The Sunday Briefing: Blair "blur5f6" Hinkle Earns $1,162,949.74 for Runner-Up Finish in FTOPS XIX Main Event

February 21 2011, Mickey Doft

Full Tilt Poker's FTOPS XIX concluded early Monday morning with its Main Event. While it was expected that multi-entries would result in the shattering of the $3 million guaranteed prize pool, not many expected that number to be nearly tripled. When the number of entrants hit 10,757, the first seven-figure first-place prize in FTOPS history was offered. Registration closed with a field of 14,479 and a prize pool of $8,687,400.

Several recognizable names made the final table, most notably Blair "blur5f6" Hinkle. With three players left, a deal was struck and chip leader Hinkle was guaranteed seven figures, but he ultimately finished runner-up for $1,162,949.74. Making the comeback victory was "GIAMPP" for $877,949.74. In addition to the Main Event, the $2,000 Two-Day Event also concluded with Ryan "NextCase222" Sharp taking it down for $332,041.25.

FTOPS Main Event: No-Limit Hold’em Multi-Entry

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$600+$40	14,479	$8,687,400

Place	Player	Prize
*1	GIAMPP	$877,949.74
*2	Blair "blur5f6" Hinkle	$1,162,949.74
*3	Mads "SirMad" Amot	$805,440.26
4	Nayza	$451,744.80
5	Dan "WiLDmAn75" Buzgon	$321,433.80
6	J NOCK	$230,216.10
7	425wedabest	$165,060.60
8	beerocrat	$121,623.60
9	Nicholas "Colonel Mustard" Stowell	$86,005.26

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Andras Nemeth (18th - $31,274.64), Keith "DaMurdera3" Ferrera (22nd - $21,718.50), Eric "jakz101poker" Crain (34th - $15,637.32)

FTOPS Event #40: No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Antes from Start Two-Day

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$2,000+$100	1,036	$2,072,000

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Ryan "NextCase222" Sharp	$332,041.25
*2	Bryan "enterthewu19" Piccioli	$282,245.16
*3	Ben "bonafidedonkey" Palmer	$310,861.59
4	minameeborat	$153,328
5	Maxine Waters	$109,816
6	Daheh	$70,448

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Dan "LeonP" Colpoys (7th - $43,512), Christian "da_professional" Iacobellis (15th - $16,576), Jeremiah "Believer8219" Vinsant (16th - $13,468), David "Bussa Buss" Baker (20th - $11,188.80), Isaac Baron (23rd - $11,188.80), Taylor "ambiguosity" Paur (24th - $11,188.80)

FTOPS Event #44: No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Knockout

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$240+$16	6,127	$1,225,400

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Andymcloed	$163,365.07
*2	King2173	$131,611.93
*3	Baby Drake	$143,459.96
*4	selinantis	$112,037.23
5	aj66johnson	$53,917.60
6	Calvin "cal42688" Anderson	$36,762

*denotes four-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Alex "princetendee" Smith (9th - $15,562.58), Brent "bdubs3737" Wheeler (16th - $7,046.05), Nick "FU_15" Maimone (40th - $2,806.17)

PokerStars Sunday Million

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	9,178	$1,835,600

Place	Player	Prize
*1	arabella1722	$196,706.57
*2	Glenn "surfstar33" McCaffrey	$169,935.84
*3	Brian "ZBTHorton1" Horton	$224,884.55
4	Peter Pan 43	$91,780
5	Gantz98	$73,434
6	sviestas	$55,068
7	Flush_Entity	$36,712
8	Darryll "df1986" Fish	$20,191.60
9	aizenxaim	$12,849.20

*denotes three-handed deal

Notable Finishes: Daniel "ziggy47" Bokesch (12th - $9,545.12)

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	5,175	$1,035,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	Matt "BruceWizayne" Haugen	$161,905.05
2	steffo8	$120,577.50
3	jfitz23	$85,387.50
4	Nespotar	$58,477.50
5	mrlimp	$43,987.50
6	Agent Bear	$33,637.60
7	Enners	$23,287.50
8	xalbas11	$12,937.50
9	mike2379	$8,280

Notable Finishes: Adam "Roothlus" Levy (11th - $6,158.25), Bryan "bparis" Paris (20th - $2,535.75), Joseph "JBlaze20" Chaplin (22nd - $2,535.75)

PokerStars Sunday 500

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$500+$30	1,106	$553,000

Place	Player	Prize
1	APD0290	$94,010
2	Cal_Baller	$69,125
3	Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron	$52,479.70
4	isuckoutonu	$37,604
5	OBVAMENTS	$27,373.50
6	Steve "PiKappRaider" Burkholder	$21,843.50
7	DarrenB25	$16,313.50
8	Larry "BBOY3110" Sharp	$10,783.50
9	Kevin "parksy1066" Parkes	$5,972.40

Notable Finishes: Chad "badbeatman06" Eveslage (10th - $4,866.40), Eric “Mescalin8″ Appel (13th - $3,760.40), Ravi "govshark2" Raghavan (15th - $3,760.40), Dan "APowers1968" Colpoys (17th - $2,654.40), Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (18th - $2,654.40)

PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$200+$15	1,523	$304,600

Place	Player	Prize
1	stanman420	$54,949.84
2	Joel "JD9712" Dodds	$39,750.30
3	MaltLiquor40	$30,460
4	qucumba	$22,845
5	Scott "cool0813" Zakheim	$15,991.50
6	Fabrice "fabsoul" Soulier	$12,945.50
7	F_Spieler	$9,899.50
8	i need bond$	$6,853.50
9	g3ntlem4n	$4,264.40

Notable Finishes: Shannon "basebal1b" Shorr (14th - $2,284.50), Matt "ch0ppy" Kay (17th - $1,675.30)

PokerStars $109+R NL Hold'em ($300K Guaranteed)

Buy-in	Entrants	Prize Pool
$100+$9	1,285	$456,100

Place	Player	Prize
*1	Phoenician88	$71,926.97
*2	Sirocko	$71,926.97
3	Doommy	$45,610
4	Jonathan "driverseati" Tamayo	$34,207.50
5	I'am_Sound	$23,945.25
6	Paolo69	$19,384.25
7	Peter "twirlpro" Turmezey	$14,823.25
8	Don "slicknastyAK" Boivin	$10,262.25
9	Michael "bEatNicK"OG"" Stroh	$6,385.40

*denotes even heads-up chop

Notable Finishes: Travis "TravestyFund" Rice (12th - $4,561), Vanessa Selbst (20th - $1,961.23)

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