The six max pot-limit Omaha tournament over the weekend was FTOPS’ sixth event and saw 833 competitors battle it out for their portion of the $416,500 prize pool, which was $66,500 above the $350,000 guarantee.
Bowing out in 102nd spot, player ‘mx4ever’ took home $791 for his effort alongside 17 other competitors, while the next-placed 18 online contenders walked away richer to the tune of $874. This was followed by $999 for the next best twelve while $1,166 was awarded to the dozen contenders finishing above those.
Continuing this system of awarding gradually larger amounts to the better finishing players, $1,374 went to those placing 37th to 42nd, $1,624 to 31st to 36th, $1,915 to 25th to 30th and $2,290 for 19th to 24th.
The prizes grew even bigger with 16th to 18th getting $2,832 followed by $3,581 for 13th to 15th and $4,914 for eleventh and twelfth. Online competitors‘Avi011’ and ‘Pokerccini’ each went home with $6,455 for finishing ninth and tenth respectively while ‘l__MCMK__l’ was awarded with $8,954 for placing eighth.
There was $8,954 for ‘DayDough’ in seventh with ‘blend84’ walking away with $14,369 for sixth before ‘NoPasaran’ took home $22,491 after finishing in fifth spot. It was also a good day for ‘thewood503’ with $31,654 for fourth while ‘countrymac’ just missed out on the big money to take home $41,650 in third.
The final two players agreed a deal for the remaining jackpot meaning that ‘zelik’ had won $71,000 after the dust had settled for finishing in second while ‘Smouse156’ could enjoy $76,232 for top spot.
Today will see three FTOPS events including a $322 buy-in no-limit hold’em shootout competition featuring a $200,000 guarantee from two o’clock in the afternoon New York time. This will be followed by a $353 HORSE event with a $300,000 guarantee and a $216 no-limit hold’em six-max turbo game with a $500,000 guarantee from nine o’clock in the evening New York time.
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