Can you hear the footsteps getting closer and closer? Well I sure can and they are getting louder. The footsteps I am talking about are those of the giant, Full Tilt Poker’s famous tournament FTOPS. The tournament is becoming more and more popular every time the tournament is put on. It is almost like the World Series of Poker for online poker players.
Full Tilt Poker has announced that beginning in November 5th the giant will awaken as FTOPS X when it holds its first tournament the $216 NL Texas Hold-em’ 6 max, which will have a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million dollars. Full Tilt Poker has also announced that once again it will be raising the amount of guaranteed money for the entire event from last tournaments $15 million guaranteed to this tournaments $16 million guaranteed prize pool. The last tournament of FTOPS X will be the most popular and that is the Main Event which will be held on November 16th and will have a $535 buy in fee and here is the good part, the guaranteed prize pool for this tournament will be a mind blowing $2.5 million and Full Tilt Poker is expecting a field larger than the last FTOPS main event which held a little over 5,000 entrants.
Some changes will be coming to this FTOPS such as in the popular two day tournament when in the past FTOPS it had a $2,600 buy in and was setup to be a regular nine player table format. Well FTOPS X will see a change to that when it raises the buy in up another $2,600 to $5,200 and changing the nine players a table to a 6 max format which many of the Full Tilt Poker pros thought was a great move.
Below you will find an entire list of all the tournaments that will be offered, the cost of entry and the format that will be played. Good luck to everyone that plays in FTOPS X and I will see you at the tables.
# Date Time Buy-in/Event Guarantee
#1 11-5 21:00 $200+16 NL Hold’em 6-max $1,000,000
#2 11-6 14:00 $240+16 PL Omaha/8 Knockout $200,000
#3 11-6 21:00 $500 + $35 NL Hold’em 3x Shootout $300,000
#4 11-7 14:00 $300+22 NL Hold’em (1R / 1A) $600,000
#5 11-7 21:00 $200+16 Limit Hold’em 6-max $150,000
#6 11-8 14:00 $500+35 PL Omaha 6-Max $350,000
#7 11-8 16:00 $100+9 NL Hold’em $600,000
#8 11-9 14:00 $240+16 NL Hold’em 6-Max Knockout $600,000
#9 11-9 18:00 $300+22 NL Hold’em $1,500,000
#10 11-10 14:00 $300+22 Mixed Hold’em $250,000
#11 11-10 21:00 $1000+60 NL Hold’em $1,500,000
#12 11-11 14:00 $ 200+16 HA (half PL Hold’em, half PL Omaha) $150,000
#13 11-11 21:00 $ 500+35 HORSE $300,000
#14 11-11 21:00 $ 200+16 NL Hold’em Turbo $500,000
#15 11-12 14:00 $ 200+16 Omaha 8-or-better $150,000
#16 11-12 21:00 $ 300+22 NL Hold’em 6-Max Rebuy $1,000,000
#17 11-13 14:00 $200+16 NL Hold’em 4x Shootout 6-max $250,000
#18 11-13 21:00 $300+22 Razz $150,000
#19 11-14 14:00 $200+16 NL Hold’em $400,000
#20 11-14 21:00 $200+16 Stud 8-or-better $100,000
#21 11-15 14:00 $500+35 NL Hold’em Heads-up $500,000
#22 11-15 14:00 $5000+200 NL Hold’em 6-max $2,000,000
#23 11-15 16:00 $100+9 PL Omaha Rebuy $400,000
#24 11-16 14:00 $120+9 NL Hold’em Knockout $500,000
Main Event (#25) 11-16 18:00 $500 + $35 NL Hold’em $2,500,000