Full Tilt Online Poker Series VIII Starts Wednesday

Starting Wednesday, May 7, Full Tilt Poker will launch the eighth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. With a total of 24 events on schedule and more than $10 million in guaranteed prize money, the latests FTOPS is shaping up to be the biggest yet.

In addition to the popular $2,500 buy-in two-day event and the $2 million guaranteed main event, Full Tilt will beef up FTOPS VIII with some special events. Three 'mystery' events are currently on the schedule and Full Tilt has only released that "unlike anything FTOPS has ever seen before.” Winners from events in FTOPS V, VI, VII, and VIII will be entered in the Tournament of Champions, where the winner will caputre a WSOP Main Event seat. Also available will be the Bouncebackability freeroll, which gives each of the FTOPS VIII bubble boys a shot at a main event seat.

Final tablers from each event will receive a limited-edition FTOPS jacket, with each event winner snagging a FTOPs avatar and jersey.

Schedule:

Event - Date/Time (ET) - Buy-in - Game - Guarantee

1 - Wed, May 7, 9 p.m. - $200+$16 - Sixhanded no-limit hold'em - $750,000

2 - Thu, May 8, 2 p.m. - $240+$16 - Pot-limit Omaha knockout (bounty) - $200,000

3 - Thu, May 8, 9 p.m. - TBD - Mystery event - TBD

4 - Fri, May 9, 2 p.m. - $200+$16 - Pot-limit hold'em - $200,000

5 - Fri, May 9, 9 p.m. - $200+$16 - Seven-card stud eight-or-better - $100,000

6 - Sat, May 10, 2 p.m. - $500+$35 - Sixhanded pot-limit Omaha - $300,000

7 - Sat, May 10, 4:30 p.m. - $100+$9 - No-limit hold'em (rebuy) - $500,000

8 - Sun, May 11, 2 p.m. - TBD - Mystery event - TBD

9 - Sun, May 11, 6 p.m. - $300+$22 - No-limit hold'em - $1.5 million

10 - Mon, May 12, 2 p.m. - $200+$16 - Pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better - $200,000

11 - Mon, May 12, 9 p.m. - $1,000+$60 - No-limit hold'em - $1.5 million

12 - Tue, May 13, 2 p.m. - $200+$16 - No-limit hold'em (one rebuy, one add-on) - $300,000

13 - Tue, May 13, 9 p.m. - $500+$35 - H.O.R.S.E. - $300,000

14 - Tue, May 13, 9 p.m. - $200+$16 - No-limit hold'em (turbo) - $200,000

15 - Wed, May 14, 2 p.m. - $200+$16 - HA (half pot-limit hold'em, half pot-limit Omaha) - $150,000

16 - Wed, May 14, 9 p.m. - $300+$22 - Sixhanded no-limit hold'em (rebuy) - $1 million

17 - Thu, May 15, 2 p.m. - TBD - Mystery event - TBD

18 - Thu, May 15, 9 p.m. - $300+$22 - Razz - $150,000

19 - Fri, May 16, 2 p.m. - $200+$16 - No-limit hold'em - $350,000

20 - Fri, May 16, 9 p.m. - $200+$16 - Sixhanded limit hold'em - $200,000

21 - Sat, May 17, 2 p.m. - $2,500+$120 No-limit hold'em (two-day event) - $1.5 million

22 - Sat, May 17, 4:30 p.m. $100+$9 Pot-limit Omaha (rebuy) $350,000

23 - Sun, May 18, 2 p.m. - $240+$16 - Sixhanded no-limit hold'em knockout (bounty) - $500,000

24 - Sun, May 18, 6 p.m. - $500+$35 - No-limit hold'em main event - $2 million

Satellites are currently running and will continue throughout the series. Click here to check out Full Tilt Poker.

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