Another edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) has arrived. FTOPS XXIII kicked off Sunday, Aug. 4 at Full Tilt Poker and will run through Aug. 18 with 39 events and $8 million in guaranteed prize pools. The series will be highlighted by the $635 buy-in Main Event on Aug. 18, but new games like 5-Card Omaha, Courchevel and 6-Card Omaha will also be featured for the first time ever.
British poker superstar Chris "kid_bramm" Brammer kicked off the festivities by winning Event #1, a $215 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament which drew 3,503 players. It was the first FTOPS title of Brammer's career, and he was awarded almost $130,000 for his efforts. Ana "Nyx86" Marquez finished sixth in the tournament for $18,565.
Several other big names won Sunday Majors this week, including Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk, Dan "Danny98765" Smith, and Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu, who was the week's biggest winner after taking down the PokerStars Sunday Million for $205,751. Elio "smokrokflock" Fox finished third in that event.
Here's a look at the results from the Sunday Majors at PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker:
PokerStars Sunday Million ($1M Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
7,063
$1,142,600
Place
Player
Prize
1
Matthias "goodvibe1" Neu
$205,751
2
Farzinem
$162,051
3
Elio "smokrokflock" Fox
$113,008
4
David Buetta
$74,867
5
trashtalk99
$57,916
6
13pacman13
$43,790
7
profatmo
$30,370
8
horner26
$16,951
9
mitdadu
$10,947
Notable Finishes: Paul "Sircall" Kristofferson (21st - $3,291), Francis "The Lag rat" Anderson (46th - $2,443)
PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up ($500K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
3,081
$616,200
Place
Player
Prize
1
luetch1
$96,745
2
Vitorbrasil
$72,095
3
theBlacking
$51,144
4
LFmagic
$35,431
5
gilbertogaf
$26,379
6
aakiss1990
$20,026
7
blowknockout
$13,864
8
robodonk78
$7,702
9
GoodOldJ
$4,929
Notable Finishes: Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (14th - $2,865), Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis (20th - $1,632)
Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XXIII Event #1 ($500K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
3,503
$700,600
Place
Player
Prize
1
Chris "kid_bramm" Brammer
$129,611
2
4CashNow
$91,078
3
IgorFederal
$62,353
4
Lortmatto
$46,239
5
jellyfish223
$35,030
6
DSunichlife
$25,992
7
Ana "Nyx86" Marquez
$18,565
8
vienna bundy
$13,171
9
papychulo777
$8,897
Notable Finishes: Brian "brianm15" England (22nd - $2,241), Tom "hitthehole" Middleton (26th - $2,241)
Full Tilt Poker FTOPS XXIII Event #2 ($100K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$300+20
926
$277,800
Place
Player
Prize
1
broskyprosky
$45,021*
2
mendezoo
$47,541*
3
actyper
$26,391
4
Steve "McNallyville" McNally
$19,723
5
RastaMong
$14,723
6
Xading
$10,834
7
Michael "mossified84" Skomac
$8,056
8
Rayan "rkruok" Nathan
$5,833
9
pokerjoe485
$4,167
*Denotes heads-up deal
Notable Finishes: Ryan "ryanghall" Hall (12th - $2,778), Chris "kid_bramm" Brammer (22nd - $1,194), Philipp "philbort" Gruissem (26th - $1,194)
PokerStars Sunday 500 ($300K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$500+30
798
$399,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
jmc2536
$71,820
2
DestinoTrece
$51,870
3
Ryan "HITTHEPANDA" Franklin
$38,703
4
w4ldo
$28,927
5
lilachaa
$20,109
6
Mike "Pipedream17" Dietrich
$16,119
7
PikkuHUMPPA
$12,129
8
Johan "busto_soon" van Til
$8,179
9
Jose "nachobarbero" Barbero
$4,987
PokerStars $109 Sunday Rebuy ($225K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$100+9
970
$296,400
Place
Player
Prize
1
jackziyang
$55,575
2
KOSHMAR2618
$40,014
3
prrrak4783
$29,640
4
zogador
$22,230
5
teckidtq
$15,561
6
Ondrej "Vinkyy" Vinklarek
$12,597
7
PIUlimeira
$9,633
8
d1rdyharry
$6,669
9
Chipeur221
$4,179
Notable Finishes: Peter "Belabacsi" Traply (13th - $2,519), Tom "tollgate" Grigg (16th - $1,926), Toby "810ofclubs" Lewis (21st - $1,333), Steve "MrTimCaum" O'Dwyer (22nd - $1,333), Brandon "oncommand" Meyers (24th - $1,333)
PokerStars Bigger $162 ($150K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$150+12
1,691
$253,650
Place
Player
Prize
1
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk
$31,782*
2
rojorulez
$31,680*
3
TuckYouIn
$25,422*
4
Joker_JimB
$22,986*
5
Aaralynn
$12,048
6
tommytight
$9,511
7
HS_Hacker
$6,975
8
Jeff "jeff710" Hakim
$4,438
9
bruxa21
$2,536
*Denotes four-handed deal
Notable Finishes: Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah (24th - $989)
PokerStars Sunday 2nd Chance ($175K Guaranteed)
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$200+15
1,323
$264600
Place
Player
Prize
1
Dan "Danny98765" Smith
$45,669
2
hamanof
$33,075
3
Linadson
$25,137
4
justMTTplay
$18,416
5
dulek_jason
$13,097
6
Scarer
$10,451
7
Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins
$7,805
8
Hexxer14
$5,159
9
DWDuck2
$2,910
Notable Finishes: Casey "bigdogpckt5s" Jarzabeck (10th - $2,354), Michael "RichieRichZH" Friedrich (12th - $2,354), Sebastien "p0cket00" Sikorski (20th - $1,111), Matt "ch0ppy" Kay ( 26th - ($1,111)
