by mary ashton
Tuesday ,7 Sep 2010
This year’s MiniFTOPS has over $6 million in guaranteed prizes plus incredibly low buy ins spread across 34 thrilling events
The second round of the latest Full Tilt Online Poker Series, the Full Tilt Poker MiniFTOPS is about to begin with great prizes and cheap buy ins. The MiniFTOPS will contain 34 FTOPS XVII events but at a much lower price, yet they still have over $6 million in guaranteed prize money!
The MiniFTOPS begins on September 8th and features exactly the same events as the FTOPS, however, buy ins are approximately 1/10th of the price. The series includes a Two Day Event features $200 + $16 buy-in and $600,000 guaranteed prize money, plus a Main Event with a $70 + $5 buy-in and $1 million in guaranteed prize money!
You can buy in to the any of the events now, or play your way in with satellites starting as low as $0.50. There is also a MiniFTOPS XVII Satellite Challenge which gives you the chance to win even more tournament buy-ins and Tournament Dollars.
You will have the chance to win more than money when playing in a MiniFTOPS event, if you make the final table you will also receive a limited edition MiniFTOPS jacket. If you win the event you also receive a silver MiniFTOPS jersey to go alongside the jacket and prize money.
If you manage to come first on the MiniFTOPS Leaderboard then you will win a special prize package which includes entry to every FTOPS XVIII event except the Two-Day Event. This amazing package is worth about $10,000 in tournament entries.
The first MiniFTOPS Two-Day Event was won by crouts for more than $120,000. Since then the prize has been won by mordovorotishe, hidden1s, KnoK_U and Salamander6.
This year’s Two-Day event features $200 + $16 and $600,000 in guaranteed prize money! It will begin on Saturday September 18th at 18:00 GMT (13:00 ET). The first day will end at the conclusion of level 17, if the money has not yet been reached at this point then play shall continue until the money bubble has burst. Day Two will begin the next day at the same time. The tournament has 30 minutes blind levels and players will begin with five thousand starting chips.