Full Tilt FTOPS 2008
With over 15 million in guaranteed prize money, the Full Tilt Poker FTOPS IX series kicks off on August 6th, 2008! The FTOPS consists of 24 events ranging in buy ins ranging from $200 + $16 up to the main event which is a $2500 + $120. The Full Tilt FTOPS tournaments brings out the biggest online poker players from around the globe to compete in what is one of the largest events of online poker. Kicking off the series of a $1,000,000 guaranteed NL Hold ‘Em with a $200 buy in. This event is sure to draw some of your favorite full tilt poker pro’s like Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen and others. Click here to find the 2008 FTOPS Schedule.
Last year, the main event was hosted by Phil Ivey and guaranteed 1.5 million with a hefty $2500 buy in, but still pulled in 899 of the best online poker players in the world.
Full Tilt FTOPS Satellites
This year, FullTiltPoker.com is adding in a FTOPS IX Satellite challenge. If you win your first entry into any of their FTOPS IX events and Full Tilt will automatically register you for that event. For every additional satellite seat you win to the same event, they give you T$ (tourney credits). If you win the most satellite entries above ALL other players they will give you the T$ equivalent of two more buy-ins. They also give something to 2nd place. In my opinion this satellite challenge is pretty weak unless you are a serious full tilt poker satellite player.
- $50 Daily Satellites - (7/10 - more available in lobby at lower buy-ins closer to start date)
- Visit FullTiltPoker.com and Play
FTOPS 2008 Bonuses
Along with the great tournament structure, seven figure prize pool guarantees FullTilt is sweetening the pot with a few cool bonuses. According to their site, if you final table an event you win a pretty sweet Full Tilt Poker limited edition “FTOPS Jacket”. It actually looks pretty sweet, much better than the Top 10 Dumbest Full Tilt Poker Gear choices. Fulltilt.com also offers the bubble player in every FTOPS event a seat in a ‘bouncebackability freeroll’ on the 23rd of August that gives a seat into the FTOPS main event. I guess it makes being the bubble boy less painful eh?
Congrats KAP League Winners
Congrats are in order for the top 10 in points for the Kick Ass Poker league held at bodog! TERRELLTXB took down the points championship and the coveted custom KickAssPoker.com Card Guard, not to mention the $200 bucks in tourney credits at bodog! Congrats TERRELTXB!
Click Here for Final Leaderboard and here is a screenshot from July 1, 2008. GG everyone!
SpeedBird, Brian Twizzler and WSOPJoe all battled for 2nd and 3rd place with WSOPJoe finishing just out of the $200 prize range. Congrats SpeedBird and Brian Twizzler for top three finishes and the $200 in tourney credits!
WSOPJoe did, however win a seat to the 2008 WSOP in a Bodog Satellite, so good luck WSOPJoe in the 2008 WSOP!
Congrats again to all our top 10 finishers and this season was the first for me (KAP) to not make the top ten… sorry i didn’t play as much as usual this go around guys, but I’ll be back in force next season!
Next Season details will be announced soon, but we are going to most likely try TURBO style tournaments for this next season. Stay tuned for more details.
Oh yeah, we’ve got WSOP 2008 Vegas Pictures, Kick Ass Poker Style! Coming soon. Check out the front page of KickAssPoker.com for more details.
New players - next season is starting soon. Join the Kick Ass Poker Online League.
Translations into German, French and Italian
Some of our content is being translated into foreign languages to better cater to our growing worldwide kick ass poker audience. I will update this post with links to our poker content translations as they come online in the coming days and weeks.
If you have a website in Germany, France, Italy, or targeting western europe, please feel free to link directly to our PokerStars.de review and Poker Stars download, Deutsch translations from your website or blog. When we notice quality links to us we are likely to return the favor down the road! Thanks!
German, French and Italian Translated Poker Content
- Poker Stars.de Review
- Kostenloser Download von Poker Stars
- Telecharger Poker Star
- Critique de Titan Poker
- Scarica Poker Stars Gratuitamente
*more translations posted soon as available.
Sit N Go Strategy Video at Full Tilt Poker
This is a video of KAP Co-Founder Spry playing a $10+1 Sit N Go online at Full Tilt Poker. FTP is home of some of the best structure for their sit-n-go’s and all of most of their tournaments for that matter. This sit n go strategy article will take a look at a style of play explained in detail in the online sit n go training guide, called “Sit-N-Go Pro” which gives advice from a pro sit n go poker player who makes thousands of dollars playing a high volume of sit n go poker tournaments. The sit n go pro course is a paid course, but my poker videos are always free. Sit n go strategy changes at all levels and all situations, so the best thing to do is get started within your bankroll.
This video shows rational of using your reads to make calls at the table and taking the opportunity to accumulate chips when they are presented to you.
Part I: SNG Strategy Video
I’m not positive my call there with 99 early in the tournament is right, but I went with my reads and figured that not only could overs be a possibility but so could smaller pairs. If he had much bigger pairs I would expect him to slow down some and try and trap…
Quick Sit n Go Tips
- tight is usually right at first
- blinds don’t become worth stealing until $100/$200 usually
- Don’t let yourself blind off if your stack is getting low in relation to the blinds.
- Play within your bankroll
- Bet large enough to give those drawing the improper odds to call
- have a reason to bluff
What is a Sit N Go Poker Tournament?
A sit n go, or SNG, is typically a 1 table tournament with a fixed buy-in (no re-buys), everyone starts with the same number of chips, and the top of the field gets paid. Typically the top 3 players get paid in a 1 table SNG. Sit n go’s are offered from 1 table up to 180 person events at the larger poker sites like Poker Stars. The most common sit n go nl holdem tournaments are the low stakes, down to the $1.00 buy in, although I’ve seen thousand dollar plus sit n go’s kick off at FTP and PokerStars.
Part 2: Sit N Go Tips Video
Download Full Tilt Poker and try a SNG yourself!
Good luck and I’ll see you at the tables!
Online Casinos that Accept All U.S. Players
Top Online Casinos That Accept All U.S. Players
Finding out which online casinos that accept all us players is sometimes like finding a needle in a haystack. There are so many different online casinos being advertised across the internet that it is hard to know which are the best and that will accept all U.S. players, and which online casinos with best bonuses for USA players. On top of that, you want to make sure you avoid the less than desirable casinos and stick to one of the more reputable online gambling casinos listed here to make sure that when you hit it big, you get paid and paid in a timely manner. There are 11 states in the USA that do not allow online gambling, so we do not recommend becoming a play at any of these sites if you are in those eleven states, be sure and check your local laws before playing.
Top Ranked USA Online Casinos
Bodog Casino - The Bodog Casino accepts all USA players and offers an extensive selection of different casino games like blackjack, roulette, craps, slots, video poker, three card poker and more. There is also extensive betting options to wager on sports, yes, you can even wager on tennis at the Bodog sportsbook. They will have Kentucky Derby odds posted nearly before anyone as well with. We are going to write a full review of the Bodog Casino soon to compliment our in depth review of the bodog poker client in the short term. For now, just know that all USA players are allowed, they have a 10% Instant Bonus and offers an “instant play” as well as a downloadable option. Mac Users can gamble in the Bodog Casino with the instant play options.
RushmoreCasino.com - The Rushmore Casino uses Real Time Gaming software and offers a fully interactive online casino experience. They boast excellent customer service and 24/7 gaming with your choice of over eighty immersive online casino games. You can play for free or for real money and these accept all USA poker players. This is also our pick for one of the online casinos with best bonuses for usa players, with an $888 player deposit bonus. Most credit cards accepted and quality slot selection.
River Belle - A top Micro Gaming online casino offering service to USA players within 39 states. Not quite accepting of all usa online casino players but still a top online gambling location for most of the US population, plus they offer the very popular Tomb Raider slots. 100% deposit bonus up to $100 for new players.
