• Entrants – 1244 / Prize Pool – $248,800

The Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan was the only event out of the three majors that didn’t end up having a deal made. The players fought tooth and nail until there was only one left standing. Eric Ladny won $54K this weekend after taking down the Sunday Mulligan and I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of him in the future. Kissymyasssob won $34K for finishing the event in 2nd place and 3rd place was won by Tim Finne, who ended up winning just over $25K for his efforts.

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

• Entrants – 3015 / Prize Pool – $603,000

With over 3000 players in the Sunday Brawl this week there was a ton of money to be won. When it got down to the end of the event the final two players decided to cut a deal. WasonTwentyTwos ended up taking home the bragging rights after winning the heads-up battle and took home just over $100K. PreshaDroppa won $96K for finishing in 2nd place thanks to the deal that was made while heads-up. Amarkf finished in 3rd place in the Sunday Brawl this weekend and won $57K, which isn’t a bad payday for a 3rd place finish.

Full Tilt $750K Guarantee

• Entrants – 4323 / Prize Pool – $864,600

The Full Tilt $750K Guarantee was fairly small this weekend, but there was still a ton of money to be won. Once the event went heads up the final two players cut a deal quickly with each other. Athied87 won the heads up battle after the deal was made and won $135K while Kyle Weekes finished in 2nd place and won $109K. Pat4ak2 managed to finish the tournament in 3rd place, which was good for a total of $60K. With the Mini-FTOPS XIX coming up this weekend the major tournaments will probably have a small playing field again, which is a good thing if you’re looking for the best chance at a big payday.

• Entrants – 14479 / Prize Pool – $8,687,400

The FTOPS XIX Main Event had a guaranteed prize pool of $3M, but it shot way over that total. The event was a NL Holdem multi-entry tournament, which helped ensure that the prize pool was built-up. With so much money on the line it wasn’t much of a surprise to see the top three players split the majority of the prize pool. GIAMPP ended up winning the Main Event when it was all finished and took home the prize of $877K. Blair Hinkle won 2nd place and earned $1162K while Mads Amot won $805K for finishing the FTOPS XIX Main Event in 3rd place.

FTOPS XIX Event #40

• Entrants – 1036 / Prize Pool – $2,072,000

The 40th event at the FTOPS XIX was a 2-day NL Holdem tournament that had antes from the very beginning. The action was fast paced due to the antes piling up quickly. The top 3 players ended up making a deal in the tournament and some of you might recognize one or more of the names. Ryan Sharp took home $332K for finishing in 1st place, Bryan Piccioli earned $282K for taking down 2nd place and Ben Palmer won $310K for his 3rd place finish in the 2-day tournament.

FTOPS XIX Event #44

• Entrants – 6127 / Prize Pool – $1,225,400

Event #44 was a NL Holdem 6-Max Knockout, which ended up having a huge turnout of over 6000 players. The buy-in wasn’t that big compared to the other two events above, which is why the prize pool is only a bit over $1M. The top 4 players made a deal in this event and they all ended up winning six figures. Usually you don’t see so many people agree on a deal, but I’m sure all of them are extremely happy with walking away with over $100K. Below is a list of what place each player finished in starting with 1st place.

• Andymcloed – $163K
• King2173 – $131K
• Baby Drake – $143K
• Selinantis – $112K

• Entrants – 1243 / Prize Pool – $248,600

The prize pool almost broke the half a million dollars mark, but feel just short as registration to the event closed. Nobody ended up making a deal and it was a fight right down to the finish. Bigcdeboss727 secured the victory in the Sunday Mulligan and won the grand prize of $54K. ToddyBrun2 lost the heads-up battle this weekend, but still walked away with a massive prize of $34K for finishing the tourney in 2nd place. Too Eazy won $25K for finishing the tournament in 3rd place, which is a very nice payout for a fairly small MTT.

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

• Entrants – 2995 / Prize Pool – $599,000

Christopher Bonita outlasted the playing field of almost 3000 players this Sunday and won $121K for finishing the Sunday Brawl in first place. Flying Smile put up a big fight this weekend, but fell just short of the title in the heads-up battle. Flying Smile earned $78K for finishing in 2nd place while Moisei1986 won $58K for ending the tournament in third place. The turnout was a bit smaller then usual this weekend, but the prize pool was still bigger then you’re going to find elsewhere on a Sunday other than PokerStars.

Full Tilt $750K Guarantee

• Entrants – 4084 / Prize Pool – $816,800

With only 4000 poker players in the $750K Guarantee this Sunday there was a great chance at winning the event. The traffic was a lot smaller then usual, but it’ll be bigger next week since the prize pool will have a $1.5M Guarantee. Im Young Money walked away with the first place title and $144K, which made him the big winner at Full Tilt Poker this weekend in the MTT’s. White_Kong20 almost won the event, but ended up losing while playing heads-up and finished 2nd, which was worth $87K. PokerLogic1 locked up 3rd place and was rewarded with a prize of $57K.

One event that is a little different from the rest is the 6th Annual Full Tilt Poker Miriam Foundation Montreal Open. This particular event is unique for a few different reasons.

The first thing that sets the 6th Annual Full Tilt Poker Miriam Foundation Montreal Open apart from other poker promotions is that it is televised. The main part of the event is going to be held, not in the United States like most poker events are, but rather in Canada. This event which will is scheduled to be held at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal. Poker players who do well at the Windsor will then be invited to play in a championship round which will be help in Las Vegas.

If the fact that they poker is going to be extremely good for this particular even was not enough of a reason to participate in this event, the charity that it is supporting should be. The event is being held in an attempt to earn enough money to help both adults and children who are struggling with a variety of cognitive disabilities including autism.

Not just anyone can plan on participating in this very special event. Since it is being televised, the Full Tilt staff wants to make sure only their best players are going to be seen. This is why they have set up a series of qualifying rounds. Anyone who wants to participate in the event is going to have to earn their chair. The times of the qualifiers never vary they are always on Wednesdays at 10:15 EST and Sundays at 4:15 EST. There are also satellite tournaments that players can use to qualify for the events.

The dates that the event will be at the Windsor Hotel are March 27th and March 30th 2011. There will be over $250,000 worth of prizes that the poker players are going to be competing for.

• Entrants – 1266 / Prize Pool – $253,200

Ashley Mason was able to win the Sunday Mulligan this weekend and he took home the grand prize of $55K. Mason has quite the poker resume and I’m sure we’ll see him again in the future in one of these reports. BadBankroll lost the heads-up battle, but still won 2nd place and took home $35K. Connor Drinnan won $25K for finishing in 3rd place and that’s already his 2nd big cash in the past week between Full Tilt and PokerStars.

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

• Entrants – 2864 / Prize Pool – $572,800

There were almost 3000 players in the Sunday Brawl this weekend at Full Tilt Poker and there was tons of money to be won. There was no deal made in the tournament, which meant that the 1st place winner, Tvh-Tmk888, won $116K. Nice hAnd ok won 2nd place and took home the prize of $75K while Guithome won $55K for finishing the event in 3rd place. Every week there are plenty of satellites available that you can enter for as little as a few dollars so make sure you don’t miss out on the event next week.

Full Tilt $1M Guarantee

• Entrants – 1969 / Prize Pool – $1,181,400

Full Tilt offered a $1M Guarantee this Sunday, which they seem to be doing regularly lately. This was the only event at Full Tilt this Sunday that ended with a deal between the top 3 players. After the deal was made between the top 3 players KiKaMo ended up taking the crown and $176K grand prize. ElitesRush settled for a 2nd place finish and won $136K while TheoWalcott14 won $125K after being knocked out in 3rd place. With the buy-in being $600+$40 it may be out of your buy-in range, but there are tons of ways to qualify for the Full Tilt $1M Guarantee every single day of the week.

The first two players to be knocked out this past week on Poker After Dark were John Juanda and Erick Lindgren. Juanda went out against Dwan with an A/Q that didn’t end up hitting the board. In the next hand Lindgren was eliminated against Dwan as well when his low pocket pair didn’t hold up against Dwan’s two over cards. Dwan was also able to knockout Galfond in 4th place later on in the week, but Dwan’s lucked stopped after he eliminated Galfond.

Huck Seed ended up going all-in with an A/6 and Dwan made the call with a Q/J, which at the time was a little loose. Dwan ended up hitting a jack on the turn, but it didn’t matter since Seed had already hit an ace on the flop. The battle between Huck Seed and Phil Ivey for the title and $600K was extremely short lived. The two players only ended up playing three hands before Seed won the match and the monster prize pool.

The last hand of the tournament Seed went all-in with pocket eights and Ivey decided to make the call with pocket sixes. Ivey would need to hit a six or a long shot straight/flush in order to beat Suck and stay in the match. When the flop came there were two eights, which meant Huck now had four eights and the hand locked up. I hope Poker After Dark uses the $100K buy-in format again as it makes the action a lot more intense and it seems the players try a lot harder then if it were only a $20K buy-in.

• Entrants – 1264 / Prize Pool – $252,800

The prize pool in the Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan was over a quarter million dollars, but this was the smallest of the four big events running over the weekend. Taylor Paur won 1st place and won the entire prize of $55K for his efforts since there wasn’t any deal made in the Sunday Mulligan. LuckyML97ft won 2nd place for $35K and MostlyNutz won $25K for taking down 3rd place. It was a great start to Sunday, but there were definitely better tournaments to be playing in this weekend.

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

• Entrants – 2621 / Prize Pool – $524,200

Just like the Sunday Mulligan, players didn’t end up making any deal in the Sunday Brawl. With over $500K up for grabs the top 3 players were rewarded nicely for their play throughout the tournament. Tight-Man1 took home the grand prize of $106K for finishing in 1st place this weekend. Paranoik will have an extra $68K for the holidays after taking 2nd place and Ringlesdorf will be pleased with winning over $50K for finishing 3rd.

Full Tilt $1M Guarantee

• Entrants – 2092 / Prize Pool – $1,255,200

Generally Full Tilt only hosts a $750K Guarantee, but this week there was a $1M Guarantee. This helped the prize pool reach a huge amount and with only roughly 2K players in the tournament it was a great event to play in. Dlanger610 secured a 1st place finish and won a massive $230K prize. Lily Mizrachi won 2nd place for $141K and for those of you that don’t know. Lily is the wife of “The Grinder”. It was awesome to see Lily do so well in the tournament and I promise you it won’t be the last time you see her name at the top of a major event. Euthanaces also left with nearly $100K for finishing in 3rd place and there is no doubt that the $1M Guarantee was a huge success.

Full Tilt Mini-FTOPS Main Event

• Entrants – 16,910 / Prize Pool – $1,183,700

With over 16K players in the MiniFTOPS Main Event it wasn’t a tournament for players without patience. It took a long time to play, but in the end I’m sure everyone who made money is extremely happy. There was a 5-player deal in the event, which is kind of weird since there was also a 5-player deal over at PokerStars this Sunday. The top 5 players are as followed including how much each of them managed to win.

• 1st Place – Frra87 $118K
• 2nd Place – GROMAZ $101K
• 3rd Place – Samulap $99K
• 4th Place – Jrosek9 $83K
• 5th Place – KingJackNine $75K

• Entrants – 1214 / Prize Pool – $242,800

The Full Tilt Sunday Mulligan boats the smallest prize pool of the major tournament every weekend, but there is only about 1200 players to beat each week. If you play a lot of MTT’s then you know that with only 1200 players, your chances of winning a nice prize is fairly good. If you’re new to the major poker tournaments, you’re going to want to try out the Sunday Mulligan. Unleashed66 took home 1st place honours this weekend as well as the $53K prize pool. Kenny Hallaert won 2nd place ($33K) with 3rd place going to 4everunknown ($24K).

Full Tilt Sunday Brawl

• Entrants – 2616 / Prize Pool – $523,200

This week seen the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl surpass the $500K mark by only a little bit, as the playing field was only a little over 2600 players. As we mentioned earlier, there wasn’t a deal in this tournament. Keith Ferrera won the 1st place title this week and won a $106K prize for his efforts. Bahbak Oboodi won $68K for finishing in 2nd place this weekend and Magic_AND_Ken won $50K for finishing the Sunday Brawl in 3rd place. We should see the prize pool increase a bit over the next few weeks, so if winning over $100K sounds good, you should try qualifying for the tournament this week at Full Tilt.

Full Tilt $750K Guarantee

• Entrants – 4213 / Prize Pool – $842,600

Out of the major tournaments held at Full Tilt over the weekend, the $750K Guarantee was the only one with a deal. When the action reached heads-up the two players decided to cut a deal and then play for the remaining prize pool. Ravagee started the heads-up battle with less chips, but ended up finishing in 1st place and won $113K. Cobalt56 had a nice chip lead to start the heads-up battle, but Cobalt ended up finishing in 2nd place and won $125K. JoyHappyJoy I’m sure was ecstatic to finish in 3rd place this weekend in the Full Tilt $750K Guarantee, especially with the $58K prize pool that went along with 3rd place honours.

How to Play Rush Poker Mobile?

1) Sign up at Full Tilt Poker.
2) Deposit money if you want to play “real money”.
3) Download the Android application or navigate your mobile browser to http://mobile.fulltiltpoker.com
4) Login and begin playing.

What does this mean for Mobile Poker?
This is the first real effort by a big online poker site to get mobile poker off the ground. Some people have doubts about how it will work with connectivity issues in play. Imagine having a huge hand and losing signal for a little bit, forcing you to fold a winning hand. I’m sure there are issues but Full Tilt Poker launching Rush Poker Mobile is the first step of many to making mobile poker mainstream.

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Rush Poker Mobile offers something completely unique to the poker community. Now, no matter where you are or what time it is, you can play Full Tilt Poker on your phone. Imagine taking long road trips and playing poker the whole time. Imagine grinding at the poker table for hours upon end while you are in a boring presentation. Anything is possible now with Rush Poker Mobile. The interface is very nice and the gameplay was quick and responsive. Get signed up at Full Tilt Poker today and give Rush Poker Mobile a try.

The FTOPS XVIII Main Event had a total of 5023 players with a buy-in of $600+$40. Many people qualified for the event through satellite tournaments, but the prize pool still need to match the buy-in. With the amount of players in the event the prize pool was slightly over $3 million. The top 3 players made a deal in this event and I don’t blame them, especially considering the amount of money on the line. JHoWn ended up winning the tournament after the deal was made and took home a bit over $411K. Hilyaki finished the main event in 2nd place and won $337K while ReifesEisen finished in 3rd place after the deal was made and won $380K. ReifesEisen had more chips then Hilyaki when the deal was cut, which is why the prizes are as they are.

FTOPS XVIII 2-Day Event

There was also a massive 2-day event held at the end of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVIII and it was a huge success. There was a huge buy-in of $2000+$100 for this tournament, which meant the prize pool was $2,176,000, as 1088 players signed up. With such a small playing field and huge prize pool this was one of the best online poker tournaments this year. If you managed to qualify for the tournament through a satellite then you were extremely lucky, as they were hard to come by. Tennisassxy won 1st place, but this was after a 3-way deal was cut between the final three players. Tennisassxy won $332K, Michael Hull won $342K for 2nd place and log1c07 won $354K for 3rd place. The deal worked out for 2nd and 3rd place this time around, but I’m sure nobody’s complaining.

There was over $5 million on the line this weekend in these two tournaments alone at Full Tilt Poker, but there were also a few other events with 6-7 figure prize pools. After a great showing at all of the FTOPS XVIII events over the past couple weeks I expect the Sunday Majors to be packed next weekend at Full Tilt Poker.