Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) XXI action on Saturday saw three winners collect gold jerseys and tens of thousands in prize money. The first champion of the day was Nick "canofcorn22" Petrangelo in the $500 + $35 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Event #14. The guaranteed prize pool of $100,000 jumped to $150,500 on 301 buy-ins that paid out 32 places. Ten and 1/2 hours after cards went in the air, the final table results were as follows:
1 canofcorn22 $36,872.60
2 naimad89 $21,070.00
3 OnspectorPo $10,911.25
4 BustedWadZ $10,911.25
5 busteddout $ 5,643.75
6 kinkkai $ 5,643.75
7 IkillU2012 $ 5,643.75
8 Treadin Dank $ 5,643.75
9 OneUponAStar $ 3,010.00
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi, 6-Max, Triple Chance with an entry fee of $300 + $22 was the day's second choice of events for online poker players at Full Tilt. A field of 534 bought in and were playing for $160,200 in prize money, surpassing the $100,000 guarantee yet again. Notable finishers included "Gennadiy As" in 57th place winning $528.66 and "Tenkamusou" in eighth place for $3,524.40. Both are in the top ten of the FTOPS XXI Leaderboard.
But the big money came down to a final table deal between the champion, "veeea" and runner-up, "The_Real_Kid83." The deal allowed "The_Real_Kid83" to earn a slightly better payday, $30,431, to the $28,041 for "veeea," who also resides in the Leaderboard top ten with 19 events remaining until a champion is declared. Here are the Event #15 final table results:
1 veeea $28,041
2 The_Real_Kid83 $30,431
3 blony_tair $16,821
4 callyoudownn $12,335
5 michaelsc $ 8,811
6 Zumy $ 5,607
For the day's final event, the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool was once again easily covered, this time zooming to $181,000. A total of 905 players paid the $200 + $16 to play No-Limit Hold'em, Rush. Finishing in-the-money in places 82-90 was good for $325.80, while first place prize money of $41,630 went to "Branko07" of the United Kingdom. Germany´s “BrainBuster777” was awarded some $15,000 less for second place, receiving a credit of $26,245 to his Full Tilt account balance. The final table for Event #16 ended up in the following fashion:
1 Branko07 $41,630
2 Brainbuster777 $26,245
3 KENTRAPU2 $19,457
4 player107 $14,932
5 rightdurrr $11,312
6 rdcrsm $ 8,145
7 Klausen $ 5,430
8 brikks66 $ 4,235
9 VladPr $ 3,077
