Sunday Briefing: Matt "Poligraph" Waxman takes the FTOPS Main Event
Another big weekend on the online poker circuit saw several big winners emerge. Full Tilt��s FTOPS XIII concluded, crowning its biggest champions of this installment to date as Jake ��psutennis11�� Toole and "Poligraph" each earned pay days of close to half a million dollars. Toole won Event #22, a $2,500 NL Hold'em 6-max tournament, for $453,687.50, beating out well known CardRunners Pro Brian Hastings heads-up. Matt "Poligraph" Waxman shipped the FTOPS Main Event for $453,663, weaving his way through a final table that included online phenom James"TheFatFISH" Obst who finished 5th, and recent WickedChops target Lauren ��locoenlacabeza�� Kling, who regularly trains with David "The Maven" Chicotsky, and Ari "Bodog Ari" Engel at Ari's Training Center in Las Vegas.
Full Tilt FTOPS XIII �C Main Event
Buy-in: $500 + $35
Prize Pool: $2,653,000
Entrants: 5,306
1. Matt "Poligraph" Waxman - $453,663
2. Inoriisss - $315,707
3. Kameron ��Kamdini�� McRay - $225,505
4. InsomniacSloth - $169,792
5. James ��TheFatFISH�� Obst - $127,211.35
6. highrollr19 - $87,549
7. pagoda 1 - $57,039.50
8. Slick Nittany - $39,795
9. Lauren ��locoenlacabeza�� Kling - $27,856.50
Notables: Domen ��DaPokerGun�� Pinteri? (11th - $19,101.60), Matt ��mattg1983�� Graham (12th - $19,101.60), Michael ��One Poor Bum�� Lech (13th - $14,591.50), Jeff ��crzysavage�� Gressard (16th - $10,612), Mohsin ��chicagocards1�� Charania (17th - $10,612), Daniel ��All4non�� Drescher (30th - $5,306), Keith ��DaMurdera3�� Ferrera (37th - $5,306).
Full Tilt FTOPS XIII �C Event #24 NL Hold'em Knockout
Buy-in: $120 + $9
Prize Pool: $846,100
Entrants: 8,461
*1. gruselspot - $96,067.72
*2. Yaluht - $102,465.13
*3. Julaan Nikolay - $95,009.95
4. Steven ��UFman2�� Burkholder - $48,227.70
5. CTK87 - $35,536.20
6. Joao Mathias ��joaoMATHIAS�� Baumgarten - $25,383
7. pat4ak2 - $17,768.10
8. Big_L JahFari - $12,268.45
9. ogogo61 - $8,630.22
* Denotes chop
Notable Finishes: Charles ��HellaStacks_�� Lee (10th - $5,922.70), Jeff ��ActionJeff�� Garza (33rd - $1,607.59), fishhookn1 (35th - $1,607.59).
Full Tilt FTOPS XIII �C Event #22 NL Hold'em 6-Max
Buy-in: $2500 + $120
Prize Pool: $2,125,000
Entrants: 850
1. Jake ��psutennis11�� Toole - $453,687.50
2. Brian Hastings - $297,500
3. Daniel ��GreatDANbino�� Aldridge - $212,500
4. debbiedds - $161,500
5. CrazyIvan24 - $114,750
6. James ��bob2bob�� Page - $73,312.50
Notable Finishes: Mike ��Gags30�� Gagliano (8th - $45,687.50), Josh ��JBT449�� Bergman (9th - $32,937.50), Cody ��thugmoneymkr�� Slaubaugh (10th - $32,937.50), Bjorn ��kleath�� Kleathersson (17th - $14,450), Jonathan ��FatalError�� Aguiar (20th - $11,687.50), Johnny ��xx BabyGrand xx�� Josephy (25th - $9,775), Jonas ��Klausen�� Klausen (27th - $9,775), Arjan ��AHJ_Camp�� Camp (28th - $9,775), JP ��MavFish�� Kelly (29th - $9,775), Jack ��Doctor_Fun�� Powell (30th - $9,775), Mario ��Pokerccini�� Puccini (31st - $8,287.50), Joe ��Dyzalot�� Morneau (33rd - $8,287.50)
PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $1,572,600
Entrants: 7,863
1. HectorPva - $195,924.91
2. chicagoali - $179.055.79
3. ParisTilt0n - $151,840.73
4. Slims - $79,259.05
5. Krys ��KJB11�� Bennett - $62,904.01
6. a2z1to3 - $47,178.01
7. mertge - $31,452.01
8. umacorso - $18,084.91
9. PedrinhoxX - $12,187.66
Notable Finishes: Eric ��Ericb09�� Blair (16th - $4,167.40), marlin5555 (21st - $3,459.73), Gavin ��gavonater�� O Rourke (24th - $3,459.73), Mark ��newhizzle�� Newhouse (32nd - $3,145.21), Chris ��Universe112�� Leveroni (34th - $3,145.21), Christian ��charder30�� Harder (43rd - $2,909.32), Amit ��AMAK316�� Makhija (54th - $2,673.43).
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $815,200
Entrants: 4,076
1. plz be live - $127,986.41
2. Dago40 - $95,378.41
3. cailloulefou - $67,254.01
4. BenDana-1 - $46,874.01
5. Aftret - $34,646.01
6. hugo1006 �C 26,494.01
7. GAKingChaser - $$18,342.01
8. Chris ��PiMaster�� Viox - $10,190.01
9. Bojinator - $6,521.61
Notable Finishes: METZMAGNY (13th - $3,688.41), huztlercrew (22nd - $2,078.77), Michael ��Sk?mmes�� Tureniec (37th - $1,671.17).
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500 + $30
Prize Pool: $591,000
Entrants: 1,182
1. Ravi ��govshark2�� Raghavan - $100,470
2. GulahPapyrus - $73,875
3. P?ffchen - $56,085.90
4. Eninga - $40,188
5. Colin ��SlimsChicken�� Leighton - $29,254.50
6. YlonSchwartz - $23,244.50
7. Mike ��6BLUFFMANIAC�� Beland - $16,434.50
8. shiptosails - $11,524.50
9. LION8HART - $6,382.80
Notable Finishes: Angel Guillen (15th - $3,959.70), Josh Prager (17th - $2,836.50), Westmenlo92 (20th - $2,364).
Ultimate Bet $200K GTD
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $200,000
Entrants: 999
1. Evan ��DONKEYWRENN�� Wrenn - $44,600
2. CHIPNACHRRRR - $26,700
3. DRAGONDRAKE - $18,100
4. Adnan ��UDA NAN 01�� Qureshi - $12,900
5. JCG2005 - $10,900
6. Robert ��MYBALLZURFACE�� Saltiel - $8,900
7. TERMINATORTOO - $6,900
8. MANDERBUTT - $4,900
9. Mike ��MEEELOSH�� Lawson - $3,400
Notable Finishes: Jeremy ��THECHEMIST83�� Gaubert (11th $2,100), PHILBORT (14th - $1,700), Tom ��TITANTOM32�� Braband (16th - $1,240).
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***Editors Note*** There was an error in an earlier version of the Sunday Briefing, and we apologize for any confusion it may have caused. An inaccurate tournament report for Event #24 was the cause for the problem and it has since been corrected.