LARGE ENTRY FIELD FOR FTOPS 6 MAIN EVENT

23 November 2007

4 371 player sign up, hungry for main event top prize


The sixth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series charged on over the weekend, with the centre of attraction the Main Event, for which the online poker site had guaranteed a $2 million prize pool.

However, the guarantee was overtaken by the large entry field of 4 371 players, each of whom was worth $535 in terms of the buy-in and admin fee. The prize pool just topped $2 185 000, providing a main event winner's prize of $385 937 and change, together with a generous money bubble.

By the time the field had been reduced to a final table of nine, player 'fkscreennames' was well in the lead on chips after some aggressive and very confident play through the field. Other than two or three bad turns which were costly for him, the player continued to dominate the game as the other final tablers were eliminated, leaving 'fkscreennames' and two other players - ' mendieta19' and 'southside1' both od whom he despatched in short order as the game entered its final stages.

In a matter of a few hands, 'mendieta19' was bundled out in third place with a payday of $ $152 985, and heads up opponent 'southside1' was taken out in second for a pay check of $233 630, leaving the victorious 'fkscreennames' to pocket the winner's prize of $$385 937.45.

Even the first man out, ' HipHopNDontStop' in ninth place, did OK in the pay stakes with a check of $29 285.70 for his online efforts.

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