Player Defies the Odds to Win Big at FTOPS VIII
Nearly 2,000 players sat in on the action on Friday, May 16th at 14.00 ET over at Full Tilt. Event #19 of the FTOPS VIII was hosted by none other than Rob Hollink. The 2005 EPT Grand Final champ, who has most of his big wins in Pot Limit Omaha, presided over the $216 buy-in NLHE tournament.
The 1,994 entrants brought the total prize pool up to $398,000, nearly $50k than the guarantee. Lee Watkinson, Steve Brecher and Aaron Bartley represented for Full Tilt. Each of these pros earned some moolah in the tournament. Also making bank were online legends The_D_RY (222nd place), basebaldy (166th place), DuckU (141st place) and THAY3R (63rd place).
Pot Odds 3 played superb poker, staking claim to the title and the $73,379.20. He defeated edub707 in heads-up play to win the event.
Here are the final results:
1) Pot Odds 3 $73,379.20 2) edub707 $45,064.40 3) twix100 $29,511.20 4) Ayodeji13 $23,529.20 5) danielk86 $17,946.00 6) Astrabuddel $12,841.36 7) yrmnyitake $9,371.80 8) Amigo_xxx $7,377.80 9) hunwei $5,583.20
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