FTOPS-V; 313OG Wins Event 6 $1-Mil Guaranteed

The sixth event of the 5th Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS-V) saw a total of 4,372 entries, buying in at $300 a piece, generate an enormous prize pool of $1,311,600. The $1-million guaranteed no-limit hold'em tournament was held Sunday, beating out the PokerStars Sunday Millions, which was expected to be the largest event of the weekend.

With so many entries, the FTOPS-V event 6 boasted a 1st place prize of $231,615, while PokerStars Sunday Millions champion was only expected to take home $188,177.

The final table came down to a field of nine; 'akaginsf' leading with a 2.6-million chip stack. That lead helped 'akaginsf' skillfully work his way into heads up action against 313OG.

313OG held a 7.7-million chip lead to akaginsf's 5.4-million. The one-on-one match lasted only 16 minutes, seeing 313OG's stack nearly doubled to 12.1-million, leaving akaginsf shot-stacked with only $999,000, facing a big blind of $100,000.

In the final hand, 313OG called akaginsf's pre-flop raise of $300,000. 313OG then checked a flop of 10d, 5h, 3c, and akaginsf pushed all-in for $689,000. 313OG did not hesitate to call, revealing pocket-Aces, compared to akaginsf's pocket-Queens. The Turn and River were no help to akaginsf, bringing 4c and 3h.

Akaginsf went home with a respectable second place prize of $140,210 while 313OG took first place in the weekend's largest prize pool tournament, awarding $231,615.44 in hard-earned cash, plus an FTOPS exclusive gold jersey avatar.