| 05/16/2010 |
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The latest edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series came to a dramatic -and early - conclusion this week with the greater winner walking away from the Internet casino tournament with an additional $450,000 to his name. The sixteenth edition, this latest FTOPS is being hailed by the online gambling community as one of the most successful to date, despite the economic difficulties plaguing many in the Internet casino world. The Series culminated in a Main Event that took an impressive 20 hours to complete, ending without a sole champion and instead resulting in a five way chop between the last players. Of all the participants, the player called 'urbandb888' managed to come out with the most, taking home almost half a million dollars during event #25. That particular high roller game cost gamblers a $3,000 buy-in to participate, and despite the elevated price tag, attracted 946 players; the prize pool for event #25 came to a very impressive $2 million. The Main Event proved extremely popular as well, but didn't have such a high single payout. The chop elected by the final five, after nearly an entire day of play, broke up the grand prize to all, splitting it according to chip counts. It was a surprise turn for the online casino action, with the prizes divvied from $213,525 all the way up to $327,057. The Main Event's price tag was $640, attracting 4,534 gamblers to play. The resulting prize pool was recorded as a admirable $3 million for the single tournament event. Events #28 and #29 were also notable. Twenty-eight was a No Limit Hold'Em six max knockout, that almost 5,000 players signed into the Full Tilt online casino to play. The generated prize pool came to a cool million, with the first prize won by 'dihxm,' who walked with $165,520. The subsequent event, #29, saw 1,748 ante up the $163 buy-in, creating $933,000 in prizes. Player 'ambiguity' took the honors and the $192 228 main prize. |
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