Most of the Merge Network of poker sites have been open to US players for some time, but with the exception of Carbon keluar sgp Poker – one of the largest poker sites at idman Azərbaycan Merge. Earlier this year, Carbon announced a temporary leave from the American market to address customer service and cash out problems. To the delight of many players in the US, Carbon has just announced their return. Carbon will be again open to the American market at the end of August.
After Black Friday, thousands of poker players from Full Tilt Poker, the Cereus Network, and PokerStars flocked to other poker sites, including many of Merge’s properties. Though any businessman will tell you an influx of customers is beneficial, there can be a breaking point. Carbon experienced this, and found their systems overloaded and unable to handle the number of new players. As a result, they temporarily withdrew to strengthen their business to better service players in a move showing commitment to their current base, and to proper customer service of their newer customers.
The concerns initially felt by Carbon have been addressed, with the advent of their return. The return of Carbon is a welcome announcement, especially as Bodog Poker will be exiting the American scene at the end of 2011 to refocus on their global operations. Players may take notice of Carbon Poker’s offerings, which Carbon claims can generate as much as a 47% rakeback. Though far from the size of a site like PokerStars, Carbon does boast north of $50k in weekly tournament guarantees.
Carbon Poker will reenter the American market between August 20 and 31.
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This was the mother of the FTOPS VI tournaments, event 16; the main event! The main event has grown every year since the FTOPS started, and it didn’t stop this year. The game was No-Limit Hold’em, buyin was $500 + $35, and there was going to be at least $2 million to play for! With such a large prize pool you could bet to see a lot of players, and that is what happened. A total of 4,371 players showed up sending the prize pool to $2,185,500, the second largest in FTOPS history. The host of the main event was Full Tilt pro Lee Watkinson. He has been a pro player for a long time now, with 1 WSOP bracelet. He is most well known for his final table at the 2007 WSOP main event.
With over $2 million being awarded, you could expect a lot of war. That is exactly what happened! With 585 people taking home at least $721, that was the first step. The next step was the final table, which awarded at least an astounding $29,285.70! It was a long fought battle, and after all the cards were dealt fkscreennames topped southside1 in an epic heads up battle. $385,037.45 was awarded to fkscreennames for his performance, and he will always be known the champion of FTOPS VI! Congrats to him, and here is everyone who placed in the money in the $535 NLH Main Event, Event 16 of the FTOPS 6:
Main Event Results – FTOPS VI
Place Player ID $ Won
1 fkscreennames $385,937.45
2 southside1 $233,629.95
3 mendieta19 $152,985.00
4 kavicarter $120,202.50
5 eisenhower1 $90,261.15
6 007Paghman $66,876.30
7 THEONE213 $50,266.50
8 SwingRoll $39,339.00
9 HipHopNDontStop $29,285.70
10 imawhale26 $20,980.80
11 Cayavajor $20,980.80