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Full Tilt Fever: Be Part of Series Espana and Win a Trip to Spain
Опубликовал | КомментарииThe Full Tilt Poker Series – Espana is back! After a successful 2009 run that drew 800 players from around the world for the €1.5 million in prize money, the 2010 schedule has been announced, and satellites are already running for the series.
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MiniFTOPS begins at Full Tilt Poker
Опубликовал | КомментарииWith buy-ins one-tenth the size of FTOPS XV but $6,000,000 guaranteed across 27 events, the MiniFTOPS series at Full Tilt Poker kicked off last night with a $22 NLHE 6-max event boasting a $350,000 prize pool.
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Full Tilt Fever: MiniFTOPS Running Now Through March 21
Опубликовал | КомментарииMany online poker players watch tournament series like the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) go by without being able to participate, usually due to bankroll limitations. Sure, there are satellites to allow players to win seats at a fraction of the cost, but many people miss those opportunities or win entries into only one or two events. The majority of the series passes them by.
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Full Tilt Poker: MiniFTOPS XV has started!
Опубликовал | КомментарииYesterday, MiniFTOPS XV kicked off with a NL Hold’em $350,000 guarantee tournament for the buy-in of $20+$2. If you missed out on that event, then don’t worry! Full Tilt’s MiniFTOPS XV will run till 21 March and around $6 million is still up for grabs in remaining 26 events!
The thing which makes MiniFTOPS so great, apart from the millions guaranteed by Full Tilt, is that that the buy-in of each event is only 1/10 of big brother FTOPS. This makes it possible for almost anyone to play a coupl[...]
MiniFTOPS XV Kicks off Today on Full Tilt Poker
Опубликовал | КомментарииOn Wednesday at 21:00 ET, the Mini version of the 15th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) will kick off. The schedule features 27 tournaments, culminating in a $55 No Limit Hold’em Main Event on March 21st.
The MiniFTOPS XV schedule mirrors the slate of events of FTOPS XV, but features tournaments with buy-ins that are one-tenth as pricey. The world’s second largest online poker site happily accepts customers from the United States and a flood of participants are expected. In the opening event of MiniFTOPS XIV, a parade of over 16,000 players turned out for a $22 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max tournament. Last time out, the Main Event field numbered 15,987.
The tournament series allows low-budget online poker players to compete in a wide variety of games including Hold’em, Omaha, HORSE, Seven-Game, Stud, and Razz. The priciest buy-in is $266 for the MiniFTOPS XV Two-Day Event, while several tournaments boast entry fees of less than $15. During MiniFTOPS XIV, a $13 No Limit Hold’em Knockout event generated a massive field of 22,240 players, the only tournament in FTOPS history to pass the 20,000-entrant mark.
Like FTOPS XV, MiniFTOPS XV tournaments will feature a Full Tilt guest host. Top female pro Jennifer Harman will serve as the face of the Main Event, while 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Scott Montgomery will host the Two-Day Event. Other hosts include CardRunners instructors Taylor Caby and Andrew Wiggins, Robert Williamson III, John “The Razor” Phan, and Portugal’s Joao Barbosa, who will take to the felts in Event #1.
All told, at least $6 million will be on the line. Let’s get down to business. Here’s the schedule for MiniFTOPS XV on Full Tilt Poker:
Wednesday, March 10th at 21:00 ET
Event 1: $22 No Limit Hold’em
$350,000 Guaranteed
Thursday, March 11th at 13:00 ET
Event 2: $26 Pot Limit Omaha High/Low Knockout
$75,000 Guaranteed
Thursday, March 11th at 21:00 ET
Event 3: $55 No Limit Hold’em 3X Shootout
$35,000 Guaranteed
Friday, March 12th at 13:00 ET
Event 4: $22 No Limit Hold’em Cubed
$300,000 Guaranteed
Friday, March 12th at 21:00 ET
Event 5: $22 Limit Hold’em Six-Max
$75,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, March 13th at 13:00 ET
Event 6: $55 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Max
$150,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, March 13th at 15:00 ET
Event 7: $11 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys
$350,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, March 14th at 13:00 ET
Event 8: $13 No Limit Hold’em Knockout
$250,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, March 14th at 15:00 ET
Event 9: $55 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up
$200,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, March 14th at 17:00 ET
Event 10: $33 No Limit Hold’em
$600,000 Guaranteed
Monday, March 15th at 13:00 ET
Event 11: $22 Omaha High/Low
$60,000 Guaranteed
Monday, March 15th at 21:00 ET
Event 12: $109 No Limit Hold’em
$400,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday, March 16th at 13:00 ET
Event 13: $33 No Limit Hold’em 4X Shootout Six-Max
$150,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday, March 16th at 21:00 ET
Event 14: $55 HORSE
$100,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday, March 16th at 21:00 ET
Event 15: $22 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
$200,000 Guaranteed
Wednesday, March 17th at 13:00 ET
Event 16: $22 Seven-Game
$50,000 Guaranteed
Wednesday, March 17th at 21:00 ET
Event 17: $33 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max with Rebuys
$350,000 Guaranteed
Thursday, March 18th at 13:00 ET
Event 18: $22 No Limit Hold’em Cashout
$60,000 Guaranteed
Thursday, March 18th at 21:00 ET
Event 19: $22 Stud
$40,000 Guaranteed
Friday, March 19th at 13:00 ET
Event 20: $22 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max
$200,000 Guaranteed
Friday, March 19th at 21:00 ET
Event 21: $33 Razz
$50,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, March 20th at 13:00 ET
Event 22: $266 No Limit Hold’em Ante from the Start Six-Max Two-Day Event
$600,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, March 20th at 15:00 ET
Event 23: $11 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys
$150,000 Guaranteed
Saturday, March 20th at 21:00 ET
Event 24: $53 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Six-Max
$75,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, March 21st at 13:00 ET
Event 25: $26 No Limit Hold’em Knockout Six-Max
$300,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, March 21st at 15:00 ET
Event 26: $22 Pot Limit Omaha Heads-Up
$40,000 Guaranteed
Sunday, March 21st at 17:00 ET
MiniFTOPS XV Main Event: $55 No Limit Hold’em
$800,000 Guaranteed
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Full Tilt Poker Hosts PokerGives.org Charity Tournament
Опубликовал | КомментарииOn April 4th, Full Tilt Poker and PokerGives.org will team up for a $5+$5 charity tournament. Half of each player’s buy-in will build the tournament’s prize pool, while the other half will be donated to charity through PokerGives.org.
World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton, Jan Fisher, Lisa Tenner, and Poker News Daily Guest Columnist Linda Johnson founded PokerGives.org, which is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. PokerGives.org is the charity of choice for the Women in Poker Hall of Fame and offers an avenue for the poker community to give back. Beneficiary organizations include the Special Olympics, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and the Step by Step Foundation.
Poker players interested in entering the $5+$5 buy-in tournament should log into Full Tilt Poker, click over to the “Tournament” lobby, and then select “Private.” The event is listed in red and takes place on April 4th, about three weeks from now, and has the Tournament ID 137275439. The event’s password is “PokerNations,” which is sponsoring the charity contest along with the Twitter Poker Tour. Full Tilt Poker happily accepts action from the United States.
Johnson was already looking forward to bringing PokerGives.org to the virtual felts of Full Tilt, telling Poker News Daily, “You will be able to play and chat with many celebrities including Andy Bloch, T.J. Cloutier, Jena Delk, Jan Fisher, Susie Isaacs, Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch, and me. To reward you for your donation, participants will have a shot at winning lots of bonus prizes, which currently have a value of more than $3,900.” The event kicks off at 2:00pm ET and promises to attract quite a crowd.
There are many prizes up for grabs, including poker sunglasses from Blue Shark Optics, a home game set from DB Dealer, a one-year subscription to Bluff Magazine, six months of poker coaching from Deuces Cracked, poker books, card protectors, a $200 gift certificate to Andrew Shirley and Company, and private coaching sessions with Johnson, Delk, PokerXFactor’s Chris “Fox” Wallace, and Michael “tuna_fish_tank” Stroh.
If that weren’t enough reason to play, entrants can also receive a one-month CardRunners Gold Subscription, Texas Hold’em strategy cards, a one-year membership to the Down to the Felt Club, a one-year subscription to Australia Poker Weekly, and a PMS PokerWear prize pack.
In order to be eligible for the barrage of bonus prizes, players should visit the PokerNations forums and post their Full Tilt user name in the tournament’s associated thread. Every player who participates will receive a one-month membership to the Down to the Felt Club, which has a retail value of $25.
This isn’t Full Tilt Poker’s first venture into the world of charity. In February, the industry’s second largest online poker site sponsored the Kandy Masquerade Charity Event at the Playboy Mansion. The gala had a price tag of $1,000 and its proceeds benefited the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The site also sent over $650,000 to the American Red Cross to benefit the victims of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti after matching $330,000 in player donations. In total, the online poker industry shipped more than $1.5 million to earthquake survivors.
In December, Full Tilt hosted the Justin Shronk Memorial Poker Tournament, which drew a crowd of 359 players to pay homage to the late poker media personality. In addition, during August’s running of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS), a $120 Ante Up for Africa charity event was run. Actor Don Cheadle, who co-founded the organization along with UB.com’s Annie Duke and Norman Epstein, hosted the online poker tournament.
Visit PokerGives.org today to see how you can donate.
Full Tilt Fever: Rush Poker Advice from the Professor
Опубликовал | КомментарииBy now, everyone even slightly in touch with the online poker world has heard of Rush Poker. Players discuss it at live tables, in their blogs, and via Twitter and Facebook. And it’s not just a fad; it’s an entirely new way to play poker, all courtesy of the great minds at Full Tilt Poker.Rush Poker is not terribly complicated once a player gets the hang of it.
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Full Tilt Fever: Rush Poker Advice from the Professor
Опубликовал | КомментарииBy now, everyone even slightly in touch with the online poker world has heard of Rush Poker. Players discuss it at live tables, in their blogs, and via Twitter and Facebook. And it’s not just a fad; it’s an entirely new way to play poker, all courtesy of the great minds at Full Tilt Poker.Rush Poker is not terribly complicated once a player gets the hang of it.
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Sit & Go Madness Returns to Full Tilt Poker
Опубликовал | КомментарииOnline poker’s answer to college basketball’s March Madness is back at Full Tilt Poker. The second largest online poker room will host Sit & Go Madness this weekend, Friday March 5 through Sunday March 7. Full Tilt Poker is offering over $125,000 worth of prizes, such as entry into the $50k Madness Freeroll. All you [...]
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Townsend and Hastings Serve Full Tilt Suspensions for Isildur1 Matches
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The previous column discussed the emergence of mysterious online poker player Isildur1 into the world of high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker. Players like Tom Dwan, David Benyamine, and Phil Ivey were anxious to test the new player’s skills, and Isildur1 came out ahead in almost every one of the impromptu matches, whether the game was no-limit hold ‘em or pot-limit Omaha. Brian Townsend was also one of the competitors to step up to the plate, but it was the night that fellow CardRunners partner and Full Tilt pro Brian Hastings won more than $4 million from Isildur1 that turned the fun online poker into a violation of rules and suspensions.
It wasn’t the loss by Isildur1 that prompted interest in the matches, nor was it the multi-million dollar success by Hastings. What prompted the forums to launch into discussions and accusations of rule violations, and eventually an investigation by Full Tilt, were comments made during an interview with ESPN.com. Hastings spoke a… Continue reading Townsend and Hastings Serve Full Tilt Suspensions for Isildur1 Matches