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FTOPS #1: The First Tournament on FullTilt Poker
The first FTOPS tournament on FullTilt Poker had 4694 participants with a buy-in of $200+$16 and a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000.
Timofey Vekshin and Ilya Gorodeckiy, representing GipsyTeam, both exited the tournament early. Timofey Vekshin lost his middle stack after losing a hand with Kx Qx against Ax 6x. Ilya Gorodeckiy was eliminated after losing a hand with 2x 2x against Ax Kx.
GinsasH and pokerukr (oleskafo) were among the players who advanced significantly in the tournament. GinsasH had 90,000 chips with an average stack of 67,000 when 335 players remained. pokerukr had 100,000 chips with an average stack of 77,000 when 300 players remained. VaDim MarKush13 (MVPapa) had 116,000 chips during a break. Anatoliy Dopp Ozhennik had 76,000 chips during a break. David Pham was eliminated in 124th place. Your Idol Dan G was the chip leader with 722,000 chips. pokerukr had 121,000 chips with an average stack of 221,000 when 104 players remained.
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