Schedule for FTOPS XI Announced

January 26, 2009

After another wildly successful installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series last year, FullTilt Poker has announced the schedule for the coveted annual event's next incarnation, FTOPS XI.

Running February 4 to February 15 and comprised of 25 events, including the climactic $2.5 million guaranteed main event on February 15. Almost as mouth-watering is the $2 million guaranteed prize pool in the special two-day No Limit Holdem event for high-rollers (the buy-in is over $5k) starting February 14.

The FTOPS XI kicks off this year on February 4 with a $1 million guaranteed No Limit Texas Holdem tournament. Over the course of the next 12 days, players will enjoy tournaments not only in Texas Holdem but in Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud, Razz, and H.O.R.S.E.

Additionally, not all events will be No Limit tournaments--there will be Limit and Pot Limit tournaments in the FTOPS XI as well.

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The Tom Dwan Challenge Accepted By Full Tilt Poker Pros

January 18, 2009

Tom Dwan may have started out his path to notoriety known only as "durrrr", a FullTiltPoker.net player who just continued to outshine opponent after opponent at table after table in tournament after tournament. Now the proven online poker champ has put out the call to all players online and off, amateur and pro, to try and best him in a 4-table, 50,000-hand, $200/$400 minimum, heads-up match. The challenge: 3-to-1 odds, any opponent's $500,000 to Dwan's $1.5 million.

That means Dwan is so confident of his win that he's willing to offer $1 million free to anyone who can beat him.

So far, four players have taken Dwan up on his challenge, all three among the most familiar names in the high-rolling poker world, online and off:
1. Phil Ivey
2. Patrik Antonious
3. David Benyamine
4. Barry Greenstein (the philanthropist who donates all his winnings--presumably included those potentially forthcoming here, to charity)

If all three of these pros come out on top, Dwan stands to lose, at this point, $6 million.
Although FullTilt Poker has not yet been announced as the venue for these matches, there is little doubt that it will wind up being the chosen host. It's only right. After all, if it weren't for FullTiltPoker, Tom "durrrr" Dwan may not be in a position to make such a million-dollar challenge.

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