Friday Night Fights

Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail

Always looking to push the envelope, Full Tilt Poker is now adding an extra twist to your Friday nights. The Friday Night Fights. There are three new guarantee tournaments as well the chance to rail a Heads-Up match between two of your favorite Full Tilt pros. This week’s battle will take place between Gus Hansen and Andy Bloch.

Their match will kick off at 21:00ET but you can get in on the action an hour earlier by joining one of the $5,000 Sweat Tournaments. For $11 you can enter a $5,000 guarantee tournament with a chance at bigger prizes. You have an option to choose between a Gus Hansen or Andy Bloch tournaments, if you win the Sweat Tournament and your players wins his match, you will automatically win an entry into the $75,000 guarantee Friday Night Fights Knockout Tournament.

The Friday Night Fights Knockout Tournament is the final event of the night with a $500+35 entry fee and plenty of chances for some KO dollars. The tournament kicks off at 21:00ET along with the Gus Hansen/Andy Bloch Main Event.

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Gus Hansen – Has over $7,000,000 in career tournament earnings. Has four World Poker Tour Championships including the very first WPT event at the Bellagio. His last tournament win was the 2007 Aussie Millions but came close to winning this year’s WPT World Championship finishing second for $1.7 million. Hansen spends a lot of his time playing high stakes, high limit online poker. Either Heads-Up or the big 6-max tables, Hansen is always at the top of the list when it comes to grinding it out at the big limits.

Andy Bloch – Has nearly $4,000,000 in career tournament earnings. Had two final table appearance during the 2008 World Series of Poker, finishing second in Event #1 and 7th in Event #30. Bloch’s HU resume includes a 5th place and 2nd place finish in National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

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