Full Tilt Announces $16M, 25-Event FTOPS XIII Schedule
��Mini FTOPS�� Slate Returns, ��Ante Up For Africa�� Fundraiser Included
Full Tilt Poker has now released plans for its 13th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). This latest edition of the world��s second-largest recurring online poker series is scheduled for August 5-16, 2009 and includes 25 events and a guaranteed prize pool of $25 million.
Full Tilt has also announced that the popular ��Mini FTOPS�� that debuted alongside FTOPS XII will return in this edition. The traditional FTOPS XIII will again include a couple of the features special to the FTOPS series, such as the final weekend��s two-day short-handed ��high roller�� event with a $2,620 buy-in and a $2 million guaranteed prize purse, and of course the main event itself, which begins on Aug. 16 and offers a $2.5 million pool for its $535 entry fee.
In addition, an unnumbered event, a special ��Ante Up For Africa�� fundraiser, has been schedule for August 15. More details on this and other FTOPS events will follow in a future update. The complete lineup of event hosts has also yet to be announced, but here is the schedule for FTOPS XIII:
Event # Date Event Buy-in Guarantee
#1 8-5 NLHE 6-max $200+16 $1,000,000
#2 8-6 NLHE 4x Shootout 6-max $300+22 $250,000
#3 8-6 Omaha Hi/Lo $200+16 $200,000
#4 8-7 NLHE 1R/A $200+16 $500,000
#5 8-7 7-Card Stud $200+15 $100,000
#6 8-8 PLO 6-max $500+35 $350,000
#7 8-8 NLHE w/ Rebuys $100+9 $500,000
#8 8-9 NLHE Knockout 6-max $240+16 $750,000
#9 8-9 NLHE Heads-Up $500+35 $500,000
#10 8-9 NLHE $300+22 $1,500,000
#11 8-10 HA (Half PL Hold'em, Half PL Omaha) $200+16 $200,000
#12 8-10 NLHE (Antes from Start) $1,000+60 $1,500,000
#13 8-11 NLHE 3x Shootout $300+22 $200,000
#14 8-11 H.O.R.S.E. $500+35 $300,000
#15 8-11 NLHE 6-max Turbo $200+16 $500,000
#16 8-12 PLO Hi/Lo Knockout $240+16 $200,000
#17 8-12 NLHE 6-max w/ Rebuys $300+22 $1,000,000
#18 8-13 PLO Heads-Up $200+16 $150,000
#19 8-13 LHE 6-max $200+16 $150,000
#20 8-14 NLHE 6-max $200+16 $400,000
#21 8-14 Razz $300+22 $150,000
#22 8-15 NLHE 6-max (2 Day) $2,500+120 $2,000,000
(unnumbered) 8-15 ��Ante Up For Africa NLHE 6-max (Antes from Start) $100+20 $100,000
#23 8-15 PLO w/ Rebuys $100+9 $350,000
#24 8-16 NLHE Knockout $120+9 $750,000
#25 8-16 NLHE Main Event $500+35 $2,500,000
