FTOPS IX kicked off

FullTiltPoker, the place to be for most of the high stakes action, started its ninth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) last night. With a total of 25 events and $15,000,000 of guaranteed prizes, the tournament kicked off with a $200+16 No Limit Hold'em event which has a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

FTOPS IX will last till August 17th, and there will be six events with guaranteed prizepool of $1,000,000 or more. The biggest events will be hosted by Patrik Antonius and Chris Ferguson. The event Antonius hosts (event 22) is a 2-day event, all the others are regular one-day events. Buy-ins range from $100+9 to $2500+120 and there will be satellites for all the events for people with a smaller bankroll.

Full schedule:

Date // Time Buy-in // Event // Guarantee // Host

#1 8-6 21:00 $200+16 NL Hold 'em $1,000,000 Allen Cunningham
#2 8-7 14:00 $240+16 PL Omaha/8 Knockout $200,000 Martin Kläser
#3 8-7 21:00 $200 + $16 NL Hold 'em 4x Shootout 6-Max $250,000 Greg Mueller
#4 8-8 14:00 $300+22 NL Hold 'em (1R / 1A) 6-Max $600,000 Dag Martin Mikkelson
#5 8-8 21:00 $200+16 Stud $100,000 Cyndy Violette
#6 8-9 14:00 $500+35 PL Omaha 6-Max $300,000 Robert Williamson III
#7 8-9 16:30 $100+9 NL Hold'em Rebuy $500,000 David Oppenheim
#8 8-10 14:00 $240+16 NL Hold'em 6-Max Knockout $500,000 Roy Winston
#9 8-10 16:00 $500+35 NL Hold'em Heads-Up $500,000 Kenny Tran
#10 8-10 18:00 $300+22 NL Hold'em $1,500,000 Erik Seidel
#11 8-11 14:00 $200+16 Limit Hold'em $200,000 Andy Bloch
#12 8-11 21:00 $1,000+60 NL Hold'em 6-Max $1,500,000 Eli Elezra
#13 8-12 14:00 $200+16 HA (half PL Hold 'em, half PL Omaha) $200,000 Max Pescatori
#14 8-12 21:00 $500+35 HORSE $300,000 Jens Voertmann
#15 8-12 21:00 $200+16 NL Hold'em Turbo $500,000 Michael Craig
#16 8-13 14:00 $200+16 Omaha-8 $200,000 Scott Clements
#17 8-13 21:00 $300+22 NL Hold'em 6-Max Rebuy $1,000,000 Peter Feldman
#18 8-14 14:00 $500+35 NL Hold'em 3x Shootout $300,000 Andy Black
#19 8-14 21:00 $300+22 Mixed Hold'em 6-Max $300,000 Erick Lindgren
#20 8-15 14:00 $200+16 NL Hold'em 6-Max $400,000 Ben Roberts
#21 8-15 21:00 $300+22 Razz $150,000 Howard Lederer
#22 8-16 14:00 $2,500+120 NL Hold'em $2,000,000 Patrik Antonius
#23 8-16 16:30 $100+9 PL Omaha Rebuy $350,000 Eric Froehlich
#24 8-17 14:00 $120+9 NL Hold'em Knockout $400,000 Beth Shak
Main Event (#25) 8-17 18:00 $500 + $35 NL Hold'em $2,500,000 Chris Ferguson

are the power rangers playing poker now? :D

FTOPS IS RIGGED NO ONE PLAY THEM UNLESS YOU WANT TO LOSE ALL YOUR MONIES.

Never bothered to look into it, but whats the whole point of these 'hosts'?

#24 8-17 14:00 $120+9 NL Hold'em Knockout $400,000 Beth Shak

haha beth shak, i rly need to make a wsop ft

Dag Martin Mikkelson : P Mikkelsen ^^

Im playing Events #1, #7, #8, #10, #24 and the Main Event. gogogogo