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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Say abra Kadabra for Event 1 FTOPS win

Winning the first event of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series might take some luck, but there was no magic involved when player Kadabra finished first in the $500,000-guarantee No-Limit Hold'em tournament Wednesday evening.

Kadabra outlasted and outplayed some top poker pros and a field of 4,165 entrants to win the $147,099 first-place prize money.

After all had posted the $200+$16 buy-in, the healthy crowd swelled the prize pool to $833,000 at yesterday's inaugural series event.

Though Kadabra earned the biggest portion of the money, runner-up Jeezy888 saw his Full Tilt account balance jump by $89,047 for his finish. The_Closer3 was hot on his heels but proved he is was no Kyra Sedgwick when it comes to winning tournaments and went out in third for $58,310. Play $500 match poker bonus.

The final results for the FTOPS No-Limit Hold'em Event 1 are as follows:

Place Player
Prize
1. Kadabra
$147,099
2.
Jeezy888
$89,047
3.
The_Closer3
$89,047
4.
Mattman14
$45,815
5.
scarr09
$34,402
6.
chipgoon
$25,489
7.
THEnaturalACE
$19,159
8.
FatMoneyBags
$14,994
9.
aerospace22
$11,162
10.
lilfishy897
$7,996

Joining the usual coterie of online poker enthusiasts were several pro players who opted to spend their Wednesday night in front of the computer screen.

Best in-the-money-finish honors went to woman poker champ Karina Jett, who cashed $957.95 for placing 93rd and outlasting her husband, Chip Jett. The patriarch of the Jett clan finished 263rd for $263.50 and the title of lowest-family-income-earner.

Miami John Cernuto placed 194 for $499.80, the same amount awarded to MrSmokey1, 2007 World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Steve Billirakis, for placing 214th in the tournament. Finnish pro and disturber of chip stacks Thomas Wahlroos finished in 416th to earn $308.21.

No word on the whereabouts of host Phil Gordon in the poker tournament results.

The FTOPS continues until the main event Aug. 19, with a mix of No-Limit, Limit, Omaha, Hold'em and Stud games. Today's tournament is the $200+$16 H.O.R.S.E, which features a $150,000 guarantee and Full Tilt pro David Singer serving as host.

Stay tuned to our poker blog for latest updates.

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