Full Tilt Poker has announced the FTOPS IX., another extremely lucrative poker tournament that will definitely catch the attention of many top pros, not to mention hundreds of online poker fans from every corner of the planet. The ninth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series is kicking off in August6^th with its first of 25 events, $216 NL Hold’em with a guaranteed prize pool of $2,000,000. August 17^th will mark the start of the FTOPS IX Main Event, $535 NL Hold’em worth a guaranteed prize pool of $2.5 million.

FullTilt.com has not launched any FTOPS IX satellites yet, but has announced the FTOPS IX Satellite Challenge. If a player win a seat in the same FTOPS IX event more than once, the player will receive T$ (tournament dollars) equal to the buy-in of the FTOPS IX event. For example, winning two FTOPS IX Main Event Satellites would first award an entry to the event, followed by T$535. T$ can be used as the buy-in to enter tournaments the same way a player would use real cash.

In addition, FullTiltPoker.com is also running a FTOPS IX Leaderboard Competition. The player who gets the most points in FTOPS IX events will win a custom avatar for use at the Full Tilt Poker online poker room. The FTOPS IX guarantees a minimum of $15,000,000 in overall prize money. Not long ago, an online poker player “cheesemonster” was awarded the 1^st place prize in FTOPS VIII Main Event, scoring $410,780 for the first prize from a massive $2,375,000 prize pool.