FTOPS VII: Event #8 and #9 Hosting Duties Put Aside for Winner Lindgren
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on February 11, 2008
Yesterday saw off two more FTOPS VII events with the $120+$9 NLHE 6-max knockout and a $300+$22 NLHE tourney with a one million dollar guarantee. Both events had unusual happenings: The number eight event (6-max Knockout) saw its cap reached as 6,000 players crammed into Full Tilt's server to play and no one else was admitted. Something usually reserved for freerolls, I can't remember the last time I'd seen a higher stakes tournament reach its cap or get near it for that matter. Nonetheless, "Sleepy_Hippo" stayed awake long enough to plow through this monster field and took home $114,612 for his nocturnally troubled namesake.
Event nine the $300+$22 NLHE tourney also saw a huge field of 5,637 blast through the guarantee and staked a $1.69 million prize pool to be shared by 738 players. Hosted by long time Full Tilt pro Erick Lindgren who found his account stuffed this morning not for appearing in a commercial but because he won his own tourney! $291,748.57 is the exact amount he took home for winning the event. Not sure if this is a first, but its certainly a welcome sight to see one of their own do so well.
Up today are the $1,000+$60 NLHE 6-max and $200+$16 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo events.
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