The long awaited official re-launch of Full Tilt Poker is finally here, and with it came a multitude of ups and downs, everything from excessively munificent promotions to an immediate clog of player transactions that knocked the banking department down for a while. One particular aspect that thousands of players have been waiting patiently for was the release of the full schedule of events for the online poker room’s infamous FTOPS tournament series.
Yesterday, Full Tilt Poker obliged, rolling out a red carpet of 35 illustrious events worth millions in guaranteed prize pools. FTOPS XXI is set to kick off on December 2 with a $216 buy-in event that guarantees a minimum of $750,000 to the top finishers. FTOPS tournaments will continue with multiple daily events up until the celebrated Main Event on December 16, featuring a $640 buy-in and $1.5 million GTD.
Full Tilt Poker’s FTOPS Main Event has grown exponentially larger with each passing installment of the series, excluding its most recent, post-Black Friday running. The largest main event in the history of the series drew so many competitors that the guaranteed prize pool rose high enough to exceed the $9 million mark, awarding a monumental $1.1 million to the first place winner, Blair Hinkle, as the result of a final table deal.
FTOPS XX wasn’t nearly so grand, due to the truancy of its once immense American player base. It will be interesting to see the participation levels in this latest chapter in Full Tilt Poker’s biggest seasonal online poker tournament, considering US players are still locked out of online poker room. If the stratum of activity within the first few hours of Full Tilt Poker’s re-launch is any indication, FTOPS XXI has a lot of potential. According to the independent poker tracking site Poker Scout, the online poker room has already recaptured its #2 position in active traffic, comfortably resting in the familiar position beneath its new sister-site PokerStars.
Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XXI Schedule of Events
#1: Dec 2 13:30 ET – $200+$16 Multi-Entry NL Holdem; $750k GTD
#2: Dec 3 11:00 ET – $200+$16 6-Max PL Omaha Hi/Lo; $75k GTD
#3: Dec 3 14:00 ET – $1,000+$60 Multi-Entry NL Holdem; $300k GTD
#4: Dec 3 17:00 ET – $200+$16 Rush Turbo NL Holdem; $100k GTD
#5: Dec 4 11:00 ET – $200+$16 6-Max PL Holdem; $100k GTD
#6: Dec 4 14:00 ET – $200+$16 Limit Holdem; $25k GTD
#7: Dec 4 17:00 ET – $310+$12 Super Turbo Knockout NL Holdem; $150k GTD
#8: Dec 5 11:00 ET – $200+$16 Rush PL Omaha High; $50k GTD
#9: Dec 5 14:00 ET – $100+$9 6-Max NL Holdem Rebuy; $200k GTD
#10: Dec 6 11:00 ET – $200+$16 Multi-Entry 6-Max Rush Limit Holdem; $75k GTD
#11: Dec 6 14:00 ET – $300+$22 3xShootout NL Holdem; $100k GTD
#12: Dec 7 11:00 ET – $200+$16 6-Max NL Holdem; $150k GTD
#13: Dec 7 14:00 ET – $300+$22 6-Max 2-7 Triple Draw Limit Holdem; $20k GTD
#14: Dec 8 11:00 ET – $500+$35 Heads-Up NL Holdem; $100k GTD
#15: Dec 8 14:00 ET – $300+$22 Double/Triple Chance 6-Max PL Omaha Hi; $100k GTD
#16: Dec 8 17:00 ET – $200+$16 Rush NL Holdem; $100k GTD
#17: Dec 9 10:30 ET – $120+$9 Multi-Entry Knockout NL Holdem; $600k GTD
#18: Dec 9 13:30 ET – $300+$22 Multi-Entry NL Holdem; $750k GTD
#19: Dec 10 11:00 ET – $240+$16 Knockout PL Omaha Hi/Lo; $75k GTD
#20: Dec 10 14:00 ET – $1000+$60 Double/Triple Chance 6-Max NL Holdem; $200k GTD
#21: Dec 10 17:00 ET – $200+$16 Turbo NL Holdem; $50k GTD
#22: Dec 11 11:00 ET – $100+$9 PL Omaha Hi Rebuys; $150k GTD
#23: Dec 11 14:00 ET – $500+$35 Multi-Entry 6-Max Limit Holdem; $75k GTD
#24: Dec 11 17:00 ET – $207+$9 Rush Super Turbo NL Holdem; $75k GTD
#25: Dec 12 11:00 ET – $300+$22 Heads-Up PL Omaha Hi; $30k GTD
#26: Dec 12 14:00 ET – $300+$22 6-Max NL Holdem Rebuys; $100k GTD
#27: Dec 13 11:00 ET – $100+$9 NL Holdem; $50k GTD
#28: Dec 13 14:00 ET – $300+$22 Razz; $20k GTD
#29: Dec 14 11:00 ET – $200+$16 Rush NL Holdem, 1 Rebuy/1 Add-on; $150k GTD
#30: Dec 14 14:00 ET – $200+$16 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo; $20k GTD
#31: Dec 15 11:00 ET – $2000+$100 2-Day Ante-From-Start NL Holdem; $500k GTD
#32: Dec 15 14:00 ET – $200+$16 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo; $20k GTD
#33: Dec 15 16:00 ET – $100+$9 Rush NL Holdem Rebuy; $150k GTD
#34: Dec 16 10:30 ET – $240+$16 Multi-Entry 6-Max Knockout NL Holdem; $600k GTD
#35: Dec 16 13:30 ET – $600+$40 “Main Event” Multi-Entry NL Holdem; $1.5m GTD
