FTOPS X Begins Today

Nov 5, 2008

Author: Sadonna Price

The tenth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series begins today and players will surely be lining up to enter. The FTOPS is one event that many poker players look forward to. The tenth series will run for twelve days and include twenty five events. This will be the largest series Full Tilt has held with over $15 Million guaranteed during the series.

Each event is hosted by a professional poker player. Many of the biggest names on Full Tilt poker will be hosting each event. Six of the events offer at least one million in prize money and the Main Event offers 2.5 million dollars in prizes.

There have been a few changes made to some of the events. The short-handed event is now a six player format and an entry fee has been doubled from $2,600 to $5,200. Below is a list of the events their times plus buy-in as well as the professional player host.

#1 11-5 21:00 $200+16 NL Hold'em 6-max $1,000,000 (Mike Matusow)
#2 11-6 14:00 $240+16 PL Omaha/8 Knockout $200,000 (Sigi Stockinger)
#3 11-6 21:00 $500 + $35 NL Hold'em 3x Shootout $300,000 (mystery host)
#4 11-7 14:00 $300+22 NL Hold'em (1R / 1A) $600,000 (Vitaky Lunkin)
#5 11-7 21:00 $200+16 Limit Hold'em 6-max $150,000 (Matt Hawrilenko)

#6 11-8 14:00 $500+35 PL Omaha 6-Max $350,000 (mystery host)
#7 11-8 16:00 $100+9 NL Hold'em $600,000 (Ryan Daut)
#8 11-9 14:00 $240+16 NL Hold'em 6-Max Knockout $600,000 (mystery host)
#9 11-9 18:00 $300+22 NL Hold'em $1,500,000 (Gus Hansen)
#10 11-10 14:00 $300+22 Mixed Hold'em $250,000 (Roland de Wolfe)

#11 11-10 21:00 $1000+60 NL Hold'em $1,500,000 (mystery host)
#12 11-11 14:00 $ 200+16 HA (half PL Hold'em, half PL Omaha) $150,000 (Lee Watkinson)
#13 11-11 21:00 $ 500+35 HORSE $300,000 (Jennifer Harman)
#14 11-11 21:00 $ 200+16 NL Hold'em Turbo $500,000 (Aaron Bartley)
#15 11-12 14:00 $ 200+16 Omaha 8-or-better $150,000 (Matt Vengrin)

#16 11-12 21:00 $ 300+22 NL Hold'em 6-Max Rebuy $1,000,000 (Isaac Baron)
#17 11-13 14:00 $200+16 NL Hold'em 4x Shootout 6-max $250,000 (Thomas Bihl)
#18 11-13 21:00 $300+22 Razz $150,000 (mystery guest)
#19 11-14 14:00 $200+16 NL Hold'em $400,000 (mystery guest)
#20 11-14 21:00 $200+16 Stud 8-or-better $100,000 (Perry Friedman)

#21 11-15 14:00 $500+35 NL Hold'em Heads-up $500,000 (Huck Seed)
#22 11-15 14:00 $5000+200 NL Hold'em 6-max $2,000,000 (mystery guest)
#23 11-15 16:00 $100+9 PL Omaha Rebuy $400,000 (Dario Alioto)
#24 11-16 14:00 $120+9 NL Hold'em Knockout $500,000 (Erich Kollman)
Main Event (#25) 11-16 18:00 $500 + $35 NL Hold'em $2,500,000 (mystery guest)