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Run it and they will come. The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) began its 13th installment on August 5, and they came. Each of the first five events found itself with high registration numbers and guarantees that were left in the dust for bigger and better prize pools. There is no better testament to a top online poker series than attendance, and FTOPS XIII has once again proven its prowess in only the first five events.

Let’s take a look at the results of those five events:

Event 1: $200 + $16 No-Limit Hold’em
Date: August 5
Host: Vitaly Lunkin
Guarantee: $1 million
Actual prize pool: $1,142,400
Registration: 5,712 players
Winner: Deception Pt ($    107,518,60)

Event 2: $300 + $22 No-Limit Hold’em 4x Shootout, 6-max
Date: August 6
Host: Scott Fischman
Guarantee: $250,000
Actual prize pool: $357,900
Registration: 1,193 players
Winner: jive32 ($62,632.50)

Event 3: $200 + $16 Omaha-8
Date: August 6
Host: Scott Clements
Guarantee: $200,000
Actual prize pool: $217,200
Registration: 1,086 players
Winner: UgA7211 ($29,630.73)

Event 4:  $200 + $16 No-Limit Hold’em, 1 rebuy, 1 add-on
Date: August 7
Host: Daniele Mazzia
Guarantee: $500,000
Actual prize pool: $679,400
Registration: 1,415 players
Winner: TwistedEcho ($102,382.28)

Event 5:  $200 + $16 Stud
Date: August 7
Host: David Oppenheim
Guarantee: $100,000
Actual prize pool: $108,800
Registration: 544 players
Winner: Xsporean ($25,785.60)

It should be noted that Team Full Tilt member Andy Bloch had a stellar run in Event 5, finishing second to Xsporean and picking up $17,081.60 for his stud play.

Each event thus far has garnered a solid field of pros and amateurs, many of whom took their seats courtesy of satellites that allowed them to play the major events for a fraction of the buy-ins. Every player on Full Tilt has that opportunity, with qualifiers running around the clock for the remainder of the FTOPS XIII tournaments, which are as follows:

Aug. 8    Event 6 - $500+35 PLO 6-max ($350K)
Aug. 8    Event 7 - $100+9 NLHE w/rebuys ($500K)
Aug. 9    Event 8 - $240+16 NLHE knockout 6-max ($750K)
Aug. 9    Event 9 - $500+35 NLHE heads-up ($500K)
Aug. 9    Event 10 - $300+22 NLHE ($1.5 million)
Aug. 10    Event 11 - $200+16 PLHE/PLO mix ($200K)
Aug. 10    Event 12 - $1000+60 NLHE ($1.5 million)
Aug. 11    Event 13 - $300+22 NLHE 3x shootout ($200K)
Aug. 11    Event 14 - $500+35 HORSE ($300K)
Aug. 11    Event 15 - $200+16 NLHE 6-max turbo ($500K)
Aug. 12    Event 16 - $240+16 PLO hi-lo knockout ($200K)
Aug. 12    Event 17 - $300+22 NLHE w/rebuys 6-max ($1 million)
Aug. 13    Event 18 - $200+16 PLO heads-up ($150K)
Aug. 13    Event 19 - $200+16 LHE 6-max ($150K)
Aug. 14    Event 20 - $200+16 NLHE 6-max ($400K)
Aug. 14    Event 21 - $300+22 Razz ($150K)
Aug. 15    Event 22 - $2500+120 NLHE 6-max 2-day ($2 million)
Aug. 15    Charity - Ante Up For Africa, $100+20 NLHE 6-max ($100K)
Aug. 15    Event 23 - $100+9 PLO w/rebuys ($350K)
Aug. 16    Event 24 - $120+9 NLHE knockout ($750K)
Aug. 16    Event 25 - $500+35 NLHE main event ($2.5 million)

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In only five events, 9,950 players have played, and a good portion of them have cashed in on well over $2.5 million in prize money. Anyone has the chance to be the next one to grab the FTOPS gold jersey, specialty avatar, and hundreds of thousands of dollars to go along with a coveted FTOPS online poker title. Will that player be you?