The first member of The Professionals recorded one of the worst months in the history of online poker by losing over $2 million since Full Tilt re-launched on Nov. 6.

The majority of Hansen’s losses came in the $2,000/$4,000 Omaha-8 games, which he normally dominates.

Upstart accounts KPR16, Sally Woo and cottonseed1 all won considerable amounts from the Great Dane.

There was plenty of action in the high-stakes online games this month as Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky, Ilari Sahamies and Viktor “Isildur1” Blom made headlines for very different reasons.

Rui Cao won on FTP... but lost on PokerStars.

 

Top 10 Online Winners in November

Ben “Sauce123” Sulsky is simply crushing the high-stakes online scene this year and showed no signs of slowing down in November.

Sulsky cruised through 15,435 hands and racked up $804,816 on PokerStars this month.

Sulsky was already the biggest online winner in 2012 but he’s now up a staggering $3.8 million.

The other big winner on PokerStars during the month of November was the Macau-based account patpatman, who picked up $756,005 over 19,211 hands.

Meanwhile on Full Tilt Poker players no_Ola, Alex Luneau and Rui Cao benefited greatly from the site's return by making huge scores.

no_Ola was the biggest winner on the site as he won $510k, while Alex Luneau won $475k and Rui Cao $469k.

Here’s a look at the other top 10 online winners in November according to hsdb.com:

1. Sauce123 (PokerStars): +$804,816 2. Patpatman (PokerStars): +$756,005 3. No_Ola (Full Tilt Poker): +$510,134 4. Alex Luneau (Full Tilt Poker): +$475,370 5. Rui Cao (Full Tilt Poker): +$469,357 6. Mastrblastr (Full Tilt Poker): +$451,609 7. KPR16 (Full Tilt Poker): +$401,843 8. O Fortuna PLS (Full Tilt Poker): +$347,868 9. Cottonseed1 (Full Tilt Poker): +$319,956 10. Longerpig (PokerStars): +$317,150

Viktor "Isildur1" Blom also didn't fare well on FTP.

 

Top 10 Online Losers in November

About the only silver lining for Gus Hansen’s dramatic $2 million downswing in November is that he’s one of the few players who has a bankroll that can take it.

Before Black Friday in 2011, Hansen was up nearly $4 million on Full Tilt Poker, so he still has some ammunition to win it all back.

Hansen wasn’t the only player who didn’t exactly benefit from the New Full Tilt Poker.

Andreas “Skjervoy” Torbergsen lost a staggering $485k on PokerStars but also lost $358k on Full Tilt. In total Torbergsen recorded $843k in losses during the month of November.

Even Hansen’s fellow Professional teammate Viktor “Isildur1” Blom couldn’t turn a profit on the new Full Tilt and ended up dropping $303,455 in November.

Meanwhile Ilari “Ilari FIN” Sahamies continued to have problems on PokerStars, losing a total of $433k this month.

Here are the top 10 online losers in November according to hsdb.com:

1. Gus Hansen (Full Tilt Poker): -$2,070,064 2. SallyWoo (Full Tilt Poker): -$594,166 3. Skjervoy (PokerStars): -$485,593 4. Odd_Oddsen (PokerStars): -$454,887 5. PepperoniF (PokerStars): -$436,280 6. Ilari FIN (PokerStars): -$433,261 7. Tr1cky7 (PokerStars): -$402,045 8. Skjervoy (Full Tilt Poker): -$358,349 9. GVOZDIKA55 (PokerStars): -$313,755 10. Isildur1 (Full Tilt Poker): -$303,455

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There was plenty of action to be had on Sunday as major tournaments like the Million, Warm-Up and 500 drew over 10,000 players combined.

Toni Judet nearly made the final table of the Sunday Warm-Up while Swede Emil Ohlsson took down the 500 for $69k.

Here’s a closer look at the big notable tournaments yesterday:

PokerStars Sunday Million

Kevin “iaco4” Iacofano dusted off a field of 7,184 players to take $197,000 in this week’s Sunday Million.

It was sweet redemption for Iacofano who finished runner-up in the Sunday Million after mounting an improbable comeback with just 10 big blinds left in the final five tables back in April.

There were plenty of Team PokerStars Pros on hand for this week’s contest including Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Jonathan Duhamel, Liv Boeree, Ike Haxton, Ana Marquez, Nacho Barbero and Shane “Shaniac” Schleger.

Johnny Lodden got bragging rights over his teammates by making the deepest run, which eventually saw him finish 68th.

Iacofano entered the final table as one of the middle stacks with 8.8 million but had some serious work cut out for him as chip-leader dulek_jason was on a rampage with 15.7 million.

By the time heads-up rolled around Iacofano had nearly closed the gap on dulek_jason with 33 million to dulek_jason’s 37 million.

After making a two-way deal, Iacofano quickly took control of the match and finally busted dulek_jason when he made two-pair against dulek_jason’s second-pair.

Here are the complete final-table results:

Toni Judet

 

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Romanian Team PokerStars Pro Toni Judet narrowly missed out on the final table of the Sunday Warm-Up on Sunday.

The Sunday Warm-Up was firing yesterday with 3,552 players creating a $710,400 prizepool.

Team PokerStars Pros Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen, Maxim Lykov, Fatima Moreira de Melo, George Danzer and Liv Boeree all made the cash in this week’s Sunday Million.

Judet outlasted all of them, however, and appeared to be a good bet to make the final table before finally falling in 13th place for $3,196.

Online player $kill Game, who has been popping up in online results a lot lately, also made a deep run that eventually saw him finish in 49th place for $1,349.

Meanwhile the United Kingdom’s salfshb powered his way to first place for a total score of $111,533.

Here’s a look at final-table payouts:

PokerStars Sunday 500

Emil Ohlsson

 

Life just gets better and better for recent WPT Copenhagen winner Emil Ohlsson.

The Swedish poker pro outlasted 826 players to win this week’s elite Sunday 500 for $69,809.

As usual the Sunday 500 was populated heavily with pros including Andrey Pateychuk, George Danzer, Mickey Petersen, Angel Guillen, Mike “Timex” McDonald, Calvin Anderson and $kill Game all looking to cash in on the contest.

Ohlsson beat Canadian Jeremiah “Believer82” Vinsant heads-up to claim this week’s title. Vinsant had to settle for the $49k that came attached to second place.

It’s been a very solid year for Ohlsson as he took down $230k for winning WPT Copenhagen so he’s now up well over $300k on the year.

Here are the complete final-table payouts:

FTOPS XXI #1 was a $200 + $16 multi-entry No-Limit Hold’em tournament that recorded 5,482 buy-ins.

That put just under $1.1 million in the pot with $187,484 going to eventual winner doneNdusted84.

But headlining the final table in terms of star-power was Dan “KingDan23” Smith. The Las Vegas pro has over $4.2 million in live cashes, including wins in tournaments with buy-ins as big as $100,000, and he’s made over $1.6 million playing MTTs online.

Smith finished in fifth place for $52,572, shoving A-T for ten big blinds from the cut-off only to run into pocket aces from the big blind.

Finishing right behind Smith was two-time FTOPS champion JackQKA who won the FTOPS Main Event in 2010.

Also cashing in this event was the UK’s Praz Bansi (20th), Keven “Stamdogg” Stammen (79th), Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah (157th) and James Akenhead (191st).

Former Full Tilt pro Praz Bansi nearly made the final table.

 

Here are the full final table results for FTOPS XXI #1:

1. doneNdusted84 - $187,484 2. Sgoup - $130,471 3. BGMozak - $93,194 4. chewonchewy - $70,169 5. KingDan23 - $52,572 6. JackQKA - $36,181 7. Romeopro33 - $23,572 8. MuchInTheClutch - $16,446 9. sicklol - $11,512

Three More Events Begin Today

The 21st Full Tilt Online Poker Series continues today with three more events:

- Event #2: $200 + $16 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 6-Max - $75,000 Guarantee - 11:00 ET

- Event #3: $1,000 + $60 No Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry - $300,000 Guaranteed - 14:00 ET

- Event #4: $200 + $16 No Limit Hold’em Rush Turbo - $100,000 Guaranteed - 17:00 ET

Stay tuned for continuing news coverage of Full Tilt Poker's latest online tournament series.

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The latest Full Tilt Online Poker Series is picking up speed with more than $1 million awarded over the second, third and fourth events.

FTOPS Day 2 saw a Rush Poker tournament, a six-max Omaha Hi/Lo event and a $1,000 multi-entry for the higher rollers.

And while Simão won over $23,000 he was by no means the day’s biggest winner with two players snagging six-figure scores and a total of 246 global grinders getting paid.

Read on for highlights and results from FTOPS XXI #2-4.

FTOPS #2: Brazil Bags Omaha Hi/Lo Title

The first non-Hold’em event of this FTOPS attracted 527 players, tipping the pay scales with $105,400 in the pot. That was well ahead of the $75k guarantee originally slapped on the tournament.

Professional poker player João Paulo “joaosimaobh “ Simão from Brazil battled his way to heads-up and closed the door on Russian BuratinBilTupoy.

Simão has earned more than $1.2 million playing online under screennames joaosimaobh on Full Tilt and INeedMassari on PokerStars.

Also making the final table was Jeremiah "Believer8219" Vinsant who now leads the FTOPS Leaderboard competition.

Jeremiah "Believer8219" Vinsant.

 

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #4:

1. joaosimaobh - $23,188 2. BuratinBilTupoy - $15,283 3. Anelps - $11,067 4. Slonik555 - $8,115 5. ntyara - $5,797 6. Believer8219 - $3,689

FTOPS #3: First High Buy-In Event Doubles Guarantee

If there were lingering doubts about how customers would react to Full Tilt Poker reopening its doors they were laid to rest when registration closed on FTOPS #3.

705 buy-ins were paid in this $1,060 Multi-Entry No-Limit Hold’em tournament, putting more than $700k up for grabs with a pair of six-figure paydays waiting for the final two players.

After roughly ten hours of poker only fowirls from Canada and o daskalos from Cyprus remained.

The two players made a deal heads-up with the Canadian going on to take $149k and the title, while his European opponent walked with $125k for second.

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #4:

1. fowirls - $149,950 2. o daskalos - $125,000 3. KnighTT 00 - $79,312 4. rh300487 - $59,925 5. EMSBas - $45,825 6. nickyluvshu - $31,725 7. HenrikX - $21,855 8. C Darwin2 - $16,920 9. Oxotaments - $12,690  

FTOPS #4: WSOP Winner Chance Kornuth Final-Tables

Chance Kornuth at the 2012 LA Poker Classic.

 

Over 1,000 players bought into this Rush Poker tournament but it took barely two hours for Polish player gorskow to come out on top and pocket the $45,810 first-place prize.

In the end Poland edged out Brazil with GaussPoker taking second and $29,013.

Finishing sixth and narrowly missing his first major online title was American poker pro Chance “Chances Cards” Kornuth.

Kornuth won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 and has more than $1.3 million in online tournament earnings. He took down just over $9,100 for his finish yesterday.

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #4:

1. gorskow - $45,810 2. GaussPoker - $29,013 3. TyRusT - $21,479 4. bond25459 - $16,797 5. Velmuzhov - $12,725 6. Chances Cards - $9,162 7. ACov24 - $6,108 8. PAVL1K - $4,581 9. husaberg - $3,257

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Jacob “bazeman” Bazeley, David “betudont” Emmons, Bryan “enterthewu19” Piccioli and Aubin “K-zouls” Cazals were among the numerous noted online players who made sizable scores. 

Day 3 of FTOPS XXI included a little bit of everything with 6-Max HA, HORSE and Knockout NLHE events.

Check below for highlights from FTOPS XXI Day 3:

FTOPS #5: Mikleler Cashes In 

Don’t let it be said there’s no value in FTOPS tournaments.

FTOPS #5 $216 Pot-Limit HA 6-Max actually provided a slight overlay as the 495 entrants fell just short of the $100k guarantee.

It was no matter as Full Tilt Poker threw in a little extra cash, giving everyone even more incentive.

The final nine included respected grinders Jesse “shakentoucan” Johnston and Jacob “bazeman” Bazeley. Bazeley just missed out on the final table coming in seventh place for $2,300 while Johnston ended up in fifth for $5,500.

Mikleler went on to beat TheKoalabear heads-up to claim the FTOPS title and $18,000 in cash. Thanks to a heads-up deal, TheKoalabear actually made more money for his second-place finish as he earned $18,500.

Here’s a complete look at the final-table results:

Aubin Cazals also went deep in Event 6.

 

FTOPS #6: mrcall912 Rides HORSE to Victory

Online player mrcall912 smashed his way to $18k in the first HORSE event of FTOPS XXI.

FTOPS #6 $216 HORSE drew a total of 377 runners to create a prizepool of $75,400, which was triple the guarantee of $25,000.

The final table featured several notable names with David “betudont” Emmons and Russian high-stakes cash game player knluiy.

Interestingly, Aubin "K-zouls" Cazals also finished 36th for $550 before final-tabling Event 7 later in the day.

Emmons has had a pretty great online year considering he won the PokerStars TCOOP Main Event for $382k back in January.

He was denied an FTOPS title in this event, however, as he finished in seventh place for $1,885.

Meanwhile knuiy made it all the way to heads-up play before falling to mrcall912. The Russian earned $12,516 for his efforts. Mrcall912 earned $18,699 for winning it all.

Here’s a complete look at the final-table payouts:

Bryan “enterthewu19” Piccioli

 

FTOPS #7: Online Player errr_rick Makes No Mistake in $80k Win

Finnish online player errr_rick took down the biggest FTOPS event yesterday for a total of $79,565. 

FTOPS #7 $322 NLHE Super Turbo Knockout Multi-Entry had a long name and an even bigger field with a total of 1,391 getting in on the action to create a $361,660 prizepool, which easily surpassed the $150k guarantee.

The international final table included New York-native Bryan “enterthewu19” Piccioli, Hugarian Andras Nemeth and French pro Aubin “K-zouls” Cazals.

Cazals won a bracelet for $480k at the WSOP this summer but busted from yesterday’s final table relatively quickly in eighth place for $7,594.

Nemeth made it to fifth place where he earned $22k while Piccioli did one better by coming in fourth for $29k.

Finland’s errr_rick would eventually beat TOM1211HH heads-up to claim an FTOPS jersey and nearly $80k in cash.

Here’s a look at the complete final-table payouts:

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There were only two FTOPS XXI events running yesterday but there was still over $300k in guaranteed prizepools up for grabs. 

Pavilikova came very close to becoming the first female FTOPS XXI winner this year but fell just short in Event 9.

Meanwhile ottoman09 added a FTOPS jersey to go along with the WCOOP bracelet he won earlier this year. Check below for highlights from yesterday’s FTOPS XXI action:

Chris "maxxscam" Back

 

FTOPS #8: Garbally Takes RUSH PLO Title 

A total of 487 players signed up for the rapid-fire Event #8 Pot-Limit Omaha Rush tournament on Full Tilt easily doubling the guarantee from $50,000 to $97,400.

Online player Garbally took the title for $19,973 but thanks to a heads-up deal, second place finisher arhimides earned a similar $19,473 for his efforts.

It wasn’t the most name-heavy final table but there were several experienced online grinders on hand including Canadian Chris “maxxscam” Back who finished fifth, former FTOPS winner Clairv0yant1 (Sixth) and Norwegian MTT crusher Thylacine09 (Seventh).

Chris Back, a PocketFives Triple Crown winner, has over $1.5 million in online winnings including several huge scores on Full Tilt Poker. He picked up $6,574 for coming fifth in this event.

Jesse “shakentucan” Johnston is having a great FTOPS and added another cash by coming in 27th place in this event.

Here are the complete final-table payouts:

FTOPS #9: Ottoman09 Crushes, Near Miss for Pavlikova 

The Czech Republic’s Veronika “xbet_kiddi” Pavlikova nearly became the first female winner of this FTOPS but had to settle for fourth place for $19,311.

FTOPS #9 $109 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Rebuy attracted 806 players to create a prizepool of $254,100.

The final table didn’t have a lot of star power although WSOP bracelet winner Athanasios Polychronopoulas was a strong contender to make the final six before finally falling out of contention in 10th place. He picked up $3,938 for his efforts.

Pavlikova certainly brought out a few poker fans in her bid for a FTOPS title, however.

Pavlikova gained notoriety last spring when she outlasted 296 players to win the main event of the France Poker Series Snowfest in the Alps for $92,567.

It wasn’t to be for Pavlikova in this event, however, as Romanian ottoman09 would go on to win the tournament outright for $54,250.

It’s not the first time ottoman09 has made a huge online score as he won a WCOOP title earlier this year for $86,771.

Here’s a complete look at the final-table payouts:

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Set for 3 pm ET Sunday (Dec. 9), the two will each put up $100k across four heads-up NLHE tables and battle until one of them is broke.

The challenge will be reminiscent of their epic battles back in November 2009, where Isildur ran over Durrrr over the course of a week at the $500/$1,000 tables to the tune of $5 million in profit.

This wil be their first official match as members of The Professionals, the relaunched Full Tilt Poker's new pro team that also includes Gus Hansen.

Players looking to rail the action can log in to the Full Tilt Poker client on Sunday and search for "durrrr" or "Isildur1."

Blom initiated the challenge with a series of Tweets this week:

I see you @tomdwan playing a lot of 2-7and other games on @fulltiltpoker. What about NLHE? I know I want to play with you :)

the poker gods and @fulltiltpoker have answered my tweets. @tomdwan has accepted my challenge and wants to play this Sunday :)

Now that Dwan's accepted, Blom is looking forward to the challenge:

me and @tomdwan will play @fulltiltpoker for $100k a side to start, 4 tables, nlhe. this is yrs in the making and will be so fun!

Check the tale of the tape below:

The two respected grinders faced off at the final table of the 3xShootout event, the biggest FTOPS event on Full Tilt Poker yesterday.

The other event yesterday, a 6-Max Limit Hold’em Rush event, nearly saw mrcall912 claim his second FTOPS title in this year’s series.

Here’s a complete look at the highlights from yesterday’s FTOPS action.

FTOPS #10: mrcall912 Nearly Makes it Two FTOPS Titles

Online player mrcall912 came close to becoming the first player to snag two titles in FTOPS XXI yesterday.

Mrcall912 made the final table of FTOPS $216 Limit Hold’em 6-Max Rush Multi-Entry tournament, which drew 363 players to create a prizepool of $75,000.

The final table nearly featured unidentified Swedish high stakes superstar DIN_FRU but DIN_FRU ended up falling in 13th place for a relatively minor $825 cash.

Mrcall912 made an incredibly deep run but eventually finished fifth to earn $6,075. Add in his other victory for $18,699 in the HORSE event earlier in FTOPS XXI and Mrcall912 is up to nearly $25k in profit over the series.

Netherlands online player bullyingpros would go on to win the tournament outright for $17,850.

Here’s a complete look at the final table results:

Online beast Calvin "Cal42688" Anderson also made it deep.

 

FTOPS #11: Moorman Denied by p0cket00 

Online MTT masters Sebastian “p0cket00” Sikorski and Chris “MoormanI” Moorman finished first and second in FTOPS #11 last night.

The $322 No-Limit Hold’em 3xShootout event drew 425 players who created a prizepool of $127,500.

Adam “Roothlus” Levi, Adam Junglen, and Calvin “Cal42688” Anderson all made the cash in the event but fell short of the final table.

Moorman is one of the most well-known players in the online MTT community. The Brighton-native has been focusing on the live tournament circuit lately but still found time to win a PocketFives Triple Crown.

Sikorski isn’t as established as Moorman but that could change soon as the Canadian has over $5.4 million in online winnings.

This time around it was Sikorski who got the better of Moorman to claim the $27,412 first-place prize and FTOPS jersey. Moorman settled for $18,487.

Here’s a complete look at the final-table payouts:

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Anyone that signs up for an 888poker account this month gets two free tickets to $10,000 Xmas tourney. 

After burning through your two tickets you’re not out of the GR888 Xmas Giveaway completely. Anytime you get dealt pocket eights and reach showdown, even if you lose the hand, you’ll get another $10,000 ticket.

The $10,000 tournaments run every day but you can also win iPads, iPhones and more presents in the Xmas Shop Freeroll.

888poker is also making a huge push Down Under this year with a variety of satellites to both the Aussie Millions and WSOP Asia-Pacific. It’s possible to get a free Step 1 ticket to qualifiers if you deposit $10 or more on 888poker.

Players who sign up through PokerListings receive a 100% bonus match up to $888. In addition 888poker is one of the only sites that gives away instant cash and tournament tickets just for signing up.

In total there were seven FTOPS XXI events that took place this weekend with over $2 million awarded to grinders from around the globe. 

Stern and Stammen made the biggest scores but Brandon “norajean” Meyers, Russell “rdcrsn” Carson and Joey Weissman also made a respectable amount of cash in their own rights.

Check below for highlights from Full Tilt Poker over the weekend.

FTOPS XXI Event #12: Meyers Smashes Field

Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger

 

Brandon “norajean” Meyers outlasted 981 players to win Event 12 $216 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max for $40,907 this weekend.

Luke “IWEARGOGGLES” Staudenmaier, Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger and Faraz “The-Toilet 0” Jaka also made the money in Event 12 but fell well short of the final table.

Meyers beat ydere heads-up to claim the top prize in Event 12 while ydere had to settle for $27k.

Here are the complete final-table payouts for Event 12:

FTOPS XXI Event #13: Gennadiy Dethrones Kingkai

Norwegian Kai “kingkai” Danilo Paulsen finished runner-up to online player Gennadiy As in Event 13 $322 2-7 Triple Draw Limit 6-Max event.

Gennadiy As earned $13,590 for taking first place but thanks to a heads-up deal kingkai wasn’t that far behind with $12,274.

Despite being a more obscure poker variant, Event 13 drew 208 players to create a $62k prizepool, which easily cracked the guarantee of $20k.

Here are the complete final-table results:

Robert "Treadin Dank" Salaburu

 

FTOPS XXI Event #14: Petrangelo Takes Heads-Up Crown

Nick "canofcorn22" Petrangelo proved to be the ultimate heads-up warrior in Event 14 of FTOPS XXI.

After winning numerous previous rounds, Petrangelo finally dusted naimad in the tournament-clinching heads-up match to take the first-place prize of $36,872.

In total Event 14 $535 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em drew 301 runners to create a prizepool of $150,500.

Kingkai, runner-up in Event 13, made a nice run in the tournament, eventually finishing just three matches short of the title.

Here are the final eight results from Event 14:

FTOPS XXI Event #15: Veeea Wins Second Final Table of Series

Mohsin "chicagocards1" Charania

 

Online player veeea beat a 534-player field to take top honors in Event 15 $322 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max Triple Chance for $28k.

It wasn’t veeea’s first taste of glory in FTOPS XXI as he already made the final table of Event 10 and now finds himself in the top 10 on the FTOPS leaderboard.

One of the more popular FTOPS XXI events, Event 15’s 500+ runners created a prizepool of $160,200.

Mohsin "chicagocards1" Charania made a deep run in the tournament but eventually busted in 32nd place for a $736 cash.

Here are the complete final-table payouts:

Russell Carson

 

FTOPS XXI Event #16: Branko07 Outlasts Russell Carson

Online master Russell “rdcrsn” Carson recorded his first final table of FTOPS XXI but fell short of the ultimate prize in Event 16.

Instead Branko07 beat all 905 entrants in the $216 No-Limit Hold’em Rush event to claim the $41,630 first-place prize.

Carson finished in sixth place to earn $8,145 for his efforts.

Here are the complete final-table results for Event 16:

Third place finisher Joey Weissman

 

FTOPS XXI Event #17: Weissman, Stammen Final Table

Canada’s DrewAce34 overcame an enormous field and beat a tough final table that included Keven “Stamdogg” Stammen and Joey “JWeiSS31” Weissman to win Event 17 for $104k. 

Event 17 $120 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout Multi-Entry attracted a total of 6,106 players to create a massive prizepool of $610,600.

Weissman, a recent WSOP bracelet winner, made a sick run but ended up finishing in third place for $51,901.

Weissman’s elimination cleared the way for a heads-up battle between Stammen and DrewAce34.

Stammen has had an impressive FTOPS but couldn’t get past DrewAce34 and eventually had to settle for second place in this tournament.

Stammen did get $72,611 for his efforts however.

Here are the complete final-table results:

Bryn "OneUponAStar" Kenney

 

FTOPS XXI Event #18: Stern Hits $193k Payday

Dani “Ansky451” Stern outlasted 3,487 players to win the second biggest tournament yet in FTOPS XXI for $193,528.

Event 18 $322 No-Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry offered a huge prizepool of $1,046,100.

Nick “FU_15” Maimone, Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger, and Jonathan “Pearljammed” Turner were among the 360 players who made the money in the event.

Noted poker pro Bryn “OneUponAStar” Kenney made the final table but eventually finished third for $93k.

Stern went on to beat Just Speechless heads-up to close out the tournament.

Here are the complete final-table results:

Blom issued the challenge last Tuesday and less than a week later the two titans were going toe-to-toe on the virtual felt.

What started as a winner-take-all match for $100k quickly ballooned to include a $200,000 buy-in and six tables of $100/$200 heads-up No-Limit Hold’em.

The rules were simple: Battle until one player was left with nothing.

It took only two and a half hours and 1,381 hands for that to happen with Blom dominating the action from start to finish. The biggest pot of the session was a $104k behemoth won by Blom.

Tom Dwan hasn't figured out how to beat Viktor Blom.

 

The match officially ended when Tom Dwan shoved all-in for his last $3,500 with pocket tens and got called by Blom’s A♣ 3♣.

An ace on the turn put the final nail in Dwan’s coffin and added another win to Blom’s very successful record in high-stakes heads-up challenges.

Blom, Dwan Reprise Legendary Heads-Up Grudge Match

In November of 2009 Isildur1’s identity was still unknown but it didn’t stop him from winning roughly $5 million from Tom Dwan in less than a week.

The loss was devastating for Dwan, representing the majority of the almost $6 million in profits he had racked up on Full Tilt since 2007.

For Isildur1, however, it was an express ticket to prominence in the high-stakes online community.

Since then both Dwan and Blom have won and lost high-stakes heads-up challenges of their own against many of the best players in the world, but it wasn’t until this weekend that poker fans got to see Dwan take another shot against his old rival.

Dwan and Blom, along with Gus Hansen, make up the new team of sponsored pros at Full Tilt Poker, known collectively as The Professionals.

On Saturday Petrangelo, who plays on Full Tilt Poker as canofcorn22, out-dueled his opponents in the Heads-Up FTOPS event to win $36,872.

Yesterday the Montreal-native performed an even more impressive feat as caecilius on PokerStars beating a monstrous 6,882-player field to win over $200k.

A respected online player, Petrangelo has over $3 million in lifetime earnings but yesterday marked his biggest online score. He's up nearly $250k over the last few days.

Petrangelo actually entered the Sunday Million final table as one of the shortest stacks with only 4 million chips but went on an incredible run that saw him take the chip lead by the time there were four players left.

Heads-up featured Petrangelo vs. Str8$$$Homey but Petrangelo had a massive 54 million-chip lead to Str8$$$Homey’s 13 million. The match only lasted four hands with Petrangelo landing the knockout blow with pocket queens.

Here are the complete Sunday Million final-table results:

Three FTOPS events have played out since we recapped the weekend's action with more than $644,000 doled out to online poker players from around the world.

The Americans were joined in the winners circle by UK player hteraaj2001 who scored a victory in the $216 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em event for $28,564.

Keep reading for highlights from the latest events in Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS series.

Former FTP Pro Bill Gazes Wins FTOPS #19

Before Black Friday Bill Gazes was sponsored by Full Tilt Poker and despite that deal long since lapsing he was able to cash in on FTP again last night.

Gazes took down the $246 Omaha Hi/Lo event for $19,157. Gazes made a deal with second-place finisher BredaBreda who took $18,102.

A total of 460 players took part in this split-pot event with 45 of them getting paid.

Bill Gazes

 

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #19:

*Adjusted to reflect deal.

Taylor “ambiguosity” Paur Scores Second FTOPS Win

American pro Taylor Paur picked up his second FTOPS title last night, defeating a field of 387 players to win $73,559.

Paur agreed to a deal three-handed, going on to close out the tournament to add another title to his already decorated record.

Paur has over $3.8 million in online tournament earnings, including an FTOPS title from 2010 and a second-place FTOPS finish in '09. He also went on a very deep run in Las Vegas this summer, finishing 33rd in the WSOP Main Event.

Paur plays as tramp$d0pray on PokerStars and as TAZED1SPURR on the now defunct CEREUS network.

Other notables to cash in this tournament include Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen (35th), Jonathan “therookieqq9” Plens (39th), Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet (40th) and Jack “JackQKA” Ellwood (41st).

Paur at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe.

 

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #20:

*Adjusted to reflect deal.

British Player 'hteraaj2001' Wins FTOPS #21

UK poker player hteraaj2001 took down his first FTOPS title last night, coming out on top in the $216 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em event.

He overcame a field of 827 to win more than $28k and ultimately agreed to a deal with heads-up opponent Tiltn_Mafks.

Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet recorded his second FTOPS cash of the day, finishing 34th.

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #22:

*Adjusted to reflect deal.

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Schwartz lost heads-up to successful American online pro Dylan “InvisibleEnigma” Linde in the $535 10-Game event.

Linde was joined in the winners circle by fellow high-stakes online pro Josh “Buttsauce33” Weizer who came out on top in the $109 PLO event.

And finally, winning the smallest FTOPS first-place prize of the day, was BombOfLuck who notched a victory in the $216 Rush Turbo event.

Read on for highlights from the three most recent FTOPS XXI tournaments.

Josh Weizer Over Amit Makhija in FTOPS XXI #22

Decorated online pro Josh “Buttsauce33” Weizer scored his first outright win in Full Tilt Poker's biggest tournament series, and he did it against tough final-table competition like Amit “Amak316” Makhija.

Weizer pocketed $37,725 for the win which he adds to the more than $3.6 million in earnings he's racked up over the course of his career.

Makhija bowed out in third place for over $17k, and eventual runner-up BetTheePot took over $23k for second.

Weizer, who won a WCOOP title in 2010 playing as bbbbb33 on PokerStars, is from Pittsburgh but has been playing online from Toronto, Canada.

Amit Makhija finished third.

 

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #22:

Linde Over Schwartz in FTOPS XXI #23

FTOPS #23 was a $535 10-Game tournament and after the starting field of 364 was cut down to two it was Dylan “InvisibleEnigma” Linde going heads-up against Luke “_FullFlush1_” Schwartz.

Despite a record that boasts more than $2.8 million in earnings, Linde had never closed out a major online tournament before last night.

Schwartz, meanwhile, was denied his first FTOPS title, forced to settle for the $27k consolation prize.

Also cashing in this tournament were Richard "CHUFTY" Ashby (10th), Calvin “Cal42688” Anderson (13th), Chance “Chances Cards” Kornuth (22nd) and Scott Clements (35th).

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XX1 #23:

Richard Ashby narrowly missed the final table.

 

BombOfLuck Explodes in FTOPS XXI #24

Winner BombOfLuck's name was appropriate since players in FTOPS #24 started this Super Turbo Rush tournament with just 300 chips.

BombOfLuck all-in'd his way to a $29,146 victory after agreeing to a deal three-handed with potta_x_potta and Gambler 1989.

In total $167,877 was awarded with the lion's share going to the final-table finishers:

*Adjusted to reflect three-way deal.

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Eyster came out on top in the $322 Heads-Up Pot-Limit Omaha event while the second tournament of the day, a $322 rebuy event, was won by Costa Rican player Grayson "swish3113" Ramage.

All told $342,000 in FTOPS-cash was handed out yesterday on Full Tilt Poker and we've got the full details below.

Eyster Headlines Big Day for US Players

After Black Friday American poker pro Kevin "1SickDisease" Eyster was forced to relocate north of the border and yesterday it paid off by way of his first FTOPS title.

Eyster smashed his way to victory in the competitive heads-up PLO event, eventually closing out the final match against fellow American ex-pat Joey “Mtstackin88” Spanne to win $17,272.

Spanne, originally from California, is now playing online poker from Spain.

Kevin “kice32” Iacofano finished fourth, narrowly missing his first FTOPS title. Iacofano had a runner-up finish in an FTOPS event in 2007, a WCOOP win in 2009 and a victory in the Sunday Million earlier this month.

32 players in total cashed in this event including recent FTOPS winner João Paulo Simão (12th) and Chance “Chances Cards” Kornuth (31st).

Out on the bubble was Sebastian "p00cket00" Sikorski, who defeated Chris Moorman to win FTOPS #5 just last week.

Here are the top eight results for FTOPS XXI #25:

Grayson "swish3113" Ramage Scores in FTOPS #26

Costa Rican Grayson "swish3113" Ramage was the day's biggest winner, prevailing against a field of 294 to win the $322 Six-Max rebuy event.

gray31 on PokerStars, Ramage has earned more than $3.1 million playing online tournaments.

Brandon Meyers at the LA Poker Classic.

 

Canadian SCOOP winner Mutha Flushaa came second, adding to his roughly $1.6 million in online earnings.

Brandon "norajean" Meyers came frustratingly close to winning his second FTOPS in less than a week, finishing fourth. Meyers took down FTOPS #12 on Saturday for $40k.

Also cashing in this event were Andrey “Kroko-dill” Zaichenko (10th), Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen (14th), Jason “jdpc27” Wheeler (24th) and Scott Clements (34th).

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #26:

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Leah was the headliner but it was Spanish poker player Willy “Willmy_x” Aranzadi who took down the biggest FTOPS prize of the day.

Across the board almost $220,000 was handed out by Full Tilt Poker on Day 12 of FTOPS XXI.

Read on for the highlights.

Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah Wins $322 Razz

Decorated online and live pro Mike Leah snagged his second FTOPS title last night, outlasting a field of 245 in FTOPS #28, $322 Razz.

Leah turned pro in 2008, leaving what he described as a “cushy” job with magazine-subscription group Canadian Community Reading Plan to take a shot at playing cards for a living.

In the last four years he's won roughly $2.3 million playing online tournaments, including a $560k piece of last year's WCOOP main event. Now he has two FTOPS titles.

Leah defeated online player gieras heads-up to win $19,477 and his second gold jersey.

Also making the final table in this event was recent FTOPS winner Sebastian "p00cket00" Sikorski, who finished seventh.

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #28:

Bryan "enterthewu19" Piccioli

 

Willy “Willmy_x” Aranzadi Wins FTOPS #27

The second FTOPS event to play out yesterday was a $109 No-Limit Hold'em Super-Stack tournament which drew 1,464 players.

Willy “Willmy_x” Aranzadi, a poker pro from Pamplona, Spain went the distance, taking down $22,659 and his first FTOPS gold jersey.

Aranzadi agreed to a three-way deal with Mefestofel and BustToRobust who both took $20,000.

Also making the final table was American pro Bryan “enterthewu19” Piccioli who finished eighth.

Former Full Tilt red pro Scott Clements continued an impressive run of FTOPS results, cashing again in 11th place.

Recent Sunday Million winner Kevin “kice32” Iacofano also recorded another cash, busting in 27th.

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS XXI #27:

*Adjusted to reflect three-way deal.

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After a swingy November, Blom has been on fire in December and after peaking at $1.1 million is still holding strong with a profit of $722k.

Blom has played 39,721 hands since Full Tilt re-launched and has won huge sessions against Eugene “fishosaurusREX” Yanayt, DrugsOrMe and teammate Hansen.

The young Scandinavian also found time to win that $200k challenge against Dwan last weekend.

Yanayt is currently the biggest winner on Full Tilt Poker with $894k in profit since the site returned but Isildur1 has to be considered the hottest player at the moment. 

Here’s a look at the top 10 biggest winners on Full Tilt Poker according to hsdb.com:

Hansen Reeling From $2.2 Million Downswing, Dwan Down $987k

Tom "durrrr" Dwan

 

The other two members of Full Tilt Poker’s Professionals haven’t been nearly as successful as Blom.

Hansen is down an astounding $2.2 million since FTP re-launched while Dwan, who returned to the site later than Hansen and Blom, is feeling $987,189 worth of pain.

Regardless of how the Professionals have been faring, the high-stakes games on Full Tilt Poker are certainly alive and well.

The majority of the massive winners and losers in online poker can be found on the site.

Isildur1 even played a little $300/$600 No-Limit Hold’em this week, which hasn’t run online for ages.

Dwan and Hansen aren’t the only well-known players who have stumbled out of the gates as former cash game killers Andreas “skjervoy” Torbergsen and Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene have both lost hundreds of thousands.

Here’s a look at the top 10 biggest losers on Full Tilt Poker according to hsdb.com:

Dion prevailed over a massive field of 4,766 in the two-day finale, beating out a tough final table that included the likes of Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi who finished sixth.

But Dion was by no means the only big winner on Full Tilt Poker this weekend.

No less than ten six-figure scores were awarded on FTP and we've got the full rundown below.

Dion Denies Mizzi Second FTOPS Title

The FTOPS main event concluded just after 5am PST with French-Canadian pro Yann “yadio1111” Dion winning his first FTOPS title.

Dion, who came close to FTOPS glory with a 5th place finish in February of 2011 worth over $132,000, made a deal heads-up this morning with eventual runner-up CSWAMI.

Yann Dion at the 2012 Aussie Millions.

 

The final hand saw the money go in preflop with Dion's A-7 holding up against CSWAMI's A-4.

Finishing third was Russian player AmplifiedSample who took down two WCOOP titles this year under his PokerStars screenname Ti0.

The Russian was able to edge out American professional Scott “iRockhoes” Augustine who finished fourth.

Augustine, originally from Pittsburgh but now playing and living in Prague, cashed to the tune of $188k this morning.

Finishing fifth was UK pro Gerald “Aberdonian85” Cochlan. The young gun from Aberdeen has had success online but nothing close to the $140k he pocketed today.

Online and live superstar Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi was out one spot before Cochlan, adding $97k to the $2.5 million in online earnings he's racked up to date.

Squeaking into the final table and finishing ninth was another North American pro, Steven “Zugwat” Silverman.

Here are the full final-table results for the FTOPS XXI main event:

Schulz Defeats Hall in High-Stakes FTOPS #31

FTOPS #31 was a $2,100 buy-in two-day super-stack event and thanks to allowing multiple entries it was able to record 699 buy-ins.

Matt "NoBadBeatsPlz" Kay

 

After two days of play it was American pro Kevin “A_theKevlar_2” Schulz standing alone in the winners circle with $255k and an FTOPS title.

Schulz agreed to a three-way chop with Scott “stpauli111” Hall with Nicky “nickyluvshu” Tao Jin who took $254k and $192k, respectively.

Finishing sixth was Candian pro Matt "NoBadBeatsPlz" Kay, better known as his alias on PokerStars: ch0ppy.

Here are full final-table results for FTOPS #31:

*Adjusted to reflect deal.

Ronny “ronnyr37617” Kaiser Wins FTOPS #34

Swiss high-stakes pro Ronny “ronnyr37617” Kaiser beat out a massive field to win his second FTOPS title.

FTOPS #34 was a $256 six-max multi-entry No-Limit Hold'em event that recorded a massive 4,280 buy-ins to create a prize pool that tipped the scales at $856,000.

Kaiser defeated NhFy heads-up to take the title and the $142,609 first-place prize. In total 600 places were paid in this event.

Here are the full final-table results for FTOPS #34:

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Gaining on the SCOOP and WCOOP for most popular series on the calendar, the fast-paced TCOOP will run for 10 days from Jan. 17-27, 2013, and guarantee $5 million more than it did last year.

Buy-ins run from $7.50 up to $700 for the Main Event. Gariations include Hold'em, Omaha and HORSE plus hyper and 3x turbo events for even faster play. A $2,100 TCOOP High Roller is also on the slate.

Last year David Emmons outlasted 3,667 players to win over $382k in the TCOOP Main Event.

Satellites are already running on PokerStars with dozens of ways to earn seats in TCOOP events.

Check below for the full TCOOP schedule; check our PokerStars review and open a new account via PokerListings for a $600 sign-up bonus and access to exclusive monthly freerolls.

17-Jan -- 12:00 -- 01 -- NL Hold'em (6-Max) -- $27.00

17-Jan -- 14:00 -- 02 -- NL Omaha Hi/Lo -- $55.00

17-Jan -- 16:00 -- 03 -- NL Hold'em (Knockout) $215.00

17-Jan -- 18:00 -- 04 -- NL Hold'em -- $55.00

18-Jan -- 8:00 -- 05 -- NL Draw (was PL Draw) -- $27.00

18-Jan -- 10:00 -- 06 -- NL Hold'em (6-Max, Shootout) -- $55.00

18-Jan -- 12:00 -- 07 -- NL Hold'em (Rebuys) -- $27.00

18-Jan -- 14:00 -- 08 -- NL Hold'em (Big Antes, 2x Chance) -- $82.00

19-Jan -- 10:00 -- 09 -- PL Omaha (Knockout) -- $82.00

19-Jan -- 12:00 -- 10 -- NL Hold'em (Rebuys, 3x-Turbo) -- $11.00

19-Jan -- 14:00 -- 11 -- NL Hold'em (Heads-Up) -- $109.00

19-Jan -- 16:00 -- 12 -- Triple Stud -- $27.00

19-Jan -- 19:00 -- 13 -- Saturday Speedway - TCOOP Special -- $33.00

20-Jan -- 8:30 -- 14 -- NL Omaha Hi/Lo (6-Max, 2R1A) -- $82.00

20-Jan -- 11:30 -- 15 -- NL Hold'em (6-Max, Hyper-Turbo) -- $82.00

20-Jan -- 12:30 -- 16 -- NL Hold'em (Knockout) -- $241.00 -- $320.00

20-Jan -- 13:30 -- 17 -- NL Hold'em (1R1A) -- $109.00

20-Jan -- 15:30 -- 18 -- PL Omaha (6-Max, Rebuys, 2x-Turbo) -- $27.00

20-Jan -- 18:30 -- 19 -- Sunday Supersonic - TCOOP Special (Hyper-Turbo) -- $215.00

21-Jan -- 8:00 -- 20 -- PL Omaha (6-Max, 1R1A) -- $82.00

21-Jan -- 10:00 -- 21 -- NL Hold'em (4-Max) -- $24.60 -- 27.00

21-Jan -- 12:00 -- 22 -- FL Omaha Hi/Lo -- $82.00

21-Jan -- 14:00 -- 23 -- NL Hold'em (6-Max, Hyper-Turbo) -- $215.00

22-Jan -- 12:00 -- 24 -- PL Omaha Hi/Lo (6-Max) -- $109.00

22-Jan -- 14:00 -- 25 -- NL Hold'em -- $200.00 -- $215.00

22-Jan -- 16:00 -- 26 -- Stud -- $27.00

22-Jan -- 18:00 -- 27 -- NL Hold'em (Rebuys, 2x-Turbo) -- $27.00

23-Jan -- 8:00 -- 28 -- NL Hold'em (2x Chance) -- $82.00

23-Jan -- 10:00 -- 29 -- NL Hold'em (Shootout, Super-Knockout) -- $215.00

23-Jan -- 12:00 -- 30 -- PL Omaha (6-Max, Rebuys, 3x-Turbo) -- $11.00

23-Jan -- 14:00 -- 31 -- Stud Hi/Lo -- $27.00

24-Jan -- 12:00 -- 32 -- NL Hold'em (Rebuys, 3x-Turbo) -- $7.50

24-Jan -- 14:00 -- 33 -- Razz -- $27.00

24-Jan -- 16:00 -- 34 -- NL Hold'em (2x Chance) -- $215.00

24-Jan -- 18:00 -- 35 -- PL Omaha (4-Max) -- $82.00

25-Jan -- 8:00 -- 36 -- NL Hold'em (6-Max) -- $82.00

25-Jan -- 10:00 -- 37 -- PL Omaha (6-Max, 2R1A) -- $27.00

25-Jan -- 12:00 -- 38 -- NL Hold'em (Ante Up) -- $215.00

25-Jan -- 14:00 -- 39 -- FL Hold'em (6-Max) -- $82.00

26-Jan -- 10:00 -- 40 -- HORSE -- $215.00

26-Jan -- 12:00 -- 41 -- PL Omaha (Heads-Up, Super-Knockout) -- $215.00

26-Jan -- 14:00 -- 42 -- NL Hold'em (Rebuys, 2x-Turbo) -- $27.00

26-Jan -- 16:00 -- 43 -- NL Omaha Hi/Lo (6-Max, Hyper-Turbo) -- $109.00

26-Jan -- 19:00 -- 44 -- Saturday Speedway - TCOOP Special --$33.00

27-Jan -- 6:00 -- 45 -- NL Hold'em -- $109.00

27-Jan -- 11:00 -- 46 -- NL Hold'em (replaces Sunday Warm-Up) -- $215.00

27-Jan -- 12:00 -- 47 -- NL Hold'em (High Roller) -- $2,100.00

27-Jan -- 13:30 -- 48 -- 8-Game -- $300.00 -- $320.00

27-Jan -- 15:30 -- 49 -- NL Hold'em Main Event -- $700.00

27-Jan -- 18:30 -- 50 -- Sunday Supersonic - TCOOP Wrap Party (Hyper-Turbo) -- $215.00