Full Tilters Dominate at 2009 WSOP

June 27, 2009

Full Tilt Poker is notching up the wins at this year's World Series of Poker, with a number of Full Tilt players, Team Full Tilt Poker pros and Red pros winning many of the 2009 WSOP events.

Most recently Greg Mueller (aka "FBT") won the $10,000 Limit Holdem World Championship event (Event #33), beating out 184 other players for the $460,000 top prize, bringing his career poker winnings to over $1.5 million.

Last weekend saw 3 Full Tilters making strong WSOP showings, with Nick Schulman winning Event #23, the No Limit Deuce to 7 Draw World Championship, Phil Ivey winning Event #25, the $25,000 Mixed Omaha 7-Card Stud High-Low event, and Roland de Wolfe winning Event #27, the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Betterevent.

Phil Ivey also won this year's $2,500 No Limit 2 to 7 Lowball event (#8).

And finally, Vitaly Lunkin won over $1.8 million for taking down the $40,000 buy-in 40th Anniversary Special event.

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Full Tilt $10 Million Main Event Mania Still Going Strong

June 9, 2009

Even as Team Full Tilt Pros Vitaly Lunkin won his second WSOP bracelet and Phil Ivey his sixth (Lunkin in Event #4 - $40,000 No Limit Holdem - and Ivey in Event #8 - $2,500 No Limit Deuce-to-Seven), Full Tilt Poker is still running satellite tournaments for free entry into the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event and its remaining braceleted side events alike.

Here is a brief reminder of all the ways Full Tilt can get you into the 2009 WSOP:

  • Daily 81-player Shootout Tournaments
  • Weekly Cash Qualifiers
  • 150-Seat Guarantee
  • Race to the Main Event 100-Seat Giveaway
  • $2,000 Race for Bracelets

FullTilt is also offering a hefty $10 million bonus to any FullTilt sponsored player that goes on to win the Main Event. So far Full Tilt has awarded over 550 prize packages worth $12k, including the $10,000 buy-in for the 2009 WSOP Main Event.

Plus, for those unable to get to Vegas, Full Tilt is also running a Mini Series of Poker alongside the real WSOP, with a matching online event at a fraction of the buy-in for every one of the WSOP's 57 events.

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