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Congratulations to Phil Ivey for winning WSOP Event #8, the $2.5K No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball tournament. Ivey bested a field of 147 runners, which included some of the world’s best poker players, to take home over $95K in winnings and his 6th WSOP bracelet.
Congratulations to Full Tilt Poker pro Vitaly Lunkin for winning his 2nd WSOP bracelet. Lunkin bested 200 players to take down the $40K buy-in Special 40th Annual No-Limit Hold ’em Event for more than $1.8 million in prize money.
FTOPS XII awarded over $21 million in prize money and attracted more than 165,000 players, making it the most successful FTOPS to date. Seven events guaranteed at least $1 million in prize money, and the Main Event paid out a prize pool of $2.5 million.
Congratulations to Full Tilt Poker pros Gavin Smith and Berry Johnston for becoming FTOPS champions.
Congratulations to Full Tilt Poker pros Dag Mikkelsen and Andrew Feldman, for their impressive final-table finishes at 2009 EPT events in Monte Carlo.
Sharpen your skills with Full Tilt Poker Academy and learn how to play from the world's best poker players, including Academy Deans Howard Lederer and Phil Gordon.
Full Tilt Poker pro Steve Brecher won the 2009 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event, securing his first ever WPT championship title. He beat a field of 391 players to win over $1 million in prize money and his seat at the 2009 $25K WPT Championship event this April.
Full Tilt Poker pro Huck Seed is the 2009 National Heads-Up Champion. After deep runs in the four previous NHUPC tournaments, Huck defeated Vanessa Rousso 2-0 in the best-of-three final round to win one of the most prestigious titles in poker. He walked away with the NHUPC trophy and $500K in prize money, taking his career tournament earnings to more than $4.5 million.
Full Tilt Poker ran strong at this year’s LAPC, with Vivek Rajkumar winning the first ever $10K Heads-Up Championship event and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson battling his way to the Main Event final table.
John Phan has added another prestigious title to his resume – “BLUFF Magazine 2008 Player of the Year”. In a close race, his string of summer successes, including two WSOP bracelets and one WPT title, held good until the end of the year. He edged out, amongst others, fellow Full Tilt Poker pro David Pham who finished in 3rd place.
FULL TILT POKER - Pro Tips
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