“kingpin023″ wins FTOPS event

Lance “kingpin023″ Harris, from Burnsville, MN, won the $1k Full Tilt Online Poker Series event last night for $331,000. This enormous victory pushed Harris over the $1 million career online earnings mark.

In 2010, Minnesotans have now shipped the PokerStars Sunday Million (“acequad,” $179k), and an FTOPS event.

Look for a feature Q&A with “acequad” in the March issue of Minnesota Poker Magazine. We will attempt to track down “kingpin023″ as well.

Until then, here is a Bluff Magazine recap of the FTOPS final table. As you will read, Harris definitely got lucky during heads-up play, but that’s fine. Ship one to Minnesota.

FINAL RESULTS: FTOPS XV event 12:

1st: Lance “kingpin023” Harris ($331,315)
2nd: grindtherail ($209,576)
3rd: Steve “gboro780” Gross ($155,641)
4th: bmwmcoupe ($123,280)
5th: RLD1989 ($92,460)
6th: Kevin “KevboyStar” Stani ($66,263)
7th: yahoo33 ($43,148)
8th: RandomFish666 ($30,820)
9th: Anthony “raver44” Lorieu ($21,574)