A total of 12 events in the ongoing Mini Full Tilt Online Poker Series (MiniFTOPS) are in the books. On Monday night, PocketFives.com member ka$ino (pictured at right) finished third in a $109 No Limit Hold’em event (#12), his second top three finish of MiniFTOPS XV. For ka$ino, last night’s take was worth $43,000. A total of 4,886 players entered the event, the 12th of the MiniFTOPS XV schedule, and the top 450 spots paid out. Let’s check out the recent results from the ongoing series on Full Tilt Poker.

In Event #7, ka$ino recorded his first top three finish. The Nebraska native finished second in an $11 No Limit Hold’em with Rebuys tournament for $48,000, besting all but one player out of the 13,586 who entered. Heads-up, ka$ino fell to KOIFOERST, but has nevertheless raked in more than $90,000 from MiniFTOPS XV tournaments. He’s a former winner of the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event, earning nearly $1.4 million for his efforts three years ago. Here’s how the top of the leaderboard shook out in Event #7:
1. KOIFOERST – $79,820
2. kasino31 – $48,631 (ka$ino)
3. pj5073 – $34,140

Editor’s Note: Don’t forget that new players who sign up for 27% Full Tilt Poker $20,000 freeroll in April. In addition, existing PocketFives.com Full Tilt Sign up today.

In Event #9 of MiniFTOPS XV, two members of the online poker community battled for glory in the $55 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Shootout. A total of $204,800 was up for grabs and Shane shaniac Schleger (pictured at right) outlasted Triple Crown winner mr_dynomite in the final pairing. Schleger sits at #93 in the PocketFives.com Online Poker Rankingsand has Sunday Major wins on Full Tilt Poker and UB.com. He’s also made two final tables during the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.

Meanwhile, mr_dynomite hails from South Carolina and recorded his second largest online poker cash after finishing second in Event #9. His largest came by virtue of winning the Full Tilt $75,000 Guaranteed for $18,000 in January. Here’s how the final match-up of the MiniFTOPS XV $55 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Shootout looked:

1. HateItOrLoveIt – $31,334 (shaniac)
2. BIGSHOT_OWNAGE – $17,408 (mr_dynomite)

Event #10 of MiniFTOPS XV was a $33 No Limit Hold’em tournament with at least $600,000 on the line. A swarm of 26,000 players entered, the second largest field of MiniFTOPS XV, and the top 2,475 made the money. In the end, a three-way deal was struck and CaseQuarter finished second for an even $80,000. Although Full Tilt Poker member PrettyZ officially took down the title, CaseQuarter walked away with the largest sum of cash by a wide margin. Here’s how the top three finishers in Event #10 looked:

1. PrettyZ – $59,877
2. CaseQuarter – $80,000 (CaseQuarter)
3. gkashmoneywat – $53,876

For PocketFives.com members still looking to get in on the action, an entire week of MiniFTOPS XV remains. In fact, three tournaments are on the docket for today on Full Tilt Poker and guarantee $450,000 in prize money:

MiniFTOPS XV Event #13: $30+3 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max Shootout
$150,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday at 1:00pm ET

MiniFTOPS XV Event #14: $50+5 Limit HORSE
$100,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday at 9:00pm ET

MiniFTOPS XV Event #15: $20+2 No Limit Hold’em Turbo
$200,000 Guaranteed
Tuesday at 9:00pm ET

Visit Full Tilt Pokerfor full details and check out our MiniFTOPS XV results.