The last run of the series, FTOPS II, held just three months ago in November 2006, had total guaranteed prizes of $2.5 million. That means Full Tilt is upping its total guarantees by more than 50 percent, despite recent events like the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and the pullouts of some big payment processors from the U.S. market.
True to tradition, the series will offer exclusive FTOPS gold jersey avatars (shown above) to the winner of each event and is giving away a custom, personalized avatar to the player who racks up the most points on the FTOPS III leader board. Last year's leader board winner was Gary "GB2005" Bodganski, who told CardPlayer.comthat he hopes to have his avatar by the time FTOPS III starts so he can sport it on his way to a possibly even better series in 2007.
November's FTOPS main event winner, Spiked, won $224,000, meaning the winner of the first FTOPS of 2007 will receive over a quarter million dollars.
The schedule of events is as follows:
- Friday, Feb. 9, 9 p.m. – No-limit hold'em $200+$16 – $200,000 guarantee
- Saturday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m. – H.O.R.S.E. $200+$16 – $100,000 guarantee
- Sunday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. – No-limit hold'em $300+$22 – $750,000 guarantee
- Monday, Feb. 12, 9 p.m. – Pot-limit Omaha with Rebuys $100+$9 – $50,000 guarantee
- Tuesday, Feb. 13, 9 p.m. – No-limit hold'em sixhanded $200+$16 – $350,000 guarantee
- Wednesday, Feb. 14, 9:00 p.m. – Pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better $200+$16 – $75,000 guarantee
- Thursday, Feb. 15, 9:00 p.m. – No-limit hold'em with rebuys $200+$16 – $100,000 guarantee
- Friday, Feb. 16, 9:00 p.m. – Pot-limit hold'em $200+$16 – $125,000 guarantee
- Saturday, Feb. 17, 4:00 p.m. – Pot-limit hold'em/Omaha (H.A.) $300+$22 – $150,000 guarantee
- Sunday, Feb. 18, 6:00 p.m. – No-limit hold'em main event $500+$35 – $1.5 million guarantee
Those interested in taking part in the events listed above can click here.
