full tilt online poker Series or FTOPS for short stands for the richest tourney series Full Tilt puts on during their calendar year. With the multitude of satellites and poker disciplines being played, players of all walks of poker life are encouraged to take their shots at five and six figure pay outs.

I managed to turn an eight dollar token into a cashing at the Pot Limit Eight or Better tourney. With satellites running around the clock its a great way for a lower stakes player to take their shot and a sizable payday.

Here's the information from Full Tilt's website:

In FTOPS I, Tilters competed for $1 million in guaranteed prize money. In FTOPS II, that number rose to $2.5 million. Now, we're raising the stakes even more.

Join us beginning on Friday, February 9th when we'll kick off FTOPS III with $3.4 million in guaranteed prize pools - including a guaranteed $1.5 million prize pool in the No-Limit Hold 'em Main Event.

With crownnginger, the winner of the FTOPS I Main Event taking home more than $161,000, and Spiked taking home more than $224,000 for his victory in the FTOPS II Main Event, the winner of FTOPS III's Big Dance will be looking at the biggest single prize we've ever awarded.

Of course, its not only the Main Event winners who will see handsome cash payouts, because the prize pools in all of our FTOPS III events are sure to be bigger than ever before. And, because we think the winners of these events deserve something more, we'll also give each of them a one-of-a-kind gold Full Tilt Poker jersey in addition to their prize money.

Winning an online championship title isn't any good if you can't do a little bragging the next time you sit down at your favorite Full Tilt Poker game, which is why each tournament winner will also receive a special FTOPS gold jersey avatar.

To keep track of your progress throughout the series, be sure to check out our FTOPS III Tournament Leaderboard. Play your way to the top and we'll reward your performance by giving you a personal avatar just like the ones used by our Full Tilt Poker pros.

Check out the Full Tilt Poker Blog for the latest updates on all of the FTOPS tournament action and view our FTOPS leaderboards.