online gambling domains and now it seems they are also trying a new angle. They are claiming that Pocket Kings owes them monies “lost between March 25, 2005 and September 25, 2009 by persons located within the borders of Kentucky.”
Pocket Kings is the owner and operator of Full Tilt Poker, which is one of the domains being targeted. The court filing calls for Pocket Kings to refund the state of Kentucky “the amount of money lost between March 25, 2005 and September 25, 2009 by persons located within the borders of Kentucky,” as well as any legal costs.
It has been recently announced that they have decided to sue Full Tilt Poker and other online poker sites including Absolute Poker, UltimateBet, Doyles Room, PokerStars to name just a few.
“The Full Tilt Defendants have done, or have caused to be done, tortuous acts in the Commonwealth for which the Commonwealth has a substantial and compelling interest in exercising personal jurisdiction,” the comlaint says, using an oral statement made by the IGC before an earlier court of appeals hearing that over 13,000 people in Kentucky play online poker.
An Online Poker Player’s Feelings on the Legal Issues with Online Gambling
The United States really needs to get a grip when it comes to regulating online gambling, especially poker. These claims and allegations seem to be a way for states facing huge deficits to try and fleece some money from online poker sites to try and plug the holes in their budgets. These are frivolous claims as far as I am concerned and it will not stop me from logging on to PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker or PDC Poker anytime I may be in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
If you are an online poker player, do not let these states influence how you feel you should use your hard earned money. I believe that sites such as PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and PDC Poker should be applauded for continuing to allow players from the U.S. to play poker for real money on their sites. Be assured that you can continue to deposit and withdraw real money from these sites as well as several others including UltimateBet.
Stand up for your right to use your cash the way you want to. If you are an online poker player, join the Poker Player’s Alliance now. Then contact your local U.S. Senators and Congressman and tell them to support poker.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Isildur1 has been one of the most talked about online players so far this year. After winning about $526,000 over this past weekend, Isildur1 played against Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies.
Sahamies lost over $487,000 against Isildur1 while playing $300/$600 Pot Limit Omaha on Full Tilt. They played PLO for approximately 450 hands. They then decided to face off at the $500/$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha tables and played for about 40 minutes.
After 259 hands Sahamies signed off and was down another $290,000. After Sahamies left, Isildur1 played $200/$400 No Limit Holdem versus Justin “ZeeJustin” Bonomo. Bonomo wound up taking about $187,000 from Isildur1 after 791 hands.
Next, Isildur1 faced off against both Cole South and Brian Hastings. South lost $334,000 after 825 hands, and Hastings ended up about $330,000 after 224 hands. They were playing $300/$600 Pot Limit Omaha.
Hastings convinced Isildur1 to play $500/$1,000 stakes and they played for 468 hands and Hastings was able to come away from the table up another $219,000.
Isildur1 also played 565 hands of $100/$200 Pot Limit Omaha against Cole South where he won $222,000. They then decided to play $200/$400 Pot Limit Omaha for 344 hands and South managed to make back about $78,000.
Isildur1 totaled about $573,000 on the day and that put his winnings well over $1 million in 2010 so far.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Full Tilt Poker will be starting it’s Mini FTOPS tournaments on March 10th. MiniFTOPS features the same events as FTOPS but all at 1/10th of the buy-in.
There will be a total of 27 Mini FTOPS XV events with the highlights being a $250 + $16 buy-in Two-Day Event with at least $600K guaranteed. The MiniFTOPS Main Event is a $50 + $5 buy-in tourney with $800K in guaranteed prize money.
Here is a complete listing of events for Full Tilt’s MiniFTOPS XV:
Event #1 – Wednesday March 10th – 21:00 ET
Hosted by Joao Barbosa
$20 + $2 No Limit Hold’em
$350,000 Guaranteed
Event #2 – Thursday March 11th – 13:00 ET
Hosted by Roland de Wolfe
$24 + $2 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Knockout
$75,000 Guaranteed
Event #3 – Thursday March 11th – 21:00 ET
Hosted by Taylor Caby
$50 + $5 No Limit Hold’em 3x Shootout
$35,000 Guaranteed
Event #4 – Friday March 12th – 13:00 ET
Hosted by Roy Winston
$20 + $2 No Limit Hold’em with 1 Rebuy and 1 Add-on
$300,000 Guaranteed
Event #5 – Friday March 12th – 21:00 ET
Hosted by Jens Voertmann
$20 + $2 Limit Holdem 6 Max
$75,000 Guaranteed
Event #6 – Saturday March 13th – 13:00 ET
Hosted by Stefan Rapp
$50 + $5 Pot Limit Omaha 6 Max
$150,000 Guaranteed
Event #7 – Saturday March 13th – 15:00 ET
Hosted by Steve Wong
$10 + $1 No Limit Hold’em Rebuy
$350,000 Guaranteed
Event #8 – Sunday March 14th – 13:00 ET
Host TBA
$12 + $1 No Limit Hold’em Knockout
$250,000 Guaranteed
Event #9 – Sunday March 14th – 15:00 ET
Hosted by Michael Craig
$50 + $5 No Limit Hold’em Heads Up
$200,000 Guaranteed
Event #10 – Sunday March 14th – 17:00 ET
Hosted by Kenny Tran
$30 + $3 No Limit Hold’em
$600,000 Guaranteed
Event #11 – Monday March 15th – 13:00 ET
Host TBA
$20 + $2 Omaha Hi/Lo
$60,000 Guaranteed
Event #12 – Monday March 15th – 21:00 ET
Host TBA
$100 + $9 No Limit Hold’em
$400,000 Guaranteed
Event #13 – Tuesday March 16th – 13:00 ET
Hosted by Barney Boatman
$30 + $3 No Limit Hold’em 4x Shootout 6 Max
$150,000 Guaranteed
Event #14 – Tuesday March 16th – 21:00 ET
Hosted by Alessio Isaia
$50 + $5 H.O.R.S.E.
$100,000 Guaranteed
Event #15 – Tuesday March 16th – 21:00 ET
Hosted by Andrew Wiggins
$20 + $2 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
$200,000 Guaranteed
Event #16 – Wednsday March 17th – 13:00 ET
Hosted by Kristy Gazes
$20 + $2 7-Game
$50,000 Guaranteed
Event #17 – Wednsday March 17th – 21:00 ET
Host TBA
$30 + $3 No Limit Hold’em 6 Max Rebuy
$350,000 Guaranteed
Event #18 – Thursday March 18th – 13:00 ET
Hosted by John Phan
$20 + $2 No Limit Hold’em Cashout
$60,000 Guaranteed
Event #19 – Thursday March 18th – 21:00 ET
Hosted by David Bradley
$20 + $2 Stud
$40,000 Guaranteed
Event #20 – Friday March 19th – 13:00 ET
Hosted by Mike McDonald
$20 + $2 No Limit Hold’em 6 Max
$200,000 Guaranteed
Event #21 – Friday March 19th – 21:00 ET
Host TBA
$30 + $3 Razz
$50,000 Guaranteed
Event #22 – Saturday March 20th – 13:00 ET
Host TBA
$250 + $16 No Limit Hold’em 6 Max – 2 Day Event – Ante from Start
$600,000 Guaranteed
Event #23 – Saturday March 20th – 15:00 ET
Hosted by David Colclough
$10 + $1 Pot Limit Omaha Rebuy
$150,000 Guaranteed
Event #24 – Saturday march 20th – 21:00 ET
Hosted by Johan Storakers
$50 + $3 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo 6 Max
$75,000 Guaranteed
Event #25 – Sunday March 21st – 13:00 ET
Hosted by Eddy Scharf
$24 + $2 No Limit Holdem Knockout 6 Max
$300,000 Guaranteed
Event #26 – Sunday March 21st – 15:00 ET
Hosted by Paul Wolfe
$20 + $2 Pot Limit Omaha Heads Up
$40,000 Guaranteed
Event #27 – Sunday March 21st – 17:00 ET
Host TBA
$50 + $5 No Limit Hold’em Main Event
$800,000 Guaranteed
You can buy-in directly or you can satellite your way in for as little as $0.50 or 50 Full Tilt Points.
To register for any Mini FTOPS event:
- Download Full Tilt Poker
- Create an Account
- Open the software and click on Lobby menu, then Choose Lobby View>Standard View
- In the browse area, click on Tournament and then FTOPS
- Find the MiniFTOPS event you would like to play in, click Register Now button
There is more than money on the line when you play in a MiniFTOPS event. All players who make the final table of a MiniFTOPS event will receive a limited-edition MiniFTOPS jacket. Winners from each event will receive the jacket and a silver MiniFTOPS jersey to go along with their 1st place prize money.
MiniFTOPS Jacket
Finish 1st on the MiniFTOPS Leaderboard and receive a special prize package which includes entry to every FTOPS XVI event (except the Two-Day Event). The prize package is expected to be worth approximately $8,500 in tournament entries.
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