The Sunday Briefing: "JHoWn" Wins FTOPS XVIII Main Event
Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS XVIII came to an end early Monday morning with the conclusion of the Main Event. Four new gold-jersey winners emerged in the last 24 hours, but no one claimed a bigger prize than "JHoWn," who outlasted the Main Event final table for $411,932.13. Event #29, the $2,000 2-Day, was won by "tennisassxy" for $332.264.92. Also winning gold jerseys, as well as six-figure paydays, were John "pixie183" Law and Timothy "timkrank" Miles .
Over on PokerStars , the Sunday Million was won outright by "RICOFELIZ" for $252,276.50. Also claiming victories on Sunday were Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka and Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg .
Full Tilt FTOPS Main Event (NL Hold'em)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$600+$40 5,023 $3,013,800
Place Player Prize
*1 JHoWn $411,932.13
*2 hilyaki $337,929.87
*3 ReifesEisen $380,313
4 sik0tic27 $192,883.20
5 Lee "acumen53" Childs $144,511.71
6 kasper74 $99,455.40
7 Leeba3443 $64,796.70
8 macqueen56 $45,207
9 UGOTGYPSYD $31,644.90
*denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Brendon "Brendooor" Rubie (12th - $21,699.36), Justin "YourTimeIsUp" Schwartz (14th - $16,575.90), William "imahustla1" Given (20th - $8,137.26), Fabrizio "sixthsense119" Gonzalez (36th - $6,027.60)
Full Tilt FTOPS Event #29 (NL Hold'em 2-Day)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$2,000+$100 1,088 $2,176,000
Place Player Prize
*1 tennisassxy $332.264.92
*2 Michael "Yubaball" Hull $342,175.25
*3 log1c07 $354,807.93
4 Matthias "goodvibe" Neu $179,520
5 gomore $136,000
6 tehe stop it $97,920
7 Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera $65,280
8 Phil "USCPhildo" Collins $48,960
9 ericontilt $34,816
*denotes three-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Scott "stpauli111" Hall (10th - $19,584), Kenny "Hixx" Hicks (12th - $19,584), Jack "Jack4339" Pan (13th - $14,361.60), Jesse "laburro" Haabak (15th - $14,361.60), Mark "Eppy1" Epstein (16th - $10,009.60), Jon Turner (19th - $7,942.40), Nick ��PureCash25�� Rampone (21st - $7,942.40), Charles ��HellaStacks_�� Lee (22nd - $7,942.40), Erich Kollman (26th - $7,942.40), Steve "gboro780" Gross (29th - $6,963.20), Ty "GimmeDa1time" Reiman (32nd - $6,963.20), Jason "JCarver" Somerville (36th - $6,963.20)
Full Tilt FTOPS Event #32 (NL Hold'em Knockout 6-Max)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$240+$16 5,490 $1,098,000
Place Player Prize
*1 John "pixie183" Law $202,484.41
*2 MrSoprano8 $117,298.52
*3 LeMeWinPlz $86,915.11
*4 LoLGoodCall $86,545.52
5 01GrandPrixGT $48,312
6 MAK123 $32,940
*denotes four-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Dan "imabigkidnow" Kelly (22nd - $5,160.60), Matt "berkey11" Berkey (33rd - $3,239.10)
Full Tilt FTOPS Event #33 (NL Hold'em Re-Buy)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$150+$13 1,949 $895,200
Place Player Prize
1 Timothy "timkrank" Miles $184,411.20
2 Sam "theman2892" Iola $121,747.20
3 Matt "berkey11" Berkey $90,415.20
4 Nicolas "nicos11" Chouity $70,720.80
5 Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad $52,816.80
6 foldimo $36,703.20
7 WHENTHUGSCRY $22,380
8 spikedag $15,218.40
9 Rodney "BIGFLOPPER01" Burt $10,742.40
Notable Finishes: Athanasios "Athanasios 9" Polychronopoulos (11th - $7,161.60), Dave "Doc Sands" Sands (14th - $4,923.60), Tommy ��blanks plz�� Wesley (22nd - $2,864.64)
PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$15 8,575 $1,715,000
Place Player Prize
1 RICOFELIZ $252,276.50
2 musicom $184,362.50
3 James "j_t_s80" Broom $128,625
4 DuggerGerngy $85,750
5 alex987 $68,600
6 onealtiseven $51,450
7 omalos $34,300
8 StrungOut1 $18,865
9 costel725 $13,291.25
Notable Finishes: Matt "All_in_at420" Stout (14th - $6,774.25), Joseph "Joey Capp" Cappuccio (26th - $3,773), Brad "BradL" Libson (45th - $3,172,75)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$15 4,748 $949,600
Place Player Prize
1 Pinowww $148,975.39
2 kenz085 $110,628.40
3 Moritz ��Catenaccio�� Kranich $78,342
4 MSAKI $53,652.40
5 lancevk $40,359
6 Steve "Illini213" Barshak $30,862
7 supahmario $31,366
8 Kyazho $11,870
9 Dmitry "Russian_nuts" Stelmak $7,596.80
Notable Finishes: Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera (28th - $2,089.12), Dan "djk123" Kelly (32nd - $2,089.12)
PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$500+$30 1,180 $590,000
Place Player Prize
1 brianm15 $100,300
2 clunged $73,750
3 Moritz ��Catenaccio�� Kranich $55,991
4 dia_stallion $40,120
5 Shhh00kem $29,205
6 Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet $23,305
7 Brandon "Brandon78" Adams $17,405
8 adametes $11,505
9 capoch $6,372
Notable Finishes: Adam "simmsux" Geyer (12th - $5,074), Nicholas "CPT CRUX" Stowell (16th - $2,832)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$15 1,573 $314,600
Place Player Prize
1 Faraz "The-Toilet 0" Jaka $56,628
2 PMCQ $40,898
3 Will "CutiePi314" Ma $31,460
4 Hafiz "hafizzle" Khan $23,595
5 Ti_Thompson $16,516.50
6 PokerSickNr1 $13,370.50
7 bybycu77 $10,224.50
8 Matt "berkey11" Berkey $7,078.50
9 Nemoqwe88 $4,404.40
Notable Finishes: Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez (11th - $2,988.70), Hiren "hustla16" Patel (14th - $2,359.50), Jude "j.thaddeus" Ainsworth (17th - $1,730.30)
PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$100+$9 1,278 $471,700
Place Player Prize
1 Zach "HustlerGrune" Gruneberg $86,085.25
2 danskemann $62,688.93
3 szusza84 $47,170
4 Simon Sun $35,377.50
5 TJ "1BigAceHole" Ulmer $24,764.25
6 bustardo $20,047.25
7 John "johne147" Eames $15,330.25
8 pvas2 $10,613.25
9 EASY DZ $6,603.80
Notable Finishes: Josh "brikdog24" Brikis (14th - $3,773.60), Mike "Gags30" Gagliano (15th - $3,773.60), Jason "TeamWispy" Helder (17th - $2,830.20)
Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$16 1,537 $307,400
Place Player Prize
1 jochee $66,091
2 Nico "PokerKaiser" Fierro $41,806.40
3 Alec "traheho" Torelli $31,047.40
4 David Pham $24,592
5 ship em 613 $18,444
6 basic_elements $13,218.20
7 Matt "mattster24" Sterling $8,607.20
8 Mike "SPIN101" Spinasanta $6,148
9 racehorse $4,303.60
Notable Finishes: Neil "theVisionay" McFayden (10th - $2,566.79), Larry "PrishChips31" Sharp (11th - $2,566.79), Yann "yadio111" Dion (14th - $1,844.40)
UB $200K GTD
Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool
$200+$15 1,019 $203,800
Place Player Prize
1 VACANTSEAT $45,508.54
2 Taylor "TAZED1SPURR" Paur $27,207.30
3 Jason "N0VASKY" Koon $18,443.90
4 SODAIRA11 $13,145.10
5 DONKLIFE4EV $11,107.10
6 NUQUATTRO $9,069.10
7 OMAHAHAHA83 $7,031.10
8 TCHK $4,993.10
9 INYOUREYE11 $3,464.60
Notable Finishes: Dave "HOLLYWOODDAVE" Stann (15th - $1,732.30)
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